Month: June 2021
Iran regains UN payment
Iran lost its vote in the 193-member General Assembly in January because it was more than two years in arrears. It owed a total of more than $65 million, but paid the minimum amount needed to regain its vote. Iran regained its vote in the UN General Assembly on Friday after the United States enabled
El Salvador’s Bitcoin embrace
El Salvador is getting in on El Zonte’s Bitcoin experiment after the country’s legislative assembly passed a law spurred by 39-year-old Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele requiring businesses to accept it as payment for goods and services alongside the United States dollar, which has been the country’s official currency since 2001.Bitcoin is now hovering near $37,000,
Netflix emissions effects
Like industries, the film and television business is on a mad dash to cut carbon dioxide output, hoping to help mitigate the worst effects of climate change. While streaming a show has less of an impact on the environment than, say, the production of a new movie, companies are looking for any way they can
Should Sebastian Kurz Step down cue to corruption
Kurz is now the subject of a corruption inquiry over his appointment of the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, Thomas Schmid. During his time as Austria’s Chancellor his government have been the subject of multiple scandals. A vote of no confidence was passed against his government and he was removed from office in
Bezos behind bars
It is known that some of the wealthiest Americans pay lowest taxes . In the recent IRS data leak, it demonstrated that the world’s richest billionaires pay effectively zero tax and a similar dynamic plays out across the world with the worlds richest people dodging their tax obligations . Immoral acts of greed underpin becoming
Drug Overdose in Scotland
Scotland has one of the worst drug addiction rates, which only seem to be worsening despite it having a highly developed country with a large per capita GDP and a relatively small population, and can therefore provide higher standards of healthcare when comparing to neighboring countries . Scotland has the highest rate of drug overdose
House Arrest -Steven Donziger
Steven Donziger is under house arrest for the effective defence of human rights internationally, and he now faces trumped up charges from a rogue judge with a clear conflict of interests, holding investments in Chevron when ruling in favour of the oil giant. On the other hand Assange is imprisoned for journalism and faces trumped
Housing Crisis in China
China has a one of the highest rates of home ownership in the world, around 90%, and with consumption remaining comparatively low Chinese families often pool resources to buy second and third homes, as tight currency controls have left housing a popular asset. While warnings of a Chinese property crash have failed to materialise China
Practicing Cancel Culture
The forms of personal boycotting are often aimed at celebrities or people of interest and are themselves highly controversial, often being raised as modern examples of censorship or the curtailing of free speech . The term cancel culture is just a smoke and mirror tool of the culture war and the struggle for the dominance
Steven Crowder YouTube Demonetization
Steven Crowder has had a string of demonetisations on the YouTube platform, most famously in 2019 for using racist and homophobic slurs targeting Carlos Maza, a Vox Journalist, who noted that Crowder’s fans harassed and doxxed him following the video. Even the skits he is known for are more about his ego than the issues,