Economy & Finance

What Does This Guy Have To Do To Get Deported? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Britain’s immigration system has hit a new low. A convicted Islamist terrorist who helped plot a bombing at the London Stock Exchange remains free to live in the UK, protected by human rights laws despite his asylum application being […]

Nearly 1 In 4 Americans Over 65 Are Still Working For a growing share of Americans, retirement no longer starts at 65. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Gabriel Cohen, shows where people aged 65 and older are still working across U.S. states, based on 2024 data from the U.S. Census Bureau via FinanceBuzz. About 22% of

Study Shows Some Humans Are Evolving To Be ‘Foxier’ Authored by David Randall via RealClearScience, The latest report from David Reich’s genetics lab at Harvard is that “Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia.” In other words, humans have been continuing to evolve in Europe and the Middle East for the last 10,000

US Throttles Intelligence-Sharing With South Korea After Nuclear Disclosure Row The United States has reduced intelligence sharing with South Korea pertaining to eavesdropping on North Korea following an alleged leak tied to sensitive information, according to local media reports. But it is a major allegation that the government has dismissed as ‘absurd’. South Korean President Lee

Coinbase Now Lets UK Users Borrow Against Their Bitcoin And Ethereum Via Decrypt.co, Coinbase launched crypto-backed USDC lending for U.K. users on Monday. Bitcoin holders can borrow up to $5 million in USDC, with Ethereum-backed loans capped at $1 million. The service uses Morpho, an open-source lending protocol on Ethereum layer-2 network, Base. Crypto exchange

China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift China’s imports of chipmaking equipment from Malaysia and Singapore rose sharply in 2025 to surpass those from the US, which sank to an eight-year low, an analysis by Nikkei Asia has found – even as American companies remain a vital source

Spain’s Services Crumble; Military-Aged Male Migrants Overwhelm Registry Offices Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Huge queues of migrants continue to snake through Spanish cities this week as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist government opened the floodgates on its controversial mass regularization program. Applications for legal status and work permits kicked off last Thursday following

Ukraine Billionaire Spends $554 Million For World’s Most Expensive Apartment In Monte Carlo It makes sense that a nation which has consistently ranked at the top in all global corruption rankings, produces some of the most extravagant demonstrations of stolen wealth.  Take billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, among many other assets owner of the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol

Nobel Physicist Predicts ‘End-Date’ For Modern Civilization Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Nobel Prize-winning physicist David Gross has provided a sobering timeline for the potential end of modern civilisation, citing the escalating risks of nuclear war. The 2004 Nobel laureate estimates that humanity may have roughly 35 years remaining before facing existential catastrophe from

South Korea Curbs Syringe Hoarding As Iran War Cripples Supply The downstream consequences from the Hormuz closure are popping up in the most unexpected places.  According to Bloomberg, South Korea’s health regulators are stepping in to curb syringe hoarding as supply chain disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict threaten the availability of essential medical