Visualizing America's Slide In 'Happiness Rankings' Since 2011

American Nuclear Energy: The Highest Ambitions And The Highest Costs McKinsey published its take on the nuclear sector titled "Nuclear power: A renaissance in the making." The report starts by highlighting the bull cases for nuclear, such as AI data center demand, electrification, onshoring, decarbonization goals, and energy security concerns. The firm goes on to reiterate their projection that global nuclear capacity could at least double and potentially triple by midcentury under net-zero scenarios, reaching as high as 1,200 gigawatts. But, that's about as far as the happy feelings go. From there,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reaffirmed his position that Israel won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon and end its war in the country despite the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding that calls for an end to the conflict. “We will restore security and prosperity to northern towns,” Netanyahu said. “That requires maintaining the security zone […]

Guess Who? First Foreign Leader Visits Burnham, UK's New Prime Minister Guess who?... None other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has touched down in the UK for his meeting with new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. "Volodymyr, you are the first head of state or government I have congratulated since taking office as Prime Minister. And that is no coincidence. It is intended to send a very clear message: We stand 100% with Ukraine," said Burnham. The PM only took office last week, and Zelensky marks Burnham's very first international visitor. For Zelensky,...