Sunday, April 13, 2025

BIG Scoop

Challenges abound in making real progress with alternative energy sources

Challenges abound in making real progress with alternative energy sources
0
Sitting at an airport as I return from a technical conference presents a great opportunity to reflect on interesting presentations and conversations with people who are working hard on new and exciting initiatives. The second North American Helium and Hydrogen Conference, hosted by the Rocky...
spot_img

BIG Wrap

Dozens killed in Russian ballistic missile attack on Sumy

(BBC News) At least 34 people have been killed and 117 injured, including 15 children, after a Russian attack on the centre of Sumy,...

China raises stakes in Trump’s tariffs ‘game’ with 125% levy

(Al Jazeera Media Network) China has announced it would raise tariffs on all United States goods to 125%, deepening a trade war between the world’s...

BIG Exclusives

If you want peace, prepare for war – through air superiority

If you want peace, prepare for war – through air superiority

0
The past demonstrates that geopolitics is a dynamic vector – its power and path shaped, more often than not, by the evolution of sophisticated...
Africa making gains in historically lacking mental health care

Africa making gains in historically lacking mental health care

0
The tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked a long-overdue shift in mental health conversations across Africa. For decades, mental health had been a...
Trump’s U.S.-first policies and what they mean for the EU, NATO, and Ukraine

Trump’s U.S.-first policies and what they mean for the EU, NATO,...

0
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year since Russia launched a massive invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, it has been...

BIG Chuckle

My war against really nice people – Stage 3

It is time to resume and even escalate my war on the really nice people of the world. I had hoped that this would not...

TRUMP – advice on how to manage this meddlesome mental malady

As I earned my Bachelor of Arts at the University of Calgary in the Canadian province of Alberta, I majored in basketball and volleyball...

BIG Mouth (Opinion)
Latest

I refuse to be sheepish about my accurate opinions

I took some heat online yesterday – including from longtime friends – because I implied through the use of the adjacent image that a...

You might not want to talk about COVID, but it needs to happen

"I don't want to talk about COVID. It's over." That is a common refrain for people who blindly trusted government and medical officials during the...

Teenager’s book project to showcase importance of critical thinking

The highlight of my week was unquestionably being interviewed yesterday by budding author Micah Siegel as part of the research for his book on...

Featured Member Post

Post about posts

Most members at BIG Media Ltd. are successful people who subscribed here because they understand the importance of establishing a trustworthy and accurate source of news on the big issues. Most are busy making the world a better place by creating jobs, performing their work at a high level, and generally being good people. They are typically not self-promoters, so it might seem weird to make a post on this platform accompanied by a photo of you ... as I have done here. We require that an image be included with member posts for reasons including general esthetics and our belief that it's nice to know what people look like while we are communicating with each other. In my mind, it's another way to foster a sense of community. Of course, you also have the option of using whatever other image you deem suitable. But adding a photo of yourself to a post is...