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Binance reopens withdrawals after $6.3B hack, Alaska ballot suit, Trump on Iran, Bulgaria runoff, Marquez wins

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Binance resumes withdrawals after a $6.3 billion hack

Crypto exchange Binance began reopening withdrawals Sunday, starting with bitcoin, ether and other major tokens, after about $6.3 billion was stolen from the exchange beginning late Thursday. The FBI said Saturday that the North Korean state-sponsored unit…

✔ Sources: Reuters (via Investing.com), CoinDesk

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Alaska asks judge to dismiss Justice Department suit over Senate ballots

Alaska's Republican-led state government asked a federal judge Saturday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit over the U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola. The Justice Department wants ballots ranking a second…

✔ Sources: AP (via PBS News), CBS News, AP (via Spectrum News)

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Trump says the U.S. still has 'one or two' sites to target in Iran

President Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday that the U.S. has knocked out much of Iran's military but still has to "take care of, I would say one or two sites," including a suspected underground nuclear site known as Pickaxe…

✔ Sources: AFP (via Arab News Japan), Times of Israel live blog, Nov. 1

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Bulgaria votes in a presidential runoff

Bulgarians are voting Sunday in a presidential runoff between acting President Iliana Iotova (AP spells it Yotova), backed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev's party, and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, backed by pro-Western reformist parties.…

✔ Sources: AP (via ABC News), Reuters (via Internazionale)

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Marc Marquez wins the Malaysian MotoGP and nears the title

Ducati's Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on Sunday by more than four seconds, ahead of KTM's Pedro Acosta and his brother Alex Marquez. Marquez leads the championship by 44 points over the injured Jorge Martin and could clinch the title…

✔ Sources: Reuters (via Al Jazeera), Motorsport.com (via Yahoo Sports)

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