Iran Seizes Ship Near UAE

The US was “disappointed” in Taiwan for approving an increase in military spending to purchase US weapons that wasn’t as high as the government initially proposed. The government, led by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), proposed a nearly $40 billion spending increase to purchase US weapons and Taiwanese-made drones, but the parliament, controlled by the […]

Sacked Russian Minister Flees To US Amid Corruption Probe In First Of Ukraine War A Russian minister has become the first known high-ranking official to flee Russia and seek asylum in the United States since the Ukraine war began over four years ago, amid a fraud probe. Denis Butsayev, a senior Russian official recently dismissed from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, fled to the US to avoid criminal prosecution, regional media reports say. President Putin meets with then General Director of the Russian Environmental Operator Denis Butsayev He was officially removed from his post as...

Your Delusion Doesn't Make Me A "Doomer" Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance "There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that belief regardless of any evidence that might, for anyone else, bring it into doubt. They are the ones who encourage and support the fanatics and the frauds of any given age. No amount of evidence, no matter how strong, will...