Governments, businesses, and households are toting record levels of debt. The world’s trading network is shattering along geopolitical faultlines. The world’s economy is precariously close to a recession and, at best, will grow so slowly that emerging nations may forfeit years of potential gains.
The Missouri vs. Biden court case continues to affirm that the Biden administration owes its “success” and likely its existence, to a concerted destruction of Constitutionally protected free speech opposition.
After holding a AAA credit rating for decades—the highest possible—the U.S. saw its rating downgraded by Fitch Ratings to AA+, prompting a series of critical comments from government officials and other notable executives.
A Ukrainian delegation headed by President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over the weekend in hopes of getting the Global South to endorse a new peace proposal.
The Pentagon announced last week that U.S. troops who have been stationed in Ukraine can earn “imminent danger pay” since they are in a warzone, which amounts to more than $200 a month in their paychecks, according to Stars & Stripes.
William J. Burns, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency and veteran diplomat, was tapped last week by President Joe Biden to join his Cabinet in what was seen as a largely symbolic move—but said the agency has been providing “a clear-eyed, long-term approach to our nation’s top national security challenges.” “Bill has always given...
The central bank’s higher interest rates and the cost of cleaning up after floods and a cyclone sank New Zealand’s economy into a recession during the first three months of this year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Friday that his country is not ready to negotiate for a peaceful resolution with Russia—and said peace is not an option until Moscow withdraws all its troops.