'Not Simple': Witkoff, Kushner Meet Putin For High-Level Peace Talks Under 72-Hour Ukraine Air Truce

Depopulation Won't Save Us Or The Planet Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, In recent years, a strand of environmental thinking has emerged that places population at the center of ecological crises. Some activists, including figures associated with the Extinction Rebellion and the Stop Having Kids Movements Movement in the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed anti-natalist views, arguing that choosing not to have children is a meaningful response to climate change. The reasoning is lucid and, at first glance, convincing: fewer people should mean less consumption, lower emissions,...

NYC Council Grapples With Debate Over Bill To Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages Authored by Nicholas Zifcak via The Epoch Times, The family of Romanch Mahajan delivered emotional testimony over video link and in person on July 15, during a New York City Council hearing about a law that would phase out carriage horse rides in Central Park. Tearful aunts and uncles of the deceased 18-year-old urged city council to outlaw the horse-drawn carriage rides and spare other families the grief they are still struggling to cope with. The law, renamed in honor of the...

Aircraft Carrier Strike Group To Leave Middle East, Reducing Footprint Amid Iran War Currently there are three American aircraft carrier groups in Middle East waters and near Iran in the context of Operation Epic Fury. By comparison, at the height of the Bush-ordered US invasion of Iraq in 2003, there were six total carrier groups - which were responsible for most of the large tomahawk missile strikes on Baghdad.  Amid the current extended ceasefire between the US and Iran (and including Israel), there are indicators that Washington is not preparing for...