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Yuan surpasses yen in share of global currency payments - Swift data
The Chinese yuan overtook the yen as the currency with the fourth-largest share of international payments in November, for the first time since early 2022, according to transaction data compiled by global financial messaging service Swift.
The share of transactions involving the yuan among all currencies rose to 4.6% last month from 3.6% in October.
The figure was a record high for the yuan and surpassed the yen's 3.4%.
The last time the yuan ranked fourth was in January 2022.
The US dollar maintained its lead in November with 47%, followed by the euro and pound sterling with 23% and 7.15% respectively.
IN 2006, RESEARCHER CLEVE BACKSTER — THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE CIA'S LIE DETECTOR PROTOCOLS — PUBLISHED 36 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTS PROVING THAT PLANTS, BACTERIA, AND HUMAN CELLS IN PETRI DISHES RESPOND INSTANTANEOUSLY TO HUMAN THOUGHT AND EMOTION — EVEN AT DISTANCES OF HUNDREDS OF MILES. THE SIGNAL IS FASTER THAN LIGHT. IT DOES NOT DIMINISH WITH DISTANCE. IT IS NOT ELECTROMAGNETIC.
In 1966, Cleve Backster was the world's foremost expert on polygraph technology. He had developed the interrogation techniques used by the CIA, FBI, and U.S. military. He understood galvanic skin response — the electrical conductance of biological tissue — better than anyone alive.
One morning, on a whim, he attached polygraph electrodes to a Dracaena plant in his office. He watered it and watched the tracing. Then he thought: "I wonder what would happen if I threatened this plant." He decided to burn a leaf with a match.
The instant he formed the intention — before he moved, before he lit the match, before any ...
Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants
Federal health agencies announced a new national effort to reduce psychiatric overprescribing, informed consent, and expanding access to nondrug mental health approaches like psychotherapy, nutrition, and physical activity. https://bit.ly/4vqyFJB
