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 Since the beginning of the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan in 2001, American taxpayers have spent $6.4 trillion.  Over the last fiscal year, the government spent $2 trillion more than that amount.  More than 801,000 individuals have perished as a direct consequence of war, according to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Washington, D.C. According to a recent analysis, taxpayers in the United States have spent $6.4 trillion on military operations in the Middle East and Asia since September 11, 2001.  In comparison, the federal government's 2019 fiscal year expenditures were $2 trillion. According to the Treasury Department, the United States government spent $4.4 trillion in the fiscal year that concluded on September 30.  More than 801,000 individuals have perished as a direct consequence of war, according to a study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Over ...

Only 70 countries around the world "save daylight" every year Once again, it's that time of year! In the morning, you open your eyes to see the kitchen clock showing 8 am, despite the fact that your alarm clock was scheduled to go off at 7 am. You're certain you'll be late to work.  But hold on a second.  You are on time. Daylight Saving Time is now in effect.  Clocks throughout the globe go forward or backward an hour twice a year, depending on the year.  But why bother? And will the United States' erratic time zones come to an end?  When Daylight Savings Time was first introduced, farmers were given an additional hour in the sun each day for harvesting crops. However, this isn't the underlying reason for its widespread adoption.  By lengthening daylight hours, Daylight Saving Time (DST) reduces power use. To make the most of the longer days, many nations, including the United States, observe Daylight Savings Time (DST) for eight months of the year then r...

  One interesting side effect of Russia's unjustified invasion of Ukraine is that it has become the "first social media war," with people on the ground in the beleaguered country able to publish real-time news from the frontlines. That capacity to publish updates and share footage might help guarantee that the truth is not the first victim of this fight.  Media Coverage Of The War  Because its military action was triggered by media engagement, the Spanish-American War has long been referred to as the first "media war." Many publications even printed sensationalist pieces, and journalists were dispatched to Cuba to observe the fighting firsthand. Because a significant number of US combat soldiers were committed to the war in the spring of 1965, the conflict in Vietnam received the moniker "first television war" after it became the focus of large-scale news coverage. By 1968, during the height of the war, there were as many as 600 credentialed journalist...

A torrent of real-time videos on Facebook, Telegram, TikTok, and Twitter has blunted Kremlin propaganda and united the globe to Ukraine's side as the country struggles to save its democracy against a military giant.   Ukrainians and their allies have used social media to smear, mock, and humiliate the Russians, hoping to lift civilians' spirits while lowering the morale of the invaders amid the most Internet-accessible conflict in history.  It may have also saved lives: Ukrainians have rushed to spread defense measures, organize escape routes, and film the savagery of a raging conflict. Some believe that the phone footage captured in recent days will be crucial in probing war crimes when the fighting has ended.  Russia has long been regarded as the Internet's most cunning miscreant, and the country's propaganda machine has for years used social and state-backed media to deceive and disempower its enemies. However, Ukraine has begun to beat Russia at its own game in m...