WHO's Authority

Because they were spot on with COVID-19... Here's your daily news digest for 23 February 2023.

WHO's Authority
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U.S. Government Negotiates Deal to Give WHO Authority Over U.S. Pandemic Policies ⋆ Brownstone Institute
The WHO made really awful decisions, but that’s because it didn’t have enough power? You can’t make this stuff up.

Australia

International Students Will Return to pre-COVID-19 Levels in 2023: Australian Education Minister
The Australian government has forecasted that the number of international students starting a university degree in the country…
On Credlin: The Voice lacks detail
John Anderson says that Australians are being asked to change the national constitution with the Voice to “entrench a second bite at the cherry” for
Qantas delivered a record profit for investors. But can it win back the respect of everyday travellers?
Alan Joyce is keen to paint a rosy picture but he faces a public with higher expectations, less tolerance for poor service and a hunger for more affordable fares

International

Only A Third Of Ukrainians In Germany Plan To Return Home When War Ends
More than 1 million Ukrainian refugees have moved to Germany since war broke out in the country in February last year…
Pakistani child sex abuse is an open secret
The Rotherham groomers were protected by their own
The British Free-Speech Slippery Slope Has Become a Cliff - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
It seems that the British state is ratcheting up its censorship of unpopular opinions. In December, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested in Birmingham after the police questioned her for silently praying within the “buffer zone” of an abortion clinic. Last week,…

Business, Finance & Investment

No ‘soft landing’ is in the cards from Fed rate hikes. Look for recession and a buying opportunity once stock prices decline.
Many of the market’s high-flying stocks were built on the Fed’s easy money. That bill is coming due.
Gold dips on firm dollar and yields, markets turn to U.S. data
Gold prices eased on Tuesday as investors refrained from taking big positions ahead of U.S. data that could influence the Fed’s rate-hike strategy.
Global Bonds Are Set to Erase 2023 Gains
(Bloomberg) -- Global bonds are poised to erase all of the gains they made in their best start to a year on record. Most Read from BloombergApple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its WatchPutin Has Decided to Normalize His WarUS Housing Market Posts $2.3 Trillion Drop, Big…

Culture

Catholic Bookstore Files Lawsuit Challenging Jacksonville Law Requiring it to Speak Against Religious Beliefs
Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback
WATCH: Ben Shapiro Goes ‘Uncensored’ With Piers Morgan On Politics, Culture | The Daily Wire
Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro sat down with his old nemesis turned friend Piers Morgan on Wednesday as the two commentators covered a wide range of issues from wokeism to gay marriage to the 2024 presidential race. Shapiro joined Morgan for Wednesday’s episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored,”…
Can The NYTimes Save Itself? A Good Sign - The American Conservative
Man bites dog! Journalists within the Paper Of Record protest against demands of woke crybullies

Crypto & Blockchain

Polygonscan went down, causing unwarranted concern of blockchain outage
Data from Polygonscan purportedly showed the Polygon network had not produced a new block in over an hour and 40 minutes, prompting some to believe it was suffering from a network outage.
BUSD Stablecoin Temporarily Plunges to 20 Cents on Binance
The stablecoin – which currently finds itself in the middle of a regulatory tussle – immediately regained its $1 peg.
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Postscript

Fake Muslim Activist Scored Invite to Obama White House and Rubbed Shoulders With ‘Squad’ Members
A white diversity consultant who for years has pretended to be a “vegan, Muslim, queer feminist” used her false identity to cozy up to prominent Democrats, including former Barack Obama.

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