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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed that other nations desire America’s “engagement” more than ever Geopolitical turmoil and conflict around the globe have made the world’s nations hungrier than ever for…

Berlin is trying to “go solo” and bypass the EU’s weapons program, Thierry Breton has alleged EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has lashed out at Germany for announcing a plan to arm Ukraine…

Firesale: Blackstone’s Defaulted Manhattan Office Tower Loan Marketed At 50% Discount Continued turmoil in the office market is causing concern as the third week of the new year nears.  Sources close with Bloomberg said…

Ugly, Tailing 20Y Auction Whimpers Out Amid Bond Market Rout With traders transfixed by today’s bond rout (as a reminder tumbling yields was the most consensus trade of 2024, one which we…

“End Of This Merger”: Analyst Warns Of Potential Spirit Airlines Bankruptcy After a federal judge in Boston blocked JetBlue’s $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines on Tuesday, the question on everyone’s mind: What comes next?…

CDC Drafted Alert For Myocarditis And COVID-19 Vaccines, But Never Sent It Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prepared to alert…

The Google subsidiary blamed users’ AdBlock extensions for compromising their laptops’ performance YouTube users who try to dodge the video platform’s advertisements using the AdBlock browser extension say the video-sharing platform is…

Scores of French mercenaries were killed in Kharkov, the Russian Defense Ministry has said Over 60 foreign fighters in Ukrainian service, most of them French, have been eliminated in a precision strike…

For many, the gathering represents everything that is wrong with the world and has become the object of all manner of disaffection In Thomas Mann’s seminal novel ‘The Magic Mountain’, a tuberculosis…

The country is now in a “particularly” difficult situation, Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck has warned The German economy has lost its competitive advantage after abandoning Russian gas supplies, Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert…

Red Sea Conflict “Getting Worse, Not Better”, Forcing More Ship Detours Around Africa By Greg Miller of Freightwaves U.S. and U.K. airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen have not made the Red…

The Franco-British-made Storm Shadows were reportedly targeting a school and medical institution, according to Vladimir Saldo Russian air defenses have reportedly intercepted two NATO-supplied Storm Shadow missiles that were apparently heading towards…

Anthony Blinken Stranded In Davos After His Boeing 737 Breaks Down It’s just not Boeing’s year After the recent fiasco involving the Boeing 737 Max, aka the “convertible” model, and the subsequent…

Fed Pressing Higher-For-Now Against Market’s Lower-And-Sooner Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Retail sales data today further chiseled away at the odds of a March rate-cut, but the chance of reductions…

“Markets Are Overlooking How Much Worse This Can Get, How Inflationary It Could Prove” By Michael Every of Rabobank Waller Way to Behave Points of order today. First, we need to underline…

The existence of “any Ukraine” on historical Russian lands will lead to a “perpetual war,” the former president believes Ukrainian statehood poses a “mortal danger” for its people, since its very existence…

Robert Habeck has accused the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) of trying to turn the country into an autocratic state   The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) party is seeking to emulate the…

A helicopter was launched in an “ambulance role” upon receipt of an alert message from a French vessel The Indian Navy on Tuesday evacuated a patient aboard a French-flagged vessel 65 nautical…

War, elections, and the prospect of Donald Trump in the White House could all drive more immigrants to the continent, the report claimed Migration to Europe will increase this year beyond its…

OpenAI has dropped its prohibition on providing its technology to military entities, according to an executive ChatGPT creator OpenAI is working with the US military on several artificial intelligence projects after dropping…

Presidential candidates will be allowed to air ads on state outlets from mid-February – a month before the vote Campaign season in the Russian media ahead of the presidential election in March…

“Aren’t They Fools?”: Putin Says Ukrainian Statehood Risks ‘Irreparable Blow’ If War Continues Russian President Vladimir Putin gave statements on Tuesday which assessed the overall status of the nearly two-year conflict with Ukraine…

ECB Pricing Gets A Dose Of Reality Check All The Way From Davos By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Market pricing of a rate cut from the European Central…

Capacity Utilization Hits 2-Year-Low As Downard-Revisions Flatter December Industrial Production US Industrial Production was expected to decline modestly (-0.1% MoM) in December but instead surprised to the upside with a small 0.1%…

More Grid Trouble: Tennessee Valley Authority Asks Customers To Conserve Power Amid Cold Blast The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked ten million customers to reduce power consumption for Wednesday morning as…

Democrats (And Their MSM Lackeys) “Forgot To Get The Facts” Over Texas Illegal Immigrant Drownings, Abbott Says Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) said…

Retail Sales Surged In 2023 Led By Autos & Food Services, Gas Station Sales Slumped If BofA is right – and they usually have been – this morning’s Retail Sales print would…

The US’ refusal to acknowledge its disempowerment makes it oblivious to the state of the world, the Russian ambassador has said American political elites are on the same page in terms of…

Last September, the 53-year-old became the first son of a serving US president to have criminal charges brought against him Investigators last year detected cocaine residue on a gun pouch belonging to…

The former president secured a record margin of victory in Iowa’s Republican caucus on Monday Shares in companies linked to former US President Donald Trump surged after his first victory in the…

Russia views such moves as yet another display of the West’s Russophobic agenda, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Warsaw’s announcement that it is prepared to invite German military units, in addition to…

Antonio Guterres claims a reformed UN could repair the loss of faith in public institutions People no longer trust their governments to tackle climate change, war, and inequality, UN Secretary General Antonio…

The government will hire a pool of judges to handle migrant appeals against resettlement in the African nation The British government announced plans on Tuesday to recruit and train 150 judges to…

Trade turnover exceeded $20 billion over January-November 2023 Russia’s trade with African countries continued to rise in 2023, according to the latest report by the Federal Customs Service (FCS) released this week….

Rate-Cut Hopes Plunge After UK Inflation, Lagarde Misfire, Waller Walkback Fed Governor Waller started it with a significant reversal from his earlier dovish exuberance that helped kick off an unprecedented rally in…

Futures, Global Markets Slide As Central Banks Push Back Against Market Hopes For Early Rate Cuts US equity futures and global markets extended their decline on Wednesday after central bankers continued their…

The agreement makes Kiev an “Anglo-Saxon bargaining chip,” the Russian Foreign Ministry says The security agreement signed last week by Ukraine and the UK is further proof that London is maintaining a…

Blackstone’s Flagship BREIT Records Worst Annual Performance Since Inception The Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) recorded its lowest annual return since its inception in 2017, with a .5% loss in 2023….

Stocks Are Still Blinded To Risks By Rate-Cut Optimism Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Animal spirits are regnant in stock world, as net positioning shoots higher this year.  But the…

Uranium Energy Restarts Wyoming Production Amid Soaring Prices By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com U.S.-based Uranium Energy Corp said on Tuesday it would restart uranium production at its fully permitted site in Wyoming as the…

The total number of people working for themselves increased by 39% in 2023 The total income of self-employed people in Russia has soared since 2019, with the number of people working as…

The rift between the Middle Eastern neighbors was triggered by an attack on Balochistan province, which Islamabad has blamed on Tehran Islamabad has decided to recall its ambassador in Tehran, following a…

Relations between New Delhi and Ottawa have soured following the murder of a Sikh activist The number of student permits issued by Canada to Indians has decreased significantly since September, Reuters reported…

Putin’s campaign has gathered over 2.5 million signatures in support of his run for a new term, far exceeding the mandated minimum Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoys a high level of public…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told community chiefs that the war will likely extend into 2025 Fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza could carry on for another year and possibly…

Riyadh was officially invited to the group of emerging countries in August 2023 Saudi Arabia has yet to join the BRICS group of economies officially, the kingdom’s minister of commerce, Majid Al-Kasabi,…

YouTube Accused Of Throttling CPU Performance For Users With AdBlock Installed As if the noticeably longer ads on YouTube weren’t unbearable enough, the streaming video platform is now also in the spotlight…

Watch: Globalist WEF Speak Complains ‘X’ Is “Toxic, Scary”, Musk’s Policies Are “Problematic” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The globalist Davos confab has gotten underway and they’re already talking about how…

India has ramped up imports of oil and coal despite Western sanctions on Moscow New Delhi took a “pragmatic” decision to scale up purchases of Russian oil, despite sweeping sanctions on Moscow…

Sixty-three years ago, the first prime minister of an independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba, was brutally murdered on the orders of the West for supposedly being a danger to the very system it…

The move is viewed as a step forward in Kiev’s bid to join the EU eventually Brussels has announced launching a “screening process and putting together the negotiating framework” as part of…

The pledge comes amid a halt in US contributions and Kiev’s increasing clamor for arms following its failed counteroffensive Germany will shell out more than €7 billion ($7.6 billion) on military aid…

Finland first imposed restrictions in November, citing a surge in migrants from third countries Finland will keep its border with Russia closed for at least another month due to concerns about illegal…

The two countries’ top officials focused on resolving the acute military and political crisis in African state Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, the Special Representative of the Russian President for the…

Manila has stirred Beijing’s anger with its remarks on the election in Taiwan The Chinese Foreign Ministry has rebuked Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after he congratulated Taiwan on the election of…

Transit via the key trade route has reportedly been halted indefinitely over fears of new Houthi attacks British oil giant Shell has paused transit through the key Red Sea shipping route indefinitely…

Moscow says it is willing to improve Nigerien troops “combat readiness” in response to insecurity in the Sahel region Russia and Niger have agreed to develop military cooperation and work together to…

Who Sells The Most Weapons? The United States was the largest arms exporter between 2018 and 2022, making up 40 percent of all international arms sales, delivering weapons to 103 states. This…

“They Are Snapping Oil From All Over The World”: China Taking Advantage Of Recent Slide In Oil Prices By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Incentivized by below $80 a barrel Brent oil prices,…

Paris will send Kiev 40 SCALP missiles and hundreds of bombs, as Ukraine continues to plead for more aid, the French president has said The West “cannot let Russia win” in the…

The trip has received mixed reaction, with some accusing Dima Bilan of attempting to salvage his reputation Russian pop singer and 2008 Eurovision winner Dima Bilan has visited Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic…

Bratislava will not allow Ukraine backers to punish Budapest for protecting its national interests, Robert Fico has pledged   Slovakia will not allow supporters of Ukraine in the EU to punish Hungary for…

Taiwan’s Thinly-Woven Diplomatic Web Nauru, a small island country in the southwestern Pacific, announced on Monday that it was realigning its diplomatic ties to China, having previously been an ally of Taiwan. The…

The top three exporters to the country have all joined the sanctions against Moscow, yet sales have soared Beer from ‘unfriendly countries’ should be added to Russia’s list of blacklisted goods, MP…

Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab’s Stance On Gaza Via The Cradle, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told his country’s officials to not attend the World Economic Forum in…

Foreign arms shipments have only prolonged the fighting, Hungary’s top diplomat has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has called for a halt to all Western military aid to Ukraine, saying the…

As the net worth of the globe’s wealthiest surges, billions of people have become poorer, according to a report by Oxfam The fortunes of the world’s five richest people have more than…

The country’s GDP expanded above expectations last year Russia has not only withstood the pressure of Western sanctions and outside risks but has also managed to steer its economy toward sustainable growth,…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

RFK Jr. Says “There Was Good Reason” For His Father To Authorize FBI Wiretaps Of Martin Luther King Jr. Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, While in Atlanta for a…

Tucker Carlson gives his take on the results of the Iowa caucus and the next primary election which takes place in New Hampshire.  Carlson accurately outlines the goals and aspirations of the…

Increasing Psychopathic Behavior Is A Sign That Society Is On The Verge Of Breaking Down Discussions on collapse often turn to signs and signals – The economy, politics and social tensions have…

Americans Warned About Dating Apps After 8 Suspicious Deaths In Colombia Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The State Department has issued a warning to American travelers, urging…

How Many People Are Killed By Police In The US? The Washington Post counted 1,153 people in the U.S. who were shot and killed by police in 2023. In previous years, about…

This Hamlet Looks Like Tolkien’s Shire, Believed 5,000 Years Old – And People Still Live Here Off-Grid Authored by Michael Wing via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There are no iPhone chargers…

Motorists were stuck in long lines at Tesla Supercharger stations thanks to plummeting temperatures Frigid winter weather in Chicago has caused major malfunctions at Tesla charging stations across the city, leaving drivers…

Hospitals could end their studies into chronic health issues affecting people exposed to lethal chemicals in 1984 Firoza Bi was just a teenager when the world’s worst industrial disaster – the Bhopal…

Fire Federal Employees Who Walk Out Over Gaza Policies: Speaker Johnson Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized federal employees reportedly planning a…

I doubt there is another website on the internet with as deep a Nikki Haley research file as CTH [SEE HERE]. She even has her own drop down category box, which we…

China Population Plunges With Lowest Birth Rate In 74 Years As GDP Miraculously Tops Target Amid Strong Data Dump Confirming Premier Li’s earlier leak, China’s economy grew at 5.2% YoY – comfortably…

Chicago Public Schools: Hundreds Of New Sexual Abuse Allegations Should Get All The Attention By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints A glance at the news coverage of the recent Inspector…

US To Relist Yemen’s Houthis As Designated Global Terrorists After Biden Removed Them In 2021 It’s about time? Late in the day Tuesday the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Biden…

Retirement Savers Are Putting More Money Into Stocks Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Retirement savers want more stocks in their portfolios as a hedge against inflation, potentially offering a long-term tailwind for…

John Deere Partners With Elon Musk’s Starlink To Unlock “Vast Opportunities” Deere & Company, the world’s largest tractor maker, announced Tuesday morning it “entered into an agreement” with Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to provide high-speed satellite…

The situation is “extremely difficult” so Kiev needs more weapons, Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia is advancing on many parts of the front in Ukraine while Kiev’s big offensive did not deliver…

After winning Iowa’s Republican Caucuses, the ex-US president has claimed he can achieve “peace through strength” Donald Trump has marked the first victory in his campaign to reclaim the US presidency by…

The Russian president has commented on Latvia’s announced deportation of pensioners Deportations of ethnic Russians, in many cases elderly retirees, from Latvia and other Baltic states is a serious matter threatening the…

“2025 Is When The World Will Be Short Of Oil”: Occidental CEO Warns Oil Supply Crunch Begins Next Year By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The ratio of discovered resources versus demand has…

Moscow and Pyongyang reportedly discussed bilateral ties and the security of the Korean Peninsula Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the Kremlin, following talks between…

COVID-19 May Have Come From Chinese Laboratory, Dr. Fauci’s Former Boss Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), COVID-19 may have come from a laboratory in China, a…

In her keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed Europe’s unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion. However,…

In a 14-page opinion and ruling today [SEE pdf HERE] four judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals deconstruct the previous ruling from their own court as well as the DC…

Bernhard Zimniok has called for an independent probe into the Kiev’s alleged torture and killing of Gonzalo Lira German MEP Bernhard Zimniok has pressed for an independent investigation into the death of…

Conservative Billionaire Buys Baltimore Sun Newspaper Maryland’s largest daily newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, has been acquired by a conservative billionaire who is the biggest owner of local television stations in the US…

Art Dealer Testifies That Hunter Expressly Asked For Buyer Information Authored by Jonathan Turley, More details are emerging from the recent testimony of Hunter Biden’s art dealer, George Bergès. We previously discussed how Bergès confirmed that…

Tehran has reportedly launched a strike on the Pakistan-based group Jaish al-Adl The Pakistani government has condemned an alleged Iranian missile strike in the Balochistan province on Tuesday, claiming it has caused…

Recession Signal: Private-Sector Job Growth Is Being Replaced By Gov’t-Sector Job Growth Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Over the past two years, the Biden administration has repeatedly insisted that…

A new wrinkle has been reported in Lloyd Austin’s efforts to keep his hospital stay and medical condition secret US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s security detail reportedly tried to conceal his…

Progressive Lawmakers Line Up Behind Costly Fix For Error They Made In Renewable Energy Plan By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Oopsie. When Congress voted to spend hundreds of billions to switch electricity…