In case people were wondering where Yellen gets her ideas from
Did Egypt just halve the value of its own currency? Why yes, yes it did, thanks for asking.
Russia has no real issues continuing the war for another cycle. Term limits destroy America's ability to functionally engage in long-term conflicts without turning them into quagmires.
It's not only China: the entirety of Southeast Asia is joining this transition and shifting the economic balance of power from being centered around the West to being more global and multipolar.
Meanwhile "Western countries" enforcing the so-called "rules-based international order" don't give a fuck about the ICJ ruling on literal genocide.
The Canadian Conservative party is the one that usually runs on "imagine/look at how bad the other guy would be" as a party platform. It's a bad look and a sign that you have nothing better. It's politicking for the sake of politicking.
The new IEA Electricity Report for 2024 shows what I've been saying for ages. The fact that China's building more coal power plants is not an indication that they're increasing coal consumption - quite the opposite. If China were using coal for base load, they wouldn't need so much more excess capacity. China is switching to using coal on-demand to deal with demand spikes.
This is such a good sign for the environment and I expect that things can only improve from here (especially since, imo, the IEA is underestimating China's renewables growth 2025+).
Seeking Lebensraum by evicting another party?
Media Bias Fact Check is less reputable than pretty much every site they report on.
They have no credentials to establish their credibility. Seriously, try to find any anything about the people running the site.
Human Rights Watch has drawn widespread criticism from the Israeli right (NGO Monitor) and US left (The Nation) for their lack of transparency, unclear funding sources, and poor methodology.
This should be much bigger news. Electricity consumption is typically a good proxy for real GDP/capita (it undercounts services, but otherwise tracks)... But China's GDP numbers already undercount service.