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Bitcoin Is As Bad for the Planet As Beef, and It’s Getting Worse

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  Backlink: NEWS WEEK Mining bitcoin is as costly to the environment as energy-intensive beef production, and more so than gold mining. According to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, bitcoin mining and the mining of other cryptocurrencies uses huge amounts of energy, in fact, more than that used by entire countries. For example, 75.4 terawatt hours […]

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Flight cancellations across China suspected of being politically motivated

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  Backlink: THE BL As reported, airports across China have widely canceled domestic flights recently, prompting questions and speculation about events in China. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is approaching, and large-scale flight cancellations have been a part of China’s previous significant incidents. Analysts said it brought the international community’s […]

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EXCLUSIVE: FDA Withholding Autopsy Results on People Who Died After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

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  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is refusing to release the results of autopsies conducted on people who died after getting COVID-19 vaccines. The FDA says it is barred from releasing medical files, but a drug safety advocate says that it could release the autopsies with personal information redacted.     […]

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VTB Bank Urges Putin to Curb Western Grain Traders’ Russian Ops

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  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Sanctions-hit VTB Bank has urged President Vladimir Putin to curb the activities of Western grain traders in Russia, citing the need to strengthen Russian traders’ role in the global market. In the letter, dated Sept. 14, VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin asked Putin to issue a decree to prohibit companies belonging to […]

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What worries the CCP more than recent coup rumors

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  Backlink: THE BL Rumors that Xi Jinping was under house arrest appeared in major U.S. and European media sites, which really caused the Chinese Communist Party to lose face. RFA said that a director of a Chinese media agency, who asked to remain anonymous, directly denied the coup in Zhongnanhai. Previous related reports on some […]

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Senator Warren and Other Lawmakers Ask FTC to Block Amazon’s iRobot Deal

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  Backlink: VISIONTIMES A group of lawmakers led by Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject Amazon.com Inc’s $1.7 billion deal to buy Roomba vacuum maker iRobot Corp, Axios reported on Thursday, Sept. 29 citing a letter. The FTC last week had asked Amazon and iRobot for more […]

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Google to build its first cloud region in Greece

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  Backlink: REUTERS Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, giving a boost to the country’s efforts to become a world cloud computing hub. The deal is estimated to contribute some 2.2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece’s economic output and create some 20,000 jobs […]

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E-Chinese yuan: Just another digital currency or a surveillance and control tool?

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  Backlink: THE BL China has recently witnessed unprecedented capital outflow including foreign investment and people’s savings. The liquidity crisis is spreading across China, depositors’ protests have become a hot topic despite repression from authorities. At this point, the digital yuan (e-CNY) is probably the Chinese Communist Party’s perfect solution in preventing those customers from […]

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Twitter Under Fire for Placing Ads Next to Child Pornography Accounts

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  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Twitter bans depictions of child sexual exploitation, which are illegal in most countries. But it permits adult content generally and is home to a thriving exchange of pornographic imagery. Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter […]

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‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden Seeks Congresswoman Walorski Who Died in August Car Crash

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  Backlink: VISIONTIMES U.S. President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming to forget that she had passed away. Walorski, a Republican, was one of four Congressional co-sponsors of the bill to fund the conference. She […]

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Taiwan contemplates internet signal alternatives in case of Chinese attack

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  Backlink: THE BL Taiwan’s digital minister, Audrey Tang, commented on September 14 that the island is analyzing alternatives for internet access, such as the Starlink satellite, which helped Ukraine to stay connected during the conflict with Russia. The island is taking precautions in case of an attack.       […]

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China’s commodities sharply drop as yuan weakens to record low since 2008 financial crisis

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  Backlink: THE BL Prices of commodities in China sharply dropped as the country’s currency yuan depreciated against the dollar to the lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis and fear about China’s growth. Base metals, including tin, copper, and aluminum traded in Shanghai, suffered heavy losses on Monday.   […]

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EU proposes fresh sanctions on Russia after ‘sham referendums’ in Ukraine

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  Backlink: EURO NEWS The European Union aims to impose a price cap on Russian oil and further restrict commercial links with Moscow with a fresh package of sanctions announced on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen. The latest proposal comes in direct response to the referendums held in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and the decree of partial […]

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Biden Has Opened Door to Russian Nuke Strikes

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  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES “If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on the 25th of this month, referring to threats to use nuclear weapons. “The United States will respond decisively.”       […]

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