In the midst of an anti-democratic military coup against the pro-Western leader of Niger, the country’s population appears to be throwing its support behind . The country, located in the western Sahel region of Africa, has become a flashpoint for geopolitical tension between pro-Russian, -affiliated neighbouring nations and their democratic counterparts nearby. The former French…
Nine bodies have been found and two more people are feared dead after a fire erupted at a vacation home hosting adults with disabilities in France on Wednesday, local officials said. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. local time (12:30 a.m. ET) at the private cottage in La Forge in Wintzenheim, near the German…
We’ve heard a lot about inflation in recent years, but we might not be as familiar with two terms that describe phenomena that could be partly driving it: greedflation and wageflation. “When inflation took off in 2021 in the U.S., so did corporate profits,” said The Wall Street Journal. This raised some eyebrows. But just as profit…
Republican governor and presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis has made little secret of his political ambitions to turn Florida — and by extension, the whole of the United States — into the place where, in his words “woke goes to die.” DeSantis’ philosophy of aggressive culture war provocation has made his state the political ground zero…
1 Alabama defies Supreme Court order for additional majority-Black district Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved a redrawn map that carved out just one majority-Black congressional district in the state, despite a ruling from the Supreme Court stating that Alabama had to draw at least two majority-Black districts. The new map, helmed by the Republican supermajority in the…
America just saw its credit rating drop. The Associated Press reported that Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. debt rating from AAA to AA. That was “a move that spurred debate in Washington about spending and tax policies.” Fitch said the government’s rising debt burden and the country’s increasingly ugly political fights — including factors like…
This week’s question: Artificial intelligence is being used to extract John Lennon’s vocals from an unreleased demo tape to help create what Sir Paul McCartney is calling “the final Beatles song.” What would be an appropriate title for the Fab Four’s AI-enabled single? Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Secondhand quitter Skip…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted last month that the demand for energy is nearing its peak in 2026 for transport uses and 2028 for other uses. However, the fate of the world’s oil demands largely rests on the economies of developing countries. What are the prospects for oil demand? An IEA medium-term report released this year…
