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Author: Andy Corbley

Tariffs or ‘Shrinkflation’ Affecting Thanksgiving Meals in America
US Economy

Tariffs or ‘Shrinkflation’ Affecting Thanksgiving Meals in America

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025

Tariffs will affect traditional food staples at a typical Thanksgiving meal this holiday season. According to an analysis by…

Seoul in a Day — According to WaL
Travel

Seoul in a Day — According to WaL

November 24, 2025

If you think you’re going to go visit Seoul you’re in for a massive endeavor. This is a giant,…

Ukraine War: Russians Gain in Zaporizhia, Kharkhiv, Even While Taking Pokrovsk
War

Ukraine War: Russians Gain in Zaporizhia, Kharkhiv, Even While Taking Pokrovsk

November 19, 2025

Much of the last year of war coverage in Ukraine has centered around the Russian advance on the coal-mining…

Trump Joins in Nikol Pashinyan’s Vision of a ‘Real Armenia’ at Peace with its Neighbors
Foreign Policy

Trump Joins in Nikol Pashinyan’s Vision of a ‘Real Armenia’ at Peace with its Neighbors

November 17, 2025

This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on the negotiations to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and normalize relations…

Americans Seeing Less and Less Sense in Trump Tariff Arguments After Coffee Comments
US Economy

Americans Seeing Less and Less Sense in Trump Tariff Arguments After Coffee Comments

November 13, 2025

In an interview on Fox News, President Donald Trump told Laura Ingrams yesterday that in response to the soaring…

Embattled Armenian PM Makes Impassioned Plea to End ‘Soviet KGB Narrative’ vs Azerbaijan
World News

Embattled Armenian PM Makes Impassioned Plea to End ‘Soviet KGB Narrative’ vs Azerbaijan

November 12, 2025November 14, 2025

This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on the negotiations to end the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and normalize relations…

US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?
Coffee Break Reads

US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

Socialism in the Capital of Capitalism: Mamdani’s Election and its Consequences
Political Economy

Socialism in the Capital of Capitalism: Mamdani’s Election and its Consequences

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Not long after the polls closed at 9 p.m. in New York City on November 4th, self-styled Democratic Socialist…

Nuclear Energy and Uranium Futures Glowing After Big Announcements from Japan and India
Energy

Nuclear Energy and Uranium Futures Glowing After Big Announcements from Japan and India

November 7, 2025

More closely linked to political decisions than any other commodity or energy security, uranium, and the energy companies that…

Russian Parliament: “We Can ‘Mirror’ in Venezuela What West Is Doing in Ukraine”–Sends Air Defenses
Foreign Policy

Russian Parliament: “We Can ‘Mirror’ in Venezuela What West Is Doing in Ukraine”–Sends Air Defenses

November 6, 2025

When regional relations Iran and Syria called on Russia to help defend them against attacks by America, Israel, and…

Lessons from History Loom Large as Trump Weighs War Options in Venezuela
Foreign Policy

Lessons from History Loom Large as Trump Weighs War Options in Venezuela

November 5, 2025

A report in the New York Times claims that Trump has major legal and military considerations to make having arrived at…

Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion to Shoot 450,000 American Owls to Proceed After Senate Vote
Policy

Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion to Shoot 450,000 American Owls to Proceed After Senate Vote

November 3, 2025

Story at a glance… A recent Senate vote failed to reject a Fish and Wildlife Service cull of up…

Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings
Coffee Break Reads

Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Starting Back Up Again?
Foreign Policy

Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Starting Back Up Again?

October 30, 2025

Banned since the early 90s, the testing of nuclear weapons may or may not now be coming back into…

UN Condemns Aircraft Carrier and “Night Stalkers” On Standby for Regime Change in Venezuela
Foreign Policy

UN Condemns Aircraft Carrier and “Night Stalkers” On Standby for Regime Change in Venezuela

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025

Story at a glance… The US military continues bombing boats in international waters accusing them of drug trafficking. The…

Virtual Fencing May Allow Thousands More Cattle to Be Ranched on Land Rather Than in Barns
Environment

Virtual Fencing May Allow Thousands More Cattle to Be Ranched on Land Rather Than in Barns

October 24, 2025

American ranchers are gradually entertaining the idea of using virtual fence systems—the same kind as used for dogs—to graze…

Easy for Us Say, We Didn’t Pay the Bill
Travel Dispatches

Easy for Us Say, We Didn’t Pay the Bill

October 23, 2025

In July of 1950, the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army massacred around 400 innocent South Korean refugees…

100% Debt-to-GDP Threshold Crossed by Many Eurozone Economies, Including Some of the Largest
Political Economy

100% Debt-to-GDP Threshold Crossed by Many Eurozone Economies, Including Some of the Largest

October 21, 2025November 25, 2025

3 of the 5 largest economies in the Eurozone are currently carrying national debts at 100% or more of…

Weekend Sees Raft of Ceasefire Violations as Israelis Massacre Civilians in Gaza City, Rafah
War

Weekend Sees Raft of Ceasefire Violations as Israelis Massacre Civilians in Gaza City, Rafah

October 20, 2025

More than 100 civilians have been killed in Gaza, news outlets and rights groups report, as the weekend saw…

US Admiral Resigns Amid Unprecedented Escalation Against Venezuela, Boat Bombing Continues
Foreign Policy

US Admiral Resigns Amid Unprecedented Escalation Against Venezuela, Boat Bombing Continues

October 17, 2025

Story at a glance… Venezuela is at risk of regime change and invasion by the Trump government, which has…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

Coffee Break Reads

Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

Coffee Break Reads

Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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