Just three countries have so far introduced CBDCs, according to the IMF, and two of them are already having serious issues. More
Amid Rising Tensions With US and Canada, Mexico’s AMLO Threatens to Boycott Upcoming North American Leaders’ Summit
“We are asking for respect.”More
UK Government Sued Over NHS’s Heavily Redacted Contract With US Spytech Firm Palantir
Even critical paragraphs on how NHS patients’ personal data will be handled have been blacked out.More
After Two Months of High-Voltage Shock Treatment, Argentina’s Economy Is Screaming at Top of Its Lungs
The economic data for January, Milei’s first full month in office, makes for sobering reading.More
Russia Lifts Suspension on Imports of Ecuadorian Bananas After Collapse of US-Ecuador Arms Deal
Yet another embarrassing setback for US foreign policy, this time in its so-called “back yard” (or as Biden calls it, “front yard”).More
France’s Macron Government Is Trying to Criminalise Criticism of Officially Recommended or Mandated Medical Treatments
A new escalation in the war on what governments deem to be medical mis-, dis- and mal-information appears to be under way.More
“Bank Wars” in UK: Santander Denounces Advert By Rival Nationwide Criticising Out-of-Control Branch Closures
The Spanish banking giant doesn’t appear to have heard of the Streisand effect. Or perhaps it considers itself immune from its fallout.More
Ecuador Pays A High Price, In Bananas and Carnations, for Giving Russian-Made Weapons to US (and By Extension, Ukraine)
The impact is likely to be significant for a country that is already reeling from an economic crisis and whose government is in the process of unleashing yet another round of IMF-approved austerity.More
Why Is Tony Blair So Keen for the UK’s National Health Service to Sell Off Its Patients’ Health Data to Private Companies?
What is being proposed is obviously a terrible deal for NHS patients. But could the Tony Blair Institute’s biggest donor benefit handsomely?More
The DEA Takes Aim at Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Misses Badly
“There was no evidence for what they were trying to say,” said former DEA agent Mike Vigil. “I did not see any evidence that López Obrador was involved, had knowledge or intention of receiving ‘hot money’ from drug traffickers.”More
Nick Corbishley 