The US Vs BRICS In Africa
The US Vs BRICS In Africa Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Africa is increasingly figuring into major countries’ and organizations’ discussions due to its growing importance in global affairs. The UN expects that more than half of the world’s population growth by the 2050 will occur on that continent, with the number of people in sub-Saharan […]
Visualizing The EU’s Critical Minerals Gap By 2030
Visualizing The EU’s Critical Minerals Gap By 2030 The European Union’s Critical Raw Material Act sets out several ambitious goals to enhance the resilience of its critical mineral supply chains. As Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti details below, the Act includes non-binding targets for the EU to build sufficient mining capacity so that mines within the bloc can […]
Hand Grenade Attacks In Sweden Have More Than Doubled In 2024
Hand Grenade Attacks In Sweden Have More Than Doubled In 2024 Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Sweden is witnessing an alarming rise in the use of hand grenades by criminal gangs, with the number of explosions more than doubling in 2024 compared to last year. By mid-October, there had been 22 recorded grenade […]
Africa Dominates The World’s Child Poverty Hotspots
Africa Dominates The World’s Child Poverty Hotspots Child poverty continues to be most prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, as the region accounted for more than 70 percent of the world’s children in extreme poverty in 2022. As Statista’s Felix Richter details below, a joint paper from the World Bank and UNICEF estimates that the share of children […]
Turkey Bombs US Proxies In Northeast Syria Following Ankara Terror Attack
Turkey Bombs US Proxies In Northeast Syria Following Ankara Terror Attack Via The Cradle Turkey conducted several airstrikes and artillery shelling across US-controlled north and east Syria late on Wednesday, targeting positions held by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The attacks targeted several villages and sites in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Raqqa, and Hasakah. One […]
Can BRICS Deliver On Its Promises?
Can BRICS Deliver On Its Promises? Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice.com, Putin is using the BRICS summit to project strength and counter Western isolation, while also pushing for initiatives like an alternative payment system and grain exchange. BRICS members are divided on their approach to the West, with some seeking to reform the current […]
Visualizing The Cost Of The American Dream In 2024
Visualizing The Cost Of The American Dream In 2024 Today, the rising cost of living is making the American dream increasingly difficult to achieve. While pandemic-led wage growth boosted real incomes, it followed five decades of stagnant wage increases. At the same time, housing prices have soared. Pushing up prices are a limited supply of […]
The Navy Needs Advanced Guns And Cheaper Missiles To Defend Against Drone Swarms
The Navy Needs Advanced Guns And Cheaper Missiles To Defend Against Drone Swarms Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, In order to defend its ships and defeat its enemies, our Navy needs to employ inexpensive, highly effective missiles such as those Israel is now making standard on its ships. It also needs to […]
North Korean Troops In Ukraine Are ‘Fair Game’ To Attack, White House Warns
North Korean Troops In Ukraine Are ‘Fair Game’ To Attack, White House Warns The White House and Pentagon have put Russia and North Korea on notice, following several international reports alleging that North Korea has sent troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. “If they are co-belligerents, if their intention is to participate in […]
Biohacking To Better Health
Biohacking To Better Health Authored by Isabella Cooper via The Brownstone Institute, People have always been fascinated with immortality. While great gains in medical care have enabled lifespan extension, this has often come with the price of co-existing with chronic diseases associated with aging, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, and dementias such as […]