Strike week in Belgium: What disruptions to expect, and when

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the brussels times By Lauren Walker Belgium will be hit by various strikes in the next few days, from a national strike on Monday to various airlines carrying out actions later in the week. Here is a →

Ale, the new baby white rhino at Cuba's national zoo

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africa news Ale, a baby white rhino born on June 9 in Havana, strolls curiously with his mother Katherine through the African grassland at the National Zoo of Cuba, whose officials seek to contribute →

Headed for a Downturn? Economists Fear Stagflation Is Next

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​national interest​​​ by Ethen Kim Lieser Recession fears may be grabbing plenty of headlines these days, but it appears that stagflation is on the minds of most economists. A new survey released by →

Xi calls on BRICS to form one big family to reject small circles

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​global times​​​ By Yang Sheng and Wan Hengyi In a virtual speech delivered at the 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday lauded the BRICS mechanism as having shown →

Free school lunches for all are ending. But House passes deal on summer meals, other child nutrition benefits.

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​nbc news​​​ By Elizabeth Chuck The House passed a bill Thursday to extend food assistance measures for children, drawing praise from advocates who said the legislation would help millions of kids →

How the West Can Pull Russia to the Negotiating Table

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​national interest​​​ by Amin E. Aghjeh As Russian president Vladimir Putin talks about “returning” Russian lands and compares himself to Peter the Great while Russia advances near Severodonetsk, the →

The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis

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​national interest​​​ by John J. Mearsheimer The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future. When a war is successful, little →

Xi offers answers to questions of the times at BRICS forum

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​global times​​​ By Yang Sheng, Chi Jingyi and Wan Hengyi Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered his answers to the questions of the times at a keynote speech in virtual format at the →

Moscow threatens NATO member Lithuania over transit ban on goods to Russia's European exclave Kaliningrad

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​cbs news​​​ Lithuania's decision to ban the transit of certain goods between Russia and its isolated exclave of Kaliningrad has provoked wrath among top officials in Moscow, and even a threat of →

Winners and losers in the global supply chain

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​asia times​​​ by Henry Kressel The recent disruptions in international product flow are prompting a serious discussion about increasing US domestic manufacturing to improve the reliability of the →

Losing Our Democracy

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american thinker By John Leonard Hillary Clinton just became the most recent Democrat to claim we’re “standing on the precipice of losing our democracy” and of all people, Hillary ought to know. →

10-second balance test may predict how long you'll live

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nbc news By Linda Carroll For older adults, being able to balance briefly on one foot may predict how long they'll live. People who failed a 10-second balance test of standing on one foot were nearly →

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