Persian Gulf Countries 'Refused' UAE Call For Joint Attack On Iran

While the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is holding across most of the country, the far south area of Lebanon occupied by Israel continues to see some limited fighting, and a massive amount of destruction as the systematic destruction of towns and villages by Israeli forces continues. Israel would just as soon the population of displaced civilians who […]

Megacities Are Booming The number of people living in megacities has been growing significantly for decades, rising from 2.5 percent in 1950 to 16.4 percent of city dwellers in 2020. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports, according to UN projections, this figure will continue to rise slightly before stabilizing at around the current level by 2050. At the same time, living in smaller cities is becoming less widespread. The share of the urban population living in places with between 50,000 and 500,000 inhabitants fell from 50.8 percent to 38.6 percent during the same period. You will find...

Meet Steak 'n Shake's First MAHA Officer Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times, DALLAS—Lunch at Steak ‘n Shake is served for Michael Boes. The plate in front of him has a grass-fed burger and beef tallow fries. He washes it down with cane sugar Coca-Cola. “Fast food doesn’t have to mean processed, complicated, or artificial. It used to mean real, simple, and delicious - and it can again,” Boes said. Michael Boes, Steak 'n Shake's chief Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) officer, in Irving, Texas, on June 15, 2026. Bobby Sanchez/The...