On January 27, Scottish theatre and film actor and producer Alan Cumming said he returned his OBE over how the British Empire "profited at the expense [of] indigenous people".
Andrew Griffith, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, told members of the United Kingdom House of Commons January 10 the government was considering a "digital pound", with public consultations on the attributes and regulation of digital assets expected in the coming weeks.
Supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Brazilian Congress and the Supreme Court and surrounded the presidential palace in Brasília on January 8.
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