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 […]

The Digital Euro: Control & The End Of Financial Privacy Authored by Daniel Lacalle, European Union lawmakers in Strasbourg have now agreed on their position regarding the digital euro, approving it in a vote on the 8th of July 2026. With this position, the European Parliament can start talks with national governments on the details of the design and functioning of the digital euro.  The ECB argues that the digital euro is […]

These Are The Cities Where Burglaries Spike In The Summer For years, homeowners have been told that summer is prime time for burglaries as families leave for vacations and homes sit empty. But a new analysis of FBI crime data suggests that advice only tells part of the story, according to Moneygeek. After examining burglary reports from 74 of the nation’s largest cities between 2022 and 2024, researchers found that while burglary […]

Germany Stops Recommending COVID-19 Vaccination For Most People Under 75 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Germany has updated its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations, advising most people under 75 not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A health worker at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination station in a shopping mall fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Ludwigsburg, Germany, on Nov. 11, 2021. Thomas Kienzle/AFP […]

Tipping Point: When Populations Peak Last weekend (July 11 to be exact) marked World Population Day, celebrating the approximate day that the world’s population reached 5 billion on July 11, 1987. With that in mind, Statista’s Felix Richter takes a closer look at one of the population trends that will affect many countries sooner or later in the 21st century: population decline. You will find more infographics at Statista […]

France Cuts 6.4 GW Of Nuclear Power As Heatwave Grips The Country By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com, France’s nuclear power generation was slashed by 6.4 gigawatts (GW) on Monday amid a prolonged and intense heatwave that hiked river temperatures and limited the ability of the power plants to use the water to cool reactors. As many as eight reactors in France, which is Europe’s leader in nuclear power generation, were forced […]

German Parliament Moves To Criminalize Denying Israel’s “Right To Exist” Various European initiatives and policies which criminalize “holocaust denial” have for years dominated headlines and driven immense controversy over freedom of speech and public debate. But Germany is now taking it a big step further, with the Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house of parliament, having just approved a bill that would criminalize publicly denying […]

10,000 Excess Deaths During June European Heatwave, Official Data Show Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, More than 10,000 excess deaths were reported across Europe during the recent heatwave that baked the west of the continent in late June, official data showed on June 13. A man cools himself during a heatwave in Chamonix, France, on June 25, 2026. Reuters/Pierre Albouy More than 9,000 of those who passed away were […]

Before The First Switch Goes Dark Authored by Madge Waggy, Most people imagine that the beginning of a crisis announces itself with unmistakable spectacle. We picture fighter aircraft crossing national borders, emergency broadcasts interrupting television programs or financial markets collapsing within a single afternoon. It is an understandable expectation because history is usually taught through decisive moments rather than the […]

Saudi Arabia Turns Taiwan Into Drone Export Leader As Iran War Reshapes Warfare New data show that Saudi Arabia purchased a record $47.2 million worth of small drones from Taiwan last month, underscoring how governments are beginning to rapidly procure suicide drones. Bloomberg was the first to cite new data from Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance showing that drone exports surged in June, driven by a record order from Saudi Arabia. The […]

We Can’t Control This: The Populist Tide Is Coming For Both Parties Authored by Charles Bass and Richard Swett via RealClearPolitics.com, Who was David Brat? Many Americans have forgotten the name. We haven’t. In 2014, David Brat, then a little-known economics professor, stunned the political world by defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary in Virginia. At the time, most observers viewed the upset […]

GOP Uses Kavanaugh’s Own Playbook To Take Another Swing At Birthright Citizenship Last month, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. Justice Kavanaugh joined that majority in striking down the order, but he also filed a separate partial dissent, and his reasoning did Republicans a favor. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in Trump v. Barbara, a 5-4 decision […]

Comfortably Bomb By Michael Every of Rabobank Hormuz update: Comfortably Bomb Summary The US-Iran MoU appears to have collapsed sooner than we had thought. With both sides striking the other, US efforts will turn to ensuring energy can flow through Hormuz ‘the hard way’ via escorting ships through it. For now, markets are saying the US can ‘comfortably bomb’ and ‘there is no pain’ even if the ‘MoU are […]

Trump Formally Notifies Congress Of Iran War Resumption – Third Consecutive Night Of Strikes Ensue Summary Trump formally notifies Congress US has resumed war with Iran. Trump warns will hit Iran ‘hard’ tonight or tomorrow; Pentagon confirms 3rd night of strikes has begun. Reports of Houthi missiles launched on Saudi Arabia: oil extends gains near month-highs. Trump says US blockade of Iran ports ‘reinstated’: states that US to […]

Why Is China Advertising Insane War Drones On Facebook The proliferation of low-cost suicide drones and interceptor drones appears to be accelerating as nation-states begin stockpiling these expendable platforms, reflecting a rapid and structural shift in modern warfare toward mass, attritable weapons. More concerning is that some of these drones appear to be marketed far beyond traditional military channels and potentially sold to […]

Cox Media Heir Turned Communist Financier Arrested In Spain, Faces US Extradition Jim “Fergie” Chambers, the Communist centi-millionaire and heir to the massive Cox media fortune, was arrested in Ibiza at the request of the US Justice Department and is awaiting possible extradition on federal charges linked to “international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist […]

The Latest Model Cars: Big Brother Is Watching You Authored by Alejandro A. Tagliavini via The Mises Institute, Big Brother is a character in George Orwell’s novel 1984, the entity that governs Oceania, through the tyrannical single party – the Ingsoc. No one knows about it, but it is omnipresent through telescreens with strong propaganda and controlling everything. An article written by Steve Watson in Modernity.news, gives an […]

These Are America’s Most (And Least) Dangerous States Where you live can significantly affect your likelihood of experiencing violent crime, with reported rates varying severalfold across the United States. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks every U.S. state and the District of Columbia by reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents between March 2025 and February 2026. The figures include murder, rape, […]

South Carolina’s Governor Appoints Lindsey Graham’s Sister To Fill His Senate Seat Update (1900ET): Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the late senator’s younger sister, to take his place in the Senate until the election in November. “Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him,” Nordone told reporters at a press conference with McMaster on Monday afternoon. “It is […]

About 2,040 Pounds Of Cocaine, 5,800 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized At Sea Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, U.S. authorities have seized about 2,040 pounds of cocaine and almost 5,800 pounds of marijuana in three separate maritime interdictions carried out with international partners. Action by JIATF-S and Costa Rican authorities led to the capture of a boat allegedly involved in drug smuggling. Courtesy of the […]

China Builds Full-Scale Model Of US Destroyer In Remote Desert Security analysts poring over satellite photos of China have shared a surreal image: There’s a detailed, full-scale replica of a US Navy destroyer in the middle of a remote stretch of Chinese desert. It’s a vivid indication of the seriousness with which the Chinese government takes preparations for a potential war with the United States, perhaps over Taiwan.   This […]

28.8 Million Queries: The AI Heist That Tripped No Alarms Authored by Joseph Hoefer via RealClearDefense, When we picture intellectual property theft, we picture a break-in. A hacker slips past the firewall, copies the source code, and disappears. So, when an American AI company tells Congress that China just pulled off the largest extraction campaign it’s ever recorded, the natural assumption is that someone cracked the vault. […]

Where It Costs The Most To Own A Car In America Buying a car is only the beginning. Every year afterward, drivers face a steady stream of expenses—from insurance and fuel to repairs and taxes—that can add up to thousands of dollars. Using data from LendingTree, Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld created this map comparing average annual car ownership costs across every U.S. state and Washington D.C., excluding car payments, […]

While The Political Circus Distracts Us, Flock Builds The Digital Police State Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rurtherford Institute, “You had to live – did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.” – George Orwell, 1984 While Americans remain transfixed by the political circus – cheering for their […]

China’s Memory-Chip Challenger Faces A Test Of How Far US Curbs Can Reach ChangXin Memory Technologies is approaching a turning point. The Chinese memory-chip maker has advanced far enough to draw interest from some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Apple Inc., which has considered using its chips. But the same growth that has raised CXMT’s commercial standing has also made it a more prominent target in the […]