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Is the plan to bankrupt Russia working?

Economic coercion is the West’s favourite tool to influence Russian behaviour. But with oil prices rising, Russia’s economy growing, and…

2 years ago

Natural Covid Delta immunity more effective than vaccination – CDC study

The study, published on Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that as the Delta…

2 years ago

Elon Musk nears human testing of brain chip

Neuralink, the US neurotechnology firm co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has begun recruiting key employees to run its clinical…

2 years ago

Pelosi makes about-face on insider trading in Congress

Previously openly opposed to banning stock trading by members of Congress, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) appeared on…

2 years ago

Red Cross hackers steal info on half a million ‘vulnerable’ people

A massive hack of the International Committee of the Red Cross has compromised information from employees, refugees, detainees, migrants, and…

2 years ago

Fed explores future of ‘digital dollar’

A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) should “complement, rather than replace, current forms of money and methods for providing financial…

2 years ago

Tax collectors to demand facial recognition ID

A new kind of digital identification, requiring the user to submit their personal data to a private company in Virginia…

2 years ago

Space-based entertainment studio set to launch in two years

The UK-based media company Space Entertainment Enterprise plans to launch a film studio and sports arena into space, aiming to…

2 years ago

Austria makes Covid vaccines mandatory

An overwhelming majority of Austrian MPs voted on Thursday to force their citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19, with those…

2 years ago

Russian Communists want to up the ante with Ukraine

It would be “morally justified” for Russia to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to…

2 years ago