Federal Reserve’s ‘soft landing’ goal has become bumpier with rate hike plan hit by bank turbulence

Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a “soft landing” for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation by hiking interest...

Xi and Putin meeting signals the return of the China-Russia axis and the start of a second cold war

China: the rise of TikTok sister app Douyin as a powerful consumer tool

Chinese people are increasingly using TikTok’s sister app as a way to complain about products and are finding it a powerful asset. Our research shows that...

China’s only now revealed crucial COVID-19 origins data. Earlier disclosure may have saved us 3 years of political argy-bargy

Once more, we’re talking about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. First the US Department of Energy’s review gave more emphasis to the...

Back to the Moon: A space lawyer and planetary scientist on what it will take to share the benefits of new lunar exploration – podcast

Within the next year or two, people will set foot on the surface of the Moon for the first time in 50 years. NASA NASA is...

Great Mysteries of Physics 3: is there a multiverse?

The light left over from the Big Bang, seen by the Planck satellite. ESA/ LFI & HFI Consortia, CC BY-SA   Interest in the multiverse theory,...

Prince William makes surprise visit to Poland, meets troops

WARSAW – United Kingdom’s (UK) Prince William made a surprise visit to Poland on Wednesday, meeting with Polish officials and British soldiers. The British heir to the...

COVID origins debate: what to make of new findings linking the virus to raccoon dogs

The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, has long been a topic of heated debate. While many believe SARS-CoV-2 spread to humans from an...

Federal Reserve bows to bank-crisis fears with quarter-point rate hike, letting up a little in its fight against inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point on March 22, 2023, bowing to market expectations that it would temper its aggressive program of rate...

The view from Moscow and Beijing: What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin

Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important...