Is TV too woke? As someone who works with a lot of producers, writers, and directors who all privately tell me that if their TV project isn’t woke in conception and rigidly diverse in execution, then it won’t ever move forward, the answer is eye-rollingly obvious. Unsurprisingly, the epidemic of …
Read More »Why does the crypto industry continue to grow amid global crackdown? Boom Bust finds out
RT’s Ben Swann and Christy Ai talk about the reasons for the crypto industry’s continued growth despite tighter regulation. For more stories on economy & finance visit RT’s business section
Read More »Greta Thunberg calls out fashion industry as ‘huge contributor’ to climate change… while gracing the cover of Vogue
For its first ever issue, Vogue Scandinavia features Thunberg on the cover, which was revealed to the world over the weekend in a thread by Thunberg herself, calling for major changes in the fashion industry. “The fashion industry is a huge contributor to the climate and ecological emergency, not to …
Read More »Tech giants back Biden’s plan to charge them more tax, but loopholes are the industry’s ace in the hole
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed on Saturday to implement a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. Bringing in this minimum rate is a goal of the US President Joe Biden administration, and while it will need to be debated by the G20 and Organisation …
Read More »Turkey backs Ukraine’s NATO bid, says military industry cooperation with Kiev is ‘not aimed against 3rd countries’
“Our main goal is that the Black Sea continues to be a sea of peace, tranquility and cooperation,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint press conference following three-hour-long talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymir Zelensky in Istanbul on Saturday. The Turkish president said Ankara does not want “escalation” …
Read More »The Public Health industry’s mission creep has finally led it to medicalise racism – it was only ever a matter of time
“What we know is this: racism is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans,” declared Walensky. To show its determination to treat racism as a public health problem, the CDC has launched a new web portal, Racism and Health. Once upon a time …
Read More »Moscow expresses disgust after US general turned arms industry lobbyist Ben Hodges says no Russians died in WW2, only Ukrainians
Hodges is the former Commanding General of the United States Army Europe and now serves as a lobbyist at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a Washington and Warsaw-based pressure group that promotes the agenda of US military contractors in Eastern Europe. In addition to arms industry interests, it …
Read More »Lockdowns were deemed bad for our mental health. Now the psycho-babble industry’s inventing anxiety about a return to normal life
Why am I not surprised that mental health charities are now warning that the experience of coming out of the lockdown “could trigger anxiety for many”? Because for decades and decades the mental health industry has worked overtime to convince us that just about anything in life can make us …
Read More »WTF is a NFT? RT’s Boom Bust explores multi-million crypto industry
Twitter CEO and crypto enthusiast Jack Dorsey is one of the latest to get into the game, auctioning his 15 year-old tweet as an NFT. Earlier this week, US rock group Kings of Leon announced that their new album will be available as an NFT, offering some exclusive options to …
Read More »Global airline industry body to launch Covid ‘travel pass’ by March
The measure, dubbed the IATA Travel Pass, is aimed at providing government, airlines and travelers with a streamlined process to ensure there is “accurate information, secure identification and verified data” available to meet all relevant Covid-19 restrictions. The IATA has outlined a timeline for the full rollout of its travel …
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