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A stablecoin logo displayed on a smartphone. - McDonnell // Shutterstock

Banks are testing a new type of crypto dollar called stablecoins. Here’s what that means for consumers

A stablecoin logo displayed on a smartphone. – McDonnell // Shutterstock If you’ve ever sent money through Western Union, paid with a Visa card while traveling, or waited days for an electronic payment to settle, you’ve already used the systems known as “payment rails” that move money globally between friends, families and businesses. Now, banks…

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Wire)

Britain hits out at Putin’s ‘heinous’ acts in Ukraine after Russia’s ‘dirty bomb’ claim

Vladimir Putin has been accused of trying to distract attention from his “heinous” atrocities after Russia claimed the UK and France are plotting to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon or “dirty bomb”. On the fourth anniversary of the Russian president’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer hit out at Putin for blocking the…

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Albanese was evacuated The Lodge in Canberra. (AFP)

Australian PM Albanese evacuated from official residence over security threat

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was evacuated from his official residence in Canberra on Tuesday over a security threat, police said. Albanese was evacuated The Lodge in Canberra. (AFP) Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge, with Australia’s national broadcaster ABC reporting that the Prime Minister was taken to a separate location for several hours after…

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