Iran has been rocked by deadly protests after the death of Mahsa Amini three days after she was arrested by the morality police earlier this month. The “crime” the 22-year-old woman allegedly committed was that she was not properly wearing her hijab in public. She was arrested on 13 September and reports indicate that she...
The U.S. Congress’ stop-gap spending bill being negotiated in Washington to fund the government after Friday’s deadline will include $12 billion earmarked for new economic and military aid for Ukraine, assuring that the killing fields will continue to be bloodied. Reuters, citing sources familiar with the negotiations, said $4.5 billion in military funding will go...
As the summer of 2022 came to a close, countries in nearly every continent were impacted by historic heat waves and droughts that not only threatened lives, but also threatened economies reliant on water for energy production. Gerald Celente, the publisher of The Trends Journal, has identified these acts of nature as “wild cards” and...
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy, won the country’s election for prime minister and could lead Rome away from the EU orbit while taking aim at international bankers. “The situation in which Italy and the European Union find themselves is a particularly complex one,” she said during her victory speech. She continued,...
The Kremlin, once again, said the war in Ukraine will only end through negotiations, but said Kyiv’s continued refusal to negotiate has led to the war of attrition. Ukraine has said Russia cannot be trusted, so negotiations are worthless. Kyiv also said it will not lay down arms until it reclaims all of its land...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday once again brushed off the Ukrainian counteroffensive and issued a wider threat to the West for its military support for Kyiv. Putin has recently said his forces largely have not begun to fight. The troops in Ukraine have been volunteers up until this point. His recent mobilization will increase...
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said last week that the U.S. will continue its support for Ukraine because the country’s existence hangs in the balance. Blinken told the UN Security Council that the U.S. (“we”) will continue to support Kyiv as it defends itself and “strengthen its hand to achieve a diplomatic solution...
You know it’s serious when the Pentagon doesn’t just rubber stamp a Ukrainian weapons request. Members of Congress sent Lloyd Austin, the head of the Defense Department (and former board member of Raytheon, America’s second largest defense contractor), a letter urging the Pentagon to speed up the process in reviewing Kyiv’s request for hi-tech MQ-1C...
TETHER STABLECOIN MUST PROVE ITS BACKING, SAYS COURT Tether must prove it has 1 to 1 dollar reserves or equivalent backing for its USDT stablecoin. That was the directive last week issued by Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York’s U.S. District Court, as part of a case that stems back...
In a bid to leverage blockchain technology innovations, Asian banking giant Nomura has made several recent moves, including investing in the Fnality Payments Firm, based in London. According to theblock.co, Nomura has also raised money for a crypto venture fund, and has noted the evolution of DeFi as an important development. “The transformation of financial...