“The introduction of central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDC) promises to be a game-changer for central banks. But if and when it happens, it will be a highly complex and disruptive process. Until a major economy actually tries it nobody can…

Apparently so, at least according to her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, who confirmed that she is Catholic. The first lady shared her faith with the world while at the Vatican. She asked Pope Francis to bless a rosary for her upon…

“The times in which we could completely depend on others are, to a certain extent, over,” she told an election rally in Munich on Sunday. “I’ve experienced that in the last few days. We Europeans truly have to take our…

On April 17, one of China’s largest banks, the Bank of Communications, launched a new “mobile credit card” product making it the first bank to make a credit card’s features completely digital: from the initial card application, to approval, issue…

“Without deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts, or whereases, freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.” Justice Hugo L. Black, the son of…

A retired Catholic priest from Melbourne has been charged with the sexual assault of four Aboriginal girls at a West Australian orphanage more than 50 years ago. The case is another unwelcome reminder of Rome’s systemic abuse of Australian children….

“As long as our economy is great, and as long as we make money everything is very democratic,” said Niklas Frank, but “if we have five to 10 years heavy economic problems the swamp is a lake, and is a…

“Thank you. Thank you. I won’t forget what you said,” said U.S. President Donald Trump as he told Pope Francis that he would take his words to heart. Mr. Trump was with the pope for 30-minutes at the Apostolic Palace…

“Don’t Trust Us.” Niklas Frank, the son of Hans Frank, the man Adolf Hitler appointed to be the governor general of Nazi occupied Poland during World War Two, talking about modern Germany. Hans Frank was convicted of war crimes and crimes against…

“There’s a social infrastructure that needs to get built for modern problems in order for humanity to get to the next level.” Mark Zukerberg, founder of Facebook social media site, talking about his vision for a globalized digital future. Source…

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the Facebook social media network, has said that the world needs a “global superstructure” for humanity to “get to the next level.” “There’s a social infrastructure that needs to get built for modern problems in order…

The United Kingdom is swiftly becoming a cashless society. Despite a new pound coin introduced in 2017, the research organization, PPRO Group says that 59.4% of citizens believe that the UK will be a cashless society within the next 12 years…