IJR News

Liverpool chase Barcola as PSG price soars

Bradley Barcola has decided not to extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, signaling a potential summer move away from the French champions. Liverpool are repeatedly identified as the leading destination, with Arsenal, Bayern Munich and others also tracking the 23-year-old winger as PSG reportedly hold out for a substantial fee.

Bradley Barcola

Jul 27, 2026

Rio Tinto backs Queensland biochar facility plans

Rio Tinto is moving to test locally produced bana grass bio pellets as a partial replacement for coal in its Gladstone alumina refineries, aiming to cut fossil fuel use amid the Bayer process’s high thermal demands. A five-year offtake agreement with SuperChar would deliver tens of thousands of tonnes of bio pellets in 2028, with trials showing potential coal displacement of up to 30% and feasibility for blends up to 50%.

Jul 22, 2026

Opinion

Big Pesticide Won At The Supreme Court. It Still Does Not Speak For Farmers.

The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Monsanto v. Durnell was a victory for Bayer , not for America’s farmers. For years, Bayer has convinced policymakers that protecting Bayer is the same thing as protecting…

United States of America Supreme Court of the United States

Jul 2, 2026

Opinion

ANDREA PICCIOTTI-BAYER: The Nuns Fighting New York To Serve Dying Cancer Patients

A small group of Catholic nuns is taking on one of the most powerful governors in the country. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne are in a striking David-and-Goliath clash with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and the full…

The Democratic Party New Yorkers

Jul 1, 2026

Opinion

ANDREA PICCIOTTI-BAYER: Vandalized Churches, Disrupted Services And Progressives’ Attack On Religious Freedom

Last Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., worshippers opened their Bibles and began to pray. It was not part of the planned service. It was their response to an anti-ICE mob that had stormed into their sanctuary…

Jul 1, 2026

Opinion

ANDREA PICCIOTTI-BAYER: Minnesota Tragedy Reminds Us That Sacred Spaces Worth Defending

Assumption Catholic Church in Minneapolis should have been ordinary and joyful: children in uniforms, parents greeting one another, the smell of hymnals and polished floors, the familiar cadence of morning Mass…

Jul 1, 2026

Opinion

ANDREA PICCIOTTI-BAYER: Gender Ideology Is The New ‘Parental Alienation’

Americans are locked in a crazy custody battle for their children – with the government. The Biden-Harris administration and state governments, such as Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota, are supporting the attempts of gender…

Jul 1, 2026