‘Buying influence’: top US nuclear board advisers are tied to arms business Nine of 12 members of the commission charged with avoiding nuclear conflict have financial ties to defense contractors The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2023
Can the US change the outcome of the Israel-Hamas conflict? As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its sixth day, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening. At least 1,200 people are now confirmed dead in the Palestinian enclave and more than 300,000 displaced as Israel mulls a ground invasion. Washington's top diplomat Antony Blinken is travelling to the… France 24 · Oct 12, 2023
The costs of extreme heat, at least $100B a year, will rise to staggering levels, says the former Fed economist who’s so influential they named a recession indicator after her The cost of heat to the U.S. economy could more than triple in less than 20 years, hitting manual laborers hardest. Fortune · Aug 22, 2023
A key NATO summit starts Tuesday. Here's what's at stake The war in Ukraine will be top of mind when leaders from North America and Europe meet in Lithuania. So will the makeup of the alliance itself, as Ukraine continues pushing for membership. WEKU · Jul 10, 2023
At least three Russia critics were targets of poisoning since 2021, claims new report Kremlin critics include US-based non-profit head, Russian journalist who recently left her homeland, and former American envoy to Ukraine The Independent UK · May 17, 2023
Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now The company used "visibility filtering rules" in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded. WEKU · Apr 21, 2023