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As global populations decline, automation is not the holy grail. For countries with time and money, however, it's a good place to start.

Will automation save the world against deep population decline?
The Mexican drug cartels are legitimizing their "dirty cash" from cocaine sales by laundering money through North American businesses.

Mexican drug cartels laundering ‘dirty cash’ through US businesses
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank happened due to concentrated mismanagement, not because of a new industry-wide crisis.

Silicon Valley Bank collapse is not a sign of new financial crisis
Deglobalization and changing demographics make the world less predictable and that leads to less accurate data for analyzing our future.

Deglobalization leads to less trustworthy data worldwide
The Jalisco Cartel in Mexico will require heightened border patrol to prevent the violence from moving deeper into the United States.

Jalisco cartel activity warrants beefed up US-Mexico border security
The murder of two Americans in Matamoros sparked outrage, but U.S.-Mexico relations could be damaged by declaring war on the cartels.

Declaring Mexican cartels as terrorist groups would be a mistake
Iran says it found what amounts to the 2nd largest deposit of lithium ore in the world but the question is, how will they mine it?

Iran finds world’s second largest deposit of lithium ore
The U.S. could handle wars against both Russia and China largely because the circumstances would strain different parts of the military.

Can the US military fight Russia and China?
Democrats and Republicans are on the same page when it comes to criticizing China over the COVID-19 lab leak theory.

Everyone is mad at China over COVID-19 lab leak theory
Russia is probably the world's biggest holder of gold and is using its stockpile to avoid sanctions involving either the euro or dollar.

Russia using its massive gold stockpiles to skirt sanctions
Korea Japan China fertility rates

The scary population problem China, Korea and Japan all share
Without a sharp U.S. policy change, the current inflationary environment will be the lowest we will see for several years.

Current Inflation levels lowest we’ll see for several years
As China's population declines and its economic power dwindles, India is poised to surpass the People's Republic as a global power.

India is poised to eclipse China as a global power
effects of warmer weather on muddy trenches in Ukraine

A new adversary in the Ukraine war: muddy trenches
President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's withdrawal from the 2010 START treaty, further straining relations between the U.S. and Russia.

Russia withdrawing from START treaty reminder of Cold War days
Relations between the U.S. and China have hit rock bottom as the Chinese consider providing lethal aid to help Russia in the Ukraine War.

Relations between the US and China have hit rock bottom
Wagner group running out of recruits

Say goodbye to Russia’s Wagner Group within year
With the Fed quickly shrinking its massive balance sheet, available global capital will plummet and the finance sector will be hit hard.

Fed’s shrinking balance sheet will cause pain for finance sector
The tiny nation of Moldova, a key access point in Eastern Europe, could be the next to fall if Russia wins the Ukraine War.

Moldova will be next to fall if Russia wins Ukraine War
Russia plans to cut oil output by 500,000 barrels a day in March, testing the stability of the country's oil production.

Time to worry about the stability of Russian oil production
In yet another example of Chinese ineptitude, their spy balloon will end up giving the U.S. more intel on China than the other way around.

Spy balloon gives US more intel on China than other way around
You can expect egg prices to remain high for several more months, as we're still feeling the impact the bird flu had on supplies.

Blame birds, not the supply chain, for high egg prices
The scariest takeaway from the Ukraine war may be that it's just beginning. And the only viable option for Putin is winning at whatever cost.

Putin will fight to the bitter end in Ukraine, and then some
Both the Russians and Swedes have reason to offer aid to Turkey as the country grapples with the aftermath of a deadly earthquake.

Russia, Sweden have political incentives to aid Turkey after earthquake