Janet Yellen, Joe Biden’s pick for the Treasury Secretary, has revealed her policy for cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. She claims that cryptocurrencies are mainly used for illicit financing and their use needs to be curtailed.
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Coming just a week before President Trump incited an insurrection against Congress, President Erdoğan's installation of a hand-picked rector for Boğaziçi University is both a blow to Turkish academic freedom and a warning for American democracy about the danger of personalized power, write Ayşe Candan Kirişci and Kemal Kirişci. This post originally appeared in Just
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Several thousand migrants from Honduras began their journey toward the United States Friday, with a large group of them already crossing to Guatemala.
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President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House January 20 – four years after he wrestled control of the Republican Party – puts the party at a crossroads over its future leadership and direction, with the continued loyalty of tens of millions of ardent Trump supporters an open question.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans through the pandemic and the economic crisis it has wrought.
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Gwinnett County is located just 16 kilometers northeast of Atlanta and is one of the most populous suburbs of Georgia’s largest city.
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The European Union agreement with Britain on how to handle affairs post-Brexit has been widely celebrated, yet another of the bloc’s tentative deals – that of a comprehensive investment agreement with China – is creating new headaches for European leaders.
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“The Supreme Court really let us down,” U.S. President Donald Trump fumed on Twitter on December 12. “No Wisdom, No Courage!”
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Four years ago stories appeared asking whether 2016 was the worst year ever. Well, 2020 has 2016 beat. You would have to go back to 1968 to find a year filled with as much turmoil.
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With hours to go until the Electoral College votes to formally certify Democrat Joe Biden as the United States’ 46th president, the incumbent office holder, Donald Trump, continues to falsely assert he won reelection last month.
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