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“#UN chief urges action on ‘killer robots’ as Geneva talks open” GENEVA, Dec 13 – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for new rules covering the use of autonomous weapons as a key meeting on the issue opened in Geneva. Negotiators at the U.N. talks have for eight years been discussing limits on…
“# UN’s COP26 climate change goals include emerging tech and carbon taxes ” In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain. The 2021 United Nations…
“# NFTs for freedom: Nonfungible tokens and the right to self-determination ” It seems that everyone — from corporate behemoths like Visa and Anheuser-Busch to socialite Paris Hilton and NBA legends Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant — has recognized the growing importance of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for the 21st-century economy. World-renowned artists, athletes and musicians…
“# The focus of the blockchain climate discussion is missing the point ” As the nonfungible tokens craze took off at the start of the year, many climate-conscious artists vocalized their disapproval of Ethereum’s energy consumption. In May, Elon Musk then derailed Bitcoin (BTC), citing the energy consumed by Bitcoin as cause for Tesla to…
“# Charitable sustainable NFTs for the United Nations’ 17 SDGs ” In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…
“#Eric Adams get$ it!: Goodwin” Heart be still, New York is about to get a mayor who understands that money doesn’t grow on trees and that the rich are not evil. Eric Adams continues to distinguish himself from Mayor Putz in all the right ways. The Brooklyn Borough president won the Democratic primary by being…
“#US-backed Uighur exhibit opens in Geneva” GENEVA, Sept 16 – A US-backed Uighur photo exhibit of dozens of people who are missing or alleged to be held in Chinese-run camps in Xinjiang, China opened in Switzerland on Thursday amid high tensions over human rights between Beijing and Washington. The “Wall of the Disappeared” which also…
“#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse” KABUL, Afghanistan — Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital on Aug. 15, the country’s already fragile economy has spiraled into despair. Foreign assistance, which previously propped up the nation of 38 million, was immediately frozen. The US halted $9.4 billion in reserves to the country’s…
“#Taliban announces ‘amnesty’ for Afghans, urges women to join government” KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee their rule. The…
“#China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as climate crisis grows” SHANGHAI – China announced scores of new carbon-intensive coal and steel projects in the first half of 2021, research showed on Friday just days after a key U.N. report urged immediate global action to curb use of fossil fuels and prevent runaway climate change. The push comes as climate experts exhort governments around the world to take drastic…