New York’s shelter system is being overwhelmed by migrants

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These Are The World's Top Diamond-Mining Countries, By Carats & Value

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Hunter Biden's Daughter Was Living In White House While Representing Peruvian Government

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Pope Francis cements legacy, stamps Church future with new cardinals

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These Are The World's Largest Oil Producers

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Crypto Mining Blamed for Record UK Electricity Theft

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Billionaire Harold Hamm On How Biden Is Holding American Energy Hostage

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More migrants are victims of rape, sexual violence at Mexico border

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Mexico's president slams U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

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The Worlds Best Rum Won’t Break Your Wallet

forbes.com When the New York World Wine & Spirits Competition, one of the premier award events on the drinks calendar, announced their winner for Best Overall Rum, the winner was…

Angels star Shohei Ohtani finishes with the best-selling jersey in MLB this season

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Venezuelan Crypto Watchdog Sunacrip Extends Restructuring Period; Community Asks for Clarity

news.bitcoin.com The Venezuelan government has officially announced the extension of the restructuring period for Sunacrip — the national cryptocurrency watchdog — by six months more due to…

Iran To Build Oil Refinery In Central Syria In Partnership With Venezuela

zerohedge.com Iran To Build Oil Refinery In Central Syria In Partnership With Venezuela Via The Cradle Iran has revealed plans to build a new oil refinery in Syria's Homs governorate with…

8 Latin Indie Artists to Watch This Hispanic Heritage Month

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Rights advocate Cardin replaces Menendez as US Senate Foreign Relations chair

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The economic influence of Russia's rapprochement with Latin America

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Costa Rica Declares State Of Emergency As Migrant Crisis Rocks Americas

zerohedge.com Costa Rica Declares State Of Emergency As Migrant Crisis Rocks Americas Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as the number of…

Tide Turns To Favour Venezuela Economic Sanctions Relief

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Elon Musk To Visit Texas Southern Border As Illegal Immigrant Crossings Skyrocket

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Mexico disperses thousands of migrants to ease pressure on southern border

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Where UNESCO World Heritage Is In Danger

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Creating a Tableau Dashboard for the Human Freedom Index

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MoneyGram Will Soon Let Customers Swap Fiat and USDC Stablecoins Via New Crypto Wallet

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Laying Out Some of the Best Reasons To Not Own An EV

issuesinsights.com From California to New York to Washington, Democrats are using the coercive force of government to herd Americans into electric vehicles. Here are 10 reasons why we should…

Oil Traders Overstretch Futures Market

oilprice.com Oil traders have been gobbling up futures in the six most traded crude and fuel contracts on that market for four weeks now. It's easy to see why: it was enough for Saudi…

Oil Prices Under Pressure As U.S. Dollar Strengthens

oilprice.com Oil prices are under pressure as the U.S. dollar continues to strengthen and fears of a higher-for-longer interest rate weight on demand expectations. - In its latest 2023…

New York City’s not-so-sudden migrant surge, explained

vox.com Migrants gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel on August 2, 2023, where dozens of recently arrived migrants have been camping out as they try to secure temporary housing in…

Taylor Swift Announces Eras Tour Concert Film Roll-Out in More Than 100 Countries

billboard.com Taylor Swift is taking the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert movie across the planet. The singer announced on Tuesday morning (Sept. 26) in an Instagram post that the doc…

Venezuela extends reorganization shutdown of crypto agency to March 2024

cointelegraph.com Venezuela was one of the first Latin American countries to establish its own crypto oversight body, the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets (Sunacrip). Now, the…

Iran Deal Part Of Bigger Oil Game?

forbes.com Freed US Morad Tahbaz (C-L) and Emad Shargi (C) smile as US officials arrange a group photo after ... [+] they and three others who were released in a prisoner swap deal…

Russia Bans Fuel Exports As SPR Runs Low

forbes.com Moscow has banned diesel and gasoline exports from September 21st. The stated reason has been to stabilise the domestic market, which was seeing some shortages. The ban will…

The trade in sanctioned oil is booming as the US turns a blind eye

theguardian.com Hidden within the bone dry ledgers of China’s international trade reports, an apparent anomaly revealed itself in late 2022. Analysts examining the movement of oil around…

‘Dark’ ships are faking their locations to move oil around the world

cnbc.com Ships are faking their locations to engage in illicit activity — and rising numbers appear to be doing so to trade goods that are likely to be worth billions of dollars.…

WATCH LIVE: 2023 United Nations General Assembly

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The Subtle Art Of Orange-Pilling

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Smartmatic Voting Machine Company Implicated In $4 Million 'Slush Fund' Bribery Scheme Using 'Fake Contracts'

zerohedge.com Smartmatic Voting Machine Company Implicated In $4 Million 'Slush Fund' Bribery Scheme Using 'Fake Contracts' Voting machine company Smartmatic, which is suing Fox News and…

‘This Is Embarrassing’: Republican Senator Slammed For Pushing Far-Left, Russian Propaganda Website While Taking a Jab at Ukraine

mediaite.com Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raised plenty of eyebrows on Sunday night when he took a swipe at Ukraine on Twitter and linked to an article from the far-left, pro-Russian website the…

Cash Will Be No Refuge Under CBDCs

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A look inside Tocorón, Venezuela’s gang-run prison that mined bitcoin

protos.com Last week, the government of Venezuela sent 11,000 police officers and soldiers into Tocorón prison, notoriously run by the Tren de Aragua gang, and seized buckets of…

Latam Insights: Bitcoin Farm Found at Venezuelan Jail, Bill Protecting Crypto From Seizure Advances in Brazil

news.bitcoin.com Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: a Bitcoin mining farm is discovered…

Bitcoin Mining Rigs Uncovered in Venezuelan Prison ‘Gang Headquarters’

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cointelegraph.com marketplace OpenSea has warned users that one of its third-party vendors has experienced a security incident, potentially exposing users’ OpenSea API keys. The NFT platform…

Trump, Rubio Get Blasted By AOC For Asylum Crisis Facing US: 'Sanctions...Played A Major Role In Driving Millions Of People...'

benzinga.com What Happened: U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shed light on the ongoing asylum crisis in a post on Sunday. She asserted that the issue could not be adequately…

Washington Is Fighting Against Emergence Of "Genuine Multipolar World Order": Lavrov Tells UN

zerohedge.com Washington Is Fighting Against Emergence Of "Genuine Multipolar World Order": Lavrov Tells UN In his speech before the UN General Assembly on Saturday which broadly…

Venezuelan Authorities Find Grenade Launchers, Bitcoin Miners, and Even a Zoo in a National Jail

news.bitcoin.com Venezuelan authorities found weapons of war, a discotheque, pools, a zoo, and even a makeshift Bitcoin mining farm in a raid completed on a national jail. The raid, executed…

This Week on Crypto Twitter: 11,000 Venezuelan Soldiers Bring Down Jailhouse Bitcoin Mining Operation

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Catholic Church marks 109th World Migrant and Refugee day amid new crisis

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Venezuelans to vote in referendum on territorial dispute with Guyana, minister says

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Venezuela regaining prison control after seizing Tocoron jail

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El Paso, Texas 'at a breaking point' as migrants flood border, mayor says

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Venezuela authorities seize Bitcoin mining machines

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Granting of temporary legal status for Venezuelan migrants draws mixed reactions

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US Senator Menendez charged with bribery, says he will not resign

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Against expectations, oil and gas remain cheap

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South Korea has had enough of being called an emerging market

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