"They should be addressing endemic corruption, ending tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, tackling inequalities – including racism and sexism – at their very root, starting with their own board rooms and cabinet offices. The stakes are too high for more empty gestures.”

“Regrettably, many of the globally staged gatherings set up to solve these problems have merely become forums for virtue signalling with few or no concrete outcomes." Agnes Callamard will be attending Davos from 16th January.

The agency estimated farmers harvested 79.2 million acres, a decline of 1.6 million acres versus the previous estimate — the smallest acres harvest since 2008.

The unexpected cut to US harvested corn acres means grain supplies are a lot tighter than realized. A report Thursday showed the corn area in the world's largest producer is at the smallest since 2008 with crops failing in states such as Texas and Nebraska. That's due to persistent drought conditions in the western part of the country that could also hit harvests for wheat plants that are currently dormant for the winter.

“There is much to suggest that this war is far from over. Therefore, it is necessary for us to plan for the long term,” Ischinger stressed in an interview with Germany’s Welt newspaper. “All the military experts I know are saying that stocks of old Soviet weapons and respective ammunition are running out.”

Ukraine is forced to fire as much ammunition per day as we are producing in half a year. The end of our stocks is in sight. What comes next? Who handles replenishment? A war economy means that we [Germany] – within NATO and in coordination at a European level – take the initiative and call on European armaments companies to produce more weapons and more ammunition as a result of the war.

Unlike the livestock industry, where rearing is typically separate, this entire bug-based operation is under one roof. “We are in full control of the chain of production. That gives us strength in terms of quality, security and safety,” says Benjamin Armenjon, general manager of Ynsect, according to a statement from SWNS.

They can be turned into protein powders, shakes, burgers, cereal bars, and even cooking oils at a fraction of the environmental cost of traditional farming. For every one kilogram of protein, Ynsect uses 98 percent less land and emits 40 times less carbon than beef. It also uses 40 times less water than pork production. The mealworms are fed by-products from wheat processing. Mixed with sugar, the beetles supposedly taste just like real meat. They could also become alternatives to sausages or chicken nuggets.

“This course will provide you with insights and equip you with strategies for exploring inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning learners in your specific professional context,” the description also says. Notably, the approach is deliberately intended to encourage “social action” among students in order to turn them into activists for leftist causes.

In level three of the process, a teacher “Alters the structure of the curriculum to encourage students to view concepts, issues, events, and themes from multiple perspectives.” Level four is specifically focused on turning students into activists. Level four “Encourages students to make decisions about important social issues and take actions to help address them,” the article reads.

In preparation for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which runs from 16–20 January 2023, the WEF’s “Global Coalition for Digital Safety” has laid out the organization’s goals for online censorship.

On its website, the WEF describes the initiative as: “The Global Coalition for Digital Safety aims to accelerate public-private cooperation to tackle harmful content online and will serve to exchange best practices for new online safety regulation, take coordinated action to reduce the risk of online harms, and drive forward collaboration on programs to enhance digital media literacy.”

The organization uses vague terms such as “misinformation” and “harmful content” quite frequently but never thoroughly defines what information it wants to censor. The WEF also claims that “tackling” the “harmful online content” would help protect children from abuse, stop terrorism and hate speech, and also deal with self-harm and suicide. However, it never says how it will do that. The WEF also lays out plans to form an online “army” to censor content.

The post-Cold War era, dominated by the idea that Western liberal democracy and free-market capitalism held all the answers, is over. This was the very ethos of Davos. It must now pivot to the new reality provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the growth of extreme inequality and aggressive Russian and Chinese autocracies.

If the old is gone, the new order is not yet born. Power is shifting away from the United States as China’s military and economic heft grows, but the shape of an alternative international system is unclear.

“We know that wars do not usually end on the battlefield,” the faction said in a nine-page foreign policy outline, adding that keeping the door open for diplomatic solutions is no less important than supporting Ukraine.

“Diplomatic talks must remain possible” even if trust in Moscow is extremely low now, the faction insisted, adding that the regular talks Chancellor Olaf Scholz – himself a Social Democrat – held with Russian President Vladimir Putin “are right and necessary.”

Cumbersome energy regulations that have promoted inefficient alternative green energy sources have left countries like Germany in a precarious economic situation. It’s undeniable that oil and natural gas are more efficient energy sources that allow for people of all economic backgrounds to economically thrive and participate in a modern economy.

On top of that, loose monetary policies characterize the economies of virtually all nations in the Collective West. The combination of these factors create a nasty inflationary cocktail that most countries aren’t prepared to handle. Once great economic powers such as Germany will be humbled by their defiance of basic economics if they don’t correct course. The laws of economics are an equal opportunity punisher when it comes to nations who dare violate them.

The Sunday Telegraph has spoken to leaders and members of Satanic groups around the world who claim that the opportunities Satanism offers people to engage in activism and campaign on issues such as gender and sexuality is part of the appeal for the younger members, particularly those who are increasingly less likely to declare themselves as Christian.

Chaplain Leopold, a 32-year-old London-based undertaker, co-runs the Global Order of Satan UK which he said has seen a 200 per cent increase in membership over the last five years.

The school, which recently suspended an elementary school teacher who was arrested on child porn charges, is hosting the conference on January 25th. The conference was originally set to include a presentation from Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner on the deadly fentanyl crisis, which has plagued the border state. The presentation was, however, cancelled.

A representative from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office told Breitbart News that “The email cancelling the presentation just stated that the school didn’t want Sheriff Skinner as a speaker because the topic would talk about the open border, and they felt it would be too controversial.”

“This is the first time in the company’s 118-year history that its sales have exceeded 6,000 in a single 12-month period,” the British luxury carmaker said. Rolls-Royce’s sales were led by the US, China, and European markets. The automaker said orders stretched well into this year and noted the high demand for its vehicles, many of which fetch $500,000, which led to an expansion of the company’s Goodwood plant in the UK.

And it’s not just Rolls-Royce. Bentley and Lamborghini had record sales last year. Lamborghini delivered 9,233 vehicles in 2022, a 10% increase from the year before. Bentley delivered 15,174 vehicles, a 4% increase over 2021, which was a record year.

The growth of luxury vehicle sales reflects high net wealth folks are doing just fine despite a vast amount of wealth vaporization due to central banks tightening monetary policy. As for everyone else, many folks can barely afford their $1,000 car payment, as an auto bust seems almost inevitable.

“We urgently need a civil war,” declares Shauli, played by the talented comic Assi Cohen. “Every country that respects itself went through a civil war. Look at the Americans. What was there before the Civil War? The Wild West and now they allegedly made it to the moon.... Even Syria beat us to a civil war and any moment now they will begin to reap the benefits. Just us, the Jewish people, the official religion of the Bible, are falling behind. Are we are the only ones who don’t deserve a civil war?”

When the video came out, it was mostly amusing. Israel was in the midst of non-stop elections that seemed to pit one part of the country against the other. Then, the issue seemed simpler – were you for Benjamin Netanyahu or against him. Half the country was and half the country wasn’t, a standoff that led to five elections in three and a half years.

After the last week during which a former defense minister warned of a civil war, a former IDF deputy chief of staff threatened mass civil disobedience, the national security minister ordered the police to use force to stop protesters and a member of his party called to arrest leaders of the opposition, this is no longer funny. Something bad is happening in Israel, and if it doesn’t stop now, it could lead to what Shauli once joked about.

Talk of a civil war is dangerous. Israel is on the eve of its 75th anniversary and the thought that this latest experiment in Jewish sovereignty in thousands of years will be in jeopardy because of internal discord should shake us all at our core.

Fox Business has just reminded us that the annual rate of inflation “remains about three times higher than the pre-pandemic average”… Still, inflation remains about three times higher than the pre-pandemic average, underscoring the persistent financial burden placed on millions of US households by high prices. So we are still definitely in a high inflation environment.

Most Americans don’t realize that the way that the inflation rate is calculated has literally been changed more than two dozen times since 1980. And every time it has been changed, the goal has been to make inflation appear to be lower than it actually is. If the rate of inflation was still calculated the way that it was back in 1980, the real rate of inflation would be close to 15 percent right now. So don’t let anyone try to convince you that inflation is “low” or “under control” or anything like that.