The US establishment has "fully outwitted Trump", says Russia as Congress ignores the President to pass a sanctions bill. Russia has reacted angrily after a US bill imposing fresh sanctions was agreed overwhelmingly by the country's lawmakers. The bill, which also brings sanctions against Iran and North Korea, was described as "seriously flawed" by US President Donald Trump. But Congress voted for it by such an overwhelming majority that he was unable to veto it. President Trump's anger was mirrored in Moscow, where Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on Facebook that the bill would bring "consequences". He said: "First, it ends hopes for improving our relations with the new US administration. "Second, it is a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia. "Third, the Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way....
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has established the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub to explore the social science of blockchain technology. In an announcement today, RMIT unveiled details of the research center focused on blockchain technology, an innovation that the university believes will become “a core infrastructure for the global economy.” The hub is being proclaimed as the world’s first research center aimed at exploring the social science of blockchain technology. The research center will be led by Professor Jason Potts from RMIT’s School of Economics, Finance, and Marketing. Professor Ian Palmer, pro-vice chancellor business and vice-president at the university stated: The RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub is the only full-service, research, learning and industry-linked blockchain body in the world. Blockchain, the underlying tech that powers cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, will ‘revolutionize businesses as we know it in the coming ye...
Saudi Arabia denies facilitating what the UN calls an “entirely man-made catastrophe” in Yemen, which has killed over 1,000. Saudi Arabia has angrily rejected a UN report condemning its involvement in Yemen’s devastating civil war. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the country's foreign minister Adel al Jubeir has accused the UN Human Rights Office of bias in compiling the report. For two and a half years Saudi Arabia has led a coalition fighting Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Image: A Yemeni child receives treatment for suspected cholera at a hospital in Sanaa Its airstrikes have caused devastation in the country. The UN report blames the coalition for much of the civilian death toll, in particular the thousand plus children who have died. Adel al Jubeir is unrepentant saying their report's authors have refused to seek the Saudi side of the story. He said: "We invited the United Nations to come and discuss it with us. We invited ...
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