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Trump To Welcome Crypto Elite At White House

Crypto czar David Sacks speaks at the White House on March 3, 2025 next to President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump, who has multiple ties to the crypto industry, will host the sector's top players at a White House summit on Friday, as the field enjoys renewed momentum following his election.

In El Salvador, A River Without Fish Feeds Fear Of Mining

In 2016, a report by El Salvador's human rights ombudsman found that Santa Rosa de Lima's shuttered gold mine had 'severely impacted the quality and availability' of water in the region
El Salvador's San Sebastian river has no fish. In the community of Santa Rosa de Lima, a two-hour drive from the capital San Salvador, wastewater still flows directly into the San Sebastian river from a nearby hill where a gold mine operated for 100 years until 2006.
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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick expects an announcement on Canada, Mexico tariffs Wednesday afternoon

US Signals Possible Exemptions In Canada, Mexico Tariffs

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said an announcement on Canada and Mexico tariffs was expected later Wednesday, signaling potential relief for specific sectors such as automobiles, a day after the steep levies took effect.
Dan Bongino, a former New York police officer and US Secret Service agent, currently hosts a popular right-wing podcast

Trump Names Right-wing Podcaster As FBI Deputy Director

US President Donald Trump has announced the appointment of right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino as deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a break with tradition that puts yet another loyalist in a key law enforcement position.
Alibaba and other tech giants have enjoyed a revival in recent months, after being hit by a long-running government crackdown

China's Alibaba To Invest $50 Bn In AI, Cloud Computing

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.
Many Korean fans of 'Choudenshi Bioman' did not realise the show was Japanese, as authorities required Japanese text to be replaced with Korean and voices dubbed

South Korean Fans Soak Up Nostalgia With Vintage Japanese Superheroes

Die-hard South Korean fans cheer and clap as their favourite superheroes strike poses in brightly coloured uniforms to the sounds of a soulful Japanese ballad, a nostalgic throwback to the days of VHS. It has been decades since Japanese superhero series "Choudenshi Bioman" was last on TV, but its epic stories of good versus evil still resonate deeply for these South Korean millennials.
The United States will submit a draft resolution on the conflict in Ukraine to a UN vote that makes several diversions from another text on the same topic that will be voted on by the UN General Assembly that same day

Three Years After Russia Invasion, UN Faces Difficult Votes On Ukraine

Defying Kyiv and its European allies, Washington plans on Monday to submit to the UN Security Council and General Assembly a draft text that calls for a "swift end" to the Ukraine conflict but makes no reference to its territorial integrity, in an early test of Donald Trump's muscular approach to the crisis.

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