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Crypto blowup in Hong Kong tests its embrace of retail trading
Financial Express 2023-09-27Reportedly, Hong Kong’s response was meant to demonstrate that authorities will deal with wrongdoers Follow Us The footage was beamed out to television viewers across Hong Kong early last week: a young man dressed in a black polo shirt, navy blazer and gray trousers being led out by police from an office tower in the Central business district in...
‘There Is No Hope’: Death and Desperation Take Over the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Time Magazine 2023-09-27Pinned high on the wall of Muhammad Zubair’s bamboo shelter is a photo of his murdered friend. Mohib Ullah was gunned down in Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh two years ago in retribution for his community work on behalf of displaced Rohingya Muslims. It was advocacy that led the 48-year-old Mohib Ullah in 2019 to address the...
GoFundMe freezes $90k from news outlet that opposes neocon Ukraine war narrative
Life Site 2023-09-23, GoFundMe took this action due to “Some external concerns.” The Grayzone’s editor, Max Blumenthal, described this non-explanation as “…nothing more than a vague allusion to pressure from powerful outside forces.” In a recent video, comedian and left-wing political commentator Jimmy Dore interviewed Blumenthal, who gave a simple...
Bitcoin may attract significant inflows from China amidst Yuan weakness and capital flight
Cryptopolitan 2023-09-22Recent data compiled by Bloomberg reveals a concerning trend for China, as capital outflows reached $49 billion in August. This marks the highest monthly capital outflow since December 2015, creating added pressure on the Chinese yuan. Analysts attribute this phenomenon to several factors, including a robust U.S. economy in contrast to...
US Firms’ China Outlook Worst in Decades: Report
The Epoch Times 2023-09-19Vague laws, tensions with Washington over technology, geopolitics, and a slowing economy are key impediments for...
Federalist Society panelists endorse proposed law school accreditation rule on free speech
Reuters 2023-09-19Sept 18 (Reuters) - Law schools would benefit from a proposed accreditation rule requiring them to adopt free speech protections, panelists assembled by the Federalist Society said Monday. Such a rule—currently under consideration by the American Bar Association’s legal education arm—would protect law campuses as places of robust debate and tamp...
Interactive map reveals state-sanctioned violence against protesters worldwide
Amnesty 2023-09-19Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests, Amnesty International said today, as it launched an interactive digital map that exposes the shocking rise in the repression of protesters by states across the globe. The global map, which is part of Amnesty International’s...
UN Set to Agree New Political Declaration on Pandemics Next Week – and It’s a Horror Show
The Daily Sceptic 2023-09-16In four days’ time, on Wednesday September 20th, our representatives meeting at the United Nations will sign off on a ‘’ titled: ‘Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.’ This was announced as a “silent procedure”, meaning that States not responding will be...
Missouri v. Biden and the crossroads of politics, censorship and free speech
The Hill 2023-09-13A federal appellate court Sept. 8 that multiple White House, surgeon general, FBI and CDC officials likely breached the fine line separating permissible government persuasion and jawboning from illicit “coercion and significant encouragement” when they repeatedly — and often successfully — lobbied social-media companies “to remove disfavored...
Biden administration seeks new order halting curbs on social media contacts
Reuters 2023-09-12Companies Alphabet IncFollow Meta Platforms IncFollow Sept 11 (Reuters) - A Louisiana judge's order sharply limiting U.S. officials' contacts with social media companies could soon take full effect despite being partly overturned by an appeals court, thanks to a legal loophole, President Joe Biden's administration said on Monday. In...
Vietnam Air, Boeing near $7.5 billion deal for 50 737 max planes
Reuters 2023-09-10Sept 10 (Reuters) - Vietnam Airlines (HVN.HM) is expected to sign an initial agreement to buy about 50 Boeing (BA.N) 737 Max jets in a deal valued at about $7.5 billion, a person familiar with the talks told Reuters on Sunday. Wording of the impending deal, which confirms a Reuters report from last week, comes as U.S. President Joe Biden visits...
America’s Freedom to Breathe Act is “a Necessary Intervention Against Mask Mandate Madness”
The Daily Sceptic 2023-09-07Following news that Jill Biden tested positive for Covid, Joe Biden has once again been spotted wearing a face mask. During a Tuesday briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the President “will be masking while indoors and around people, in alignment with CDC guidance”. This is despite him testing negative and displaying...