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U.S. employment data has been weaker than expected, staying on course for the strongest weekly loss in three months, and oil prices stabilized Friday, May 3. Concerns about demand and high interest rates remain. At 1:15 p.m. GMT Brent futures for July were up 17 cents, or 0.2 percent, at
India, 40% of Global Rice Exports, Has Lost 13% of 2022’s Crops to Drought
As the global food crisis continues to accelerate, India, the world’s largest trader of rice, has lost...
UK Utilities Payment Boycott Protest Garners 90,000 Supporters
A recently organized UK protest movement claims more than 90,000 people have pledged to stop paying their...
Dutch Bank CEO Proposes Turning Carbon Usage Into a Tokenized Commodity
Barbara Baarsma, CEO of a Netherlands-based bank, created a stir on social media after openly advocating...
Greece Moves Towards Social Credit as Digital ID App Replaces Drivers Licenses
Greece has taken the next step forward in transitioning its society to a Chinese Communist Party-style...
US and Indonesia Perform Joint Military Exercises as Tensions With China Heighten
On Aug. 3, the U.S. and Indonesia held their annual joint military exercises on the island of Sumatra...
Seeing Things That Aren’t There: Chinese Netizens Triggered by ‘Pro-Independence’ Photo of Taiwanese
As an ancient Chinese proverb goes, "the grass and trees all look like enemy troops" (草木皆兵). That's apparently...
Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan, Publishes Op-Ed Advocating Support for Island
Footage published on Tuesday, Aug. 2 shows U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi being escorted by security...
China Criticized Over Uncontrolled Crash of Long March 5B Rocket
On Saturday, July 30, Malaysians bore witness to what appeared to be a meteor shower in the night sky...
Luxury Watches Flood Secondhand Market After Crypto Crashes
In 2022, after digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum endured an unprecedented and sustained...