Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran

Australian Financial Watchdogs Back New Powers To Curb Money-Laundering Via Crypto Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times, Australian crime-fighting and financial agencies are moving to prevent the use of cryptocurrency for money laundering, scams, and money-mule activities. Illustration of Bitcoin and Ethereum coins held together in front of diverses EURO banknotes in Paris, France, on June 5, 2026. Joao Luiz Bulcao/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images The Australian Banking Association (ABA), Transparency International, and the regulator, AUSTRAC (Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre), are backing a proposal to amend the Anti-Money Laundering...

Trump Evacuated As Shots Fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner, Shooter Dead Shots were fired during the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday evening, prompting the immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President, and other high-profile attendees by Secret Service. Guests were ordered to take cover under tables as heavily armed agents secured the venue. BREAKING The U.S. Secret Service just rushed the President and First Lady off the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after the sound of...

US Embassy Issues Health Alert For Cuba After 'Significant Increase In Diarrheal Illness' Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Embassy in Cuba has issued a health alert, warning Americans about a rise in gastrointestinal illnesses caused by the island nation's water and energy grid collapses. "The U.S. Embassy has noted a significant increase in diarrheal illness across Cuba, associated with the continuing degradation of the water and energy infrastructure," the Sept. 4 alert reads. The embassy stated that the degradation affected the country's water supply, food storage, and temperature...