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Thailand Will Extend Its ETF Offering Beyond Bitcoin, Says Regulator: Bloomberg
2.10.2025
The country's SEC will allow local mutual funds and institutions to issue such funds under rules, SEC secretary-general Pornanong Budsaratragoon said
Hate speech and deepfakes threaten democracy and peace — UN secretary general
30.8.2024
The United Nations says the focus is on artificial intelligence for 2024’s “Day of Democracy.”
UN declares AI key focus for International Day of Democracy
30.8.2024
The United Nations says the focus is on artificial intelligence for 2024’s “Day of Democracy.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Calls for Reform of ‘Outdated, Dysfunctional, and Unfair’ Global Financial Architecture
28.8.2023
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (U.N.), has noted changes that need to happen with today’s financial institutions to fit into the current multilateral world. During the recent BRICS leaders summit, Guterres said that the current “outdated, dysfunctional,...
UN Secretary-General Says Global Financial System ‘Outdated, Dysfunctional, Unfair’ — Calls for Reform
24.5.2023
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says the current international financial system is “outdated, dysfunctional and unfair.” He stressed: “There is a systemic and unjust bias in global economic and financial frameworks in favor of rich countries, which is naturally generating great...
Interpol wants to police Metaverse crimes, reveals secretary general
6.2.2023
According to Stock, criminals have started targeting users on platforms similar to the metaverse, adding that “We need to sufficiently respond to that.”
Interpol Is Figuring Out How the Metaverse Will Be Policed
6.2.2023
The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, is working on how to police the metaverse, a digital world that is projected as an alternative to the real world. Interpol secretary general Jurgen Stock believes the organization must be ready for this task in order to not be left behind...
UN Report Urges Fed to Suspend Interest Rate Hikes, Presses for ‘Public Spending’ Increases
4.10.2022
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned that the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes and the slew of other central banks raising rates, could pose harm to the global economy. UNCTAD calculated that for every Fed basis point rise, the economic output...
Nicolas Maduro Tempts West With an Abundance of Oil and Gas, Venezuelan President Wants Sanctions Lifted
25.9.2022
Amid the economic rumblings across the world and the energy crisis in Europe, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has said his country is ready to step up and help with oil. Despite the fact that Venezuela has the largest supply of crude oil in the world, U.S. economic sanctions imposed in 2019...
Africa Will ‘One Day Have a Common Currency’ Says Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade Area
13.7.2021
The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) secretariat, Wamkele Mene, says Africa will “one day have a common currency” via a proposed “Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS).” He adds that such a currency will help “ease...
UN Secretary-General at WEF: Dark Side of AI Threatens Our World
24.1.2020
In a symposium at the World Economic Forum, Antònio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, outlined what he believed were four gravest threats that the world faced today: climate war, mistrust of leaders, an increase of geopolitical tension, and the dark side of digital. Guterres...
United Nations Must Embrace Blockchain: UN Secretary-General
28.12.2019
United Nations must embrace blockchain technology, according to the organization’s secretary-general António Guterres