Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – Managed Democracy?

16 Ocotber 2025 NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, October 16, 2025, and our friends, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, join us today. Welcome, Richard and Michael. ⁣MICHAEL HUDSON: Good to be here. ⁣RICHARD WOLFF: Hello. ⁣NIMA...

U.S. Rare Earth Company Signs Strategic Deal With Japanese Government

Amid a global race to secure critical minerals outside China’s control, U.S. rare earth developer REAlloys Inc. has forged a strategic alliance with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), the government agency under Japan’s...

An unexpected opening for US-Brazil tech cooperation

Despite a history of pragmatism and warm relations with leaders of different ideological bents, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in some ways the antithesis of U.S. President Donald Trump. Lula is a former metalworker and union...

'This is paradise': Rogan floats hilarious Trump plan for liberal stronghold

Podcaster Joe Rogan jokes that it would be one of the funniest moments in American history if President Trump, after his second term in office, successfully ran for governor of California and solved its problems. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News...

Morning Briefing: Oct. 18, 2025

ISTANBUL Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Saturday, including US President Donald Trump saying a US strike in the Caribbean targeted "drug-carrying submarine"; Hungary voicing a readiness to provide conditions for Russia-US...

Trump and Nobel

Donald Trump will not win the Nobel Peace Prize. Not this year, or any year. And all one needs to do is read the criteria for the prize to understand why not. The late Alfred Nobel, the founder of the prize, laid out his vision for those who could...

How China's heavy-handed rare earths threat backfired

If there is any mystery over America's historic agreement to partner with Australia this week on the supply of critical minerals, it is why it took so long. On April 4, just two days after Donald Trump's much-touted Liberation Day tariffs panicked...

Prep Football: Week 8 matchups for NWA and River Valley

BENTONVILLE AT ROGERS KICKOFF Thursday, 7 p.m. RECORDS Bentonville 7-0, 4-0 7A-West; Rogers 7-0, 4-0 7A-West. COACHES Bentonville -- Jody Grant. Rogers -- Chad Harbison. KEY PLAYERS Bentonville -- QB Cole Slepecki (Sr., 6-1, 195), WR Conrad...

Madagascar’s Coup Has Complicated America’s Critical Minerals Backup Plan

As the Trump administration looks abroad for critical minerals deals, the drama threatening a major American mining megaproject in Madagascar may offer a surprising cautionary tale of how growing global instability can thwart Washington’s plans to...

Jason Statham Action Thriller With High-Flying Director Gets Glorious Release Date

Action movie icon Jason Statham once again finds himself the target in the upcoming thriller, Mutiny, which has now been given an exciting new release date following a recent delay. The Stath will return to the big screen following this year’s A...

Joe Rogan has a bonkers idea for Trump to troll liberals with a new job after leaving the White House

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Denmark to boost Arctic defence by $4.26bn, plans to buy 16 new F-35s

Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025 Denmark plans to spend roughly 27.4 billion Danish kroner ($4.26bn) in an effort to shore up its defence capabilities in the Arctic and stave off threats made by United States President Donald Trump against the...

ATLAS OCEAN VOYAGES ANNOUNCES NEW 2027 ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS

Expanding the boundaries of expedition cruising with new journeys through the Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 15, 2025 -- Atlas Ocean Voyages, the leader in intimate, yacht-style luxury expeditions,...

The US and China: Competition, Conflagration, or Coexistence?

Just over 60 years ago, in structuring the analytical abilities of freshmen who aspired to become US diplomats, including future President Bill Clinton, professor Carroll Quigley, who taught Evolution of Civilizations, insisted that his students...

This country is not always featured on the world map

New Zealand, a country of astonishing beauty, and incredible Māori culture, has one of the most recognisable landscapes in the world. Yet strangely, this island nation often finds itself missing from one of humanity’s most basic representations of...

Quark launches earliest-ever bookings for 2027/28 polar seasons

Quark Expeditions opened bookings on October 21 for its Arctic 2027 and Antarctic 2027/28 seasons – the earliest launch date in its history. Quark said the decision was driven by strong demand and its continued growth in polar expedition travel....

Zelensky Warns of ‘Destructive Arms Race’ in War Against Russia

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Russia-Ukraine arms race, Denmark and Greenland apologizing for decades of systemic abuse, and the destructive force of Typhoon Ragasa. Bigger Threats, Bigger Friends Ukrainian President...

Letters to the Editor | Oct. 22, 2025

Trump’s Barynya President Donald Trump’s shifting stance on Ukraine’s war with Russia has emerged once again. Less than a month ago, Trump, on his Truth Social platform, asserted that Ukraine’s territorial integrity could be restored to its prewar...

Atlas Ocean Announces New Arctic Expeditions for 2027

Atlas Ocean Voyages today announced its new 2027 Arctic Expeditions, according to a press release. The company said that the itineraries were designed to explore Iceland’s volcanic frontiers, Greenland’s fjords, and the remote reaches of the...

Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the climatic blowtorch of human-caused global warming, most of Antarctica’s vast ice cap still seemed securely frozen. But not...