The number of dead in the devastating floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to more than 700. In addition, 500 people are still reported missing, with many feared buried under mud. Around one million people have been evacuated from their homes, with meaningful assistance still yet to reach hard-hit isolated areas. Newshour got through to one resident, a man called Lodewick Marpaung in north Sumatra. He pleaded for help. Also in the programme: US envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to the Kremlin - can he strike a deal on Ukraine? Also, Japan's new leader says she's giving up her own work-life balance - and everyone must 'work like a horse'. (Photo: A picture taken with a drone shows piles of wood that were swept away by the floodwaters in a flood-affected village in Sumatra, Indonesia, 1 December 2025. Floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar hit Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces. Credit: Hotli Simanjuntak/ EPA/Shutterstock)
CoinDesk Podcast Network - Why Bitcoiners Should Worry About the Potential MSCI Methodology Change | CoinDesk Daily
Will bitcoin dip below $65K?
Bitcoin exited November down 17.5% in one of its largest monthly declines in three years. Traders are worried about potential MSCI methodology changes that could affect firms collectively holding more than $137 billion in digital assets. Will bitcoin continue to dip and test the $64,000 technical target? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Focus on Africa - Is Egypt reasserting its influence in Africa?
A rare conversation with Egypt's Foreign Minister about the Sudan War and the tensions with Ethiopia over the river Nile, and Focus on Africa moves its hub from London to Nairobi. Egypt's Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty has denied that his country is supporting the Sudanese Armed Forces in the war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. He also spoke about tensions with Ethiopia after the collapse of talks over use of the waters of River Nile.
And after more than six decades of broadcasting from London, Focus on Africa has just arrived in its new home, Nairobi.
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WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Declares ‘Code Red’ to Improve ChatGPT
Plus: Apple revamps its AI team. And Samsung unveils its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone. Julie Chang hosts.
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Audio Mises Wire - Zohran Mamdani’s Socialism Flunks Basic Economics
New York’s mayor-elect believes he can implement socialist policies through sheer rhetoric, as though mere words can make socialism work. However, economics involves real things and reality will hit New Yorkers soon enough, and they won’t like it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/zohran-mamdanis-socialism-flunks-basic-economics
CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: CleanSpark FY 2025 Recap: It’s Not an AI Pivot, It’s an Expansion w/ Matthew Schultz
CleanSpark CEO Matt Schultz joins us to discuss CleanSpark’s fiscal year 2025 earnings.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Matthew Schultz, CEO of CleanSpark, joins us to talk about CleanSpark'sfiscal year 2025 earnings. CleanSpark raked in $766M in revenue for the year, hit the 50 EH/s milestone, and has begun expanding into AI loads. Schultz shares insights on CleanSpark’s partnerships with Submer for cooling solutions, the company’s capital strategy, the potential for hybrid mining-HPC loads at CleanSpark sites, and what the AI revolution means for bitcoin mining in the United States.
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**Notes:**
• $766M in FY 2025 revenue
• LEadership change refocused company
• Austin Texas site underway
• AI load feasibility being explored for Sandersville, other sites
• $1.15B convertible note almost over subscribed
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:15 Overview of fiscal year
07:16 Leadership change
09:43 Texas site development
13:41 Submer cooling solutions partner
18:30 Containerized solutions
21:39 Green field vs retrofit
27:23 Blended AI & mining sites
30:50 Two business lines
36:11 $1.15B note
45:19 Evaluating operators
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Erik Voorhees: The Danger of Gov Bitcoin, ‘Gross’ Politics, and Losing 50,000 BTC to the SEC
Insights into the past, present and future of crypto with Erik Voorhees.
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Venice.ai founder Erik Voorhees joins "CoinDesk Spotlight" to discuss his prediction of a sovereign bond market collapse and the predominant role of bitcoin in that future. Voorhees explains why he is fundamentally against a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve, why crypto lobbying is "gross," and his thesis that cryptocurrency was actually built for AI agents.
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Timestamps:
01:20 - Voorhees' First Memory of Money Mattering
04:00 - Discovering Bitcoin As a Solution to the Financial Crisis
06:13 - Could Bitcoin Replace Gold Completely?
07:17 - When Will There Be A Complete Financial Collapse?
10:47 - The Separation of Money and State
13:57 - Why Voorhees is Divided on Governments Holding Bitcoin
15:53 - Crypto Industry Engagement with Politicians Is "Gross"
19:49 - Voorhees' History with the SEC
21:48 - From Satoshi Dice to Prediction Markets
24:09 - What Does "Sufficiently Decentralized" Actually Mean?
27:35 - Ethereum's Trajectory
29:07 - Voorhees Predicts Base Will End Up the Predominant L2
32:01 - Sci-Fi and Technological Optimism
34:06 - Learnings from ShapeShift's DAO Structure
38:01 - Venice AI: Separation of Mind and State
40:24 - How Do We Avoid a Dystopian Future?
43:19 - How Venice AI Differs from ChatGPT and Gemini
47:46 - Unprogramming Human Instincts for Privacy
50:24 - The VVV Token
54:25 - Crypto is Built for AI Machines
56:56 - How He Lost 50K BTC Fighting The SEC
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CBS News Roundup - 12/02/2025 | World News Roundup
Another winter storm is on the way for a swath of the US. Congress is probing a double strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. US special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin today to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war. CBS's Deborah Rodriguez has these stories and much more in today's World News Roundup.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Costco wants its tariff money back
If Trump's tariffs are illegal, Costco wants a refund. The lawsuits that brought President Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court last month were led by small businesses and Democratic state attorneys general, but now it’s bigger companies — including Costco — that are suing to make sure they’re in line for a refund if tariffs are struck down. Plus, "Marketplace Morning Report" is heading to the moon this week for views on an emerging lunar economy.
Marketplace All-in-One - The U.K. agrees to pay more for American meds
From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government has hailed a deal with the United States to keep tariffs on U.K. pharmaceutical shipments into the U.S. at zero, but the agreement comes with a cost. Then, Hong Kong's leader said serious problems in the city's construction industry, as well as oversight, were exposed in last week’s deadly high-rise fire. And, what's behind recruitment problems at Europe's air traffic control?