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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Health Impacts Of Extreme Heat In A Hotter World
Heat is the most hazardous weather event in the world. The UN estimates that mortality for people over 65 years old increased by 85% between 2017 and 2021. As climate change brings more extreme temperatures, we examine the short- and long-term effects of heat exposure. Plus, what we need to do to address health inequities and disparities to prevent a repeat of the 1995 heat wave that killed 739 Chicagoans. Reset learns more from Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility and Dr. Kiran Joshi, Chief Operating Officer for Cook County Department of Public Health.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BTC ATH Sends Satoshi’s Bag to the Moon; Crypto Week Starts in Congress | COINDESK DAILY
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as BTC climbed above $122,000 for another record high.
Crypto markets are in the green this morning with bitcoin leading the rallies that began over two weeks ago. BTC's new all-time high above $122,000 has made bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto the 11th richest person (or group of people). Plus, will the industry see more crypto bills passed during Congress' "Crypto Week"? CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”
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WSJ Minute Briefing - Trump Agrees to NATO Deal Sending Weapons to Ukraine
Plus: Becton Dickinson will divest its biosciences and diagnostic solutions business to Waters Corp. for around $17.5 billion. And at least nine people were killed after a fire tore through an assisted living facility in Massachusetts.
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Audio Mises Wire - Robert Reich’s Blind Spots: The Elephant in the Progressive Left’s Room
Reich, Elizabeth Warren, and other leftists never address the root cause of what they correctly diagnose as excessive corporate power: the Federal Reserve.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/robert-reichs-blind-spots-elephant-progressive-lefts-room
Audio Mises Wire - Intellectual Property: Innovation Should Serve Consumers, Not Producers
Innovations aren‘t very useful unless they serve consumers in the marketplace. Otherwise, we‘re pursuing innovation for its own sake, and that isn‘t progress.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-innovation-should-serve-consumers-not-producers
Audio Mises Wire - The Putrid Underbelly of Woke Capitalism
American corporations are lavishing billions of dollars on leftist groups in the name of “equity.” But many of them are also donating to even more questionable people and causes.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/putrid-underbelly-woke-capitalism
Marketplace All-in-One - “Crypto Week” on Capitol Hill
Bitcoin hit a record $122,000 this morning as the House of Representatives ramps up for what's being called "Crypto Week," where lawmakers will be taking up three bills that could lay the foundation for how digital assets are regulated. We'll hear more about what to expect. And later, we'll unpack market reactions to daily swings in tariff policy and learn how China's rare earth metal dominance comes at a significant environmental cost.
WSJ Tech News Briefing - TNB Tech Minute: Bitcoin Hits Record High of $120,000
Plus: Google will pay $2.4 billion in a deal to license the tech of a coding startup and hire some of its talent. SpaceX to invest $2 billion into Elon Musk’s xAI company. Ariana Aspuru hosts.
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Focus on Africa - Nigeria’s ex-President Muhammadu Buhari dead
Former Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has died at 82. He was a two-time leader who first led Africa's most populous country as a military ruler, then later as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023. What will be his legacy and how will he be remembered?
What's the truth behind recent coup rumours in Ivory Coast?
And we remember Arthur Ashe, so far the only black male Wimbledon tennis champion, who defied apartheid in South Africa
Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Stefania Okereke ,Nyasha Michelle, Yvette Twagiramariya and Patricia Whitehorne in London. Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi