The Japanese economy contracted at the end of last year, defying expectations for modest growth and pushing the country into a recession. Japan’s unexpectedly weak economy in the fourth quarter…
The News Britain’s economy sunk into a recession at the end of last year, capping off a year of economic strain in which interest rates were pushed to their highest…
Yves here. This is an interesting perspective on the US strategy in the Middle East, since the author is based in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. He sees the US…
Yves here. This post describes the responsibility for the firebombing of Dresden and the failure to treat it as a war crime. Not surprisingly, victors in war and colonizers tend…
When former President Donald J. Trump told a campaign rally in South Carolina last weekend that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies who “didn’t pay,” there were gasps…
Israeli forces have ordered Palestinians sheltering at one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza to evacuate from the complex, raising fears that troops will attempt to storm a facility…
The driver was killed and five others injured when a vehicle collided into an emergency ward in Texas.
David Bouley, the American chef who first translated French nouvelle cuisine into the New American style that shaped modern high-end cooking, died on Monday at his home in Kent, Conn.…
When historians look back on the early days of 2024, they probably won’t recall what, precisely, an elderly Democratic president couldn’t quite remember about the names or countries of other…
Security cameras captured the moment a California home was struck by a series of earthquakes, the strongest at a magnitude of 4.8.