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BRICS must end dollar’s dominance – Lula BRICS must end dollar’s dominance – Lula Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. ©Getty Images/Anadolu via Getty Images Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that the BRICS nations will not stop their de-dollarization efforts despite US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and will continue to seek options to move trade from the greenback. Trump has issued numerous threats to BRICS since being elected last November. He has acknowledged that the bloc’s push to minimize dependence on the dollar in bilateral trade and promote national currencies undermines the dominance of the greenback, a tendency he seeks to resist. Speaking at a meeting of the group’s sherpas on Thursday, Lula said that Brazil’s BRICS chairmanship this year will strengthen the bloc’s push for a...

WATCH humanoid robot perform kung fu WATCH humanoid robot perform kung fu ©YouTube/Unitree Robotics Chinese robotics company Unitree has shared a video featuring its humanoid robot doing kung fu moves. The bot’s balance capabilities and range of movement have been upgraded, the firm said. Humanoid robots are made to resemble and act like humans, imitating facial expressions, movements, and speech. The video teaser published by the Hangzhou-based company earlier this week shows the human-like robot walking down the street while performing various martial arts strikes and kicking techniques. Unitree stated that the latest algorithm upgrade allows its G1 humanoid robot to “learn and perform virtually any movement.” Kungfu BOT: Unitree G1🥳 We have continued to upgrade the Unitree G1's algorithm, enabling it to learn and perform ...

DOGE’s grab of personal data stokes privacy and security fears DOGE’s grab of personal data stokes privacy and security fears Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Deputies of Elon Musk have sought access to massive amounts of information across the federal government, much of it personal and highly revelatory in its insights into the lives of everyday Americans. They justify their work for the U.S. DOGE Service as a dogged quest for government efficiency. But people with deep knowledge of federal data systems and cybersecurity say they’re skirting guardrails meant to protect sensitive data from misuse. Before DOGE launched, most of the records at issue were kept in the hands of a select few officials to preserve privacy and avoid crossing le...

Ex-Hezbollah leader is buried in Lebanon. What’s next? Ex-Hezbollah leader is buried in Lebanon. What’s next? ©Abbas Juma Over the past ten years, I’ve made regular trips to Lebanon and have seen Beirut on many occasions. I’ve seen it thriving and joyful, desperate and powerless, shattered by explosions, exhausted from street protests, triumphant and oppressed, scorching hot, and drowning in heavy rains. But one thing remained constant: Beirut was always a city of heroes and of the Resistance, the heart of a nation that fought relentlessly and never gave up, despite ongoing political and economic crises. This past Sunday was particularly significant for Beirut – the city held the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the former Secretary-General of Hezbollah who was killed in southern Beirut on September 27, 2024, due to an Israeli airstrike. To assas...

Ini Cara CIA Melahirkan Perdagangan Narkoba Modern di Amerika Ini Cara CIA Melahirkan Perdagangan Narkoba Modern di Amerika ©Foto: CIA/Wikipedia Pejabat yang tidak ingin disebut namanya memberi tahu media utama AS minggu ini tentang peran baru CIA yang 'baik hati': menerbangkan pesawat nirawak MQ-9 Reaper di atas Meksiko untuk memata-matai kartel narkoba. Apa yang salah dengan gambar ini? Laporan yang disusun dengan cermat, dirilis dalam waktu 24 jam, muncul setelah Departemen Luar Negeri menetapkan delapan pengedar narkoba utama Amerika Latin sebagai "organisasi teroris global." Sayangnya bagi CIA, siapa pun yang memiliki pengetahuan sepintas tentang kegiatannya tahu bahwa badan tersebut lebih merupakan sekutu, daripada musuh, bagi para pengedar narkoba yang membawa kekerasan dan kematian ke masyarakat Amerika. ...

USAID’s role uncovered in ‘regime change’ in South Asian nation USAID’s role uncovered in ‘regime change’ in South Asian nation Anti-government protesters storm former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka after she resigned and fled the country on August 5, 2024. ©KM Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images The $21 million of American taxpayer money earmarked for “voter turnout in India,” which was recently canceled by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was actually allocated to Bangladesh, according to an investigative report published by The Indian Express on Friday. The media outlet claimed it had gained access to the funding records and learned that the allocation had been made by USAID in 2022, with $13.4 million already disbursed for “political and civic engagement” among students before the January 2024 ...