“Do You Hear the Bombing?”: Gazan Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani Describes Israeli Siege of Gaza City
“Do you hear the bombing?†asks our guest Raji Sourani in Gaza City, as Israel reportedly bombed the Islamic University of Gaza nearby him and intensified its bombardment after it declared war against Hamas. The award-winning human rights lawyer and…
Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinians “Living Under Incredible Oppression, … It Had to Explode”
In New York, we speak with Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, who lays out how this weekend’s extreme violence between Hamas and Israel will force “a paradigm shift.†Colonial powers will no longer believe they…
Bitstamp eyes expansion via partnership with major European banks
Bitstamp says three “household name†banks in Europe are looking to offer crypto services. The crypto exchange expects deals as early as first quarter 2024 for services related to its Bitstamp-as-a-Service solution. Bitstamp is reportedly in talks with several major…
How the Netherlands is turning into a crypto hub
The Netherlands is known to have very elaborate and strict crypto regulations that require companies to register to be allowed to offer crypto services. Binance was fined $3.4 million by the Dutch central bank in July 2022 and Coinbase was…
RSI perfectly predicted Bitcoin’s price since June – how long will it last?
Bitcoin’s price has been in a tight range since summer A range can be traded successfully using the RSI Speculators should use small-size positions to avoid being caught on the wrong side of the market Bitcoin investors, particularly hodlers, have…
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
by Duaa Eldeib ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Inside the medical examiner’s office, two pathologists removed a baby’s lungs from his chest, clamped…
Warren Buffett: The Folly Of Focusing On Short-Term Earnings
In his 1977 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter, Warren Buffett explains why single year snapshots are not adequate portrayals of a business. Investors should focus on the long-term prospects of a company when making investment decisions, rather than getting caught up…
What Happens To Your Social Security Benefits When You Die?
Social Security provides you with guaranteed monthly income for the duration of your retirement, but what happens to your Social Security benefits when you die? The answer to this question is fairly simple: your Social Security checks stop coming. However,…
As Fraud Trial Gets Underway, Trump Tries to Provoke Judge to Jail Him: David Cay Johnston
We get an update on Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston. New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to fine Trump $250 million and is asking for a permanent ban on Trump…
FTX customers are still grappling with crypto platform’s collapse
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Medha Singh LONDON (Reuters) – For Lee Rees, 43, FTX was one of a handful of exchanges on which the London-based cryptocurrency trader earned a good living, profiting off fleeting price differences across the crypto market….