Monthly Archives: October 2018

Source: CoinDesk.com CoinDesk asked cypherpunk legend Timothy May, author of the “Crypto Anarchist Manifesto,” to write his thoughts on the bitcoin white paper on its 10th anniversary. What he sent back was a sprawling 30-page evisceration of a technology industry … Continue reading →

Source: AEJ.org AEJ joins London Vigil for Daphne on the anniversary of her brutal murder: an urgent call for justice MEDIA ADVISORY ONE YEAR ON – LONDON VIGIL FOR DAPHNE CARUANA GALIZIA Tuesday 16 October will mark one year since … Continue reading →

Source: Reuters.com (Reuters) – Ecuador has restored partial internet access to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who took refuge in the country’s London Embassy more than six years ago, WikiLeaks and an Assange lawyer said separately on Sunday. The move comes … Continue reading →

Source: BBC.com It’s the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. Their dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C says the world is now completely off track, heading … Continue reading →

Source: TheGuardian.com IPCC report ‘underestimates potential of these key dangers to send Earth into spiral of runaway climate change’. Key dangers largely left out of the IPCC special report on 1.5C of warming are raising alarm among some scientists who … Continue reading →

Source: Council of Europe (COE.int) Bulgarian journalist and TV presenter Viktoria Marinova was found dead on 6 October 2018 in a park in the northern city of Ruse, where she had reportedly been out jogging. A regional prosecutor said she … Continue reading →

Source: Wikileaks.org Today WikiLeaks publishes a secret document from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, pertaining to a dispute over commission payment in relation to a $3.6 billion arms deal between French state-owned company GIAT Industries … Continue reading →

Source: YLE.fi Finnish newspapers discuss news from the IPCC, union opposition to plans to ease employee dismissal, and a Green Party idea for gender-neutral military service. Like many newspapers in the world this Monday, dailies in Finland are reacting to … Continue reading →

Source: UN.org In the end, after all was said and done in the marathon of speeches from Heads of State and Government at the General Assembly’s seventy-third annual general debate, it all came down to one thing – the centrality … Continue reading →

Source: AEJ.org The Association of European Journalists condemns a proposal by the Austrian ministry of Interior to restrict information for what they called „critical media“. A ministry spokesman close to Minister Herbert Kickl (Freedom Party FPO) told police authorities to … Continue reading →