jordi

 Saudi Arabia may join BRICS bank – FT The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group of major emerging economies is currently in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the kingdom as its tenth member, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The move is expected to cement ties between the Shanghai-based lender, established by BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) back in 2014, with the world’s second biggest producer of oil. “In the Middle East, we attach great importance to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and are currently engaged in a qualified dialogue with them,” the NDB said in a statement seen by FT. Launched with the purpose of financing infrastructure and sustainable development in member states and other emerging economies, the NDB has expanded its membership to include Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Egypt. It has lent $33 billion to more than 96 projects in the five founding member nations. The multinational financial institution is prepar...

 DeSantis to open presidential bid by out-Trumping Trump Ron DeSantis’ decision to announce his 2024 White House bid in a conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter on Wednesday will make a typically blunt statement about his campaign, the unruly populism of the modern Republican Party and an accelerating conservative media revolution. Florida’s governor will finally jump into the race by throwing down a gauntlet to ex-President Donald Trump with a launch strategy that frames him as the true anti-establishment rebel in the race who is willing to crush the conventions of traditional presidential politics. His choice of venue on Twitter Spaces – the site’s audio platform – also exemplifies the Trump-era GOP’s transformation into a party that rewards gesture politics and whose activists respond to the unmoderated social media jungle while disdaining traditional standards of conduct and governance. But while Twitter’s attractiveness to conservative voters under Musk, who has 141 million fo...

 Anime Central announced that they will be hosting the world premiere VINLAND SAGA Season 2 Episode 20 on May 20 at 4:00 PM CT at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (Live Events Room 5). Special guests include creative staff members Takahiko Abiru (Character Designer), Yusuke Takeda (Art Director), and Naokado Fujiyama (Producer). VINLAND SAGA Season 2 premieres on January 9. Netflix and Crunchyroll are streaming the show outside of Japan. First season of VINLAND SAGA aired in 2019. This anime is based on Makoto YukimuraA manga published by Kodansha which began in 2005 and has 26 tankoubon volumes as of May 2022. The series is currently serializing in Monthly Afternoon magazine. Kodansha USA describes the manga as: As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and was thrilled with the wild tales of the lands far to the west. But his youthful fantasies are shattered by a mercenary attack. Raised by the Vikings who killed his family, Thorfinn becomes a fearsom...