Strained by the need to finance its war machine, the Russian government said on Tuesday that it posted a $47 billion budget deficit in 2022, which is the second-highest since the break up of the Soviet Union. The budget gap reached 3.3 trillion rubles in 2022, or 2.3 percent of the size of the Russian […]
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Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None.
“It was very nice news for me that this kind of group existed, because one usually, with this kind of philosophy, feels alone,” said Mario Buenfil, 73, a water engineer in Mexico City who has been involved with the movement for 20 years. Still, the words “voluntary human extinction” often elicit reactions of spluttering horror, […]
South Korean Internet Giant Buys Poshmark in $1.2 Billion Deal
With its new acquisition — the company’s largest to date — Naver has gained a sizable foothold in North America’s secondhand retail market.