Analysts see various factors at play for price swings, from The Traitor’s unpredictability to distrust in economic systems., Gold and silver prices have been on a rollercoaster ride in the past few days. After racking up huge gains over the past year to hit record highs, prices of the preciousContinue Reading
New hires at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are complaining that they haven’t yet received the massive bonuses promised to them for agreeing to brutally arrest immigrants. In multiple Reddit posts reviewed by the International Business Times UK , federal immigration agents complained that they’d yet to see their signing bonusesContinue Reading
Central Asia is emerging from the shadow of Russia and Moscow’s grip on its economy and energy supply. In recent years, several regional and European projects, as well as China’s inroads into the Central Asian economies, have the potential to make Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan less dependent on Russia in their energy systems…Continue Reading
Ukraine’s FPV drones costing tens of thousands of dollars destroyed a Russian heavy flamethrower system, TOS-1A “Solntsepyok,” valued at over $10 million. The operation was carried out by fighters of the “Bulava” unmanned systems battalion of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. Ukrainian soldiers themselves describe theContinue Reading
China today operates the world’s largest navy by hull count. A portion of its surface combatants and submarines was acquired from Russia decades ago, before Beijing achieved its own technological breakthrough in naval shipbuilding, Newsweek reports. China and Russia have formed what Russian President Vladimir Putin once described as aContinue Reading
Yamandu Orsi is the first Latin American leader to visit China since the US abducted Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro., President Yamandu Orsi is the first Latin American leader to visit China since the US military abducted Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro. China and Uruguay have moved to deepen their strategic partnership despite pressureContinue Reading
Japan deploys troops to help residents and warns people to watch for avalanches and snow falling from roofs., Japan deploys troops to help residents and warns people to watch for avalanches and snow falling from roofs. Record-breaking snowfall in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past twoContinue Reading
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday defended her presence at an FBI search of an election center in Fulton County last week., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Agents conducting immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota must wear body cameras under a new order from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem announced on Monday that all federal agents deployed in Minnesota would receive body cameras, following scrutiny over recent clashes with protesters. She said the department would issueContinue Reading
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) wants to exempt advanced nuclear power facilities from one of the nation’s key environmental laws. With electricity demand surging, the exemption would speed up the permitting process, but it would also eliminate an avenue for opponents to resist projects they believe will cause harm.Continue Reading
OPINION — For decades, the United States (U.S.) operated under a fatal delusion that free trade with China would liberalize its politics and that the global market was a neutral playing field. We were profoundly wrong. In 2000, the U.S. controlled 37% of global semiconductor fabrication. Today, we control lessContinue Reading
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – The United States is currently mired in a cycle of aggressive trade renegotiations and a transactional foreign policy that has alienated its most critical allies. By perceiving partners as free riders on American defense investments, Washington is increasingly defaulting to raw financial and military coercion, or hardContinue Reading
From loans to scholarships for foreign studies, Bangladesh’s main parties are wooing the youth. Will it work?, Mohaiminul Rafi, 27, has spent years preparing for Bangladesh’s civil service exams, chasing what he calls “the most reliable route to a secure life”: a first-class government job. With election campaigning under wayContinue Reading