SHARJAH / GULF TIME The leading regional children’s youth film festival, Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF) has announced the “Junior Jurors” for 2023. The festival is dedicated to enhancing the media literacy of children and youth, fostering children’s and youth’s creativity and showcasing the very best in filmmaking for, by and about children and young people. …

BLOOMBERG A period of unusual calm in crypto markets ended abruptly  as the notion of higher-for-longer interest rates sparked a selloff in risk assets like Bitcoin, leading to mass liquidations of bullish bets. The rout pushed Bitcoin from near $29,000 to as low as $25,314 in a 24-hour span before the biggest token recovered slightly in early European trading on …

BLOOMBERG Stocks slumped, putting a global benchmark on track for the biggest weekly loss since March, as worries about China and higher global interest rates sapped sentiment. US equity futures were indicated lower, building on the selloff that’s stretched across risk assets. Bitcoin slid as much as 8% and oil was set for its first weekly loss since June. The …