Author: Steven Sahiounie

(CNN) — Winter certainly is arriving with a bang in the United States. An arctic blast and bomb cyclone will push through most of the country as the season officially starts, and that’s bound to bring disruptions for millions of holiday travelers.In fact, just over 1,000 Thursday flights within, into or out of the US had already been canceled by 7:50 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware.US air travelers had a decent run of it over the July Fourth, Labor Day and Thanksgiving holidays with largely favorable weather conditions. But it appears we’re in for…

Coding is an essential skill for today’s students to learn. It can open up a world of opportunity, from developing websites and apps to succeeding in the fast-growing tech industry. Coding also teaches students important life skills, such as problem solving and critical thinking. With the ever-evolving digital landscape, coding is becoming a necessary part of any student’s educational journey. It will provide them with the skills and knowledge to succeed in the digital age, as well as the confidence to take on any challenge.I could have written that, but I didn’t. I didn’t have to. OpenAI playground did it…

A series of high-profile global scandals rained on the local crypto sector’s parade this year, but the traditional economy is still quietly embracing the blockchain behind closed doors.This Christmas, about 150 clients of Piper Alderman will receive “non-fungible tidings” from their lawyer.Spawned by the same blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies, the unique Christmas cards will bestow on recipients a permanent and verifiable digital asset that is similar to a non-fungible token (NFT) and slightly more personal than the generic Santa Claus JPEG in your email inbox.But it also allows the 170-year-old law firm – which is owed about $US50,000 ($74,670) by bankrupt…

India currently holds the presidency of the G-20, giving the nation powers to determine the agenda around discussions regarding global crypto rule-making.India’s central bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has predicted that the next financial crisis will come from “private cryptocurrencies” if they are allowed to be regulated and not banned outright. Das was speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit on Wednesday.”Our view is that it should be prohibited because if you try to regulate it and allow it to grow, please mark my words the next financial crisis will come from private cryptocurrencies,” Das said. “They have no underlying…

Germany does not plan to buy Russian oil in 2023, the press service of the country’s Economy Ministry told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. The statement refutes an earlier announcement from Transneft, a Russian state-owned pipeline transport company and the operator of Russia’s section of the Druzhba pipeline. On Monday, Transneft head Nikolai Tokarev said his company had received requests to pump oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Poland and Germany in 2023, despite earlier assurances form both countries that they would not place new orders.The German ministry stated that starting in January the Schwedt refinery had booked capacity in the pipeline system…

A US House committee voted to publish six years of the former president’s financial data The Democrat-led US House Ways and Means Committee voted on Tuesday to make a redacted version of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns available to the public. Documents covering six years of his financial affairs will be released within days.The committee also published a report detailing its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Mandatory Audit program and its enforcement under the Trump administration. Democratic chairman Richard Neal described it as “dormant” at the time.“We anticipated the IRS would expand the mandatory audit program to account for…

More than 4.5 million workers voluntarily walked away in November, leaving employers scrambling to fill empty slots amid a starved labor market Americans are quitting their jobs at the fastest pace ever, exacerbating staffing shortages for restaurants, hotels, and other businesses that were already struggling to fill empty slots amid fierce competition for workers. About 4.53 million workers voluntarily left their jobs in November, exceeding the previous record of 4.36 million that was set in September, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Tuesday. The quit level amounted to 3% of the entire US work force and jumped 37% from…

Yuan squeezing out dollar on Moscow ExchangeDecember 21, 2022Turnover in the greenback has been cut in half as the currencies of ‘friendly’ countries gain prominenceTrading in the currencies of so-called ‘friendly’ nations, or those that did not impose sanctions on Russia, has surged on the Moscow Exchange this year, pushing out the US dollar, the head of the bourse, Yury Denisov, said on Tuesday.   The Belarusian ruble and Chinese yuan have seen volumes grow the most, by 110 and 41 times, respectively, while turnover in the Turkish lira is up some 17-fold and in the Kazakh tenge by 13-fold. The…

Supplies are being delivered through alternate routes, the company saysRussian gas deliveries to the EU remain unchanged despite an explosion at a pipeline in central Russia, the local unit of state energy provider Gazprom said in a statement late Tuesday.According to the company, the flows have been redirected to alternate routes.“The damaged section of the gas pipeline was promptly localized. Gas transportation to consumers is provided in full through parallel gas pipelines.”The blast occurred at a section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline in the Chuvash Republic several hundred kilometers east of Moscow on Tuesday, causing a major fire. The blaze has…

December 21, 2022The country has overtaken Saudi Arabia, which saw its Asian exports decline in NovemberRussia boosted oil deliveries to China by 17% in November from one year earlier, overtaking Saudi Arabia to become the country’s top supplier, Chinese customs announced on Tuesday.This comes as Chinese refiners have been rushing to stock up on oil ahead of the EU price cap, which took effect on December 5.Deliveries of Russian crude, including oil pumped through the East Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline and seaborne shipments from Russia’s European and Far Eastern ports, amounted to 7.81 million tons last month. This is…