Taiwan Leaders Shocked By Size Of Chinese Military Drills, US Remains Mute
Last week we documented the launch of huge Chinese military drills encircling the self-governing island of Taiwan, which Taipei promptly...
Tax Junk-Food to Lengthen Children’s Lives, UK Chief Medical Officer Says
Lack of available healthy food in cities combined with junk food advertising is setting children up to live “shorter and...
Moody’s Cuts France in Surprise Downgrade Amid Mounting Political Chaos
Two weeks ago, at the end of November, when many were expecting Moody's to downgrade France's Aa2 rating (after it...
New Study Links Ozempic to Vision Loss, Confirms Harvard Research
Another study has been published suggesting that patients taking semaglutide—the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk's blockbuster drug Ozempic—may face a...
Germany Is an Economic Model for What Not to Do
Many Germans liked to see their country as a global leader in the fight against climate change. Despite Germany being...
World Coal Demand and Exports Set for New Record High in 2024
The world’s consumption and exports of thermal coal are expected to rise this year from 2023 to hit fresh record-highs,...
Trouble Tax: We All Pay a Time Price for Bureaucratic Dysfunction
Adam Smith said it all, in “Wealth of Nations”: “The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs...
Moscow Threatens Retaliation After Ukraine Strikes Russia With 6 US-Made ATACMS Missiles
Moscow has announced a very serious escalation out of Ukraine on Wednesday, with defense ministry officials saying that six US-made...
What’s (State-Funded) Russian Media Saying About Syria’s Regime Change?
Publicly financed Russian media’s reaction to Syria’s regime change is a lot different than most could have expected after they...
The Miserable Cost of an Open Border
(Zero Hedge)—The Biden-Harris experiment in dissolving the U.S. border has wrought massive changes to American society, most of which will...