US Withdrawing from Base in Northeast Syria, Transferring Equipment to Iraqi Kurdistan

While Israel has been issuing more and more evacuation orders against various locations in Lebanon, that hasn’t stopped them from attacking targets well outside of those locations. Today, central Beirut’s residential district is in their sights, even though no evacuation order was issued before the strikes began. Other deadly strikes were reported in the Baalbek […]

Ukraine's Former Energy Minister Charged With Money Laundering As 'Operation Midas' Expands Months after Ukraine was shaken by a sweeping corruption probe into state nuclear giant Energoatom, and subject of international embarrassment given it even touched Zelensky's office, former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has now been formally charged - after authorities detained him while he was allegedly attempting to leave the country. Halushchenko had been suspended by Zelensky in mid-November, when news of the scandal first hit global headlines. On Monday, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s...

The State Of Love In America: It's Not Looking Good Dating and relationships in the US have changed dramatically in the past decade.   Once heralded as a vast clearing house for unlimited hook ups and endless partner options, online dating apps have all but imploded compared the their peak from 2016-2021.  High traffic apps like Bumble have lost 90% of their market value.  Tinder has lost 40% of its users since 2022.  Match Group apps have lost around 50% of their engagement since 2019.   The word on the street is, the...