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“#This just in: The PM has been phoning cabinet ministers” Certain reflexes are learned from experience, which helps explain why lately I open emails from the Prime Minister’s Office in something approximating the way Jeremy Renner opened packages in The Hurt Locker. A wince, a clench, a glimpse through half-shut eyes: what fresh hell have…
“#Jagmeet Singh lands in the hot seat” Politics Insider for Jan. 19: The Alberta government knew about Kaycee Madu’s police call nearly a year ago; Ukraine asks Canada for more help; Canada’s two biggest airlines cut thousands of flights because of the pandemic Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it…
“# Binance taps former central bank exec to push compliance in CIS and Russia ” Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is putting more effort into increasing compliance in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russia and Ukraine. Binance is planning to extend its operations in the region and boost local cryptocurrency compliance and education,…
“#Biden must stop Germany undermining him on Ukraine over gas” Germany likes to position itself as the world’s conscience. These days, it’s anything but. Who can forget an aggressive Angela Merkel standing over a seated Donald Trump during the 2018 G7 summit? Claiming Trump was a threat to global stability, the chancellor tried to intimidate…
“#Schiff says Ukraine invasion ‘likely’ as Biden prepares for Zelensky call” Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he believes it is “very likely” that Russia will invade Ukraine as President Biden prepared for another call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the tense standoff. “I fear that Putin is…
“#Putin’s excellent Ukraine crisis and other commentary” Foreign desk: Vlad’s Excellent Ukraine Crisis “Vladimir Putin is having a good crisis in Ukraine,” Walter Russell Mead notes at The Wall Street Journal. “Ukraine is popular issue in Russia,” and the standoff “is making Russia feel great again,” as many are “nostalgic for the old days of…
“# From eNaira to eHryvnia, a Caribbean fintech develops CBDC around the world ” Barbados, a paradise island in the West Indies, is known for its azure beaches, tidal waves, shipwrecks, homegrown grown Barbadian (Bajan) hospitality, and more recently, an influx of remote workers. Now, one can add cryptocurrency innovations to that list as well….
“# Ukrainian bank uses Stellar to launch electronic hryvnia pilot ” Tascombank, one of the oldest commercial banks in Ukraine, is launching a Stellar-based pilot for Ukraine’s national fiat currency, the hryvnia. The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced on Dec. 14 a private electronic hryvnia pilot launched by Tascombank and fintech company Bitt. The electronic…
“#Americans hammer Biden over inflation, the economy” A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Biden is handling the economic recovery, inflation, immigration and crime — with his only positive numbers coming from his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his infrastructure plan, according to a poll released Sunday. Sixty-nine percent of Americans give Biden…
“#Biden says military use ‘not in cards’ for Russian-Ukraine invasion” There is a strange dissonance between America’s “unwavering support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, its sovereignty, its independence” recently expressed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and President Biden’s admission that the use of force against a prospective Russian invasion of Ukraine is “not in the…