The UN has published its global cities ranking for 2022, and has awarded Moscow the top spot among large cities for quality of life and infrastructure, commending the metropolis for its transportation and its citizens’ well-being. A draft of the report, the full version of which will be released in …
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele both came out in defense of American podcast host Joe Rogan this week after critics, including the White House, encouraged Spotify to censor his show. The campaign – which has attempted to get Rogan’s Spotify show censored after he expressed …
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson took issue with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attitude toward truckers protesting against the country’s vaccine mandate, branding him a “fearful despot.” “You ever notice how almost all the leaders of almost all the countries in the Western world, particularly in the English-speaking Western world, …
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Tokyo nominated a complex of 400-year-old gold and silver mines on the small island of Sado off Japan’s western coast for the 2023 UNESCO World Heritage List on Tuesday. “The Sado gold mine is a rare example of industrial heritage that operated continuously on a large scale,” Chief Cabinet Secretary …
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Love him or hate him, Joe Rogan is both the most popular podcaster in the world and one of the most controversial, but there’s no doubt about his influence and his millions-strong listener base, which eclipses even those of the corporate media outlets. With a small team, a couple of …
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Hopes that rock-bottom relations between Moscow and Washington can be turned around are unlikely at present, a top Russian politician has claimed, arguing that only when a new world order is established will there be less conflict between the two states. Speaking as part of an interview with Ukraina.ru earlier …
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Former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard issued a blunt warning via Twitter on Thursday about rising America-Russia tensions, arguing a conflict between “two nuclear armed powers” can only end in “the destruction of the world and life as we know it.” “Warmongers” currently in office, the Democrat argued, are escalating tensions …
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World Bank President David Malpass has questioned Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar takeover of video game developer Activision Blizzard, saying one has to wonder if it is “the best allocation of capital.” The American technology giant announced earlier this week that it was to pay nearly $69 billion for the game studio …
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Should every 18-year-old be handed €20,000? That’s what an influential German think tank believes. It may sound somewhat utopian or even outlandish, but those who call for its implementation argue that such a policy would be for the benefit of society. The German Institute for Economic Research, for example, argues …
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