According to people with knowledge of the matter, the country’s State Council has asked the top securities regulator to lead studies on how to design the exchange that would target Chinese firms listed in offshore markets. The government hopes the initiative would also lure marquee international firms such as Apple …
Read More »Boom Bust digs into privacy issues of blockchain-protected digital ‘vaccine passports’
Boom Bust co-host and blockchain expert Ben Swann explains that South Korea wants “to make sure that whenever someone is vaccinated their information is entered into a blockchain.” The information then lives in the blockchain, not a particular site or server, and therefore it can’t be altered or changed. “The …
Read More »Egypt parades 22 mummies through Cairo, showing off ancient heritage & putting ‘Pharaoh’s curse’ myth to rest (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The convoy of golden trucks that moved through the streets of Cairo on Saturday was designed to resemble the ancient boats that once carried deceased pharaohs to their tombs. The mummy of King Ramesses V © Reuters / Amr Abdallah Dalsh The mummies were transported inside climate-controlled capsules filled with …
Read More »Jordanian King Abdullah’s half-brother placed under ‘house arrest’ as security forces thwart ‘coup attempt’
Around 20 people were arrested in a security sweep on Saturday night, including several high-profile figures such as Sharif Hassan Ben Zaid, a member of the royal family, and Bassem Awadallah, a former finance minister and head of the royal court. Both also formerly served as royal envoys to Saudi Arabia. Amid …
Read More »Writer Nikolay Gogol, born in what is modern-day Ukraine, has been stolen by Russia through propaganda, says Minister in Kiev
Known as Hohol by Ukrainian speakers, the writer was born in Sorochintsy, a small village near the city of Poltava, about 150km west of the Russian border. Now a part of modern-day Ukraine, the settlement was then in the Russian Empire and ruled from Moscow. According to Tkachenko, Gogol was …
Read More »Iraqi baby born with THREE PENISES in first-of-a-kind case, doctors say
Though there are roughly 100 cases of babies around the world being born with two penises, doctors in Mosul, Iraq, said that cases of babies being born with three penises are so extremely rare that this might be the first recorded case of its kind. While the baby was born …
Read More »Nearly HALF of Americans think ‘vaccine passports’ are a ‘good idea,’ poll claims, as Biden admin coordinates Big Tech pass apps
Some 44% of likely voters said that requiring proof of vaccination to return to their daily lives is a “good idea,” though another large segment, 41%, were outright opposed to it, a Rasmussen survey published on Thursday shows, noting that 15% remain on the fence. Polling 1,000 voters earlier this …
Read More »Robots threaten to replace hundreds of thousands of oil & gas jobs by 2030 – report
In a report published earlier this week, Rystad Energy projected that at least 20% of the jobs in sectors such as drilling, operational support and maintenance could become automated by 2030. This could affect over 400,000 jobs in some key energy-producing countries, according to the firm. Rystad Energy’s calculations show …
Read More »Florida expands evacuation zone amid state of emergency in Manatee County over fears of ‘imminent breach’ of wastewater reservoir
Over 300 households received an emergency evacuation alert on Saturday afternoon, after the initial danger zone that included just a few dozen houses was expanded half-mile west and one mile southwest, according to the Manatee County Public Safety Department. The artificial pond at the Piney Point industrial site, abandoned since …
Read More »Massive database of 533 MILLION Facebook users with PHONES leaked online, but tech giant says it’s just ‘old data’
A huge database that previously circulated privately, has now been published on a hacking forum for free, according to Business Insider, which first broke the news. The data dump affects people from 106 countries, including more than 32 million Americans, some 11 million UK citizens and 6 million Indians. The …
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