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EU Leaders’ Syria Visit an Opportunity to Bolster Rights

On January 9, the European Union’s highest-level leaders, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa, are set to meet with Syrian leaders in Damascus for their first-ever visit to the country. Von de

Silver Price Crashed on Purpose (Again) – What Really Happened?

Silver was one of the most explosive commodity stories of 2025. Prices surged more than 140% over the year to an all-time high of over $83, driven by geopolitical uncertainty, rising industrial demand, and tightening supply. Then, overnight

Despite spending trillions of dollars, the “green transition” is failing

The world has spent at least US$4 trillion to lower the supply of hydrocarbon fuels by 3% over 13 years up to 2023. An additional US$2.4 trillion was spent in 2024, while coal supplied a record amount of energy in the same year. The invest

Egypt: Quash Conviction of Prominent Economist

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who on October 2, 2025, was sentenced to five years in prison for articles and social media posts in violation of his free speech and d

Tobacco earns more revenue in taxes; this is why they are clamping down on vapes

At the end of 2024, the US Congress passed legislation that protects US states from banning lower-risk nicotine products that have been determined appropriate for the protection of public health, such as nicotine pouches. “This should not b

Japan’s Economic Timebomb Is About To Hit US Markets, Mortgages & Retirement Savings: What You Need To Know

Japan – one of the world’s leading economies and the largest foreign holder of US Treasury debt – is entering a phase of rising interest rates following three decades of ultra-low borrowing costs. With a debt-to-GDP ratio near a mammoth 235

How the India-Russia Alliance Affects US Negotiating Power

New Delhi and Moscow just plotted a new course together. Bilateral trade will hit $100 billion by 2030, Russian energy deliveries will be “uninterrupted”, defence co-production will be expanded on Indian soil, and Russia’s state media will

Denis Rancourt: The law of excess mortality

Denis Rancourt has been researching excess mortality during the covid era for five years. In short, excess deaths since 2020 have not been due to a pandemic of a deadly virus, but rather due to “the law of excess mortality.” The law goes s

Trump Tweet Tanks Markets AGAIN: Trillions Lost & Insiders Profit

In what feels like yet another replay of Trump tanking markets before quickly making a U-turn, trillions of dollars were lost and gained over the weekend. On Friday 10 October, he posted about reigniting the trade war with “a tariff of 100%

Recent summit in China signals a shift in global energy politics to the East

The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was held between 31 August and 1 September in Tianjin, China. It marked a significant shift in global energy geopolitics, with India, Russia and China forming a new energy alliance. The agr

AI Is The Final Human Invention: Will It Bring Peril or Prosperity?

Economist William Nordhaus once calculated that our ancestors spent approximately 58 hours of labour to generate the same amount of light that’s now produced by a modern lightbulb in an instant. By the 1700s, oil lamps cut that figure to fi

12 New AI Billionaires

AI is creating new billionaires at a record pace. The AI boom is becoming the largest wealth creation spree in recent history, according to CNBC. Last month, CNBC said that “AI is creating personal wealth on a scale that makes the past two