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Darwinian Geopolitics in the 21st Century
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (403+ words) Not the strongest survives, but the one that best adapts to an environment that changes without asking permission." Charles Darwin In the energy sphere, China consumes more than 15 million barrels of oil per day and is the world's largest importer,…...
Billionaire's spending binge dwarfs rival campaigns in California governor's race
45+ min ago (637+ words) LOS ANGELES -- In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge. The hedge fund manager-turned-liberal activist is using his personal fortune to saturate TV screens and mobile phones with advertising, while his competitors accuse…...
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Is Hitting Republican States Hard
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1760+ words) President Donald Trump's behemoth spending bill is forcing Republican lawmakers to consider dramatic budget cuts in many states. Lost tax revenue from Trump's tax cuts and added costs for new requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are…...
Confused Closures and Opaque Openings: Continuing Dramas in the Hormuz Strait
38+ min ago (241+ words) Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He currently lectures at RMIT University. Email: [email'protected] by Dr Mohd Shahwaiz and Dr Shayenaz19/04/2026 The world is in a state of despair as the end of conflict, and the…...
World Needs Global Leaders, Not Global Powers
52+ min ago (281+ words) Dr. Mohd Shahwaiz is Assistant Professor (Political Science & International Relations) at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow. He can be reached at [email'protected]. Dr. Shayenaz is Assistant Professor (Political Science) at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences,…...
NCR Workers" Protests Expose the Limits of India"s Low-Wage Growth Model
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (523+ words) Under pressure from protest demonstrations (which are being repressed), state administrations in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have raised minimum wages by a small amount, but these adjustments are insufficient to address the basic issue. Therefore, firms in India become trapped…...
Bernie Sanders Says Trump Must Be "Neutered" Amid "Soaring Gas Prices" and War
4+ week, 1+ day ago (350+ words) Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told MS NOW host Chris Hayes that'President'Donald Trump and his people are in a "panic" over gas prices and the war in Iran, and that will help Democrats "make sure that Trump is neutered in 2026." Sanders…...
Milei to light Israel celebration torches with "genocidal" rabbi
1+ week, 1+ day ago (627+ words) Trump, Iran cite progress in talks amid uncertainty over Strait Talaat Moustafa Group to build $27 billion city east of Cairo UK's Lammy signals support for PM Starmer over Mandelson row Trump and Hegseth American nutter-o-cracy gets Iran sanity check Lebanon…...
New York, Zohran Mamdani announces a tax on second homes of the super-rich and municipal grocery stores
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (266+ words) Socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a tax on the super-rich who own luxury homes, so-called pied--terres, over $5 million, but do not use them as their primary residence. The tax on the super-rich was part of the campaign…...
Never been closer: UFO watchers buoyed by Trump and Vances alien obsession
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (811+ words) From Vance's interest to Trump's commitment to disclosure, administration's fascination with UFOs has experts feeling close to evidence of aliens Like most politicians, Donald Trump did not campaign on the issue of space aliens. But 15 months into his second term,…...