In bankrupt Lebanon, locals mine bitcoin and buy groceries with tether, as $1 is now worth 15 cents
Aerial view of the seafront Manara district near downtown Beirut. Bilwander | Getty Images When Georgio Abou Gebrael first heard…
S&P 500 is flat to kick off a big week of earnings, Fed meeting ahead
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, July 6, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. equities wavered on Monday, coming off a…
Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports
A general view shows a fire engine at a scene of a burning building after a shelling, as Russia’s invasion…
Stocks stage big comeback Tuesday with S&P 500 finishing slightly higher after erasing 2% loss
Stocks staged an afternoon rally on Tuesday as concerns about a possible recession in the U.S. weighed on investor sentiment…
Russia’s war on Ukraine could shake up global trade blocs. Here are the winners and losers
Aerial view of shipping containers and cranes at Qingdao Port on May 30, 2022 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.…
Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Prehistoric Mine in America—and It Was Dedicated to Sacred Ancient Art Supplies
Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be the oldest mine in the Americas, a quarry in eastern Wyoming where prehistoric…
‘It’s a Carnival Life’: Four Artists and One Art Dealer at New York Comic Con on Surviving Lockdown—and Returning to the Convention Circuit
It was, by fandom standards, a subdued opening day for New York Comic Con on Thursday. Yes, there were guests sporting elaborate…
The Beetaloo drilling program brings potential health and social issues for Aboriginal communities in remote NT
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been repeatedly harmed by policies and decisions that drive systematic dispossession, disempowerment, overincarceration…
Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?
The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians…
Inside the bitcoin mine with its own power plant – BBC News
Bitcoin mines require a lot of energy to power the computers inside. Greenidge Generation in New York has converted a…
Is the COVID vaccine rollout the greatest public policy failure in recent Australian history?
Is the Morrison government’s COVID vaccination rollout program one of Australia’s biggest ever public policy failures? As COVID-19 infection numbers…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on net zero 2050, a coal-fired power station – and how resources is (sort of) in cabinet
Barnaby Joyce’s sudden elevation to deputy prime minister has put a significant obstacle in the way of Scott Morrison’s creep…
The government is clamping down on charities — and it could have a chilling effect on peaceful protest
The Australian government introduced new regulations last week that could have a major chilling effect across Australia’s diverse charities sector.…
West Papua is on the verge of another bloody crackdown
“Destroy them first. We will discuss human rights matters later.” These are the reported words of Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of…
Ark Invest CEO Reaffirms $500K BTC Price Prediction, Says Bitcoin Is in ‘Capitulation Phase’
The CEO of Ark Investment Management (Ark Invest), Cathie Wood, still predicts that the price of bitcoin will be $500K.…