Nine people have been killed and many injured in a school shooting in the southern Austrian city of Graz. The shooter also killed himself, and has been identified as a former pupil.
Also, Donald Trump sends in the Marines as the president's crackdown on undocumented migrants clashes with California's policy as a Sanctuary State, Syria's jailers under President Assad speak to the BBC anonymously about what they did and those who suffered, plus good news for biodiversity and precious coral reefs in the Zanzibar archipelago, as two new Marine Protected Areas are announced.
(IMAGE: General view of the Dreierschutzengasse high school following a shooting in Graz, Austria, 10 June 2025 / CREDIT: Antonio Bat /EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Undocumented workers form a key part of the economy in a number of industries — including domestic work, agriculture, hospitality and construction. As immigration raids and protests in Los Angeles continue, we'll examine what increased immigration enforcement will mean for the job market, both locally and nationally. Plus: a dispatch from a supermarket in Japan amid rising rice prices and a trial in London with big implications for the business of AI.
Noah Rothman joins the podcast as we examine the ongoing street violence and theater in Los Angeles and the fact that the Democratic Party has now committed itself, it seems, to a posture in which they are supporting lawlessness and handing Donald Trump everything he would want in terms of the arguments he is making about their irresponsibility and lack of patriotism. Give a listen.
Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission and has left Mali, although a Russian presence remains in the West African country, through the Africa Corps. So what did the Wagner Group achieve?
Why has a separatist movement on the tiny, remote island of Annobón that is part of Equatorial Guinea, appealed to Argentina for support with its independence claim?
And new research shows that Africa now has more Christians than any other continent, surpassing Europe for the first time. We discuss what is driving that growth.
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Alfonso Daniels, Nyasha Michelle, Victor Sylver and Joseph Keen
Technical Producer: Craig Kingham
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
The Israeli army is investigating reports that drones fired on civilians. Also: Austria is in mourning after students and teachers were killed in a school shooting, and Japan's rice crisis.
Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna Holdings, joins The Mining Pod! We dig into behind the meter Bitcoin mining, where miners work with local grid builds for cheaper, more stable energy.
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna, joins us to talk about renewable-powered Bitcoin mining operations, including Soluna's Project Annie - a 75MW solar-powered data center in northeast Texas. We dive into the challenges of behind-the-meter renewable mining, curtailment solutions, production tax credits, and how Bitcoin mining can solve renewable energy's biggest problems.
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Notes:
- Project Annie: 75MW data center, 140MW solar farm
- Texas has massive renewable energy scale
- Production tax credits incentivize green energy
- Behind-the-meter regulations are complex
- Wind farms often run at 30-40% capacity
- Battery storage too expensive for Bitcoin mining
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:51 Green energy
07:34 Behind the meter
10:36 Markets other than Texas
14:01 Renewable energy credits
17:05 Project Annie
19:33 Tax credit rules
26:38 Renewables, AI & uptime
33:16 Owning vs service provider
37:11 Headwinds for renewables
44:43 Batteries
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The latest price moves and insights with CoinFund President Chris Perkins.
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CoinFund President Chris Perkins joins CoinDesk live to break down the highly anticipated SEC Roundtable on DeFi. As a member of the CFTC's Global Market Advisory Committee, he shares insights into inter-agency cooperation and the future of stablecoin legislation in the U.S.
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as bitcoin and ether gain momentum.
Bitcoin is up this morning following a surge of bitcoin treasury holdings among publicly listed companies and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust hitting a historic $70 billion in AUM. Plus, ether also warms back up as traders brace for key inflation data and continue to digest U.S.-China trade developments. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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Ledn is the leading platform for Bitcoin-backed loans, offering a secure and transparent way to unlock liquidity without selling your Bitcoin. Ledn has issued over $9 billion in loans since 2018 and has never lost a single satoshi of client assets, earning a reputation as the name you can trust in the crypto space.
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
The world lost the great civil libertarian, journalist, and Cato scholar Nat Hentoff last week. Scott Bullock comments on his several legacies.
Marines join the show of force in L.A. CDC vaccine experts are fired. And remembering Sly Stone. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
