The U.S. has fallen out of the top 20 happiest countries for the first time since a global ranking began in 2012, due in large part to a drop in happiness among younger adults. Americans fell to 23rd place in happiness, down from 15th a year ago, according to data collected in the Gallup World […]
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Biden nibbles on frightened young girl in Finland
President Biden appeared to nibble at the shoulder of a startled little girl during his departure from Helsinki on Thursday. A video of the incident, which took place as the president greeted embassy staff members and their families before he boarded Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport, shows Biden leaning into a young girl […]
Finland joins NATO in major rebuke to Russia
Finland has become the 31st member of the Nato security alliance, and its flag will soon be raised at the alliance’s headquarters. The Finnish foreign minister handed the accession document to the US secretary of state who declared Finland a member. Finland’s accession is a setback for Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who repeatedly complained of Nato’s […]
‘Nuclear War our only option’ says Russian TV
A presenter on Russia’s state-owned Russia 1 has threatened that a nuclear weapons deployment will be the only option left to Russia after Finland and Sweden join NATO. “Their official reason [to join NATO] is fear. But they’ll have more fear in NATO. When NATO bases appear in Sweden and Finland, Russia will have no […]
Nuclear War threatened by Russia as Finland announces Nato membership
The Finnish President told Vladimir Putin his country will join NATO in a ‘direct and straightforward’ phone call. Sauli Niinistö said the conversation was ‘conducted without aggravations’ as both parties worked to ‘avoid tensions’. The discussion came as Russia cut off electricity supplies to the country and a Putin lackey boasted that the Kremlin could […]
Putin Threatens War with America if Finland joins NATO
Russia has vowed to take “retaliatory steps” in response to Finland’s announcement that it plans to apply to join NATO. “Moscow will be left with no choice but to respond to Finland’s decision to join the military alliance,” Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Finland joining NATO is a radical change in the country’s […]
Automation Pushing America To Universal Basic Income For It’s Citizens
Is a guaranteed paycheck from the government, with no strings attached, the answer to the relentless rise of automation? The concept might sound far-fetched, but a so-called universal basic income (UBI), is currently one of the most hotly debated policy topics being floated as a means to address income inequality and the disruption that technology […]