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By Polina Polyakova, columnist, writer, marketerIf you haven’t seen an example of collective male hysteria for a while, take a look at the comments on the news story about the opening of a women-only pub in Minsk. There are tears, threats, and even strategic plans to take over the territory. The men commenting are furious that there will be a place in the city where they aren’t welcome.I thought we’d moved past the stage where the emergence of a ‘girls-only’ venue would provoke anger and horror. After all, it’s 2026. In neighboring Belarus, the president has declared the Year of…

Baseball is a sport known for marking its history with reverence and respect, but someone forgot to tell Netflix. The streaming giant tasked with bringing the first game of the 2026 MLB season to viewers worldwide failed to cover the first ABS challenge in the history of regular-season Major League Baseball. Why? Because it was conducting an interview with San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello at the time. Cameras did show Yankees shortstop Tony Caballero touch his helmet in the fourth inning, the signal to request a review of a strike call, but then Netflix cut away to the interview…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that there are nearly a million migrants currently residing in the North African state of Libya, many of whom will undoubtedly attempt to cross the Mediterranean and reach European soil. According to the EU-funded Infomigrants website, the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) program in Libya identified 939,638 migrants living within Libya as of the end of 2025, the largest figure on record. However, the site noted that the real figure is likely much higher, given that many illegals are simply unaccounted for and that the East of the country is currently led…

The Current Account Deficit Narrowed, But Don’t Celebrate Yet The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Wednesday that the U.S. current-account deficit narrowed sharply in the fourth quarter, falling 20.2 percent to $190.7 billion from a revised $239.1 billion in the third quarter. As a share of GDP, the deficit dropped from 3.1 percent to 2.4 percent. Expect to see this framed as good news. In a narrow sense, it is. Exports rose, imports fell, and — most strikingly — the balance on primary income flipped from a deficit in the third quarter to a surplus in the fourth. That…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is extending the pause on strikes of Iranian energy plants by 10 days, hours after stating Iran is “begging to make a deal” in the fourth week of Operation Epic Fury. Shortly before entering the East Room of the White House for a Greek Independence Day celebration, the president took to Truth Social to announce the extension. “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April 6, 2026, at 8 P.M., Eastern Time,” he wrote.…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday demanded an end to the conflict engulfing the Middle East, saying it is “high time” fighting stopped as it is “out of control” and threatens to subsume the entire world. Speaking outside the U.N. Security Council in New York to journalists, the increasingly sidelined Guterres said the conflict had spiralled far beyond what leaders had anticipated. “The world is staring down the barrel of a wider war, a rising tide of human suffering, and a deeper global economic shock,” he lamented before adding: “This has gone too far.” The U.N. has been largely invisible…

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday that it is issuing a “Letter of Impending Enforcement Action” to San Jose State University (SJSU) for its policies prioritizing transgender-identifying male athletes over women.  The move comes after ED concluded in January that SJSU’s policies allowing men to access women’s sports and spaces violates Title IX, which bars sex discrimination as a condition of receiving federal funding. The investigation centered around the school’s handling of trans-identifying male volleyball player Blaire Fleming from 2022-2024. ED gave the school a chance to resolve its Title IX violation voluntarily, which the SJSU…

The six-week-old Department of Homeland Security shutdown is hinging not only on what lawmakers do in the Capitol, but on how they get there. Members of Congress are some of America’s most frequent fliers, giving them an up-close look at the shutdown’s most dramatic impacts on Americans — the long airport security lines caused by TSA staffing shortages. The juxtaposition of the elected jet-setters, who can take advantage of some unusual perks as they travel, with growing disruptions for everyday travelers has emerged as the most potent point of pressure as the standoff wears on. “Generally, when elected officials have…

Abandoning oil and gas would “deindustrialize” the country, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated A full exit from fossil fuels would “deindustrialize” Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated, breaking from the country’s previous hardline push toward green energy.   The shift comes as Germany continues to grapple with the economic fallout from reduced energy imports and rising costs.  Furthermore, energy prices have surged due to the conflict in Iran and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying pressure on German industry. The EU’s largest economy long relied on cheap, stable energy to sustain its manufacturing sector. That model was built on Russian…

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the largest animal liberation organization, chimed in on the looming water crisis facing the Texas coastal bend city of Corpus Christi. PETA says residents can help avert the crisis by enacting a dietary change by dropping their meat diets and “choosing vegan meals.” The pending water crisis was highlighted in a recent report by InsideClimate News, which includes an ominous prediction from James Dodson, former director of the Corpus Christi Water Department. Dodson told Inside Climate News the consequences of the severe water shortage impacting Corpus Christi could be catastrophic, warning, “It’s…