Oklo And Centrus Signal Progress On America's Nuclear Fuel-Chain Bottleneck

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that any US attack on Cuba would cause a “bloodbath,” a warning that comes as US officials are setting up pretexts for a potential war on the island nation. “The threats of military aggression against [Cuba] from the world’s greatest power are well-known,” Diaz-Canel wrote on X. “The […]

Which Countries Think They're On The Right Track? Public confidence in national direction varies dramatically around the world. Respondents in several Asian countries are broadly optimistic, while majorities across much of Europe and the Americas believe their countries are on the wrong track. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, ranks 30 countries by the percentage of adults ages 16 to 74 who believe their country is moving in the right or wrong direction. The visualization uses 2026 survey data from Ipsos Global Opinion Polls and covers 25,709 respondents. Asian Optimism in 2026 Asian countries dominate...

Alarming Supply-Chain Stress Sends Transport Cost Soaring, Fueling Inflation Fears Nearly three weeks ago, UBS analyst Pierre Lafourcade reactivated his desk's supply-chain watch coverage after stress across global supply chains was "rising at its fastest pace since the early pandemic." That warning is now increasingly getting louder by the week, with ongoing disruptions around the Hormuz chokepoint and the resulting energy supply shock, pushing up input, freight, and other logistics costs across the global economy. Weeks after Lafourcade's warning, which can be read here, the May 2026 Logistics Managers' Index Report...