Peace
Israel-Palestinian peace initiatives are suddenly popping up everywhere washingtonpost
Until a week ago, it seemed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was a flat-liner. President Obama thought so. In March, he said he wouldn’t seek to jump-start talks — the two sides were too far apart; it was not in the cards.
Genocide
News Guide: German vote recognizing Armenian genocide washingtonpost
The move threatens to increase tensions with Turkey at a sensitive time when Ankara is playing a key role in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe.
North Korea
U.S. takes further steps to block North Korea's access to financial system in.reuters
The U.S. Treasury Department called for a prohibition on certain U.S. financial institutions opening or maintaining correspondent accounts, which are established to receive deposits from or make payments on behalf of a foreign institution, with North Korean financial institutions.
Crucially, Treasury also prohibited the use of third parties' U.S. correspondent accounts to process transactions for North Korean financial institutions.
Cyborg
Here's the cyborg tech that Elon Musk says he'll do if no one else does recode.net
"Something I think is going to be quite important — I don't know of a company that's working on it seriously — is a neural lace," [Musk] said.
It's a long-standing science fiction thought experiment in nanotechnology — a "wireless brain-computer interface" that allows neurons to move with thoughts. Researchers released what amounts to a prototype for the concept last year.
There's also a video on this article about Elon's imagination that we are all characters in a simulation. His argument doesn't follow (summary: "technology is getting better, therefore we must be someone else's better technology" [or a = true, therefore b = true]), but shows a place we can end up when we reject God as Creator while at the same time acknowledging that everything sure seems created :) Rom 1:18-23
Agricultural
Japan suspends live cattle imports from Australia after positive Bovine Johne's disease test abc.net.au
A spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce on Thursday said 300 dairy heffers were sent to Japan last month, but it was not known how many of them tested positive for the muscle wasting disease.
The Japanese Government said it was the largest infection rate in a shipment.
Research
Trojan horse' cancer-fighting injection sparks hope in human trials theguardian
Made in the lab, the Trojan horse is composed of nanoparticles containing cancer RNA – a form of genetic coding – enclosed by a fatty acid membrane. The particles are injected into patients to simulate a viral infection, and infiltrate specialised immune cells. These dendritic cells decode the RNA embedded in the nanoparticles – triggering, in turn, the production of cancer antigens.
Global Banking
Instant share trading may be on the horizon through blockchain telegraph.co.uk
As financial firms race to stake their territory in new uses for blockchain, the European Securities and Markets Authority has called a consultation on how this development could affect the world’s markets.
Also see Upon Initial Review EU Watchdog Says Blockchain Needs Further Review v
Global Income
Y Combinator is giving some Oakland residents a basic income in new pilot study venturebeat
Those participating in this inaugural study will receive “unconditional” income, meaning that they’ll receive funds with no strings attached. Altman hopes that with the unspecified amount provided, it’ll promote freedom and as such, Y Combinator will be able to examine how people “experience that freedom” — they can volunteer, work, not work, or move to another country.
See also A Universal Basic Income Is a Poor Tool to Fight Poverty wv! and Created for Work
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