Controversial cryptocurrency Bitcoin made its debut on a major exchange Sunday, opening at $15,000 per unit at the Chicago board options exchange.
A few minutes after its 2300 GMT opening a futures contract tied to the currency had risen to $15,600, still short of last week's high of over $17,000.Read more
Bitcoin rocketed above $15,000 on Thursday, extending the virtual currency's mammoth surge this year and following an advance of more than 50 percent in just one week.
It struck a record-high $15,075.02 at 1005 GMT, according to Bloomberg.Read more
A tiger which had escaped Friday from a circus in Paris was "neutralised" by circus personnel and was now dead, police said.
Firefighters had been called around 1700 GMT by people who saw the animal in the 15th district of the French capital.Read more
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 31 km southwest of Norsup, Vanuatu at 04:38:28 GMT on Saturday, said the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 16.26 degrees south latitude and 167.16 degrees east longitude.
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