With the U.S. withdrawal from the UN agency due to take effect in January, the WHO is facing a budget deficit of $2.5bn in 2025-27 – even after making cuts of $1.1bn to next year's budget.
In response to the U.S. withdrawal, the WHO has reduced its budget request for 2026-27, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion, but has revealed that less than $1.1 billion of this amount is considered to be secure, primarily the assessed contributions determined by national GDP.
The year's marquee listing aims for a 1.77-trillion-dollar valuation just as war and inflation rattle markets.
Ukraine’s General Staff said it had struck the Saratov oil refinery on the Volga River, causing a large fire
As reported by CNN, the exchange follows a U.S. operation near the Strait of Hormuz
More than 1,000 Gazans have been murdered by Israel since the temporary ceasefire was declared in October 2025.
The message BidenWorld sent early on was that heterodox voices, even tepid ones, were not welcome. Consider the case of a respected expert on Russian affairs, Dr. Matthew Rojansky, who was then serving as the director of the Kennan Institute at the Congressionally-funded Woodrow Wilson Center.
Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance of foreign citizens. However, it has been “interpreted” by the FISA court to allow US intelligence agencies to wiretap conversations between a US citizen and a foreign target of Section 702 surveillance.
This idea reflects the labor theory of value as expressed by Karl Marx. Workers, in justice, claim the entire value of production, according to Marx.
