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Reports of a hospital being bombed in Tigray as fighting intensifies. Both sides once again blaming each other for the atrocity.
Also, what are the real reasons behind the collapse of the South African health system?
Plus, the last Soviet-era leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died. What did he mean for the continent at the end of the 20th century?
These stories and more in the podcast.
The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
In an interview with Bloomberg, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried discusses his efforts to bail out companies during the recent market turbulence. "The Hash" team discusses that plus the news that crypto exchange Binance froze a wallet related to a Russian gun manufacturer that raised funds for the country's troops in Ukraine, according to a Lobaev representative and blockchain data analysis.
See also: Binance Froze Russian Gun Maker's Crypto Assets, Likely at Ukraine’s Request
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Crypto Exchange Is Planning to Acquire Huobi
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In the second half of our interview with U.S. House of Representatives member David Cicilline, author of the newly released House On Fire: Fighting for Democracy in the Age of Political Arson, he discusses the two impeachments of Donald J. Trump from his perspective as an active player in those proceedings. Also, on the 600th anniversary of the death King Henry V of England, we remember his failed struggle with…um…dysentery. And finally, a guest Spiel from former Last Week Tonight with John Oliver writer and host of the I Might Be Wrong podcast, Jeffrey Maurer on how good the federal government will be at spending all that Inflation Reduction Act coin.
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:28) – Putin’s motivations
(20:35) – War in Ukraine
(27:37) – Propaganda
(35:01) – China and American relations
(50:02) – Hope for humanity
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Plus another Bitcoin Bond delay in El Salvador.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW does a global regulatory check-in, focused on:
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