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END of DOLLAR’s HEGEMONY: Russian oil giant now using yuan and rubles for export settlements

September 27, 2023 -

The company's CEO Aleksandr Dyukov revealed this information on the sidelines of the TNF Energy forum, which was held in the oil-rich Tyumen Region in Siberia.

The conventional practice of conducting international trade used to be done using major global currencies like the dollar and euro. This decision increasingly reflected a strategic move to align its trade practices more closely with the economic and geopolitical interests of Russia, as well as its significant ...

DEDOLLARIZATION IN MOTION: Egypt moves against U.S. dollar, seeks trade settlements with BRICS states

February 19, 2024 -

The decision to embrace national currencies is driven by the need to counteract rising costs associated with using foreign currencies due to global inflation.

Ragy El Etreby, Egypt's newly appointed ambassador to BRICS and assistant foreign minister for international and regional economic affairs, emphasized the importance of this strategic shift. This announcement is a significant step in the ongoing process of de-dollarization within the BRICS group.

The coalition, ...

138 Luminaries sign international declaration demanding the end of censorship

October 23, 2023 -

The said declaration was the result of an initial meeting of free speech champions from around the world who met in Westminster, London, at the end of June 2023.

"We write as journalists, artists, authors, activists, technologists and academics to warn of increasing international censorship that threatens to erode centuries-old democratic norms. Coming from the left, right and center, we are united by our commitment to universal human rights and freedom of speech, and ...

Genocide case against Israel gets underway at International Court of Justice

January 12, 2024 -

January 11 marked the first day of a two-day hearing at the ICJ, which is at The Hague in the Netherlands. South Africa claims that Israel’s ground and air assaults on Gaza are aimed at causing the “destruction” of the Palestinian population. Both Israel and South Africa are signatories to the Genocide Convention of 1948, which means that they cannot commit genocide and must prevent it from taking place.

Lawyers for South Africa asked the ICJ to order Israel to suspend ...

Organized international crime syndicate suppressed the truth about dangers of covid “vaccines”

August 16, 2023 -

This is the claim of Sayer Ji, the founder of GreenMedInfo, which published a powerful exposé about the matter that traces everything back to London.

"As the world's premier English word merchants, they are quite adept at twisting the truth so that their stealthy disinfo, misinfo and false info campaigns are believed by many," reported the editors of State of the Nation (SOTN) about Ji's piece and the revelations it contains.

"However, the once covert UK network ...

International Union of Police Associations officially endorses DONALD TRUMP for 2024 presidential election

February 14, 2024 -

IUPA President Sam Cabral praised the former president's support for law enforcement in a Feb. 6 press release, touting how Trump "has earned and deserves our wholehearted support." He continued: "Trump's history of support for the men and women of law enforcement is unmatched. His policies and actions were directed at improving safety in our communities and the men and women who provide that shield."

The organization chartered in 1979 took a firm stance against certain ...

Biden’s government caught surveilling bank transactions of conservatives and Trump supporters

January 21, 2024 -

It was further disclosed that the federal investigators asked banks to use search terms such as "TRUMP" and "MAGA" when surveilling customer data in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Furthermore, individuals who shopped at stores like Cabela's or Dick's Sporting Goods, or purchased religious texts like a bible, may also have had their transactions flagged.

"This kind of pervasive financial surveillance, carried out in coordination with and at the request of federal ...

Bank payment processing outages highlight risks of relying on electronic banking

November 17, 2023 -

The effects of the outages were far-reaching. Many people’s payroll direct deposits failed, leaving them unable to access the money they earned. ACH payments also failed to process, which resulted in late fees. There were also duplicated withdrawals, which left many customers in a bind after their money was taken out twice for a single transaction. Between Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America, there were almost a million failed transactions in total.

A precise cause ...

Former Zelensky backer charged over EMBEZZLEMENT of $250M from Ukrainian bank

September 11, 2023 -

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) charged oligarch Igor Kolomoysky with embezzlement on Sept. 7, alongside five other unnamed suspects. The businessman and his accomplices reportedly seized more than 9.2 billion Ukrainian hryvnias ($250 million) from the Ukrainian lender PrivatBank in 2015. The illegal seizures sought to finance his dealings and increase his share in the bank's authorized capital.

A NABU statement published on Telegram said Kolomoysy, ...

Israel violating international law left and right, but U.S. claims no evidence of wrongdoing

16 days ago -

The United States seems to be going to great lengths to try to justify what Israel is doing in Gaza, claiming that the Zionist state is not violating any international laws.

Experts the world over argue otherwise, but White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told the press during a recent heated exchange that Israel is not guilty of committing any war crimes.

"Your – your question presumes, at this very early hour, that it was a deliberate strike, ...

Poland’s central bank to increase its share of GOLD reserves to 20%

February 14, 2024 -

NBP President Adam Glapinski announced this momentous occasion during a press conference, where he noted that "a 20 percent share of gold in reserves is characteristic of the wealthiest, safest and most credible countries."

The latest estimates suggest that gold currently makes up around 12.6 percent of the country's reserve assets. Assuming that the value of foreign reserves and the gold price won't change significantly, this means that the NBP would need to have about ...

Commercial real estate COLLAPSE threatens to trigger a wave of bank failures

February 13, 2024 -

The move triggered a massive selloff in regional bank stocks that is only expected to worsen as the dire state of commercial real estate in the United States delivers a rude awakening to the increasingly shaky financial sector.

The special low-interest-rate lifeline the private Federal Reserve banking cartel extended last year to keep underwater banks afloat and moving along as "normal" is about to expire, which means more bank failures are soon on the way.

Following ...

Bank of America de-banks conservative Christian charity that serves impoverished Ugandans

August 28, 2023 -

Indigenous Advance Ministries (IAM), a Memphis-based non-profit organization that provides necessities to Ugandan orphans, reportedly lost it bank account at Bank of America, despite maintaining a business relationship since 2015.

The group touts pro-life and anti-LGBT messaging on its website, which is believed to be the impetus behind its targeting by Bank of America. IAM has since filed a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General's office over concerns its bank ...

Children now being denied bank accounts because of their parents’ political involvement

July 27, 2023 -

What The Telegraph describes as "draconian money-laundering rules" require that politicians and their families agree to highly invasive "enhanced" checks by banks in order to qualify as customers.

The rule is up for debate with ministers calling on it to be scrapped. Members of Parliament like Lord Sharkey, a Liberal Democrat peer, say the rule is being used against he and his family with banks demanding personal financial information from his three children.

A former ...

Nonprofit warn: Brits’ food bank dependency goes beyond cost-of-living crisis

May 23, 2023 -

According to the latest report by non-profit food bank operator Trussell Trust, it gave out nearly three million emergency food parcels across the U.K. between 2022 and 2023. From the 1.35 million parcels reported in 2017 to 2018, this increased by 121 percent to a record 2.99 million.

Wales, North East and the East of England were the top three recipients of food parcels. The East Midlands, meanwhile, received the least number of food packages from Trussell Trust.

ZeroHedge's ...

Israel preparing to defend itself against South Africa’s genocide accusations at International Court of Justice

January 05, 2024 -

On Dec. 29, 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the ICJ for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention and committing acts that meet the threshold of genocide under international law. The actions of Israel demonstrate a specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. (Related: South Africa accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention.)

Among the charges South Africa is accusing Israel of is failing to prevent genocide and not prosecuting ...

BlackRock CEO celebrates SEC acceptance of Bitcoin ETF application, says crypto “will transcend international currencies”

July 24, 2023 -

Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, is making the media rounds in support of cryptos, arguing that they can "democratize" finance while "digitizing gold." With United States regulators now considering the creation of an ETF directly linked to Bitcoin, Fink is suddenly all about cryptos, which he says have the potential to "revolutionize" finance.

Six years ago, Fink was convinced, or so he said, that Bitcoin is "an index of money laundering." Today, conversely, Fink is all about ...

Calls to BOYCOTT Bank of America grow amid its discrimination targeting Trump supporters

3 days ago -

"Multiple MAGA profiles and Republicans have criticized the bank in recent days over claims … that it is allegedly engaging in a practice called 'de-banking' because of customers' religious and political beliefs," Newsweek reported. The magazine added that BofA has denied the allegations.

John Eastman – a former legal counsel for Trump – said his BofA and United Services Automobile Association (USAA) accounts had been closed. Eastman alleged that the closure of his two accounts ...

Bank of America is an active enemy combatant targeting conservatives for financial deplatforming

9 days ago -

In a letter led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, the dozen some-odd "red" states asked the financial institution to release all documents related to its account cancellation policies. The letter also petitions Bank of America to update its terms of service to prohibit discrimination against clients based on their political or religious affiliation.

The issue came to a head after it was revealed that Bank of America sent the FBI and the U.S. Treasury private consumer ...

Israel and South Africa face off at the International Court of Justice over Gaza genocide case

January 15, 2024 -

On Dec. 29, 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the ICJ for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention and committing acts that meet the threshold of genocide under international law. South Africa claims that Israel failed to uphold its obligations under the Genocide Convention, accusing it of committing acts with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group – referring to Palestinians in Gaza.

During the hearing ...