Floating Russian Oil Base Shifts To New Location In Mediterranean Sea
Floating Russian Oil Base Shifts To New Location In Mediterranean Sea In May, the Greek Navy began conducting war drills in the Laconian Gulf, about 110 miles southwest of Athens, to disrupt a ‘floating oil base’ used by Russian tankers for ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil and related products. Now, these tankers have migrated STS transfers to […]
Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation As Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected
Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation As Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected Authored by Conor Gallagher via Naked Capitalism, A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File) An opaque legal ruling […]
Malinen: Start To Prepare For The Unthinkable
Malinen: Start To Prepare For The Unthinkable Authored by Tuomas Malinen via GnSEconomics.com, DEPRCON WARNING Nuclear Threat (Free) These are the lines none of us would have ever wanted to write, but we have to. The current situation in and around the war in Ukraine has opened a path, which could lead to a nuclear […]
Where Smoking Is Still Popular
Where Smoking Is Still Popular Although the proportion of people smoking cigarettes is gradually declining globally, in some countries the habit is still highly prevalent. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, according to data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey, conducted between January and December 2023, roughly 36 percent of urban Indian respondents said that they smoke cigarettes at […]
Fentanyl Mixed With Potent Animal Sedative Is All The Rage
Fentanyl Mixed With Potent Animal Sedative Is All The Rage Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Various forms of fentanyl. (Courtesy of the University of Houston) Public health authorities are warning of a new fentanyl drug concoction laced with a veterinary sedative more potent than previous cocktails. According to a libertarian […]
How US College Students Feel About Their Finances
How US College Students Feel About Their Finances Student debt in the U.S. has ballooned to over $1.7 trillion, burdening millions of Americans with financial stress. Rising tuition costs and stagnating wages are considered to be the major drivers of this issue. To gain insight into how this is affecting students, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu […]
“I Was Offered Assisted Dying Over Cancer Treatment”: Broken Canadian Healthcare System Is Killing Patients
“I Was Offered Assisted Dying Over Cancer Treatment”: Broken Canadian Healthcare System Is Killing Patients Authored by Ian Birrell via UnHerd, Allison Ducluzeau with her doctor after receiving treatment. Two years ago, over the Thanksgiving holiday, Allison Ducluzeau started to feel pain in her stomach. At first, she assumed she had eaten too much turkey, […]
High-Flying Commodity Sectors Set to Keep Climbing
High-Flying Commodity Sectors Set to Keep Climbing By Farah Elbahrawy, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist Outperforming mining and energy stocks are set for further gains as a constructive backdrop for commodity prices and demand is set to support earnings. Basic resources and energy shares have outpaced the benchmark over the past three months, despite […]
Louisiana Bill Authorizing Physical Castration For Sex Offenders Heads To Governor’s Desk
Louisiana Bill Authorizing Physical Castration For Sex Offenders Heads To Governor’s Desk Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (C) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 22, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) A proposed bill that would enforce surgical castration as […]
Cycling Has Shifted To A Higher Gear Since COVID
Cycling Has Shifted To A Higher Gear Since COVID Commemorated on June 3 each year, World Bicycle Day is celebrated to promote the benefits of cycling and recognize its importance as a simple, affordable and environmentally friendly mode of transportation. The United Nations declared this observance in April 2018 to highlight the bicycle’s role in fostering sustainable […]