The United Nations is at risk of running out of cash as unpaid dues and funding shortfalls by member states threaten to disrupt key operations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned.
Africa suffers… In many places of Africa, the people suffer… The pains come from various sources:
— the lingering momentum of COLONIALISM…
— the Vulture funds that are bleeding countries by refinancing the IMF and World Bank bad debts…
— Western induced POVERTY through deliberate bad debts...
— the Muslim terrorists being mostly funded by the USA and the Wahhabis/Sunnis of Saudi Arabia…
Donald Trump’s pronouncements about his so-called “Board of Peace” seem far removed from daily reality in the Gaza Strip, where residents are preoccupied with securing water, bread and warmth.
Yet Trump’s choice of members such as former UK prime minister Tony Blair has reopened old questions about the meaning and limits of peace, and whether it is possible to discuss it apart from justice.
What goes up… DXY has recaptured support, and how. Houston, we have a problem. CNY still supportive. JPY not so much. As I have warned many times, gold is volatile. AI metals meltdown. Massive mining reversal. EM too. Junk is alseep in a chair. Curve steepened. Stocks fell. What gives? Kevin Warsh will succeed
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Since coming to power, Labor has increased the Australian Public Service (APS) headcount by 24%, to more than 213,000 staff. The government argues the increase is necessary to reduce reliance on consultants and contractors. The federal government had forecast in its March 2025 budget that the public service wages bill would remain steady at about
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said she “will be very smart” by the end of her term thanks to her reading habits.
Kallas made the remark at a press conference on Thursday after a journalist offered to give her a book on Kurdish history by Masoud Barzani, the first president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.
International Reading: ‘The American People Deserve It’: Democrats Reveal Their 3 Demands to Avoid a Shutdown. – Time Scott Bessent said Americans should skip toys for kids’ birthdays and instead invest in Trump’s accounts – Independent Melania Trump to earn at least $28M from Amazon for documentary deal: report – NY Post Partial federal shutdown
Science in the Arctic — and Greenland — is on the frontline of pressing challenges facing humanity, like climate change and genetics. Some researchers worry international collaboration is at risk.
Decades of successful scientific collaboration could be at risk if political relations between Europe and the US continue to fray over trade and defense issues.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has declared that the military is fully prepared to “deliver whatever” President Donald Trump orders regarding Iran, as a major naval armada moves toward the region.
Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Hegseth warned Tehran against pursuing nuclear weapons, which Iran has consistently denied seeking.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stated that the principle of self-determination does not apply to the people of Crimea and Donbass, drawing sharp condemnation from Moscow.
High speed rail is synonymous with the kind of high capital cost infrastructure which seems to paralyse governments in Australia. Here's a solution.
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Nobody wants US dollars. But they want Bitcoin even less. This is a pretty stark break from the narrative we’ve been sold about BTC being “digital gold” or some kind of alternative “reserve currency” that can’t be debased. Indeed, markets are consumed by a global fiat debasement trade at the moment, yet BTC keeps falling.
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