By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) THE INSECT CRISIS: The fall of the small empires that rule the world, by Olivier Milman Anyone who owns a car has collected data on the decline of insects. Entomologists call it the “windshield effect,” a relatable metric neatly summed up in one question: When was the last time you had to […]
By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Russia war in ukraine Not only reshaping the strategic and political order in Europe, it is also upsetting long-held assumptions about the complex linkages that characterize the global economy. Millions of times a day, vast exchanges of money and goods cross land borders and oceans, creating enormous wealth, even if unevenly distributed. […]
By Matthew Chapman On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that Vladimir Putin denied all of his country’s war atrocities and asserted his own state propaganda to the chancellor of Germany in an unproductive phone call. “Despite the nonsensical logic and the overwhelming evidence to suggest otherwise, Putin told Chancellor Olaf Scholz that reports about ‘ongoing […]