Chinese government researchers mull pan-Asian digital currency to reduce dependence on U.S. dollar

Chinese government researchers are mulling over the idea of a pan-Asian digital currency linked to at least 13 local fiat currencies. These include the Chinese yuan, the Japanese yen, the South Korean won, and ten other currencies belonging to member …

More than 200 kilos of cocaine found in Uruguay on a ship bound for Spain

Uruguayan authorities have located at least 200 kilos of cocaine hidden in three bags located inside a ship passing through the Port of Montevideo with final destination to the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife, after making another stop in Brazil. The …

Ethereum may be down since the merger, but this could be a unique buying opportunity

What happened to Ethereum’s big post-merger rally? The world’s second-largest crypto-currency has lost 25% over the past 30 days. Given the general malaise affecting the crypto and stock markets, perhaps this pullback shouldn’t be that worrisome, but investors expected so …

Sephardic descendants account for three-quarters of those applying for Portuguese nationality

More than 50,000 people who identify themselves as descendants of Sephardic Jews applied in 2021 for Portuguese nationality, representing 72 percent of the total number of requests, pending to see how the tightening of requirements applied this year affects them. …

Microsoft announces iCloud Photos integration with the Photos app in Windows 11

Soon, you’ll be able to view your iCloud photo collections directly with the Microsoft Photos app included with the Windows 11 operating system. Already in testing with Windows 11 users enrolled in the Windows Insiders program, the new version of …

These are the steps you should take every day if you want to avoid chronic diseases

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that to be healthy you must walk about 10,000 steps a day. However, the magic number of steps that keeps the healthy body can be lower depending on the target you set for the …

Uriah Heep returns to Romania: everything you need to know about the concert

The famous UK rock band Uriah Heep will play in Bucharest on 27 October 2022, and the event will take place at Sala Palatului. Basically, the Brits will be celebrating 50 years in the business with you on this occasion. …

Bolsonaro beats Lula in donations in the second round of the presidential election

The candidate for re-election as president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has raised 24 million reais (4.6 million euros) in donations since the campaign for the second round of the elections began, while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has raised 285,000 …

Crypto-currencies will become “a huge way for monetary transactions to take place.”

Former Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack has confirmed that he still owns bitcoin. While admitting that he has trouble understanding why crypto is valuable, the former executive believes that in 50 years, crypto could be “a huge way for monetary …

One dead and more than a thousand evacuated by tropical storm in southern Mexico

At least one person has lost his life and more than a thousand have been evacuated in the north of the Mexican state of Chiapas, in the south of the country, due to heavy rains caused by tropical depression ‘Karl’, …

Even set to VPN-only connection, Android phones allow user identification

According to VPN service provider Mullvad VPN, Android phones transmit data that can identify users simply by entering the range of a WiFi network. The problem manifests itself even if users tick the “Block connections without VPN” or “Always-on VPN” …

REVIEW Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. How Netflix is exploiting an already “smoked” subject to the max

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes is the name of the latest documentary in the “serial killer” niche available on Netflix. Incidentally, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes could be considered the second part of a …