Bitcoin may be down for the year, but it could still be headed to a price of $1 million. Bullish Bitcoin (BTC +0.27%) price targets are nothing new for Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR +4.16%), the company formerly known as MicroStrategy. He’s generally considered to be the biggest Bitcoin bull in

Berkshire Hathaway is parking money in ultra-safe investments. At the end of this year, Warren Buffett is finally retiring after leading Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 1.34%)(BRK.B 1.26%) for more than six decades. In that time, Berkshire Hathaway has been one of the stock market’s best-performing stocks, and its moves have attracted much investor interest, hoping to

Aleem Maqbool,Religion editorand Catherine Wyatt,Religious Affairs producer BBC “It’s been an incredibly difficult two years,” says Phil Rosenberg, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. “I think our Jewish identity is being worn far more heavily these days given the pain of it all.” Conflict in the Middle East has, he says, had

When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Three years on, the Manhattan Democrat is in the fight of his political life against New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a liberal challenger backed by prominent left-wing

Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Broadcom could all hit $3 trillion market caps next year. Currently, four companies have market caps above $3 trillion: Nvidia (NVDA +3.80%), Apple (AAPL +0.17%), Alphabet (GOOGL +1.47%) (GOOG +1.55%), and Microsoft (MSFT +0.40%). By the end of next year, that number is likely to rise to seven. Let’s look at

Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondent ESOHR Egyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related charges Saudi Arabia has surpassed its record for the number of executions carried out annually for a second year in a row. At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total

Work rules will look different in 2026, so retirees need to be prepared. Retirement doesn’t necessarily mean what it used to. Very few people get the proverbial gold watch after decades of working for the same company, and almost no private sector workers have a guaranteed pension from their employer to rely on when they’ve

Katy Watson,Australia correspondentand Tiffanie Turnbull,Bondi Beach Reuters Mourners in Australia have fallen silent in honour of the victims of the Bondi Beach attack. The memorial was part of a national day of reflection to mark a week since the shooting in which two gunmen opened fire on an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hannukah.

Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem BBC Itzik Gvili demands the return of his son Ran, the last dead hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square In central Tel Aviv, the main stage has now been dismantled in Hostages Square, the focal point for the campaign over the past two years to bring back Israelis

Watch: ‘You can’t let fear win’ – Bondi beachgoers return after fatal attack Katy Watson,Australia Correspondent at Bondi Beachand Harry Sekulich Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a review into the police and national intelligence agencies after last weekend’s Bondi Beach attack. “The ISIS-inspired atrocity last Sunday reinforces the rapidly changing security environment in

Watch: Images, cassettes and high-profile figures – What’s in the latest Epstein files? The release of thousands of pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has left some who were anxiously awaiting the files disappointed. The documents’ release was prompted by an act of Congress that directed the US Justice

Investors are always eager to hear updates from the top AI chip company. Nvidia (NVDA +3.93%) has proven its status as an artificial intelligence (AI) winner over a variety of time periods — from the short term to the long term. For example, it’s climbed about 30% just this year and has soared 1,200% over

Grace Tsoi,BBC World Serviceand BBC News Chinese,Hong Kong BBC Jimmy Lai, 78, faces life in prison for national security offences On a winter morning in 2022 Raphael Wong and Figo Chan walked into Hong Kong’s Stanley prison to meet Jimmy Lai, the media billionaire who had been arrested two years before and was awaiting trial

Paul MellyWest Africa analyst AFP Faure Gnassingbé is cultivating a range of sometimes opposing alliances While some West African nations are choosing to cement old ties with France and others cultivate a new relationship with Russia, one country is trying to have the best of both worlds. As the 7 December attempted military coup in