Judge Halts Construction Of ICE Detention Center In Maryland

Europeans Pay The Most For Public Transport Creating and maintaining reliable, efficient and affordable public transportation networks is crucial for developing a more sustainable mobility sector worldwide, though challenges vary by region. In Europe, gaps are most evident in rural areas, where low population density limits service frequency. In North America, many cities also suffer from fragmented public transport systems, making car dependency widespread in both rural and urban areas. In Latin America and South Asia, semi-formal systems such as minibuses are an important and affordable part of transport networks, but often lack reliability and...

US Must Boost Domestic Uranium Enrichment To Counter Proliferation Risks The Export-Import Bank of the United States recently issued letters of interest supporting up to $4.2 billion in financing for enriched uranium sales by General Matter to utilities in Japan and South Korea. This includes up to $2.4 billion for Japanese operators and $1.8 billion for South Korean ones over the coming decade.  As we reported, the deal advances American energy dominance and reduces allied dependence on adversarial fuel suppliers. This transaction arrives as the United States, and much of the world,...

The Coming Return Of Commodity-Backed Money Authored by Chris MacIntosh via InternationalMan.com, This piece is as much a mental exploration as a fact-gathering exercise. Let’s begin with the problem. Bank failures come together with economic failures. So trusting banks is a problem, but furthermore, trusting fiat currency is also a problem. This is on top of the issue that moving capital from one bank to another is increasingly fraught with headaches. AML and KYC have become weaponised, and the global surveillance system is tightening its grip. So movement of capital, treasury, and of course...