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Author: Andy Corbley

Denmark is Latest to Announce Dramatic Increases in Military Spending
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Denmark is Latest to Announce Dramatic Increases in Military Spending

May 30, 2023June 28, 2023

As WaL has covered over the last 6 months, the world, and particularly NATO member states, are continuing to…

Danish Traveler “Thor” Visits Every Country Without Ever Taking a Flight
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Danish Traveler “Thor” Visits Every Country Without Ever Taking a Flight

May 29, 2023June 28, 2023

A now-44-year-old Danish traveler named Torbjørn Pedersen believes he is the first person to have ever visited every country…

For America to Pay Her Bills, the Debt Ceiling Doesn’t Need to be Raised: Why the Confusion?
ArchivesPolitical Economy

For America to Pay Her Bills, the Debt Ceiling Doesn’t Need to be Raised: Why the Confusion?

May 26, 2023June 28, 2023

ITALY, May 26th, 2023. In the bargaining over raising the debt ceiling, not one member of Congress, the Treasury…

Much Like Stonehenge, Solstice Sunlight Would Have Danced on the Walls of This Neolithic Spanish Tomb
ArchivesHuman Sciences

Much Like Stonehenge, Solstice Sunlight Would Have Danced on the Walls of This Neolithic Spanish Tomb

May 24, 2023June 30, 2023

Story at a glance… An incredible stone tomb has been found at a famous Neolithic site in Spain. A…

5/23 End of the Empire: US Losing All Across the Middle East
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5/23 End of the Empire: US Losing All Across the Middle East

May 23, 2023June 28, 2023

End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…

Bakhmut has Finally Fallen, US to Send F-16s After the Fact
ArchivesWar

Bakhmut has Finally Fallen, US to Send F-16s After the Fact

May 22, 2023November 7, 2023

After 10 months of fighting that has been described as a “meat grinder,” where several hundred Ukrainian soldiers and…

Conservative Estimate Suggests 4.5 Million, Mostly Children, Were Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars
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Conservative Estimate Suggests 4.5 Million, Mostly Children, Were Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars

May 17, 2023February 29, 2024

The common refrain is that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust during World War II. In the nations…

Silicon Valley Bank CEO’s Testimony Highlights Major Problem-Realities in American Finance
ArchivesUS Economy

Silicon Valley Bank CEO’s Testimony Highlights Major Problem-Realities in American Finance

May 16, 2023June 29, 2023

Set for a grilling before Congress at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, a written testimony from Greg Becker, former CEO…

Analysis – Taiwan is at Pains to Determine Defense Policy and Independence
ArchivesForeign Policy

Analysis – Taiwan is at Pains to Determine Defense Policy and Independence

May 11, 2023June 29, 2023

Story at a glance… Many of Taiwan’s key allies likely will not support the island in defending itself against…

Nations Begin Demanding the Release of Julian Assange
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Nations Begin Demanding the Release of Julian Assange

May 10, 2023June 29, 2023

For years, activists and journalists have demanded the release of Julian Assange, detained without charge since 2019 in the…

Reforestation is Difficult: But Local Farmers of NGO Green Again Madagascar Are on Top of It
ArchivesConservation

Reforestation is Difficult: But Local Farmers of NGO Green Again Madagascar Are on Top of It

May 9, 2023January 10, 2025

This is Part 2 of a two-part exclusive on World at Large. Some sections are taken from Part 1,…

5/08 End of the Empire: Worldwide Flight From the Dollar Intensifies as Syria Returns to Arab League
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5/08 End of the Empire: Worldwide Flight From the Dollar Intensifies as Syria Returns to Arab League

May 8, 2023August 23, 2023

End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…

World Military Spending Continues to Soar Inside and Outside of Warzones
ArchivesWorld News

World Military Spending Continues to Soar Inside and Outside of Warzones

May 5, 2023June 29, 2023

Global military expenditures continue to rise around the world, with the 11 highest spenders all continuing to increase budgetary…

First Republic Bank Becomes Second-Largest Failed US Bank—and Other Economic News
ArchivesUS Economy

First Republic Bank Becomes Second-Largest Failed US Bank—and Other Economic News

May 2, 2023June 29, 2023

VARESE, Italy. May 2nd, 2023. After Silicon Valley, Signature, and Silvergate banks failed and were seized by the US…

US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration
ArchivesForeign Policy

US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration

April 27, 2023April 15, 2024

Story at a glance… The US has announced it will make its South Korean nuclear deterrent more “visible” with…

Priced at a Song, IUCN Projects Make Big Gains in Conservation of Goitered Gazelles
ArchivesConservation

Priced at a Song, IUCN Projects Make Big Gains in Conservation of Goitered Gazelles

April 25, 2023June 29, 2023

In a recently-compiled report for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization…

4/24 End of the Empire: France, Brazil, China, Come Together For a Multipolar World
ArchivesEnd of the Empire

4/24 End of the Empire: France, Brazil, China, Come Together For a Multipolar World

April 24, 2023June 29, 2023

End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…

Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas
ArchivesTravel

Some Unlikely Countries That Have Digital Nomad Visas

April 21, 2023July 12, 2023

With East Asia reopened for tourism, the COVID-19 travel insanity is well and truly over, and there are going…

Rep. Gaetz Introduces Resolution to Force Biden Admin. to Reveal Troop Presence in Ukraine
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Rep. Gaetz Introduces Resolution to Force Biden Admin. to Reveal Troop Presence in Ukraine

April 18, 2023June 29, 2023

It may have been one of the largest stories in the history of the country—the executive branch, informing neither…

What do the Discord Leaks Say About US-China Relations?
ArchivesForeign Policy

What do the Discord Leaks Say About US-China Relations?

April 17, 2023July 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Hundreds of classified Pentagon documents were recently leaked, including several related to America’s antagonism toward…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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