Europe To Pay Iran In Euros For Oil, Abandoning The Dollar
"The biggest importer of Iranian oil is China. There are also efforts being made by China, the world’s second largest economy, to trade oil in yuan."
"The biggest importer of Iranian oil is China. There are also efforts being made by China, the world’s second largest economy, to trade oil in yuan."
"Both Operation LASER and PredPol are sponsored by the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance’s SMART Policing Initiative, which aims to use 'evidence-based, data-driven' policing strategies to try and pre-empt and prevent crime."
"A little-known service has been leaking the real-time locations of US cell phone users to anyone who takes the time to exploit an easily spotted bug in a free trial feature."
"Australia’s Liberal Party government says it’s 'encouraging the transition to a digital society,' and cracking down on tax evasion."
"Boston Dynamics, the company known for its 'nightmare-inducing' backflipping robots, has unveiled two new videos that show them autonomously navigating through different terrains, including an office and a lab, and jogging in a grass field."
"Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris put half of his $5.7 billion net worth into gold. Sawiris has built a name by investing in the telecom sector in Egypt and in less popular markets including Iraq, Pakistan, North Korea and Bangladesh."
"Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says he was forced to print money even when he knew it would cause hyperinflation because the government was desperate to forestall a coup by hungry soldiers."
"A draft bill touted as reigning in the AUMF allows the President to proclaim new enemies against whom any amount of force may be used, requiring two-thirds of Congress to reject that determination."
"Having failed to disarm criminals with gun controls that they defy, British politicians are now turning their attention to implementing something new and different: knife control."
"After four decades of frustration for detectives, it turned out the suspect had been living under their noses all along."