6/05 End of the Empire: BRICS Happy to ‘Expand Family’ While Gulf States Look to Form Naval Partnership
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
Author: Andy Corbley
US Senators Introduce Bill to Sanction Afghan Government as Country Struggles with Famine Conditions
ITALY, June 2nd, 2023. After 20 years of attempting and failing to unilaterally bend Afghanistan to America’s will, a…
These Innocuous Household Items Should Be Changed or Added to Avoid Unnecessary Toxicity
In many ways, it’s never been a more difficult time to be a consumer than now. As soon as…
Serbia Mobalizes Armed Forces to Border with Kosovo, who Suffer Rare Rebuke from US, EU
ITALY, May 31st, 2023. Tensions and violence have once again escalated between Serbia and the breakaway region o Kosovo,…
Denmark is Latest to Announce Dramatic Increases in Military Spending
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In a recently-compiled report for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization…