During preparations for our UBN Network War & Investment live event in Kyiv, we decided to speak about investments with experts. And who is Ukraine’s foremost authority in the investment field, if not a domestic businessperson? Accordingly, we approached Vyacheslav…
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Vladimir Putin lets western investors sell some Russian shares ahead of Donald Trump talks
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Vladimir Putin has allowed a group of western asset managers and hedge funds to offload Russian securities left in limbo by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one day…
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America’s Cold War thinking derailed Ukraine’s victory — and continues to sabotage Western security
The recent clash between Trump and Zelenskyy revealed a deeper reality: America’s strategic ambiguity is no longer sustainable. After three years of full-scale war, the real question isn’t whether Ukraine can outlast Russia, but whether the West can afford the cost of inaction.
The…
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The voice America gave me, the voice Trump just silenced
Ukrainians continue sharing their thoughts about the Trump administration’s move to gut Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America, media networks through which the USA reached societies under authoritarian rule since the times of the Cold War. Many Ukrainian journalists started their…Continue Reading
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Trump Says He Will Call Putin to Discuss Ending Ukraine War
President Trump said he would speak with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine, noting that there had already been discussions about “dividing up certain assets” as the president continued to express some optimism that Moscow would agree to a cease-fire…
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‘Supergiant’ Gold Deposit May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion : ScienceAlert
A “supergiant” deposit of high-quality gold ore containing an estimated 1,000 metric tons (1,100 US tons) of the precious metal was discovered in central China in late 2024, according to Chinese state media.
Valued at up to approximately 600 billion yuan or US$83 billion, the discovery could…
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Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly’s opioid epidemic − 4 essential reads
In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That’s been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose deaths. The vast majority of fatal overdoses in Philly involve the synthetic opioid…
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Colorado and other states have expanded access to abortion, but not for adolescents
Since 2022, Colorado and 10 other states have passed voter initiatives to protect or expand abortion access. Yet, seven of these states, including Colorado, require people under the age of 18 to get consent from or notify a parent prior to receiving abortion services.
In January 2025, my
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Hear what it’s like to recover from depression with deep brain stimulation
In the sixth episode of The Deep End, we’ll look to the future for Jon and his family and for DBS research. The research is pushing ahead, with a clinical trial of DBS for treatment-resistant depression that’s just begun. The first volunteer for that study had DBS surgery in early…
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Work Requirements For Safety Net Programs – They’re Not Working
A pile of unwashed dishes stacked in a kitchen sink
Anyone who has raised kids knows what happens when you give them a monthly allowance without requiring any work in return: they plop in front of their new videogame consoles while their dirty dishes collect in the sink.
That’s the…
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