by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | Top Ten
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times,Thomas J. Pritzker, the longtime executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, announced his retirement effective immediately on Feb. 16, acknowledging what he described as “terrible judgment” in maintaining contact with...
by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | Top Ten
The second round of indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran concluded in Geneva, Iran’s semi-official Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported Tuesady. Delegations from both sides left the venue following the talks, however, the Iranian side...
by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | Top Ten
Nearly three-quarters of the world’s population now lives under autocratic rule, according to the V-Dem Institute’s 2024 Regimes of the World report. That’s the highest share since 1978.The map below, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, classifies every...
by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | Top Ten
A recent Ipsos survey of 25,000 people across 30 countries shows Asians are on average more optimistic for the future of their countries than people from the rest of the world.When asked whether they believe things in their country are headed in the right direction or...
by admin | Feb 17, 2026 | Top Ten
Submitted by Thomas KolbeGermany is the political engine of the Green Deal, yet it continues to fall short of its own CO₂ reduction targets. Now Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has ordered the federal government to tighten its climate targets by the...