Investigators say Myanmar’s military has escalated airstrikes against civilians

BANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s military has increasingly used low-cost aircraft such as motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in its conflict with armed, anti-government groups, a U.N. investigation said in a report Tuesday. Separately, a major ethnic armed group fighting the government in Rakhine state said 20…

Chud of the Rings—With Bret Devereaux

Ad Policy Peter Thiel, president and founder of Clarium Capital Management LLC, during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 10, 2026. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images) We all love making fun of fascists. But Dr. Bret Devereaux makes an art of it. Bret is…