The military spending of all nations combined set a new record in 2021, exceeding the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed in a report published on Monday.
America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, and partly the poet Homer's land of the Lotus-Eaters.
French President Emmanuel Macron is projected to win a comfortable victory for the presidency, with the centrist cruising to a second term as polls close across France in Sunday's closely watched runoff election.
Pop star and Hidden Figures actress Janelle Monáe is the latest Hollywood celebrity to join the gender “non-binary” bandwagon, saying she will use “they / them’ pronouns, in addition to “she / her” pronouns, going forward.
The U.S. Air Force has developed a new “Phoenix Ghost” drone system in response to Ukraine’s needs in the war with Russia, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced on Thursday, April 21.