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 for a communist-style carbon credit system that would tax people for using their freedom of movement rights. “There are...
US Cattle Herd Hits 6-Year Low as Breeding Stock Sent for Slaughter
The size of the nation’s cattle herd has contracted to levels not seen since 2016 and 2012 amid a number of coinciding crises, such as spiraling feed costs, water shortages, and unprecedented temperatures. But most...
Chinese ‘Tuidang’ Movement Counts 400 Million People Who Have Renounced Communism
Commentary Four hundred million people have cut off ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the beginning of the peaceful movement to tui dang (退黨) — "to quit the Party." The Tuidang movement started...
Chinese Foreign Buyers Bought More US Real Estate Than Anyone Else This Year
Foreign buyers from China bought up more U.S. real estate than buyers from any other country so far in 2022, new data shows. Although Chinese foreign buyers amounted to only 6 percent of all foreign...
Luxury Watches Flood Secondhand Market After Crypto Crashes
In 2022, after digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum endured an unprecedented and sustained crash after reaching astonishing all time highs in 2021 and being unable to maintain them, luxury watches are flooding the...
Waning Immunity From COVID-19 Vaccines Versus Natural Immunity
How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last, and how often are boosters needed? Does getting an infection or getting a vaccine afford better protection against reinfection and severe disease? Constantly evolving conditions and new...
7 Officials in Eastern China’s Jiangsu Province Accused of ‘Lying Flat,’ Receive Warnings From Communist Party Branch
According to various Chinese-language media reports, authorities in the county of Binhai, Jiangsu Province, have conducted a drive to root out a supposed trend of civil servants “lying flat.” Seven officials have been admonished so...
Asia’s Wealthiest Woman Loses $12 Billion in China’s Real Estate Crisis
Yang Huiyan, known as the richest woman in Asia, has lost more than half of her $24 billion fortune as China’s worsening real estate crisis pushes big developers further into debt. Yang, who hails from...
Trends in the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO), the highest alert level previously only granted to COVID-19, Polio, the Ebola outbreak of 2014, and the...
Behind the Timing of Didi Global’s $1.2-billion Fine
News analysis Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global was hit with a $1.2 billion fine on July 21. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) accused the company of violating laws on cyberspace security, data security, and...
35% of Truckers Say 2022 Will Be ‘Drastically’ Less Profitable Because of Fuel Prices: Survey
Owner-operators of trucking companies are not feeling particularly optimistic in their outlook as to how their 2022 is going to play out, a new survey shows. In a survey conducted by transport industry-leading publication FreightWaves...
European Wildfires Are Detonating Unexploded 100-year-old Shells Fired in WWI
Ordnance used over 100 years ago and left on the battlegrounds of the First World War is now detonating due to wide spread wild fires, posing an explosive risk to firefighters as they struggle to...