‘Enshittification’ of American power: How US hegemony is sustained by network logic that’s difficult and expensive to break away from

‘Enshittification’ of American power: How US hegemony is sustained by network logic that’s difficult and expensive to break away from

So dollar clearing is an expedient. It’s also the chief enforcement mechanism of US financial policy across the globe. If foreign banks don’t implement US financial sanctions and other measures, they risk losing access to US dollar clearing and going under. This threat is so existentially dire that, when Lam was placed under US sanctions

Read more
While Africa has been vital to development of HIV medication, Trump’s funding cuts to UN threatens vaccine research

While Africa has been vital to development of HIV medication, Trump’s funding cuts to UN threatens vaccine research

Significant advances have included clinical trials for lenacapavir, the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, recently approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration. One study to show its efficacy involved young South Africans.

Read more
Air India crash investigation report pinpoints pilot confusion that led to the accident that killed 260

Air India crash investigation report pinpoints pilot confusion that led to the accident that killed 260

The commanding pilot of the Air India plane was Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, who had a total flying experience of 15,638 hours and, according to the Indian government, was also an Air India instructor. His co-pilot was Clive Kunder, 32, who had 3,403 hours of total experience.

Read more
Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Boeing settles with a Canada-based Kenyan man whose wife and three children perished in 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Boeing reached a settlement on Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago’s federal court had...

Read more
Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that censorship extended to intelligence agencies. In August 2021, the Biden administration excluded the FBI from a White House intelligence briefing, preventing the bureau from presenting evidence supporting the lab-leak theory.

Read more
Africa’s major currencies expected to remain stable amid slow activity in financial markets

Africa’s major currencies expected to remain stable amid slow activity in financial markets

Zambia’s kwacha is expected to be trade around its current levels but some analysts said it could gain further out as the economic outlook improves. On Thursday the kwacha was quoted at 24.39 per dollar from 24.45 a week ago.

Read more
Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties the African nation

Supreme Court clears way for deportation to South Sudan of several immigrants with no ties the African nation

The Supreme Court majority wrote that their decision on June 23 completely halted Murphy’s ruling and also rendered his decision on the South Sudan flight “unenforceable.” The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.

Read more
Kenya secures market access in Africa, EU and US with potential to ramp up manufacturing

Kenya secures market access in Africa, EU and US with potential to ramp up manufacturing

Rotich said the Kenya-EU economic partnership agreement (EPA), the Kenya-UK EPA, the Kenya-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) have opened up vast markets in globally.

Read more
Trump fails to convince Russian President Putin to strike deal end war with Ukraine

Trump fails to convince Russian President Putin to strike deal end war with Ukraine

Within hours of their concluding the call, an apparent Russian drone attack sparked a fire in an apartment building in a northern suburb of Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said, indicating little change in the trajectory of the conflict.

Read more
Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

We have a commitment to ensuring that our journalism is not locked behind a paywall. But the only way we can sustain this is through the voluntary support of our community of readers. If you are a free subscriber and you support our work, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription or gifting one to a friend or family member. You can also make a 501(c) (3) tax-deductible donation to support our work. If you do not have the means to support our work financially, you can do your part by sharing our work on social media and by forwarding this email to your network of contacts.

Read more