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Polar Bear Thrives, Hostage Breathes, UK Bans Crypto Ads

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Ukraine and Russia Conduct Latest Soldier Swap; UK Bans Coinbase Ads

Ukraine received the bodies of 1,000 soldiers from Russia in the latest exchange between the warring countries, according to BBC World News. The exchange occurred under an agreement reached during talks in Istanbul last year. Russia received 38 bodies in return, according to Moscow's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, who posted a photo on Telegram showing individuals in biohazard suits next to refrigerated trucks used to transport the bodies. Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged thousands of soldiers' bodies over the course of the almost four-year conflict, according to BBC World News.

In other news, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned adverts from cryptocurrency firm Coinbase, BBC Technology reported. The ASA upheld complaints that the ads trivialized the risks of cryptocurrency and implied it could ease people's cost of living concerns. The ads, which ran in August, depicted the UK in disrepair alongside a satirical slogan and the Coinbase logo. Coinbase said it disagreed with the watchdog's decision, according to BBC Technology.

Separately, CBS News reported that scientists have found a polar bear population in the remote, arctic Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is thriving. Jon Aars, a senior scientist with the Norwegian Polar Institute, told CBS News that the bears are finding new ways to survive and are even gaining weight. Aars, who has been tracking polar bears in Svalbard for over 20 years, led a team of researchers who tracked the weight and size of nearly 800 bears between 1992 and 2019. They found the polar bears to be in good shape, able to survive and continue raising new cubs. "A fat bear is a healthy bear," Aars said to CBS News on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Sasha Troufanov, a former Israeli hostage held for nearly 500 days in Gaza, told BBC News that the return of the body of the final hostage this week means all the released captives can "now breathe and start our lives again." Troufanov, an Amazon electronics engineer, was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, by Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen. His fiancée, mother, and grandmother were also kidnapped and taken to Gaza. The women were released after more than 50 days as hostages. He was freed a year ago, after 498 days in captivity.

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