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The Justice Department named a veteran cybersecurity prosecutor to lead a new team dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit cryptocurrency schemes carried out by cyber criminals and nation states including North Korea and Iran. Eun Young Choi will be the first director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which will serve as the focal point…Continue Reading

The Ukraine crisis has added to uncertainty about the path of the US Federal Reserve’s tightening plans to fight inflation.Published On 17 Feb 202217 Feb 2022United States stocks slid on Thursday, with the S&P 500 marking its biggest daily percentage drop in two weeks, as investors shifted to defensive sectors and safe havens such as…Continue Reading

For decades, Hong Kong’s internet operated outside the reach of China’s vast army of censors, guaranteeing the free flow of information that undergirds the city’s status as a global business hub. Little by little, that is starting to change, as a small but growing list of websites go dark under a sweeping crackdown on dissent.…Continue Reading

Buenos Aires’s monetary tightening takes it one step closer to the goals set out with the International Monetary Fund.By Patrick GillespieBloombergPublished On 17 Feb 202217 Feb 2022Argentina’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 250 basis points to 42.5% on Thursday, further tightening monetary policy to align with goals set out in the government’s talks…Continue Reading

Published On 17 Feb 202217 Feb 2022Canada roped in banks to help cut funding to protesters against COVID-19 mandates this week, but the requested speed and broad scope of the measures leave financial institutions to their own devices in enforcing most of them, industry watchers said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked the rarely…Continue Reading

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) converted a downtown Baltimore parking garage into a morgue to deal with an “unprecedented backlog of autopsies” of people who have been murdered or have overdosed, WMAR Baltimore reported on Tuesday. “The bodies are piling up and decaying right in front of everyone’s eyes,” said Patrick Moran, President of…Continue Reading

February 17, 2022, marks the one year anniversary of the passing of the conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh, and several prominent conservatives offered tributes, remembering the lasting legacy of the man behind the Golden EIB Microphone. “A year ago Rush left us. It is still painful to deal with but there is also much gratitude.…Continue Reading

An actor from the hit TV series Yellowstone is refusing to attend this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, citing the ceremony’s COVID vaccination mandate. Actor Forrie J. Smith — who plays the role of head ranch hand Lloyd Pierce in the Paramount Network series  — said in a since-deleted Instagram message that he isn’t vaccinated and…Continue Reading

Former New York Democrat Rep. Max Rose, who was unseated by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) in 2020 and is running in an attempt to reclaim his old seat, claimed the United States is the “Saudi Arabia of white supremacist ideology” during a recent online forum. “At this point, the United States of America is the Saudi Arabia…Continue Reading