"Stunning Quarter": Highest Earnings Growth In Over Two Decades

The Board of Peace said that the UN aid agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) can have no role in the future of Gaza.  “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza,” the Board of Peace posted to X on Wednesday. “We are turning the page on the complex of perpetual aid dependency & conflict. The people […]

Russia Now Main Supplier Of Oil To Post-Assad Syria, Despite Pivot To West Via The Cradle Russia has become Syria's leading supplier of oil since the collapse of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government and the rise to power of former Al-Qaeda chief Ahmad al-Sharaa, according to Reuters.  Shipments of Russian oil have risen by 75 percent this year to roughly 60,000 barrels per day (bpd), based on Reuters calculations using official data and vessel tracking from LSEG, MarineTraffic, and Shipnext. Getty Images While these volumes account for only a small fraction of Russia’s total global oil...

Is This Peak 'Clown World'? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Transport for London has dropped a dog house-shaped "calm space" onto the concourse at Ealing Broadway station and called it progress. The tiny pod features a bench, noise-dampening acoustics and a "soothing" forest mural. They claim that it is part of an effort to "boost accessibility for neurodivergent travellers under TfL's Equity in Motion strategy," whatever that means. Massive backlash has ensued, with many questioning this as a priority over train delays, complete lack of air conditioning on many lines, poor...