By Courtney Wise For today’s tweens and teens, it’s almost the worst thing that could happen, and at the worst time: Australia has implemented a youth ban on social media, just before the start of a 6-week holiday. This week, more than 1 million Australians under 16 lost their accounts on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, mere days
By Monique Taylor China’s decision to suspend the rollout of stablecoins in Hong Kong has exposed the limits of its financial experimentation under the ‘one country two systems’ framework. The intervention illustrates a core principle of China’s political economy that monetary and payments innovation must remain under the close supervision of central authorities. Stablecoins are
By: Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released a health care bill Friday evening they hope will help curb rising costs, though the measure doesn’t have the level of Democratic support needed to get through the Senate. The 111-page bill will likely move to the House floor next week, where Speaker Mike Johnson will need nearly
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1950, prompting strong backlash from medical, disability, religious and legal groups who say it was rushed and violates key ethical and legal protections. State Rep. Bill Hauter, R-Morton, a practicing physician, said Pritzker showed signs of hesitation but ultimately “his leftist ideology took over and he
By: RFI Poland, a strong supporter of Ukraine in its fight against Moscow, announced plans in May last year to bolster a long stretch of its border that includes Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The main task of the German soldiers in Poland will be “engineering activities,” a spokesman for the defence ministry
