A recent study co-led by Irena Chen at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) warns that the true human cost of the war in Gaza may be vastly undercounted. Using a Bayesian model that accounts for unreported deaths, missing demographic data, and measurement uncertainty, the researchers estimate that […]
Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a convincing narrative, not only concerning the Gaza genocide, but the entire legacy of Israeli colonialism in Palestine and the Middle East. The perfect little story, built on myths and outright fabrications – that of a small nation fighting […]
A Ukrainian plot to assassinate a senior Russian military officer has been foiled. According to the agency’s branch in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the plan included using beer contaminated with a powerful British-made chemical weapon. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the scheme was organized by Ukraine’s military intelligence […]
The long-running legal saga surrounding the Nord Stream explosions took a dramatic step forward on Wednesday. Italy’s Corte di Cassazione ( Court of Cassation ) has rejected the final appeal lodged on behalf of Serhii Kuznetsov, the 49-year-old former Ukrainian military officer wanted in Germany for his alleged role in […]
Is the Chinese economy collapsing? Or is something worse waiting in the wings? The short answer is that we could be looking at something much worse than a crashing economy. China could be part of a collapse of the global monetary system. We’ll begin the analysis with the latest official […]
The United States ruling class paid the African nation of Eswatini $5.1 million to accept migrants who were deported. This is a controversial agreement in which at least 15 migrants have been sent to Eswatini since the bilateral deal went into effect in May. The fifteen migrants deported to Eswatini […]
According to Ursula von der Leyen’s options paper provided to member states on October 23, Ukraine will need €71.7 billion ($83.2 billion) in 2026. An estimated €51.6 billion ($59.9 billion) will go directly to military needs. The estimate is based on the false assumption that the war will end next […]
Human Rights Watch’s latest investigation lands like a jolt: a detailed, unsettling account of entire Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank being emptied under Israeli military orders. Drawing on satellite imagery, field research, and dozens of firsthand testimonies, the investigative report exposes a pattern of forced displacement so sweeping and so […]
Presented as a spontaneous youth-led uprising against corruption, violent protests that erupted across Mexico this month were backed by local oligarchs and an international right-wing network determined to topple the popular President Claudia Sheinbaum. Violent demonstrations which erupted in over 50 cities across Mexico on November 15 were secretly financed […]
The US equity market is a bubble. Here is why: In my mind, to be defined as a “bubble” the potential for a sudden “pop” needs to be there. No matter how you define it, the probability of an extremely large drawdown in the S&P 500 has exponentially increased in […]