China’s Quiet Rapprochement With Israel
“The war continues, but the war is not the theme of Israel-China bilateral relations.”
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Iron Rivers Everywhere: How US Arms Smuggling Is Fuelling Violence in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Even US-aligned governments in the region are beginning to ask, somewhat naively, which side the US is on in the war on guns, begging the question: which war?
Read more...Is PayPal Running a Covert Information Campaign Against Cash in Germany?
“You love cash. But has cash loved you back?”
Read more...What Mexico Can Teach Its Northern Neighbour About Combatting Child Obesity, Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Conditions
“The economic burden… of not intervening in the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity is up to $1.8 trillion in the case of Mexico.”
Read more...Milei’s Controversial Plan to Turn Argentina into a Money Launderer’s Paradise
“The key is that nobody asks where you got your dollars.”
Read more...Is UK Creating a Giant Bonanza for Hackers and Nation-State Adversaries With Its “One Login” Digital Governance System?
The government’s cavalier approach to security for its digital governance and identity systems should be enough to give all UK citizens pause — if only they knew about it!
Read more...US Looks to Escalate Its Economic War Against the World’s Poorest By Taxing Remittance Payments
Paradoxically, this is likely to create more, not less, illegal immigration to the US.
Read more...The Curious Case of the Hostile Takeover Bid by a Bank Facing Criminal Charges
Despite facing prosecution on a number of charges, including widespread corporate espionage, Spain’s BBVA still wants to take over its third biggest rival. The ECB has already given its blessing.
Read more...Mexico’s Exports to US Surge to a New Record High Despite, or Largely Because of, Trump’s Tariffs
The world’s largest bilateral trade relationship continues to grow, but it’s a trend that is unlikely to last.
Read more...Despite Last Week’s Nationwide Blackout, Spanish Government Takes Criminalisation of Cash to Whole New Level
Taking money out of the bank becomes a Kafkaesque nightmare. Anyone looking to withdraw more than $3,000 of their own money must notify the State in advance as well as explain the reason(s) why, or face fines.
Read more...Washington Is Once Again Weaponising the IMF to Try to Reclaim Its “Back Yard”
Through its selective lending to struggling economies in Latin America, the IMF is helping Washington, once again, to reassert its strategic influence.
Read more...Suddenly Everything Stopped: Nationwide Blackouts in Spain and Portugal Underscore Extreme Fragility of Our Modern Systems
As the system comes back online and attention turns to the possible cause(s) of one of Europe’s largest peacetime blackouts, one thing is clear: without cash, the chaos would have been far worse.
Read more...One of UK’s Largest (and Oldest) High Street Retailers Suffers Week of Chaos After “Cyber Incident”
“Back to Normal”… Erm, Not Quite.
Read more...China Sends Strong Message to “Global South” (and US) Via Its Embassy in Argentina
“[W]e urge the US side to detoxify its mind. Instead of devoting its time and energy to… attacking China, it would be much more productive to make real contributions to the development of the countries of the region.”
Read more...As Appetite for War and Repression Rise in the New Western (Dis-)Order, Palantir Is Making a Killing
Silicon Valley’s darkest and most secretive unicorn “has finally made it big”. But at what cost to the rest of us?
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