War economy

- Massive sale of dollars in Russia - Russia replaces the dollar with the euro - This may lead to inflation in the U.S. - Announces the disconnection of the Swift system - EU questions the legality of this boycott - Bitcoin falls to a three-week low - G-7 tax deal pits Europe against each other - Russia has accumulated gold for forty years - Russia pulls out of arms control treaty - Also imposes sanctions on nine Canadians - China to build 30 more biological laboratories - Justice targets crypto criminals - U.S. seizes millions paid to hackers - Man slaps President Macron in the face in southern France - The slapping of Macron evidences a climate of political tension - It’s no longer right vs. left, but elite vs. citizenry - World Bank forecasts record economic recovery - Each country approaches its economic reform in a different way - Call for an ethical approach to facial recogni