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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Stablecoins do not credibly function as a means of payment at scale and tokenized deposits offer a more compelling case to harness the benefits of this new technology, said the chief of the Bank for International Settlements, a central bank umbrella group. Stablecoins are a type of crypto asset designed to maintain a stable value. Their growing popularity has fuelled concerns about financial stability […]

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he will sign an executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy. “I will sign an executive order to begin the process of creating a new national academy. It’s called the U.S. Space Academy. That’s a big deal,” Trump said during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. (Reporting by Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose and Katharine […]

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday accused a war crimes U.N. court in The Hague of “uncivilized behavior” for refusing to grant an early release for the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died Thursday at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence for his crimes. Mladic’s family and the Serbian government had requested several times that Mladic be released, citing his […]

(SRN NEWS)-A three-judge panel of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a measure that barred doctors from discussing abortion with underage girls unless parental permission is first obtained.  Planned Parenthood sued to overturn the measure arguing that it infringes in free speech.  Indiana has a lot of pro-life laws, including a ban in most abortions throughout pregnancy with some exceptions for rape, incest, or medical emergencies.   Brought to […]

(SRN NEWS)-Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, has sent a letter to the league, pointing out that it cannot kick fans out of games for wearing shirts or carrying signs critical of transgenderism.  ADF says “The WNBA claims to stand for women, but recent incidents show that fans are being intimidated and silenced for advocating for women’s sports. The WNBA and its partners should not censor peaceful expressions supporting fairness […]

(SRN NEWS)- The Freedom From Religion Foundation is campaigning against prayer walks which a number of public schools across the country have established to promote unity and bless students as a new academic year begins.  Threatening letters from the Foundation have convinced school systems in Georgia and Oklahoma to stop promoting local prayer walks.  The Foundation spends most of its time trying to scour any vestiges of Christianity from the public square. Brought […]

By Daphne Psaledakis and David Lawder WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. imposed Iran-related sanctions on an Egyptian bank on Friday, part of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s campaign to increase economic pressure to try to break a stalemate six months into Washington’s war with Iran. Treasury said it moved to cut off Banque Misr’s branches in the United Arab Emirates from dollar transactions for its dealings with Iran. In […]

SANTIAGO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a joint declaration on Friday to deepen cooperation on strategic minerals, aiming to boost development, coordination and investment as the four South American producers seek to position the region as a reliable global supplier for the energy transition. The nations, which hold significant copper and lithium reserves, said in a statement they would seek technical and financial backing from […]

GREENBELT, Maryland, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that Trump issued after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his previous effort. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, rejected a request for a temporary restraining order sought by immigrant rights advocates who had […]