Unlike digital forms of payment, cash does not crash.More
Just Three Months into Office, Argentina’s Milei Government Invites US Troops to Help “Manage” Major Waterway
“This is an agreement involving a foreign army belonging to a country that clearly seeks to increase its hemispheric influence over Latin America.”More
UK Medicines Regulator MHRA’s Role As Pharma “Enabler” During Pandemic Comes Under Microscope
“We feel compelled to conclude that the MHRA has indeed become an enabler for the pharmaceutical industry, with patient safety no longer being its primary concern.”More
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Are By Now Too Big to Ignore
Sunak’s father-in-law’s company, Indian tech giant (and digital identity developer) Infosys, has been doing a roaring business with UK government departments since his son-in-law became chancellor and then PM.More
After Nigeria’s eNaira Disaster, Another “Live” Central Bank Digital Currency, Jamaica’s Jam-Dex, Founders
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
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