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The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking investment advisers how they use and oversee artificial intelligence, as agency head Gary Gensler continues to express skepticism about the technology.

Teenage children of jailed Narges Mohammadi accept her Nobel Peace Prize  BBC.com As they prepare to accept her Nobel prize, jailed activist’s children believe they’ll never see her again  CNN Nobel Peace Prize winner says Iranian people will prevail against rulers  Reuters Children

The U.S. Treasury prefers its debt sales to be humdrum affairs. Lately, they are sparking fireworks in markets.

A third man was buried without his family’s knowledge near Jackson, Mississippi  NBC News

Hanukkah celebrations in Jerusalem are especially tense this year.

Cyberfraud is considered human trafficking’s newest form of exploitation, according to the global crime-fighting organization. Victims are largely found in Southeast Asia and Latin America. (Image credit: Vincent Thian/AP)

Trump defends dictator comments amid NYC soiree filled with MAGA diehards  POLITICO

UPenn Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok resigns, following departure of President Liz Magill  Fox News Penn’s President Liz Magill Resigns After Her Responses to Antisemitism  The New York Times Congressional lawmakers call for Harvard, MIT presidents to step down over testimony

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and decisionmakers, click here.) Achieving growth while cutting emissions in a company’s value chain is an ambitious target. Mars Inc. CEO Poul Weihrauch thinks he has the right strategy

The idea that the Blue Jays would sign the Japanese star seemed plausible when a private jet was headed to Toronto. When it landed, it was someone else on board.