Maliki Rejects US Demands He Step Aside, Path to Iraq Premiership Unclear

BBC Slips In 'Mistranslated' Propaganda To Radically Alter Hegseth Speech On Iran The BBC has been caught yet again manipulating comments from the Trump administration to radically alter their meaning.  During a March 2 press conference about the war in Iran, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the United States is bringing death to the same regime that chanted "death to America." BBC Persia, however, substituted the word 'people' for 'regime' - fundamentally changing Hegseth's meaning to sound like America was targeting all Iranians vs. the regime.  "It turns out the regime who chanted 'death to...

By 2050, The World's Most-Populous Cities Will All Be In Africa Or Asia Across 150 years, familiar urban giants rise, fall, and give way to a new generation of megacities. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks the 15 most populous cities worldwide from 1950 to 2100 using population estimates from the European Commission’s JRC via Our World in Data. City boundaries were consistently defined based on satellite imagery and population data. The Transatlantic Era Tokyo led the 1950 ranking with 12.6 million people, followed by New York with 9.3 million. The Big Apple...

"Reaching A Climax": Hedge Funds Turn Most Bearish On Yen Since 2007, As Former FX Czar Sees 20% Undervaluation For much of the past year, when the USDJPY disconnected - initially playfully and then terminally - from 2Y yield differentials, FX traders have been asking when and how will this gaping divergence finally converge. Alas, that answer remains elusive still, even as the collapse in the yen has pushed the currency to a generational low, and become an increasingly political topic leading to a surge in Japanese bankruptcies, and a...