The Swiss government has revealed a sharp drop in the value of blocked funds owned by Russian nationals Read Full Article at RT.com

Senate Approves Section 702 Reauthorization, Keeps Only The Bad Stuff

As Assange himself tweeted in 2017, “The overwhelming majority of information is classified to protect political security, not national security.”

The World Health Organization’s Dr. Hanna Nohynek testified in court that she advised her government that vaccine passports were not needed but was ignored, despite explaining that the Covid vaccines did not stop virus transmission and the passports gave a false sense of security. The stunning revelations came to light in a Helsinki courtroom where Finnish citizen Mika Vauhkala is suing after he was denied entry to a café for not having a vaccine passport.

The FISA 702 bill has been described by critics as a “dramatic and terrifying” expansion of the United States government’s surveillance powers.

Meanwhile…

An interesting market action is happening in tandem with the Fed’s growing operating losses. The price of gold has been setting historic new highs this year. From a futures front month price of around $2050 at the beginning of March, gold has topped $2,400 in recent days – dramatically outperforming the year-to-date performance of the S&P 500.

Israel bombed «mostly children» in Rafah on Saturday night just hours after the US House approved the largest aid package ever for the Jewish State, the AP reports.

The EU wants to impose an import ban on Russian liquefied natural gas in its 14th package of sanctions, Sweden’s foreign minister says   Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU wants to impose an import ban on Russian liquefied natural gas in its 14th package of sanctions, Sweden’s foreign minister says   Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran will soon start accepting Russian Mir debit and credit cards, a trade attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Moscow has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian economy will keep growing in 2024, IMF European Department head Alfred Kammer forecasts Read Full Article at RT.com

Sources told Reuters that Italy’s UniCredit expects to receive a legally binding order from the ECB to reduce its business in Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

Seizing frozen Russian funds could undermine the global financial system, according to the International Monetary Fund Read Full Article at RT.com

Seizure of frozen Russian funds could undermine the global financial system, according to the International Monetary Fund Read Full Article at RT.com

S&P Global has lowered Israel’s long-term credit rating, citing the risk of military escalation with Iran Read Full Article at RT.com

Almost 40% of Russian employees fear they could be replaced by AI, a survey has found Read Full Article at RT.com

Global prices for crude oil jumped by more than 3% on Friday after Israel carried out a military attack on Iran Read Full Article at RT.com

The euro’s share in international payments via SWIFT totalled 21.93%, a drop to the lowest mark ever Read Full Article at RT.com

The government long ago sold us out to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, by the way, has always been the Deep State. What’s playing out now with the highly politicized tug-of-war over whether Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act gets reauthorized by Congress doesn’t just sell us out, it makes us slaves of the Deep State.

Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how they interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture online data from users at a large scale and low cost.

Seaborne exports of Russian crude surged to an 11-month high in the second week of April, Bloomberg has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

German manufacturers would need decades to reduce their dependence on China, the Siemens chief financial officer has told the FT Read Full Article at RT.com

The layoffs come as the electric carmaker prepares for “the next phase of growth,” CEO Elon Musk said Read Full Article at RT.com

The layoffs come as the electric carmaker prepares for “the next phase of growth,” CEO Elon Musk said Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran has launched a widely expected, but still unprecedented drone and missile barrage from its territory against targets in Israel.

More than a dozen federal agencies asked to fund the creation of a «novel chimeric SARS-CoV spike protein» with a highly infectious furin cleavage site, two years before COVID-19 emerged, seem likely to follow the «I don't recall» playbook of the federal government's record-setting pensioner under congressional scrutiny.

New Western sanctions against Russian aluminum, copper, and nickel are a weapon that “cuts both ways,” Moscow says Read Full Article at RT.com

Britain may never confiscate frozen Russian assets despite pledges, as such a move would have massive legal ramifications, experts warn Read Full Article at RT.com

Austrian Energy Minister Leonor Gewessler has reportedly prepared a bill to stop purchasing Russian gas in four years Read Full Article at RT.com