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Washington Backs Brazil's Serra Verde Mine In $1.55 Billion Rare-Earth Push The U.S. Department of War has announced a $750 million investment aimed at securing long-term supplies of critical rare-earth elements from Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine in central Brazil, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce its dependence on China for strategically important minerals, according to a DOW press release out this week.  The investment, announced Aug. 24 through the department’s Economic Defense Unit and Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program, will support an offtake agreement for mixed rare-earth carbonates produced...

Vaccine-Maker Claims Splitting MMR Shot Could Take Up To 10 Years Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Splitting the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots could take up to a decade, according to one of the two companies that produce the vaccine for the U.S. market. A tray of MMR vaccine vials at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1, 2025. Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images "Even under current expedited review pathways, it could take years - potentially as many as 10 - to meet the safety and efficacy requirements...

Spot The Odd One Out... While almost one million people crossed the $1 million wealth threshold in 2025, that growth was far from evenly shared across countries. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks the 31 countries that added the most new USD millionaires between 2024 and 2025, revealing where personal wealth expanded fastest over the past year. The data comes from the UBS Global Wealth Report 2026, which tracks individuals whose net worth exceeded $1 million USD. The U.S. Dominates Global Wealth Creation The United States added 441,078 new millionaires in one year,...