Wasabi, a privacy focused bitcoin wallet, has announced a new release to address an on-going DDoS attack on the Tor network. “The privacy network Tor has been under Distributed Denial of Service attac...
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Stop Genocide In Ukraine By Cancelling All Russian Visas
The Russian passport may soon no longer be a valued item if the EU implements sanctions (Photo by … [+] Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP) (Photo by VLADIMIR ZIVOJINOVIC/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via G...
What a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan Would Mean for Global Business
Beijing considers Taiwan, a democratically ruled island near mainland China, as part of its territory. When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan this month to support its government, Beijing...
Beijing’s Blockade Of Taiwan Is The Latest Sign Washington Needs To Streamline Its Defense Trade With Allies
China’s live-fire exercises around Taiwan in response to a visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are being described as a de facto blockade, foreshadowing the strategy Beijing could one day use to force...
Russia’s Torching of Wheat Fields in Ukraine May Not Disrupt Global Supplies as Much as Putin Hopes
Eastern European media outlet posted this photo of a Ukrainian wheat field purportedly set alight by … [+] Russian incendiary shells. Twitter photo posted by @nexta_tv Videos of burning Ukrainia...
Russia Widens Attack On Food With Bombing Of Train Bound For José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
A dozen pallets of meat, two pallets of fresh vegetables, three pallets of fruit. There was fish, pasta, buckwheat and sugar. All on the way to needy families in Ukraine. All destroyed. A Russian miss...
Where Walmart Doesn’t Exist, Ukraine’s Stolen Grain And Inside Gastro
I’m back after a long weekend of drinking mojitos and eating ceviche in Key West, where I was closer to Cuba than to the nearest Walmart. I relished that rarity. Walmart dominates America’s grocery sc...
With New Tactics, Ukraine Can Break Russia’s Black Sea Grain Blockade
Any of these Black Sea ships, waiting to access a Romanian Port, can carry an anti ship missile. Getty Images In the American Civil War, Southern rebels used all manner of subterfuge to try and break ...
Skirting Russian Black Sea Blockade To Feed The World’s Hungriest Is Mission Of Yemen’s Biggest Company
Yemen’s civil war has killed hundreds of thousands and left many of the survivors without enough to eat. Now, Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s food exports has made it even harder for the world’s hungri...
Western media bypass Russia’s internet blockade
As part of the war of information and counter-information being fought alongside the military war on the ground between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin has also imposed an internet ban in recent days....
Why Russia Is Unlikely to Turn to Crypto Following International Banking Blockade
There has been a lot of recent narratives on the possibility of Russia switching to utilizing crypto if it’s ostracized by the international banking system. However, this may not be the case and it ma...
Ukraine Crisis Dilemma — A Total Blockade Of Russia’s Banks Would Hurt Europe
A column of Russian armoured vehicles drives in the direction of Gori on the Gori-Tbilisi road on … [+] August 19, 2008. Georgia’s Interior Ministry dismissed a pullback of Russian militar...
Will Russia Switch to Crypto if SWIFT Blockade is Enacted?
With sanctions from the U.S. and other nations targeting Russia’s banking system and the possibility of it being excluded from the SWIFT payments network, there may be a pivot to Bitcoin and crypto as...
Canadian federal police seek blockade of crypto wallets tied to ‘Freedom Convoy’
Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police appear to be targeting crypto addresses funding the “Freedom Convoy” protests over vaccine mandates for truckers. On February 16, several repo...
Canadian leader declares state of emergency over bridge blockade, plans to arrest protesters
Vehicles clog downtown streets as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 10, 2022. Blair Gable | Reuters DETR...
Ford Takes More Capacity Offline Because of Trucker Blockade in Canada
Text size Demonstrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 9. Geoff Robins / AFP via Getty Images Ford Mo...
Canadian Trucker Anti-Mandate Blockade Continues In Ottawa As Trump Voices Approval
Topline Thousands protesting Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for truckers continued to block the streets of the capital city of Ottawa for the second straight day Sunday, with those opposed to the m...