Europe Was Once Bigger Than The US Economy. What Happened?

Iran FM Blasts Trump's Economic D-Day Threat 'Diversion' Which Will Fail, As New Carrier Arrives In Mideast Waters The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has on Thursday confirmed the USS George Washington is now deployed in the Middle East, following the lengthy, over-extended deployment of personnel onboard the USS Lincoln, which has sparked crisis and media frenzy over poor conditions, lack of supplies, and worsening morale. "The George Washington Carrier Strike Group is operating in Middle East during a scheduled deployment after arriving in the CENTCOM theater yesterday," the command said in a statement...

Putin Says There's A Chance Of Ukraine Peace Deal, Wants To Restore Full US Relations Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sept. 3 that there was "a chance" of achieving peace with Ukraine and expressed a desire to rekindle relations with the United States. Putin was speaking at a session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok when he made the comments. On the subject of Ukraine, the Russian president said Moscow was "grateful to everyone who is trying to contribute to resolving this...

Canada Has The Nuclear Technology. Why Buy The Dependency? Saskatchewan’s recent announcement envisages two large reactors supplying more than 2,000 MW in the northwest, potentially starting in 2042, plus at least 600 MW from small modular reactors near Estevan. The ambition makes sense. The willingness to acquire more foreign dependencies… does not. The list of potential vendors for large reactors is short: Westinghouse and its AP1000 AtkinsRealis and Canadian CANDU technology Will Canada import Westinghouse and their American reactor technology, or keep everything in-house with AtkinsRealis and the CANDU? In today's era of national energy security,...