JAKE SHROPSHIRE
Jake Shropshire is a staff writer at
The Millennial Source. He is currently based in
Paris, France.
Chinese streamers need qualifications to talk about professional topics
Have you ever BS’d your way through a conversation so well that 10 minutes in, you realize you’re still talking...
The US orders Juul vapes off the market. Here’s what you need to know
The FDA in the US is cracking down on vaping companies, with Juul being the most visibly in the regulatory...
Those pesky cameras aren’t the solution to a productive meeting
Be real: how many times have you been on a Zoom call with a button-up shirt or a nice blouse...
US Senate agrees to fast-track new gun law
After a horrific bout of mass shootings in New York, Texas, California and Oklahoma, the US Senate is fast-tracking a...
A Chinese real estate company is taking wheat and garlic as down payment for houses
China’s real estate market is in a bit of a slump right now. After the near-total collapse of Evergrande, a...
The fourth day of the January 6 hearings show Trump’s pressure campaign on election officials
On Tuesday, the special committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, focused on the threats made to state lawmakers...
Glaciers are melting, but polar bears are surviving
New research shows that two of the glaciers that are part of the West Antarctic ice sheet, the Thwaites and...
Israeli Parliament is set to dissolve, launching a fifth round of elections in three years
Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, is set to dissolve itself by the end of the month, which will trigger the fifth...
Do nutrition labels really work?
When you walk into a McDonald's pretty much anywhere in the world, you'll typically see three different things for each...
Janet Yellen says high inflation in the US is “locked in” for the rest of the year
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaking to ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, said that “unacceptably high” inflation is “locked in”...
Elon Musk addresses Twitter staff, while SpaceX employees raise concerns over his tweets
On Thursday, Musk showed up 10 minutes late via video call to a Q&A session for Twitter staff, where he...
Israel partners up with Hong Kong to launch CBDC trial program
Israel is looking into getting its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), and it's turning to Hong Kong as a...
High gas prices are leading to some interesting changes in consumer behavior
It's no secret that oil and energy prices are going up, and for anyone driving or riding in a car,...
The Fed hikes rates to fight surging inflation
In the most aggressive rate hike since the 90s, the Fed in the US officially raised interest rates on the...
Senator Ron Wyden proposes a tax increase on price-gouging oil companies
US Senator Ron Wyden, a Biden ally from Oregon, is proposing a new piece of legislation that would set a...
Government asks Pakistanis to drink less tea to help the economy
You probably think you’ve heard all the solutions for what you can do to help the economy. Carpool to cut...
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says her biggest regret was not vaccinating more people earlier
In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that her biggest regret from...
Russia’s energy exports remain at a record-high
A new report found that, even though it’s been trying to lead the charge in shunning Russia and cutting off...
Has Google really created a sentient AI?
A Google engineer named Blake Lemoine was put on paid leave after posting a transcript of his conversation with the...
Some key takeaways from the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
In case you missed it, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, which is Asia’s biggest defense conference, just wrapped up. Here are...
Chinese streamers need qualifications to talk about professional topics
Have you ever BS’d your way through a conversation so well that 10 minutes in, you realize you’re still talking...
The US orders Juul vapes off the market. Here’s what you need to know
The FDA in the US is cracking down on vaping companies, with Juul being the most visibly in the regulatory...
Those pesky cameras aren’t the solution to a productive meeting
Be real: how many times have you been on a Zoom call with a button-up shirt or a nice blouse...
US Senate agrees to fast-track new gun law
After a horrific bout of mass shootings in New York, Texas, California and Oklahoma, the US Senate is fast-tracking a...
A Chinese real estate company is taking wheat and garlic as down payment for houses
China’s real estate market is in a bit of a slump right now. After the near-total collapse of Evergrande, a...
The fourth day of the January 6 hearings show Trump’s pressure campaign on election officials
On Tuesday, the special committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021, focused on the threats made to state lawmakers...
Glaciers are melting, but polar bears are surviving
New research shows that two of the glaciers that are part of the West Antarctic ice sheet, the Thwaites and...
Israeli Parliament is set to dissolve, launching a fifth round of elections in three years
Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, is set to dissolve itself by the end of the month, which will trigger the fifth...
Do nutrition labels really work?
When you walk into a McDonald's pretty much anywhere in the world, you'll typically see three different things for each...
Janet Yellen says high inflation in the US is “locked in” for the rest of the year
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaking to ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, said that “unacceptably high” inflation is “locked in”...
Elon Musk addresses Twitter staff, while SpaceX employees raise concerns over his tweets
On Thursday, Musk showed up 10 minutes late via video call to a Q&A session for Twitter staff, where he...
Israel partners up with Hong Kong to launch CBDC trial program
Israel is looking into getting its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), and it's turning to Hong Kong as a...
High gas prices are leading to some interesting changes in consumer behavior
It's no secret that oil and energy prices are going up, and for anyone driving or riding in a car,...
The Fed hikes rates to fight surging inflation
In the most aggressive rate hike since the 90s, the Fed in the US officially raised interest rates on the...
Senator Ron Wyden proposes a tax increase on price-gouging oil companies
US Senator Ron Wyden, a Biden ally from Oregon, is proposing a new piece of legislation that would set a...
Government asks Pakistanis to drink less tea to help the economy
You probably think you’ve heard all the solutions for what you can do to help the economy. Carpool to cut...
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says her biggest regret was not vaccinating more people earlier
In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that her biggest regret from...
Russia’s energy exports remain at a record-high
A new report found that, even though it’s been trying to lead the charge in shunning Russia and cutting off...
Has Google really created a sentient AI?
A Google engineer named Blake Lemoine was put on paid leave after posting a transcript of his conversation with the...
Some key takeaways from the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
In case you missed it, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, which is Asia’s biggest defense conference, just wrapped up. Here are...
US House of Representatives holds primetime TV hearings on the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Here’s what you need to know
Most of us have probably seen those harrowing videos of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol building after...
NASA commissions UFO study team
In 2021, the US military released a report revealing there had been around 143 sightings of UFOs, or as they’re...
Twitter is opening a “firehose” of data on Elon Musk
Elon Musk and Twitter are back at it again with the salty responses. See, Musk has said that if he...
Iran turns off 2 surveillance cameras at a nuclear site
Recently, Iran has been in talks to revamp the Iran Nuclear Deal, which would mean that the country is required to...
Butt warmers and cabbage – why big stories matter to you
We own it – we talk about a lot of big topics here at TMS. But from economic instability to...
Some experts think that the economy is actually on the right track
A lot of people are not feeling great about the market right now. For example, Jamie Dimon said to brace...
Wales football team comforts the Ukrainian team after qualifying for the World Cup
When your football team wins a match to qualify for the World Cup, it’s understandable to get really pumped up...
UK’s Boris Johnson survives a vote of no confidence
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson narrowly survived a vote of no confidence triggered by lawmakers of Johnson’s own party in...
The US may turn a blind eye to Iranian oil, says Vitol exec
Gas prices are going up all over the world, and the US is looking for places other than Russia to...
How does intellectual property apply to drag queens?
When we think of intellectual property, usually patents, logos and maybe even a trademarked phrase come to mind. What doesn’t,...
Biden to travel to Saudi Arabia this month to alleviate oil prices as OPEC+ increases production
After the Ukraine-Russia war led to piles of sanctions against the Russian economy, oil prices have increased drastically, putting added...
Argentina’s war against inflation
Inflation has reached decade highs in many countries around the world, but in Argentina – which has been dealing with...
The Depp-Heard case is over. Here’s what the jury ruled
After about six weeks of hearing the defamation case launched by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the jury...
Biden meets with Fed Chair Powell to discuss ways of reducing inflation
US President Joe Biden met with Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday to discuss how to tackle the rising inflation...
The EU has reached a deal on its Russian oil embargo
The EU has been working on an extensive embargo of Russian oil, which would be the sixth round of sanctions...
China says US-China relations have gone “seriously awry”
China’s foreign minister said that Chinese-American relations have gone “seriously awry” after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said China...
China proposes economic and security agreement to 10 Pacific nations
A day after Joe Biden returned to the US from an Asia trip where he proposed the Indo-Pacific pact agreement,...
HSBC is said to be considering IPO of Indonesian business
HSBC’s Indonesia unit is considering filing an IPO to tap into a hefty investor market in the world’s fourth-most populous...
Russia edges closer to a historic debt default
Russia is looking down the barrel of default, and it isn’t going to be pretty. Basically, until now, the US...
Several key takeaways from Biden’s trip to Asia
As we’ve said, Biden has been on an Asia trip recently. We’ve been waiting to see how things develop before...
Monkeypox outbreak in Americas, Europe, Australia is “containable,” says WHO
More than 100 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the Americas, Europe and Australia, but the WHO says that...
Airbnb closing domestic operations in China to focus on outbound travel
Airbnb is closing domestic operations in China, saying that the company will shift its focus to outbound travelers rather than...
Ukraine rules out giving up territory to Russia in peace deal
The Ukrainian government has said that it refuses to hand over land to Russia as part of a peace agreement....
Elon Musk loses US$12.3 billion in 24 hours amid tweeting politics and calling ESG a “scam”
Wednesday was probably the typical mid-week “hump day for most people.” But Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Tesla...
US Senate approves US$40 billion in Ukraine aid as Biden welcomes Finland’s and Sweden’s bids to enter NATO
The US is making it even clearer whose side of the Ukraine-Russia war it’s on. On Wednesday, American lawmakers passed...
Indonesia will lift its palm oil export ban from Monday
Indonesia will reverse its palm oil export ban from Monday, allowing export shipments for the first time in more than...
Google to declare bankruptcy in Russia
This isn’t the first time Google has been under attack in Russia, though. The company has been facing pressure because...
The US SEC investigates Wall Street over use of unapproved messaging apps
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US is looking into over 100 personal cell phones used by top...
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister warns country is down to its last day of petrol
Newly appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in an address on Monday that the country had only one...
EU considers making Russian oligarchs pay to rebuild Ukraine
However the war in Ukraine ends, one thing is certain – someone will have to pay to rebuild the country....
Elon Musk says a lower price for Twitter is “not out of the question”
Elon Musk is starting to sound a little bit skeptical about his US$44 billion deal to buy Twitter, mostly because...
India is banning wheat exports – here’s why that might be a big problem
A couple of days ago, India banned wheat exports because of local price increases, a move that freaked out much...
CCP releases previously unpublished comments by Xi about wealth in China
A Communist Party journal released remarks that Chinese President Xi Jinping made in December where he warned against the inappropriate...
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden make moves to join NATO
Both Finland and Sweden are making moves to join NATO, which is a major shift from their non-alignment stances throughout...
Eyes turn to SoftBank CEO after US$27 billion loss in its Vision Fund
SoftBank reported its highest-ever annual loss at its Vision Fund investment arm, which lost around US$27 billion for the year...
TikTok sued after 10-year-old dies doing the “Blackout Challenge”
TikTok is being sued by the family of a 10-year-old girl who died after trying the “Blackout Challenge,” a viral...
Here’s a sneak peek of the Google’s AR glasses
About a decade ago, Google tried to get into the market with internet-connected consumer glasses. Things didn’t work out. Today,...
What you need to know about Terra’s UST crash
Can you really brand a currency as “stable” if it can still drop 80% to hit a market low within...
JP Morgan accidentally calls Chinese internet companies “uninvestable”
We know even with our 10 news sources and wires and countless rounds of editing, we still make the occasional...
Elon Musk says he’d reverse Trump’s 2021 Twitter ban. This is what you need to know
As many of us remember, Twitter permanently suspended former US president Donald Trump from the platform in January 2021 following...
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. set to win in Philippines election, beating current VP Leni Robredo
Votes are being counted from election day in the Philippines, and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son of the country’s...
Jared Kushner is getting Saudi Arabia to invest in Israel for the first time
Jared Kushner, aka Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former White House Advisor, has a new private equity fund with plans to...
Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of threats of violence during questioning
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi says that Indian officials made threats of physical violence against Xiaomi’s executives during questioning.
The Great Resignation wasn’t great for everyone
You might have heard of the “Great Resignation,” where millions of people left their jobs in pursuit of a more...
Shareholders launch lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly withholding the bad side of business
Netflix is getting sued by some of its shareholders, who claim that it withheld the fact that it was losing...
US hikes rates by half-percentage point, rules out bigger future rate increases
The Fed just hiked interest rates the most since 2000, and it has said it’s not done yet. This time...
Ukraine gains ground as Russian forces step up attacks against Mariupol steel plant
President Zelenskiy said that Ukraine forces are not retreating from the fight and they’re even gaining back some ground in...
What is the US Supreme Court abortion law leak, and why does it matter?
On Monday, Politico released a leaked US Supreme Court draft that suggested the court was planning on overturning nearly five...
Gender wage gap could cost some Asian American women up to US$1 million over their careers
A new US report found that Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women are making an average of US$3,000...
Beijing residents can book themselves self-driving taxis now
Two companies just got permission to have fully self-driving cars do taxi services in part of Beijing. One company, Baidu’s...
What you need to know about Pelosi’s secret trip to Kyiv
A week after the US Secretaries of Defense and State made a trip to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President...
Airbnb’s employees can work remotely from wherever they want forever
Airbnb decided it really likes its Zoom-call-in-sweatpants office situation, telling employees last week that they would all have the option...
Twitter miscounted its daily users for 3 years straight
For three years straight, Twitter miscounted its amount of daily users, overcounting by up to 1.9 million users each quarter....
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar invest US$1.8 billion into Ambani-backed Viacom18
A firm run by James Murdoch, the son of global media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and Uday Shankar, a former Disney...
Meta’s shares surge after reporting better-than-expected quarterly results
Meta, formerly Facebook, saw its slowest revenue growth since it went public a decade ago during the first quarter of...
Russia cuts Poland and Bulgaria’s gas supply over refusal to pay in rubles
Russia is following through on a promise it made to European countries that if they didn’t pay for Russian oil...
Despite the Ukraine war, omicron and inflation, Visa had a pretty decent quarter
Payments giant Visa said that despite the omicron variant of COVID, the war in Ukraine and rising inflation, it still...
OK, boomer – Millennials are saving money for retirement nearly a decade earlier than older generations
Newsflash – millennials are getting older! But with the gray hair and creaky joints also comes retirement planning, which a...
Here’s what people are saying about the Musk-Twitter deal
Elon Musk landed a deal on Monday evening to buy out Twitter and take it private for a whopping US$44...
Fences around COVID-hit buildings spark fresh outcry in Shanghai over lockdown rules
Citizens in Shanghai are getting fed up, to say the least, over the harsh COVID regulations being imposed in response...
US sends highest-level officials to Ukraine since start of the war
The US sent two of its top diplomats, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, to...
Instagram wants you to stop posting funny TikToks to Reels
Insta content aggregators, beware. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that Instagram is going to be making some changes to its...
Fed Chair Powell flags sharp rate hike next month
Generally speaking, when the US central bank increases its rate, it does it in quarter-point increments. But right now, inflation...
Elon Musk takes another swipe at Twitter while Tesla smashes expectations
Throughout the week, Elon Musk has hinted at a tender offer for Twitter, meaning he could approach shareholders directly to...
Russia sees a new round of sanctions; Finance ministers stage a walkout of G20 meeting as Russia speaks
The US is piling even more sanctions on Russia, with this most recent round targeting “more than 40 individuals and...
After losing 200,000 subscribers, Netflix will crackdown on account sharing
According to a statement Tuesday, Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter, and this is just the beginning. This...
UK Prime Minister Johnson won’t “lecture” India about its relationship with Russia
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is headed to India to strengthen security ties with the country. Some in the UK...
Why are some investors are leaving China?
Some high profile global investors are pulling some money out of China. The main fear is that the risks don’t...
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to meet with world economic leaders over impending food shortage crisis
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her deputy are going to be meeting with a bunch of high-level officials, say...
Mariupol is encircled but not taken yet; head of Russian Navy meets with sailors from the Moskva
Russian forces have encircled Mariupol, a large city in southeastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. They said there could be...
China Eastern puts Boeing 747-800s back in the air for the first time since deadly plane crash
According to flight-tracking data, China Eastern, the airline involved in that plane crash last month that killed 132 people in...
Russian warship sinks as Indonesia invites Putin to G-20 meeting next week
Indonesia, which is currently holding the presidency for the G20, said it wasn't going to exclude Russia from a meeting...
Ukraine proposes a prisoner swap while sanctions against Russian oligarchs intensify
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed a trade with Putin – Ukraine will hand over a Russian tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk if...
Finland and Sweden take steps to join NATO amid security concerns over Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is leading other countries in Europe to think more closely about their security decisions, and...
Putin vows to continue war, while Macron calls him paranoid and Biden accuses him of genocide
Vladimir Putin vowed to continue Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying that peace talks with Ukraine had hit “a dead end.”...
A Twitter shareholder is suing Elon Musk
After a will-they or won’t-they story with Elon Musk and the Twitter board, Musk finally said he wouldn’t join it....
Hong Kong’s ex-Finance Chief John Tsang joins StashAway; offers NFTs in bid to attract new clients
Hong Kong’s ex-Finance Chief John Tsang is joining StashAway, a Singapore based investment company currently in talks to offer crypto-related...
After a March high, world markets are dipping again
Pretty much everything on the global market is falling, including everything from stocks and even oil, from shipping companies to...
What is “single shaming?”
There are more singletons around the world now than ever before, and many are saying that they feel they’re being...
French elections could change the relationship with NATO and war in Ukraine
France is in the middle of the first round of its presidential election. So far, it’s looking like the candidates...
Tesla launches new factory with “Cyber Rodeo” in Texas
Tesla is holding a big party deep in the heart of Texas to celebrate the opening of a new US$1.1...
Russia ousted from UN Human Rights Council over war crimes in Ukraine
On Thursday, 93 nations decided to kick Russia off the Human Rights Council in the UN after its alleged war...
India could face severe blowback if it gets closer to Moscow, says US
While the war has been going on in Ukraine, India has been lining itself up to potentially be a large...
Hong Kong bans flights for having COVID-positive passengers onboard
Six different airlines with routes into Hong Kong have had flights banned because of COVID-positive passengers on those flights.
EU looks into sanctioning Putin’s two daughters
The EU is looking into sanctioning Vladimir Putin’s two daughters, Maria and Katerina, over the war crimes in Ukraine. Right...
Russia is getting pummeled by more sanctions from the West
A bunch of countries, including the US, the UK, Japan, Canada and the EU, are putting even more sanctions on...
Extent of Bucha massacre in question internationally
You might have seen some of those disturbing photos of dead Ukrainians in a city called Bucha, which is northwest...
Indian exports are at record highs amid war in Ukraine
According to provisional trade data, India's exports for the financial year 2021/22 ending in March are looking hot, reaching a...
Zelenskiy says Russian war crimes constitute genocide
Ukraine, and most of the West with it, accused Russia of more war crimes after discovering hundreds of civilians dead...
The US’ brief yield inversion is worrying some of a looming recession
Wall Street freaked out a little bit because the US 2-year yield and 10-year yield inverted for a little while...
Leaked emails show Meta paying to launch a smear campaign against TikTok
Everyone knows that politics can be a bit dirty, but what happens when you use political strategy against companies instead...
Signs are appearing that Russian sanctions are hurting the EU
The sanctions that the West has put on Russia are having some ripple effects, and the Eurozone is one of...
White House says Putin was “misled” by advisers
Some of the areas Russia said it was looking to de-escalate things by pulling troops back saw more shelling on...
The new longest passenger flight will now take 17 hours
There’s a new longest passenger flight by distance, and the reason for it has to do with sanctions against Russia.
Elon Musk wants to be able to tweet freely again
Musk is now saying that the SEC has gone too far to try to get its hands on info about...
Oscars launches investigation into the Smith slap heard around the world
When it comes to the Oscars, it’s usually the same old formula – fancy movie actors get big awards. They...
Reports of North Korea preparing to test nuclear bombs while the West is preoccupied with Russia
While the Russian invasion of Ukraine seems to be at a relative standstill and the US is hard at work severing ties with...
People wait in line for hours to get their hands on the new Omega-Swatch collab, MoonSwatch
If you’ve been seeing videos of crowded shopping malls around the world this weekend, it’s been for a watch …...
China finds second black box from crash buried 5 feet in the ground
Search and recovery crews found the second black box recording device from the China Eastern plane that crashed in the...
China and India are snapping up Russian oil
With this Russian invasion of Ukraine, the West’s main goal has been to isolate Russia in every way possible. But...
Putin plans to go to the G20, and the West isn’t happy
The next G20 summit is later this year in Indonesia, and it’s meant to host leaders from all the G20...
Taliban backtracks on promise to let girls go to school
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan over the summer, one of the things they told the world (to gain...
Russian oligarchs continue to flee from Western sanctions
Russian oligarchs had a dramatic rise after the fall of the Soviet Union, but all good things must come to...
Robinhood wants to help you invest your pocket change – but it isn’t the first
The investing app Robinhood just launched a new debit card that will let users round up their purchases and invest...
The Fed may increase rates quicker to tame inflation, Powell says
US Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently floated the idea of raising interest rates a little sooner than before in an...
