Merkel defends controversial decisions at book launch – DW – 11/26/2024

Angela Merkel, the longest-serving chancellor of a unified postwar Germany, was back in the spotlight on Tuesday evening. The Deutsches Theater in Berlin was the first port of call on Merkel’s multi-continent tour to promote her autobiography Freedom. Memories 1954-2021. On stage, Merkel was given the opportunity to defend her more controversial decisions. When pushed … Read more

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘fully aware’ of 2022 assassination plot against Lula, police report says

Brazil’s former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro was alleged to have “actively participated” in a 2022 coup plot to prevent his elected leftist successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office and was “fully aware” of a plan to assassinate him, his vice president, and a Supreme Court judge in an explosive police report unsealed … Read more

Conservadores y progresistas se enfrentan por el futuro del protocolo de Bitcoin 

Escalar la propiedad UTXO sin confianza es clave para el futuro de Bitcoin, según O’Beirne. Para otros, la centralización de la minería y la custodia institucional son problemas más urgentes. Los desarrolladores del protocolo de bitcoin tienen sus prioridades extraviadas. Al menos, eso es lo que opina James O’Beirne, un ingeniero de software que ha … Read more

Brazil could also have its own strategic bitcoin reserve

The reserve would be called RESBit and the objective is to “diversify the Treasury’s financial assets. The project provides for the planned acquisition of BTC with up to 5% of international reserves. Brazilian deputy Eros Biondini presented a bill for the creation of a sovereign strategic reserve of bitcoin (BTC) by the federal government, called … Read more

“Memecoins are getting a little weird”

The former CEO of Binance called for a shift towards truly meaningful innovation. Despite his proposal, Zhao claims to not be against memecoins. Changpeng Zhao (CZ), former CEO of Binance, recently shared his opinion on X about the rise of memecoins. According to Zhao, these cryptocurrencies “have become a little strange” and suggested that developers … Read more

Thousands march against Angola government, hunger

Several thousand Angolan opposition supporters in the capital Luanda protested against the government on Saturday in the first large demonstration since 2022’s disputed vote. Closely supervised by police, some 4,000 people marched peacefully with banners criticizing the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and President Joao Lourenco. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingstone reports. … Read more

Zimbabwe charts ambitious return to global finance at debt conference

Zimbabwe’s president hosted creditors and finance executives on Monday to discuss ambitious goals to clear debt arrears and restructure $12.7 billion in external debt, as the country aims to eventually tap international capital markets for the first time in more than two decades. The Southern African nation’s debt pile accounts for 81% of gross domestic … Read more

Success Story: Which degree does the highest earner have in 2024?

Success Story, Nvidia founder, Jensen Huang: Now it is natural to raise the question that who is this person and those who are fond of reading and writing or making their own career would also like to know from where this person has studied or what degree he has, so let us tell you everything … Read more