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The 15 unrecognized signs that reveal exceptional intelligence

8:57 20.04.2024

The 15 unrecognized signs that reveal exceptional intelligence

Intelligence often gets boxed into narrow metrics like IQ scores or academic achievements. But just as a beautiful piece of music cannot be judged solely by its tempo or the instruments used, intelligence is far more nuanced and multifaceted. It’s an intricate blend of cognitive, emotional, and social skills that …

British life-style: Misery – Brits hanging up teabags to use again

8:55 20.04.2024

British life-style: Misery – Brits hanging up teabags to use again

Brits appear to be taking cost-cutting methods more seriously than ever from re-using old teabags to cutting our own hair and eating out of date food to save some pennies Hard-up Brits are hanging teabags on the washing line so they can use them again to save cash. A shocking …

US nightmare in Africa

8:52 20.04.2024

US nightmare in Africa

More than 1,000 U.S. troops are effectively being held “hostage” in Niger with medical supplies running low — stuck between the military junta-controlled government’s demands for them to leave and the Biden administration’s refusal to let them go home after the end of their deployments, according to a report prepared …

Views from the West: The Ukraine war is lost

8:47 20.04.2024

Views from the West: The Ukraine war is lost

Hollywood and DC ignore fact that Russia's army is bigger than when the war began and Ukraine can't keep up, notes FOXNEWS. On April 10, stars in Hollywood joined politicians in D.C. in demanding that Congress take up a war aid bill authorizing $60 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. …

POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

11:45 19.04.2024

POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

Just ask a Ukrainian soldier if he still believes the West will stand by Kyiv “for as long as it takes.” That pledge rings hollow when it’s been four weeks since your artillery unit last had a shell to fire, as one serviceman complained from the front lines, notes POLITICO. …

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

11:45 19.04.2024

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

The U.S. government may lose between $233 billion and $521 billion to fraud each year, according to a rough federal estimate, the first of its kind, released Tuesday, ‘The Washington Post’ informs. But the author of that report — the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office — simultaneously cautioned that its new …

Xi rebuffs Scholz pressure to rein in Chinese manufacturing

11:44 19.04.2024

Xi rebuffs Scholz pressure to rein in Chinese manufacturing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the German chancellor that a surge in clean-technology exports from the Asian nation has helped the world tackle inflation, pushing back against European and US pressure to rein in the country’s powerhouse industries. Xi’s comments to Olaf Scholz during talks in Beijing suggest China may …

FP: How America fueled the fire in the Middle East

11:40 19.04.2024

FP: How America fueled the fire in the Middle East

Israel is in growing danger — but the responsibility lies more in Washington than in Tehran, writes Stephen M. Walt, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. Iran’s decision to retaliate against an Israeli attack on its consulate in …

Former UK Commander: Ukraine in ‘serious risk’ of losing war to Russia this year

12:21 18.04.2024

Former UK Commander: Ukraine in ‘serious risk’ of losing war to Russia this year

Ukraine is facing a potential outright defeat by the Russians this year, the former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine continuing into its third year, the badly outnumbered and outgunned Ukraine is facing a “serious risk” of having to admit defeat …

FA: The Middle East could still explode – Iran and Israel may not be finished

12:15 18.04.2024

FA: The Middle East could still explode – Iran and Israel may not be finished

The Middle East did not explode on April 13, but it is still at risk of a bigger conflict that would have no winners, notes ‘The Foreign Affairs’. On April 13, Iran launched Operation True Promise, its response to Israel’s April 1 attack on its consulate in Syria. Over the …

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