The dollar cost of wars

four soldiers carrying rifles near helicopter under blue sky

“In 2019, the World Economic Forum estimated that violent conflict cost the world $14.4 trillion, with 10 percent of global GDP being spent on causing and then repairing the damage caused. Much of the cost is on military expenditure, which…

Columbia

“Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group have begun their latest round of peace talks, with both sides saying they hope to reach a ceasefire agreement.” — Aljazeera

Sudan

Hundreds have been killed and thousands wounded in the clashes between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

EV batteries are heavy

“Although there is no indication of what caused the Lower Manhattan collapse at this stage, the building’s fall comes just weeks after structural engineers warned that the increasing popularity of electric cars — which because of their batteries can be…

Pollution

Editorial and opinion, which we almost never do … The only solution to pollution is a “smaller life”. And everyone knows it. Most any sort of human behavior is or could be deemed a pollutant. And a smaller life risks…