4 In 10 US Teens Admit Problems With Their Smartphone Usage
4 In 10 US Teens Admit Problems With Their Smartphone Usage A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that most U.S. teens between 13 and 17 think they spend just the right amount or too little time on their smartphones and social media. Conversely, as Statista’s Florian Zandt details below, 38 percent of all teenagers say they […]
Ukraine Needs To Be “Realistic” And Give Up Territory To Russia, Says Czech President
Ukraine Needs To Be “Realistic” And Give Up Territory To Russia, Says Czech President Via Remix News staff, Czech President Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, has told the New York Times in an interview that Ukraine needs to be “realistic” about its goals in the war and that the most likely outcome of the […]
Blackouts Plague Tajikistan As Energy Promises Fall Short
Blackouts Plague Tajikistan As Energy Promises Fall Short Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, Tajikistan has announced that electricity rationing will begin a month earlier than usual this year due to a water shortage and growing population. The country has been promising to end energy rationing for decades, but construction of the Roghun hydroelectric plant […]
Italian PMI Honors Western Values In Atlantic Council Speech, Details Professional Ties With Elon Musk
Italian PMI Honors Western Values In Atlantic Council Speech, Details Professional Ties With Elon Musk Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered a powerful speech after receiving the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award in New York, focusing on the importance of Western values, democracy, and the fight against authoritarianism. […]
Israeli Missiles Intercepted Over Syrian Port City Which Hosts Russian Navy
Israeli Missiles Intercepted Over Syrian Port City Which Hosts Russian Navy The Syrian Army has told Reuters that Israeli missiles have targeted the Syrian port city of Tartous shortly before midnight Tuesday evening (local time). Syria’s air defenses reportedly intercepted the inbound missiles, with Al Mayadeen saying that at least two Israeli missiles were observed inbound. […]
What Was A Japanese Spy Doing In Belarus?
What Was A Japanese Spy Doing In Belarus? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Belarusian media reported earlier this month that their security services busted a Japanese spy. He allegedly entered into a fictitious marriage that helped him legalize his stay in the country, after which he set up a business in Gomel to explain his travels, […]
Escobar: Will A BRICS Bretton Woods Take Place In Kazan?
Escobar: Will A BRICS Bretton Woods Take Place In Kazan? Authored by Pepe Escobar, With less than a month before the crucial BRICS annual summit in Kazan under the Russian presidency, serious informed discussions are raging in Moscow and other Eurasian capitals on what should be at the table in the de-dollarization and alternative payment […]
The Enormous Scale Of Global Food Waste
The Enormous Scale Of Global Food Waste As more than one trillion U.S. dollars worth of food is thrown away each year, up to 783 million people are affected by hunger. At the same time, Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that food waste generates an estimated 8-10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and takes up the […]
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
A Republic, If You Can Keep It Authored by Carl M. Cannon via RealClearPolitics, It’s Friday, Sept. 20. Interestingly, Election “Day,” which is now a profound misnomer, begins today: In Virginia, Minnesota, and South Dakota, citizens 18 and older can begin voting in the 2024 presidential election. Charles Wilson Peale, Wikimedia Commons Today is also […]
Visualizing The Expected Growth In Working Age Populations Around The World Over The Next 10 Years
Visualizing The Expected Growth In Working Age Populations Around The World Over The Next 10 Years Today, the working age population in almost half of U.S. metropolitan areas has declined due to demographic shifts, and this trend is set to continue. As a result, the U.S. workforce is projected to grow at just 0.2% annually over the […]