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SWIFT’s new central bank digital currency platform could be ready in 1-2 years

17 days ago -

They recently carried out a six-month trial that included 38 central banks, settlement platforms and commercial banks in what was one of the biggest global collaborations of its kind so far. The goal was to see whether the CBDCs of different countries could be used together despite being built on different protocols and underlying technologies.

They found that it will be feasible to use different CBDCs for highly complex trade and foreign exchange payments. Instead of needing ...

2-in-1: Pregnant women who get enough vitamin D extend nutritional benefits to their babies

February 11, 2020 -

Vitamin D is essential for the healthy growth and development of infants. This nutrient plays a role in bone metabolism, as well as the absorption of calcium and phosphorus. Infants who suffer from vitamin D deficiency are at great risk of developing rickets, a disease that causes weak or soft bones, as well as stunted growth, in children.

The effect of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy on both mother and child is of great interest to health experts and scientists....

CDC warns of rare FLESH-EATING bacteria that has killed 5 in Florida, 2 in Connecticut and 1 in New York

September 12, 2023 -

According to the Florida Department of Health (DOH), the Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which can be found in raw or undercooked seafood, saltwater and brackish water, led to the death of two people since January in Hillsborough County, home to 1.3 million people in Tampa.

An additional person died in each of the surrounding Pasco, Polk and Sarasota counties. Florida has recorded a total of 26 cases of the bacterial infection statewide this year.

In New York, Governor ...

Biden Administration implements new regulations totaling $1 billion in early 2024

January 09, 2024 -

(Article republished from YourNews.com)The Biden administration, in the first week of 2024, rolled out new regulations with an estimated cumulative cost of $1 billion to the American economy. This figure was reported by the American Action Forum (AAF), which stated that the administration finalized 38 new rules and proposed 19 additional ones between January 2 and January 5. These regulatory actions are projected to impose a combined $1.1 billion in costs and add approximately ...

CDC study: Nearly 1 in 5 American adults diagnosed with DEPRESSION

June 26, 2023 -

CDC researchers looked at the agency's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to analyze how adults answered a 2020 survey about whether they've been diagnosed with a depressive disorder by a health professional — and nearly 400,000 respondents in all 50 states and Washington D.C. responded to the question on depression.

The study published in the CDC's June 16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) noted that in 2020, 18.4 percent of U.S. adults reported having ...

Report: Number of Palestinians JAILED in Israel soars to 10,000 in 2 weeks

October 26, 2023 -

Prior to the Oct. 7 attack by the Hamas terrorist group on Israel, around 5,200 Palestinians were in Israeli prisons. Palestinian officials said on Oct. 19 that this number has now increased to more than 10,000. Based on reports from both officials and human rights groups, Israel has arrested some 4,000 workers in Gaza and 1,070 other Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – with the latter being arrested during overnight raids by the Israel Defense Forces ...

“Mysterious” 50% spike in heart arrhythmia cases: 1 in 45 now at risk of stroke

May 22, 2023 -

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) conducted an analysis using data collected from Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS), which for the first time ever concluded that more than 1.5 million Brits – along with another 270,000 Brits who are still undiagnosed – suffer from the "mysterious" heart issue.

Even without that additional 270,000 people tacked onto the figure, the 1.5 million figure alone puts the risk of a serious heart condition at one in every 45 people living ...

VAERS data shows 1 in 1,000 covid jab recipients is now DEAD

August 09, 2023 -

In about 30 seconds, investigator Steve Kirsch was able to query VAERS and determine based on the "onset curve" that at least 676,000 Americans have died from Fauci Flu shots. This translates to one death per 1,000 doses of injection given.

This estimate takes into account the fact that some of the vaccines had a double initial dose while others were single dose. No matter how you look at it, these things are far deadlier than anyone is being told, except by people like ...

Fundraiser for Daniel Penny’s legal defense brings in nearly $2 million

May 15, 2023 -

(Article by Cassandra MacDonald republished from TheGatewayPundit.com)

Penny has been charged with second-degree manslaughter for fatally placing homeless career criminal Jordan Neely in a chokehold on the New York City subway.

Neely, 30, had been harassing and threatening passengers and had a lengthy criminal history. Penny is a 24-year-old decorated Marine veteran and college student.

The fundraiser, launched by Penny’s legal team at the law offices of Raiser ...

French rioters have burned 5,600 vehicles and 1,000 buildings in just 1 week

July 05, 2023 -

The numbers come from the Ministry of the Interior, which has been tallying the damage caused to individuals and property in six nights of riots. The violence erupted after a police officer shot a French teenager of Algerian descent to death in a suburb of Paris during a traffic stop.

Among the nearly 6,000 burned vehicles are personal cars, buses, trucks and trams. In one incident, vandals stole a large truck and used it to ram down the doors to a mall so that looters ...

April Fool’s? Calling a male person a “man” ILLEGAL in Scotland starting April 1

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Said bill was passed three years ago, but will only just now come into effect on April 1, 2024, also known as April Fool's Day. Because of the bill's ridiculous implications, many are wondering if it is some kind of April Fool's joke.

The bill appears to have been passed because of a "crime" committed by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who was reported to the police in England for calling "trans woman" broadcaster India Willoughby, a biological male, a "man."

Because ...

COVID-19 mask mandates RETURN in U.S. hospitals amid spread of JN.1 variant

January 03, 2024 -

Medical facilities in some East Coast states – Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Delaware – have all reinstated face covering rules, mandating that people wear them in certain medical settings.

In one example, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYC Health + Hospitals) announced the return of mask mandates at its hospitals. "Due to an uptick in respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, flu & RSV in our communities & our hospital, we must return ...

We were warned decades ago how America would be overthrown via The Bezmenov Plan: The Four Stages Of Communist Subversion: 1) Demoralization, 2) Disorientation, 3) Crisis, and 4) Normalization

20 days ago -

(Article by Scott S. Powell republished from AllNewsPipeline.com)

As offensive as this was, it provides a window through which all can see what’s happening. With Biden’s cognitive decline being so obvious, there can be little doubt that he is being used by internal and external enemies of America intent on breaking down the constitutional republic of the United States without firing a shot. And it’s not hard to recognize the plan being followed is parallel to the blueprint ...

Biden’s wind energy plans in peril as Orsted abandons 2 major U.S. projects

November 03, 2023 -

Orsted A/S, the developer, cited "negative developments from adverse impacts relating to supply chains, increased interest rates, and the lack of an OREC (Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate) adjustment on Sunrise Wind." These challenges have led to the discontinuation of the Ocean Wind 1 and 2 projects off the coast of New Jersey.

Orsted disclosed that the impairments recognized in their financial report for the first nine months of 2023 amount to $4 billion, with ...

NATO wants to give Ukraine 1 MILLION DRONES in 2024… but who will make them?

2 months ago -

Kyiv being given the drones for its war effort was the center of a Feb. 15 meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, according to the Warzone. The ministers gathered in the Belgian capital to discuss defense investments and present a consolidated front for the alliance. Two NATO member nations, the U.K. and Latvia, will be responsible for the endeavor.

"A group of allies is coming together with the goal of delivering one million drones to Ukraine," said NATO Secretary-General ...

Annual interest on U.S. debt soars past $1 trillion for the first time in history

November 10, 2023 -

The estimation is calculated using data on the government’s monthly outstanding debt balance and average interest. The projected amount has doubled during the past 19 months.

This shocking figure comes as interest costs for the fiscal year that ended on September 30 totaled more than $879 billion, which equaled around 14 percent of the government’s overall total outlays.

In addition, the U.S., which already outspends every other country in the world when it comes ...

Alabama building a $1 billion, 4,000-bed prison – the most expensive prison in U.S. history

October 18, 2023 -

The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority late last month approved a final price of $1.082 billion for the prison now under construction in Elmore County in east central Alabama.

This hefty price tag is set to devour most of the $1.25 billion that state lawmakers in 2021 initially set aside for the construction of two prisons each housing 4,000 inmates. The chairs of the General Funding committees in the State Senate and State House of Representatives said ...

Chinese student arrested for omitting link to PLA-backed university in F-1 visa application

August 08, 2023 -

Attorney Trini E. Ross of the Western District of New York said on Aug. 3 that 28-year-old Jiaxuemo Zhang, currently residing in Amherst, is pursuing a master's degree at the State University of New York in Buffalo under the academic student visa issued by the Department of State in 2021.

According to the complaint, the master's degree student did not include the information that he conducted research and attended Beihang University in China, a national public research ...

FLYING COFFINS: 4 Army AH-64 Apache helicopters have crashed in just 2 months

21 days ago -

On March 27, a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed at Fort Carson in Colorado. That was the second active duty Army AH-64 crash in three days and follows a pair of crashes involving Army National Guard Apaches last month. The National Guard's Apaches were subsequently grounded.

The most recent Army AH-64 mishap involved an unspecified Apache variant assigned to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, part of the 4th Infantry Division, at Fort Carson. The crash occurred ...

Israel WEAPONIZES food, water and electricity against 2+ million civilians in Gaza in retribution for Hamas terror attacks

October 12, 2023 -

From now on, there will be no more food, water, electricity or fuel going into the Gaza Strip, a sliver of land where Palestinians live in the midst of what has come to be known, as of 1948, as Israel.

Israel says residents in the Gaza Strip – estimates suggest about 1,100 Christians live in the region – will no longer be allowed to eat, drink, drive or turn on their lights at night.

"This is a war for our existence in the region," announced Israeli Defense Minister ...