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Western surveillance and censorship is eroding digital freedom and is turning the internet into a “tool of control,”Telegram founder Pavel Durov has warned.

The Russian-born billionaire has long portrayed Telegram as an outpost for free speech and privacy, contrasting it with what he describes as authoritarian censorship efforts by Western governments.

West turning internet into ‘tool of control’ – Telegram founder

International Reading: ‘We are on the precipice of an incredibly contracting workforce,’ says jobs expert – CNBC White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress – MSNBC Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster – Futurism Soybean farmer says $10B bailout is a ‘band-aid on an open wound’ – Yahoo

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    AUD/USD EUR/USD USD/JPY GBP/USD Gold WTI Brent Australia 200 US S&P 500 UK 100 Japan 225     Vids                 .…..they should be banned from government contracts for a year…..  

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Queensland scales back Copperstring, but says this is where big wind and solar may be built. It also flags renewable micro-grids to power big new mines.

Queensland LNP scraps coal closure timelines, delays Borumba pumped hydro, scales back Copperstring link, supports gas and offers tiny morsel to renewables.

Recently, many Canadian commentators have noted that there was a growing gender imbalance in their nation’s younger demographics, well beyond what could be considered normal. As the chart below, from Canadian Macro and Property Analyst Ben Rabidoux, illustrates, the number of additional men versus women in the 20- to 29-year-old age demographic has grown dramatically since

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Charlie McElligott at Nomura nicely illustrates that air needs to come out of the bubble before it can inflate further. With the current stage set above, Nomura strategist Charlie McElligott notes that this trailing multi-month “Vol Crush” – certainly within Equities space – has been a function of bunches of things: 1. Prolific Equities “Vol Supply” (Structured Notes

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The great cooktop distraction is back. Some of Australia’s most famous chefs including Poh Ling and Neil Perry are backing a move away from gas cooktops, championing induction as the future of cooking. A growing list of Aussie culinary stars have joined the Global Cooksafe Coalition, which advocates for all-electric kitchens in restaurants and homes.

Developing nations worldwide are facing structural labour shortages and budget deficits amid ageing populations. Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 to avert a pension crisis: Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 in an effort to prevent the collapse of its pension system. This proposal comes from a new scientific

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It was going so well, and then thump! Westpac mulls what happened. Consumers appear to have been rattled by recent updates on inflation. ‘Partial’ measures released over the last month suggest annual inflation has lifted back towards the top of the RBA’s 2–3% target range. This news, and signs of firmer consumer demand and a

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The ferrous complex popped at the end of Golden Week yesterday. Pretty typical stuff. The steel profitability gap remains wide. We know a shakeout is coming for iron ore. The question is how deep it will need to be. Morgan Stanley has a crack at it. Downside risks to our long-term price target could emerge

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s vote for the endangered Australasian Bittern raises eyebrows given her record on coal and climate policies.

The greenback is ripping. AUD is rolling over. CNY stalled. This is not good for gold. Or the silly AI metals rush. Which is feeding RIO. EM is also a DXY downplay. Junk is cracking lower. Which is odd given yields. Bubble paused. There’s no obvious reason for the sudden volatility, except that there is

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