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View More NewsStablecoin users won’t benefit from any government guarantee of their money when the new U.S. law is implemented to govern these tokens, said Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chairman Travis Hill.He also specified that the ban will include protections known as “pass-through insurance” in which financial firms obtain the government protections on behalf of customers.The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act that’s being implemented now by U.S. markets and banking regulators included a ban on FDIC insurance for holdings of stablecoins, the tokens such as Circle’s USDC and Tether’s USDT that are designed to maintain the…
Sulaymaniyah, March 11, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Syrian authorities to clarify the fate and whereabouts of German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann and Kurdish-Turkish journalist Ahmed Polad, whom their outlets and relatives say have not been heard from since January 18, when the northeastern Syrian city of Raqqa fell to government forces in an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The two journalists, who worked for Istanbul-based socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and Özgür TV, which operates across several cities in Europe, were last seen leaving a building affiliated with Kurdish authorities with civilians fleeing…
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Based on an essay by Eric Kaufmann, presented by Zoe Booth.Australia has long been regarded as one of the most politically stable democracies in the Western world. Compared with the turbulence seen across Europe and the United States, Australian politics appeared relatively insulated from the populist upheavals that have reshaped many advanced democracies in recent years. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, this period of “Australian exceptionalism” may now be coming to an end.This video essay examines the growing electoral support for populist politics in Australia, particularly the resurgence of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Drawing on comparative political research,…
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