Does going to college in America cost more than it is worth? Many dentists, veterinarians, and chiropractors in the U.S. face increasingly large bills for their professional degrees that have led some potential students to look for other careers. And those in rural communities are being hit the hardest and being drastically underserved, according to...
The Pentagon completed its Global Posture Review and provided the document’s broad strokes, which included new investments in logistics facilities in Guam and Australia to counter the growing threat of China in the region. The Trends Journal has reported extensively on the relationship between Beijing and the Biden administration. (See “CHINA WON’T STOP AT TAIWAN, SO WHERE...
Last week, the Kremlin told some U.S. Embassy staffers to leave the country by the end of January just a day before diplomats were supposed to meet as tensions between Washington and Moscow continue to escalate, a report said. Washington said the diplomats were not expelled, but instead reached their three-year limit to work in...
While the U.S. and the Western media blame Russia for building tensions with Ukraine because they have allegedly massed troops on its border, last week the Kremlin blamed Kyiv for increasing tension in the disputed Donbass region of Ukraine. They claim Ukraine has deployed some 125,000 troops and heavy artillery to the region. Yet, the...
Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his position on keeping interest rates low will not waver as the lira continues to fall, sparking sporadic protests throughout the country. The lira has lost more than 45 percent in value against the U.S. dollar over the past year. The Trends Journal has reported on its plunge in recent months. (See...
Just days after a mass shooting, on 30 November, in a Detroit-area school left 4 dead and 7 wounded, some 20 other Michigan school districts canceled in-person classes on 2 December after being hit with a wave of dozens of threats of similar incidents. The Wall Street Journal reported on 3 December that most of...
Health “officials” across the globe have admitted that it will take weeks to learn more about the COVID-19 Omicron variant but they somehow know that the mutation should further convince people to be vaccinated. The New York Times blared the headline, “Omicron Erases Experts’ Doubts on Third Shot,” writing that before the emergence of the variant,...
Protesters across Europe took to the streets last weekend to voice outrage over the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions intended to prevent the spread of the virus. AUSTRIA: Carrying signs reading “I will decide for myself,” and “Make Austria Great Again,” about 40,000 mostly peaceful protesters took to the streets in Vienna on Saturday to reject...
Spain, a country where about 81 percent of its population is fully vaccinated from the coronavirus, has seen a jump in cases and regional governments have announced new measures to slow the spread. The Omicron variant, which has killed no one in Spain, has been identified in the Catalonia region and Madrid last week in...
SQUARE BECOMES BLOCK. First it was Facebook trying to catch the blockchain tech wave with an announcement that it would change its name to Meta. Now Jack Dorsey’s Square, a payments and and point-of-sale company focused on small entrepreneurs is changing its name to Block. The change reflects an intention to integrate crypto capabilities more...