senior US State Department official told Bloomberg News the acceleration toward the Splinternet was

PARIS: Western powers have seized the yachts of Russian oligarchs and booted Russian banks out of the international system in response to the Ukraine invasion, but sanctions that limit access to the Internet are proving highly divisive. Ukraine has called loudly for a widespread boycott and Kyiv has even pushed for Russia to be cut off from the world wide web. International sanctions have seen companies including big tech firms halt operations in Russia, and EU bans on Russian state media outlet

AUGUST 15, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of United States President Richard Nixon delinking the US dollar from gold.... The dollar accounted for 88% in paired foreign exchange currency trading in 2019 and 59% of official foreign exchange holdings.... It is widely used in trade invoicing in manufacturing but less so in services trade....