Author: Press Room
While its domestic problems multiply, London pours money into Ukraine and prepares the country for a future confrontation with Moscow Recently, Russian officials and state media have been deliberately using the toponym ‘Britain’ instead of ‘Great Britain’ and ‘United Kingdom’ to refer to the nation that, just a few decades ago, was known as ‘the empire on which the sun never sets’. Speaking at a press conference dedicated to reviewing the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on this rhetorical innovation. “No offense meant, but I think that this is what it should be called,…
Colin Kaepernick is back on television because he has a book to sell. The memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” lands Sept. 15. NBC News gave him a long interview to promote it, calling the decade since he knelt “unfinished business.” He will sit with Lester Holt and appear on “Today.” That is a media tour, not a comeback. Kaepernick still says the NFL is “actively blackballing” him. He says he has not watched a league game since he left. He works out at 4:30 a.m. as if a roster spot were waiting. Roger Goodell has said for years he does not…
[Source: Euronews] In late July 2026, tens of thousands of migrants from North African countries, mainly Morocco, illegally crossed the Spanish border near the city of Ceuta. According to estimates by the Spanish authorities, their number stood at around 80,000. Some of those who crossed the border quickly turned back. Humanitarian organizations estimate that more than 140 people have died since the border breach. At least 85 bodies of migrants have been found on the Spanish side, whilst Morocco has officially acknowledged the deaths of a further 14 people. The sudden influx of migrants came as a shock both to…
Global spending on data centers could reach $31.6 trillion by 2050 according to a baseline forecast, and as much as $50 trillion if AI adoption accelerates faster than expected, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report. Even the baseline forecast is about the same size as the entire U.S. economy. Bloomberg reports that the PwC document titled “Global Data Center Outlook,” was released today and covers 46 countries and territories across five regions. Its central scenario puts global data center capital expenditure through 2050 at $31.6 trillion, roughly equal to the size of the entire U.S. economy. The United States…
The U.S. military struck two Iranian government tankers Tuesday under a new “tanker for tanker” policy approved by President Donald Trump to retaliate for Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes marked the first time U.S. forces targeted Iranian tankers specifically in retaliation for attacks on vessels transiting the strategic waterway, rather than as part of operations to enforce the American blockade, U.S. officials told Axios. An infographic showing locations of reported explosions in the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. launched an attack, Iranian media reported that explosions were heard around the cities of…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) stated that “we should all be concerned when the Secretary fires so many senior general officers and admirals” due to the number of high-level vacancies and how long it’s taking to fill them and said that the firings have been done without explanation. He also stated that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “wouldn’t be my choice” for the role. Bacon said, “Well, we have a great military, we have great personnel at all ranks. But I think we should all be concerned when the Secretary fires so many senior…
Photo: Rebekka Gimm / Danish Armed Forces Trouble at the top of the world. As Europe undergoes a season of militarization and rearmament, and as the US is demanding control over Greenland, Denmark is moving its pieces north to increase its presence in the Arctic. It’s the first time in recent history that Danish conscripts have been deployed to their territory. Reuters reported: “The conscripts are part of the first cohort under Denmark’s new extended conscription program, aimed at producing soldiers able to operate in one of the kingdom’s most strategically important and challenging regions. […] Copenhagen has pledged billions…
An unidentified object exploded at a train station in the German city of Augsburg, Bayern, on early Wednesday morning leaving at least two injured. The object, which German media later reported as a hand grenade, exploded at 3:15am local time in front of a Turkish jeweller. The newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine reports the explosion occurred around 03:15 a.m. in a building passageway at Augsburg’s main train station. The newspaper identified the two victims as a 17 and 18-year-old young adults, who both suffered blast trauma as a result of the explosion, who are now being treated for acoustic trauma. Augsburger Allgemeine detailed that a bank…
Private-sector payrolls grew by 38,000 in August, human-resources firm ADP estimated in its latest monthly report. Goods-producing businesses shrank their headcounts by 10,000 in the month, including a steep 17,000 decline in manufacturing. Services providers expanded payrolls by 48,000, with solid gains in leisure and hospitality, education and health services, and financial activities. Economists surveyed by Econoday had expected to see 48,000 new private-sector jobs. The estimates are derived from the anonymized payrolls of the company’s corporate clients. The Department of Labor will report its estimate of job growth on Friday. Economists expect payrolls will grow by 55,000 after the…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said that the Pentagon has “a valueless foreign policy,” and “We’re a much better country when we have values of free markets, freedom, and that we build our friendships around these values, and also our interests. It should be both.” While discussing the prospect of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth running for president in 2028, “I am much more interested in finding a Reagan-type Republican for the party in 2028. We have some great people who have more of traditional conservative principles, peace through strength. They know that our…