The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHO’s China office noted a cluster of “pneumonia” cases in a statement from…
When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new year. Kiribati is an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, and its largest…
Jimmy Carter redefined what a post-presidency could be after he lost re-election in 1980. From the Carolina Lowcountry to the Ethiopian highlands, Carter’s humanitarian work eventually eclipsed his White House accomplishments and continues to enrich the world today. In 1982, the former president and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter…
After the passing of 100-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, many are recalling the ‘killer rabbit’ incident in which Carter had to fight off a berserk swamp creature while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. The bizarre incident occurred in April 1979 but was not known to the public until…
German government officials accused Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday of attempting to interfere in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections on behalf of the country’s far-right political party, citing recent social media posts and a weekend op-ed doubling down on his endorsement. Musk has attempted to bill the German Alternative…
As House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding ‘assurances’ that Johnson ‘won’t sell us out to the swamp.’ Johnson, who secured the speaker’s gavel last year, got a major boost on Monday when Trump endorsed him to remain in…
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced two weapons packages for Ukraine on Monday, totaling $2.47 billion. The first of the two, the Presidential Drawdown Authority package, with an ‘estimated value’ of $1.25 billion, is meant to ‘provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: missiles for air…
Russia’s foreign minister has rejected a reported peace deal involving Ukraine and NATO, claiming that the proposals have been made by President-elect Trump’s advisors. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the comments during an interview with TASS, a state-run Russian news agency, on Monday. During the interview, Lavrov claimed that…
Several political figures on both sides of the aisle increased their profile in 2024 and are primed to become key voices in their respective parties in 2025 and beyond. Democrats suffered a major blow in 2024, in a year that saw President Biden bow out of the political race and…
Ongoing surpluses in the lithium market continued weighing down prices and impeding the sector’s growth throughout 2024. A broad consolidation prompted analysts to declare that prices have bottomed, signaling a potential recovery ahead. According to a Sprott Insights report from late July, a lithium shortage could materialize in 2025 and…