Are the Geopolitics of the Middle East changing?
Several developments in recent months have raised questions about whether the Middle East is undergoing a sea change in patterns of cooperation and conflict...
European Health Union: a new EU Health security framework is in motion
As of today, the building blocks of the European Health Union are officially in place. This not only includes stronger EU rules on serious...
Sociologist sees Germany on its way to becoming a “beneficial state”
‘Price horror’ is worrying more and more people in Germany. It's not just the low-income and pensioners who have suffered. Ulrich Schneider of the...
2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’
A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of...
Cryptocurrency upheaval could be a blessing in disguise for the future of blockchain technology
By Tom Cassauwers
Sam Bankman-Fried was the darling of the cryptocurrency world, then he became its black sheep. In November of this year, the cryptocurrency company...
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...
Russia and Iran are building a Trade Route that defies sanctions
Russia and Iran are building a new transcontinental trade route stretching from the eastern edge of Europe to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000–kilometer (1,860–mile)...
Low engagement in corporate training? Custom eLearning Solutions can help
Have you heard of quiet quitting? It is a new name for long-practiced employee behavior. Employees who aren't happy with their job resort to...
Russian Finance Minister: We will look for new markets for Russian oil away from the West
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in an exclusive interview with Saudi TV-channel ‘Al Sharq’ said the United States is the main beneficiary of Western...
Russia goes toward de-dollarization
The West’s primary point of concern should be Russia and China’s recent commitment to de-dollarize their transactions and establish a financial bubble immune to...