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...
6 Reasons You Attract Mosquitoes and What to Do About It
Do you attract more than your fair share of mosquitoes? Your mosquito magnetism is not a figment of your...
China Suspends Talks With US Over Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit, Ups Military and Diplomatic Warnings
China’s foreign ministry announced on Friday, Aug. 5 that it would be halting major talks with Washington on climate issues, in addition to suspending all future calls and meetings over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan...
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 social credit system with the recent launch of a new digital wallet app set to replace drivers licenses and...
Guan Hanqing–The Greatest Chinese Playwright
The remarkable Guan Hanqing* lived at a time when the Mongols had invaded China to include it in the vast Eurasian territories that comprised the Mongol Empire. The Yuan Dynasty, established by the conquerors, saw...
Bulk of Funding Slated for ‘Small Businesses’ Actually Went to Big Corporations and Other Countries: Watchdog Report
According to a July report by government watchdog Open The Books, over 75 percent of funding from the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EX-IM) meant for small businesses were actually sent to larger corporations and organizations with...
Twitter Transparency Report Shows Governments are Requesting More Censorship, Data Disclosure
Twitter’s 20th Transparency Report revealed that the company had conceded to an increasing number of government information requests, while at the same time posturing to the public that they are opposed to the practice. The...
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 alongside other countries as tensions with Beijing rose. Since 2009, the U.S. and Indonesia have held an...
Demand for Sex Reassignment Surgery Expected to Soar Out to 2027, With More and More Children Transitioning
According to a report, published by Grand View Research (GVR), an India and U.S. based market research and consulting company, demand for sex reassignment surgery, increasingly being dubbed "gender affirming" surgery, in the United States,...
Residents in Northeastern Chinese ‘Cancer Village’ Sign Mass Petition Condemning Pollution
Over 80 people living near the city of Huludao, located in China’s Liaoning Province, have come forward to claim they have fallen ill from carcinogens present in the region’s air and water. In an unusual...