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From June 3 to 6, 2026, the historic city of St. Petersburg, Russia, will host the annual international economic forum, a key platform for dialogue among governments, the business community, and experts amid the ongoing transformation of the global economy and the emergence of new financial risks. The forum will also focus on the energy crisis, artificial intelligence, the digital economy, and high-tech infrastructure projects. Against the backdrop of the global economic recession and the United States’ neocolonial ambitions—including those related to events in Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, and Nigeria—this forum is of immense interest to political leaders and investors from…
The man just won’t leave the stage. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced last week that he’s going to remain on the Federal Reserve Board until 2028 even as he by law surrenders his chairmanship. The announcement came even after President Donald Trump agreed to drop his unwise lawsuit against Powell for funding a $2 billion new Taj Mahal building down the street from the White House. Powell will be the first Fed chair to stay on the Fed’s Board of Directors in 50 years. This isn’t the way it’s done. It’s bad form. Only once did he come within spitting…
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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Hugh J. Curran In a recent interview on CBC, Timothy Snyder, an historian at the University of Toronto, noted that the U.S. is in “a catastrophic self-destructive mode”. The war of aggression against Iran is the latest evidence of this since it is “wildly counter-productive”. He also commented on PM Mark Carney’s initial support for the Iran War which…
Of course, public sympathy has always gone foremost to law-abiding, well-meaning, working-poor families who couldn’t make rent and wound up on the street. It has even been argued that this cohort constitutes the lion’s share of our nation’s homeless, and I, for one, believe it, given the rapacity of the landlord class under decaying, financialized, very late capitalism. The National Institutes of Health in October 2020 backed this up, noting that only 25 to 30 percent of homeless people suffer afflictions like schizophrenia. On the other hand, the insane lack the appeal of unjustly evicted families, while these days fewer…
Andy Serkis’s new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic inverts the point of the book to score shallow political points, writes Nicholas Clairmont. It’s also just a terrible film. Source link
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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Ari Paul FAIR Silence had never sounded so sweet, blankness had never looked so beautiful. A visit to the far-right conspiracy outlet Infowars website had no “Jesus Returns”–sized headlines about government-tainted water turning the frogs gay, or fresh anti-vaccine claims. No promotions for host Alex Jones’ supplements, either, or videos of him screaming gibberish about politicians eating babies. Just a white screen and two…
This analysis originated as a student project in my Data Science course at Palacky University, Czech Republic. Several students contributed, with Michal Malcik doing the most. It might be one of the more consequential pieces of coursework. Introduction At the beginning of 2022, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in many European countries started to decrease dramatically. A rapid and unexpected decline in TFR has occurred in all the Baltic states, across Northern Europe, Central Europe, and in all major countries of Western Europe. Only Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Romania did not exhibit such dramatic declines, while Portugal and Bulgaria even…
Researchers at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum announced the discovery of a new painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt in March. A two-year study of the work—involving materials analysis, macro X-ray fluorescence scans, and dendrochronological dating of the wooden painting surface—revealed that Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, which had been in a private individual’s possession since 1961, was painted by the Dutch master in 1633. Researchers have used scientific methods to authenticate and uncover new information about several other works of art in recent years. In 2018, infrared imaging technology revealed a 1902 newspaper page and another composition below the surface of Pablo Picasso’s Mother and Child…