Current Events-World Banking

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-islamic-finance-imf/imf-to-add-islamic-finance-to-market-surveillance-in-2019-idUSKCN1IQ081?il=0

The IMF has traditionally focused on conventional banking, but it has been increasingly engaging with regulators in countries where Islamic finance is now deemed to be systemically important.

Islamic finance, which bans interest payments and pure monetary speculation, is estimated to have over $2 trillion of assets globally and is offered in over 60 countries, according to the IMF.

Remember, Islamic prophecy has it that when the mahdi rules, people will say "give" and the mahdi will say "take".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maSgfeE5pjw

Current Events-The Net

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/05/24/amazon-alexa-creepily-recorded-sent-out-familys-conversations/642852002/

Amazon, the giant online retailer, has electronic (inanimate objects-robots) gadgets that human beings can talk to. This article states a family in Portland had their conversations recorded and sent to a third party. It also states they use features that turn the lights in the house on/off when they speak to these gadgets. The article says the voice controlled "smart speaker" also controls the HVAC system in the house as well as its security system.