US Launches Its 43rd Airstrike of the Year in Somalia

Baltic States Warn Of Unfunded Debt Surge For Europe's Defense Splurge In a rare outbreak of sanity from the continent that perfected kicking the can, officials on NATO’s eastern front are openly admitting what Brussels and Frankfurt have spent years denying: you can’t fund a permanent war footing with infinite borrowing and hope the bond market never notices. Estonia’s outgoing ECB rate hawk Madis Muller dropped the red pill in parliament Thursday, bluntly telling lawmakers that jacking up budget deficits to pay for the defense surge is no long-term solution. “These...

"Unprecedented": Travel Prices Expected To Soar To And From World Cup Matches This Summer Traveling to matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup may prove to be one of the biggest hurdles for fans, with transportation costs and logistics shaping up to be a major concern across U.S. host cities, according to Bloomberg. Prices for getting to stadiums are expected to spike due to high demand, limited parking, and reliance on rideshare services, where surge pricing could make even short trips expensive.  Costs for simply getting to and from matches could vary...

This Is The Income Needed To Be 'Happy' Around The World In most countries, the average worker still earns less than the income researchers associate with peak reported well-being. Research on income and well-being has identified a “satiation point,” an income level beyond which additional earnings no longer improve reported happiness. But how close does the average worker come to reaching that threshold? An analysis from Remitly calculated the price of happiness in economies around the world and compared it with average local wages. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, ranks the 50 countries...