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Explore the shift towards a cashless society in Europe and its far-reaching implications! In this video, we delve into the benefits of digital payments, including enhanced security and convenience, as well as the concerns from various stakeholders. We discuss the EU's timeline for potentially banning cash payments by January 1, 2027, and the impact this will have on merchants and consumers alike. Learn about the motivations behind this transition, the financial benefits, and the potential drawbacks, such as privacy issues and accessibility challenges.

There have been people who didn't. Enoch was Noah's grandfather, God found him too pleasing, so He just took him up, without his dying. Elijah was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot, without dying. So it is not absolutely 100.00% certain that you're going to die. The angel Gabriel told Mary, mother of Jesus, about the pregnancy of John the Baptist by Mary's elderly cousin Elisabeth, wife of Zachariah, saying that no word is impossible to God, in other words, that nothing is impossible to God. Now rather than get right back to harsh reality from such foolish...

'Zero tolerance' for violating new directive, university president saysCornell University has suspended all frat parties and events for the rest of the 2026-27 academic year, president Michael Kotlikoff announced Tuesday, as an alleged gang rape at one of the school's fraternities continues to fuel calls for action and accountability. Kotlikoff, who has faced pressure to resign over the case, said there would be "zero tolerance" for any violations of the new directive. "Any fraternity holding an in-house party or social event will receive an immediate emergency suspension," he said in a written statement posted on Cornell's website. It's among a...

Islamic Gaza GenoLIE: Selective Outrage / Falsehood PropagandaPolitical Islam's Hatred If the anti-Hamas war in Gaza had been conducted by non-Jews, would any prominent Arab or Muslim figure or organization be speaking so loudly about it? Of course not. They didn't—and don't—care about the 700,000 Syrians, the Uyghurs under China, or the millions of victims in Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria, or the 140,000 people killed by Iran's regime, among others. Have these same figures and organizations seriously confronted guilty Arab-Palestine dictatorship leadership Hamas's role in Gazan civilian deaths—its military tactics, its conduct of the war, and the consequences of...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThen one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.” Luke 11:45–46Just prior to this exchange, Jesus delivered three piercing rebukes to the Pharisees: “Woe to you Pharisees!” He condemned them for ignoring “judgment and love for God,” for seeking “the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces,” and for being “like...

A 32-year-old transgender woman stabbed a man to death at an Avalon Park gas station after he allegedly made comments about her gender, prosecutors said, as her spouse and 7-year-old son looked on. Surveillance video allegedly showed Kelly Day stabbing 50-year-old Larry Young 13 times, pausing once to adjust her grip on the knife. Prosecutors said Day had been mocked by unidentified people for using a women’s restroom on the evening of October 7. She later told her spouse she was “tired of all these bullies making comments about her gender,” according to the detention filing. About 7:30 p.m., while...

Kroger plans to cut 3,000 corporate jobs over three years, saying a leaner company will help lower grocery prices. Investors face a harder question: how much of the savings will survive the supermarket price wars? The announcement puts thousands of employees in a period of uncertainty while giving shoppers another promise of relief at checkout. For shareholders, it marks a major test of CEO Greg Foran’s effort to make Kroger more competitive. Reducing payroll can improve the numbers. Getting customers to put more groceries in their carts requires more than a smaller headquarters. More Than One-Third of Corporate Positions Face...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

RJ Mitte spent years dealing with a financial nightmare few Breaking Bad fans knew about. Less than a year before his death at 34, the actor opened up about an alleged betrayal by a former business manager who he said diverted money that was supposed to pay his taxes. The fallout, Mitte claimed, followed him for a decade and ultimately cost him more in taxes than he earned from the AMC hit. Mitte died Monday, October 12, in Brownsville, Texas. His representatives confirmed his death in a statement shared with People, while authorities said an autopsy would be performed. His...

The Brief A parking dispute video near Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin has gone viral A couple who lives along E 9th Street were seen telling people not to park in front of their home. They were also seen making comments about the univeristy Since the video was posted, it has led to crowds of students and community members gathering outside the home playing music, chanting, and waving signs The City of Austin said parking is allowed on those blocks of East 9th Street. AUSTIN, Texas - Over the weekend, crowds could be seen gathering outside an east Austin home,...

I have always been afraid of watching the 1977 film Looking for Mr. Goodbar. I grew up hearing about how my mother, upon seeing it in the theater, had walked out and immediately vomited. The movie, which follows New York schoolteacher Theresa Dunn through a series of at times humiliating sexual encounters (and the lasciviousness of the 1970s) until one of her sex partners murders her, is an adaptation of a novel, itself inspired by the real-life death of Roseann Quinn. Just two days after her body was found, Quinn was described as having “no regular boyfriend but the type...

"Affordability" is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot without being well-defined, but we all have a general idea of what it means. Every election year, the economy, and by extension affordability, is always at the top of voters' concerns. Most years it is #1, and it is always in the top three, and for good reason: when we think of the "American Dream," we most often think of an ever-rising standard of living for families and their children. As Reagan put it succinctly, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"Many government policies...

On Tuesday, incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) faced her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, in the only debate of the New York governor's race. Spectrum News hosted the event for what many consider a toss-up race. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman are nearly neck-and-neck as they head into the gubernatorial election’s only debate Tuesday, a stunning new poll found.Democrat Hochul leads the Republican Nassau executive 47% to 44%, a Pollfinity survey released Tuesday found.The poll found about 6% of voters were undecided, while another 3% planned to cast their ballots for others.It went as expected. Blakeman came...

Diesel futures traded sharply higher Tuesday, as doubts mounted about the likely impacts of the Trump administration’s latest efforts to push prices down. U.S. diesel futures were up 5% by midday to their highest level in weeks. In Europe, diesel futures rose by about 3.8%, while gas futures spiked to levels not seen all year. A move higher in futures markets typically signals that prices will climb in the coming days. Already, the average nationwide price of diesel is up 70% since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. The cost of unleaded gas has risen by more...

Tim Mynett, the husband of embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), was spotted Tuesday for the first time since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raided their Washington, DC, home – which President Trump suggested the couple shouldn’t be able to afford. Mynett, staring straight down at the sidewalk, was snapped walking the family dog – a yellow labrador retriever named Teddy – back to the home where Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed a search warrant and removed belongings early Monday morning. The raid is believed to be part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into the Somalia-born congresswoman’s immigration...

A busy portion of Broadway in downtown Oakland will be renamed in honor of the Black Panther Party. Last week, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously in favor of the change. On Saturday, local leaders will gather at 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of 15th Street and Broadway for a ribbon-cutting. The new name will take effect on Broadway between 14th and 17th streets. The change comes as the Black Panther Party prepares to celebrate 60 years. The anniversary event also includes a two-day conference, gala, community gathering, and multiple other events. You can find more details on the anniversary...

A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents, then tried to flee the U.S. after police questioned her. Aili Wang, 32, was arrested Oct. 6 at Los Angeles International Airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China. With her were "multiple" laptops, electronic storage devices and documents now in the possession of police. Investigators say Wang was seen on surveillance video rummaging through the desk of the alleged victim, who specialized in technology for disease treatment — research similar to work Wang had...

Around 3 a.m. on Friday, a juvenile black bear reportedly broke into a home in the Sunset Heights neighborhood in Salmon, where Brian and Kim Heidemann, along with Kim’s 14 and 9-year-old daughters were sleeping. ...one of the juvenile bears, estimated at about 1 year old, reportedly tried to break into the home through the 14-year-old daughter’s bedroom window.“(Kim’s) daughter heard noises outside of her bedroom window, and they have a swamp cooler right there,” says Dabell. “Her daughter looked out the window, and at first thought it was a human because apparently when bears grunt, they sound very human-esque.”The...