Meet the Citizens of the Empire—Marshall Islands, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia
US taxpayers have once again been put on the hook for billions in bribe money to three Pacific island…
Author: Andy Corbley
Russian Advance Continues in Spite of Kursk Incursion, Now Just 7 Km from Key City
In the days and weeks following Ukraine’s highly publicized incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, analysts and Ukrainian spokesmen said…
Living During the Dawn of Biohybrids—Robots Made from Designed to Work in Nature
Recently, a series of innovations in robotics has seen motherboards replaced with fungal mycelium, metal chassis replaced with oat…
In Venezuela, One Should Take the Opposition at Their Word: Their Goal is Conquest
Over a month has passed since the Venezuelan presidential elections saw the Bolivarian socialist president Nicolas Maduro retain his…
Researchers Rush to Criticize Paper for Claiming Association Between Meat and Type-2 Diabetes
One might say the ideological battle over the optimal human diet has devolved into something like a cafeteria food…
Gold’s Remarkable Rise to $1 Million a Bar Offers Rare Media Flashpoint of a Quiet Bull Market
News broke last week that upon reaching a new all-time record high of over $2,500 per troy ounce, the…
Zelenskyy to Present ‘Victory Plan’ to US Biden, Trump. Kursk Offensive to Be Part of That Plan
Today, President Zelenskyy informed the nation at the Ukraine 2024 Independence forum in Kyiv that his government was preparing…
Beijing Responds to Secret Biden Nuclear War Policy that Focuses on China
Despite being designated officially as a near-peer competitor under the Biden Administration rather than an “adversary” as Moscow is,…
Azerbaijan, Malaysia Launch Formal Bids to Join BRICS
To mark the occasion of the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Baku, Azerbaijani officials announced they had launched…
Kursk is Where Soviet Russia Stopped the German Blitzkrieg, Will They Do the Same to the Ukrainians?
History demands of Russia the complete and total withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from their recent offensive in Kursk Oblast.…
Two Reports on Israeli War Causalities Claim Minimum of 10,000 Soldiers Killed or Wounded in Gaza Genocide
Across the global news media, the number of Gazans killed or injured ticks up every day at horrific speeds.…
Russia’s Parliamentary Left Calls for Assassination of Zelenskyy and His Cabinet
In a statement from Sergey Mironov, the leader of the Just Russia – For Truth Party, representing the socialist…
8/12 End of the Empire: The Death Throes of the Rules-Based International Order
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
These Days Women Prioritize Travel Twice as Much as Men
The world’s leading travel risk management and crisis response firm Global Rescue recently conducted an interview of 1,100 of…
Taiwanese Soldiers Still Not Taking Defense of Their Island Seriously
A featured story in the Washington Post presents evidence of a case made here on WaL back in 2021: that the uniformed soldiers…
Minimize Sugar, Maximize Nutrients to Lower Biological Age, New Study Shows
A new study showed that biological markers of age known as epigenetics can testify to a younger or older…
UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites
The 46th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee has just concluded in New Delhi. Keeping with WaL tradition of reporting…
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Practicing Detente with Washington’s Enemies in Break with G7 Nations
Perhaps more than any other in recent years, Italy has chosen to walk a somewhat solitary path among its…
Venezuela Elections: Low-Level Violence Spreads as US-Funded Opposition Yet to Make Move at Regime Change
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was reelected on Sunday when official election figures placed his lead at a healthy 7%…
Ukrainian Line Failing, as Town After Town Claimed by Russian Forces in Donbas
Conflict reporting rarely strays beyond Gaza these days, such is the unfathomable scale of the slaughter and destruction. On…