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Historically, Europeans had few qualms about conquering and enslaving other Europeans. This presents some problems for the narrative claiming that injustices committed by Europeans are motivated primarily by racism.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-racism-cant-explain-europes-drive-conquest-and-colonial-power
The goalposts are continually changing (more like fallacy-hopping), but one would-be goal of tariffs needs to be confronted—tariffs for domestic job protection.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-mean-lost-jobs
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring system, has warned that “the worst-case scenario of famine” is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip. It comes as the territory’s health ministry says 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since Israel's offensive began. Also: floods hit Beijing; the Ukrainian hackers targeting Russia’s Aeroflot airline; farmers in the US and Mexico caught in a water crisis driven by a decades-old treaty; a gunman kills four in New York; a shaky ceasefire holds along the border with Thailand and Cambodia; the former Colombia president who’s been convicted of witness tampering; and can Greenland’s Inuit majority achieve independence?
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More than 40 people including women and children were killed in an attack by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the town of Komanda, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The militia group is linked to the so-called Islamic state, a jihadi militant group. Majority of those killed were worshippers at a local church, nearby shops were also attacked and looted.
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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has said what it calls "the worse case scenario of famine" is now unfolding in Gaza. The UN's World Food Programme says that the unfolding disaster is reminiscent of famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra, Nigeria, in the last century.
Also in the programme: Google launches a new AI search tool in the UK; and as England's women's football squad celebrates its triumph at the Euros with an open-top bus parade in central London, we'll look at how the game is growing commercially around the world.
(Photo: Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen. CREDIT: REUTERS/Khamis Al-Rifi)
Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Joe Lubin.
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Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin joins "CoinDesk Spotlight" one day before the network's 10-year anniversary to discuss the Ethereum ecosystem's decade-long journey and his vision for the future.
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Two behemoths of freight rail are joining forces: Union Pacific is acquiring Norfolk Southern for $85 billion. The deal creates the largest freight rail network in the country and will attract the attention of antitrust regulators. Also on the show: U.S.-China trade negotiators meet in Sweden for trade talks, and the U.S. sets a new deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine or face new economic sanctions.
Deadly shooting at New York City office building. Fatal shooting a Reno casino. Another summer sizzler. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Hive is expanding its Paraguay mining sites with a target of 25 EH/s by year’s end.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Aydin Kilic, CEO of Hive Blockchain joins us to talk about their plan to scale to 25 EH/s by year end, the Paraguay expansion using new Bitmain hydro units, the company’s ATM funding strategy, and their pivot into HPC.
**Notes:**
• Scaling from 12 to 25 exahash by year end
• 200MW Paraguay site bought for $400k/MW
• 18% share dilution in Q1 from ATM usage
• $500M mining margin target at 25 EH/s
• 50% gross mining margins currently
• $40M profit on Bitcoin pledge trade
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:02 NYC trip
04:58 25 Exahash goal
07:35 Surviving bear markets
18:20 Fractal Bitcoin
18:59 ATM
24:05 Next steps 2025
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