Crypto offers Africans a ‘lifeline’ from inflation and corruption, say execs ( web.archive.org )
Chris Maurice, founder and CEO of Yellow Card, Africa’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, says crypto in Africa “is growing at the speed of light” because it allows many Africans to escape from the traditional financial system’s failures and transact more freely.
Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health ( www.bbc.com )
Brazil Set to Bar Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims ( beehaw.org )
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Man who pulled out of the Titan sub trip with his son said Stockton Rush flew to convince them on an experimental plane he built himself ( www.insider.com )
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say-sources ( www.reuters.com )
We're Now Finding Out The Damaging Results of The Mandated Return to Office — And It's Worse Than We Thought ( www.entrepreneur.com )
Why Saudi Arabia's "The Line" is not a revolution in urban living - CSH ( www.csh.ac.at )
Janitor heard 'annoying alarms' and turned off freezer, ruining 20 years of school research worth $1 million, lawsuit says | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
Without paid family leave, teachers stockpile sick days and aim for summer babies ( www.opb.org )
Trump heard on CNN tape discussing secret documents ( www.bbc.com )
An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media....
'A lamentable situation': Hungary maintains veto on €500 million in EU military aid for Ukraine ( www.euronews.com )
Logitech Faces Stock Price Drop and Troll Reviews After Titan Sub Disaster ( www.mensjournal.com )
"OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush piloted the Titan submersible using a Logitech F710 controller designed for PC gaming. After the tech giant was seemingly implicated in the ill-fated expedition, the reaction from the stock market was instantaneous. According to MarketWatch, Logitech's share price started out the week at $56.73 on...
Power Grids Are Teetering Worldwide. Here’s Why. ( www.nytimes.com )
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German energy prices are so high they're driving companies to relocate, industry body says ( www.cnbc.com )
Ex-CNN producer sentenced to more than 19 years for luring 9-year-old into sex acts ( abcnews.go.com )
Tesla hacker discovers secret ‘Elon Mode’ for hands-free Full Self-Driving ( www.theverge.com )
A Tesla software hacker has found an ‘Elon Mode’ driving feature that seems to allow Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving to operate without any driver monitoring....
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by IDF in Gaza were holding makeshift white flag, official says ( www.theguardian.com )
Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius ( www.reuters.com )
Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools In Tibet Come Under UN Scrutiny ( feddit.de )
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India and Pakistan choked by heavy smog, leaving thousands sick ( www.abc.net.au )
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Israel Is Threatening to Bomb Gaza’s Only Pediatric Cancer Unit --- [video, 33 min + transcript] ( www.democracynow.org )
As the U.N. secretary-general repeats his call for an immediate ceasefire, the death toll in Gaza has topped 10,000, including 4,000 children. We speak to an American doctor who just left Gaza and the founder of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which runs the only pediatric cancer unit in Gaza....
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians ( www.theguardian.com )
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt ( theworld.org )
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities ( www.telesurenglish.net )
The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....