80% Of New UK Payroll Jobs Since 2014 Went To Foreign Nationals, Think Tank Finds

Gulf Bond Boom: Record Borrowing Fuels Race To Future-Proof Against Hormuz Shutdown Gulf monarchies are hitting international debt markets at a record-shattering pace, Bloomberg figures show, amid a conflict-driven rush to harden domestic infrastructure and forge alternative supply corridors that bypass the vulnerable and effectively closed Strait of Hormuz. Added to this, just this month, Red Sea passage has become another problematic area, as the Houthis have targeted several Saudi vessels with missiles and drones. Regional heavyweights led by the UAE and Saudi Arabia are seeking massive funding for new or...

Blackouts Reveal How Fragile Society Really Is Authored by John Walter via John Walter,"Long-term blackout" gets used loosely enough that people end up arguing past each other, and the confusion deepens because a week without power is a bad camping trip for somebody in rural Maine with a generator and a wood stove while being an outright catastrophe for a family on the fourteenth floor of a Miami condo with an insulin-dependent nine-year-old. Both readings are accurate, and neither is the subject here.For the rest of this piece the definition...

A new poll found that six in ten Americans now have an unfavorable view of Israel. Young Americans have a negative view of Israel.  The Pew survey released on Tuesday reported that overall, 60% said they have an unfavorable view of Israel. In 2022, only 42% of Americans held negative views of Israel.  There was […]