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REPORT: “90% of nations planning Central Bank Digital Currency “

Kit Knightly Audio Version New Feature! A new report from the Bank of International Settlements estimates that up to 90% of national central banks are at least in the planning stages for launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC): Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than …

US’ coercive diplomacy with Saudi Arabia

BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | INDIAN PUNCHLINE | MAY 6, 2022 Some three weeks after the reported meeting of the CIA chief William Burns with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Sultan, the OPEC+ ministerial held a videoconference on Thursday.  The OPEC+ meet drew satisfaction that “continuing oil market fundamentals and the consensus on […]

Ukraine Seizes Another Zelensky Critic, Labeling Him a ‘Traitor’

Eric Zuesse On 5 May 2022, CIA-nazi-Ukrainians seized in Spain Anatoly Shariy — a libertarian political opponent of Ukraine’s President Volodmyr Zelensky. In 2012, Shariy had likewise criticized the last democratically elected Ukrainian President and was persecuted by Ukraine’s Government for having done so. Russia’s RT News headlined about his seizure on May 5th, “Popular […]

With no missile host in Pacific, new US strategy seeks to arm Japan against China

Press TV – May 4, 2022 The United States is struggling to find allies in the Indo-Pacific region who would be willing to host its intermediate-range missiles (IRBM), a new report has found. The report by US-based think tank RAND Corporation, close to the Pentagon, looks at the likelihood of Pacific countries agreeing to host […]

China’s New Dealings With Iran And Adoption Of Resistance Rhetoric

China’s Minister of National Defence, Wei Fenghe, visited Tehran this past Wednesday, in what looked like a step closer to further military cooperation between China and Iran. What does China’s new international posturing show us about its coming role as an emerging super power? Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed his intent to tighten ties, Read More...