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Mapped: The World’s Most and Least Corrupt Countries See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways: The global average Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score fell to 42 out of 100, the first decline in more than a decade. Only five countries now score above 80, down from 12 a decade ago. The U.S. ranks 29th with a score of 64, its lowest-ever result in the index. Corruption perceptions are worsening globally, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index…
The Balkans are becoming a serious player in the global race for artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure, and one small country is leading the way – Bulgaria. A subtle information enterprise revolution is underway in the Balkan Peninsula. Croatia just unveiled Project Pantheon, AI data center campus near Zagreb that would, if completed, represent the highest-capacity facility in the entire EU; it is also currently the largest private U.S investment in Europe. Romania is building out an 800-megawatt AI-focused data center complex and has submitted a proposal for a “Black Sea AI Gigafactory” to the European Commission. The list…
The Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday that it is transferring oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies as part of the Trump administration’s goal of winding down the department. Under the new interagency agreements (IAAs), the Department of Justice (DOJ) will take on civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will oversee special education, specifically upholding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The new partnerships are in addition to the ten other IAAS ED has entered into with other agencies as the department downsizes. “The Trump Administration has been clear:…
The war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran deserves a place in contemporary international relations textbooks. Not because it overturns everything we know about power, but because it shows how the use of power is changing.Classical approaches to relations between states still matter and the balance of power hasn’t disappeared. Military superiority still counts, but the consequences of using force have become less predictable than before because coercion no longer produces linear outcomes. This applies not only to direct military intervention, as in the case of Iran, but also to sanctions and other forms of pressure.If one…
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” former Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump’s deal with Iran “smacks of appeasement.” Pence said, “Iran has been at war with the United States, and our cherished ally Israel, for 47 years. And I strongly supported, the president’s decision for the first time in modern history to take the fight directly to the mullahs in Tehran last year. And then again, this year. And I do believe the president has earned some latitude in negotiating an end to hostilities. But I have very real concerns. I look like apparently an awful lot of people…
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit from a former Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired after helping hang a large transgender pride flag on the park’s famous El Capitan rock formation. Park ranger Shannon Joslin, who identifies as non-binary, was let go by the National Park Service in August 2025. Joslin sued the agency, claiming the firing was a retaliatory move that violated her First Amendment rights, aimed at punishing a specific political message. The termination followed the incident in May 2025 where Joslin, who was off duty at the time, helped display a transgender pride flag…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that with Iran, “I don’t like the final outcome here. I’m sure President Trump doesn’t like the outcome. He would have liked unconditional surrender. It didn’t happen. The Iranian people weren’t able to rise up.” And “If you’re going to recognize reality and realize that they still had a stranglehold over the straits and you want to open the straits up, there’s got to be some give and take.” Johnson said, “I haven’t given up hope that, at some point in time, the Iranian people could rise…
One person is reportedly dead, another person wounded, and a suspect is at large following a shooting inside Wilmington Hospital around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. FOX News reported two shooting victims without noting their conditions. NBC Philadelphia noted that one of the victims is deceased and one is wounded. WDEL FM also observed one dead and one wounded. Police Chief Wilfredo Campos indicated the shooting suspect is a male but provided no details on his identification. CNN pointed out that the deceased shooting victim was a male. Hospital patient guide Brian Pfeffer was in the hospital when the shooting occurred and recalled…
NEW YORK — The Democratic Socialists of America are facing a reckoning in New York City — and there’s a lot on the line. Two members of the hard-left group’s New York City chapter are running for congressional seats in this month’s primaries, vying to topple more mainstream Democrats — including one incumbent. If the DSA’s candidates, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, prevail, it will prove the ascendent organization can capitalize on the momentum generated by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s once-improbable 2025 election win. Victories for Valdez and Avila Chevalier would expand socialist influence on Capitol Hill as the Democratic…
The Reform UK leader’s manifesto outlines the hard reality many conservative thinkers have warned about for decades Nigel Farage’s recent Substack post lays bare the reality of Britain’s “two-tier” system, where native white Britons face systemic disadvantages in policing, housing, employment, and justice while ethnic minorities receive preferential treatment under the guise of “equality.”This is not an aberration or a policy glitch. It is the predictable outcome of attempting to impose liberal democracy on a multiracial society. Different ethnic groups possess distinct collective interests rooted in both biology and culture. Where those interests diverge, genuine democracy, meaning rule by the…