Authored by ‘The Jamestown Foundation’ via OilPrice.com, Russian President Vladimir Putin is aiming to fully de-dollarize the Russian economy. Russia is aiming to funds in currencies of so-called “friendly countries,” such as the Chinese yuan. Russian experts fear that, with 17 percent of foreign exchange
China’s jobless rate for 16- to 24-year-olds stood at 18.7% in August, stubbornly close to July’s record-high 19.9%. The slight improvement came as the Chinese government unrolls a variety of stimulus measures — while also continuing to undermine the economy with draconian zero-Covid policies that
A fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, estimated to be around 66-68 million years-old, is expected to sell for as much as $25 million in an upcoming auction at Christie’s Hong Kong in November. Above, Shen the T. rex’s full skeleton appears on display ahead of its
Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Continuing to reel from public protests and the international rebuke for their handling of them, Iran is going down the path so many others have tried, seeking a military solution. To that end, Iran fired artillery at Kurdish groups in
Authored by Pepe Escobar, Grab the Negronis and the Aperol Spritz; it’s show time… It’s tempting to interpret the Italian electoral results this past Sunday as voters merrily hurling a bowl of lush papardelle with wild boar ragu over the collective bland faces of the toxic unelected