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In a major win for billionaire Gautam Adani, the court refused a special probe into “stock manipulation” India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order a special probe into allegations of stock-market…

“Intersectional Pyramid Of Oppression”: After Much Reflection, Bill Ackman Pens Magnum Opus On Why ‘DEI Is Racist’ Following the Tuesday resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay, Billionaire investor Harvard alum Bill Ackman…

The UAE mediated the release of almost 250 Russian servicemen The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday announced the release of 248 of its service members from Ukrainian captivity. Ukraine said that 230…

Treasuries Send Out An Early Message of Caution On 2024 Trades By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live analyst and reporter As traders prepare for the release of Fed minutes, the markets are…

Watch: Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah Gives Speech After Hamas Deputy Chief’s Assassination In Beirut All eyes are on Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and what he’s going to say during his 6pm speech (Beirut…

Nine homes will have to be rebuilt from scratch after the incident in Russia’s Voronezh Region, Governor Aleksandr Gusev says Four people were injured and nine homes suffered significant damage when a…

At least four people were reportedly left injured after knife attack at a train station in Tokyo A woman went on a stabbing rampage aboard a train which had stopped at Tokyo’s…

Job Opening Slide To Three Year Low As Number Of Quits Plunge To Pre-Covid Levels After several months of sharp moves in both directions, the most recent of which was the unexpected…

ISM Manufacturing Contracts For 14th Straight Month, New Orders Sink For the 15th month in a row, ISM Manufacturing survey signaled no expansion (print over 50) in December. While the 47.4 print…

Oil Jumps Afrer Libya’s Sharara Oil Field Shut Down By Protesters; Terrorist Attack In Iran After sliding to fresh multi-week highs yesterday despite a burst of geopolitical risks and adverse escalations –…

And The Rest Is… ? By Stefan Koopman, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank It is a new year, the P&L’s are back at zero, and the financial punditocracy is once again invited…

Ukraine has the right to defend itself, a bloc’s representative said when asked about Kiev’s attacks on Belgorod Kiev has the right to defend itself against Moscow, EU spokesman on foreign affairs…

According to average salary statistics, only 15% of Ukrainians would have qualified in 2023 Ukrainian authorities are entertaining the idea of exempting high earners from the draft if they pay their dues…

Elvira Nabiullina embarks on a new decade, steering the sanctioned country’s financial landscape though a maze of Western sanctions Elvira Nabiullina’s ten-year stewardship at the forefront of the Bank of Russia, marked…

Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on this day in 2020 Dozens of people have reportedly been killed as two explosions ripped through a memorial parade to mark the…

Will 2024 Be The Year Of The Other 493? Authored by Michael Lebowtiz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As we welcome in 2024, one of the most critical questions facing investors is which stocks and…

Bitcoin Flash-Crashes On 15th Anniversary Of ‘Genesis Block’ While many celebrate Oct. 31, 2008 – the release of the Bitcoin whitepaper – as Bitcoin’s original birthday, others take a more technical approach…

US Futures, Treasuries Extend Selloff As Oil Jumps Ahead Of Fed Minutes The risk off tone that has dominated the 2024 mood so far extended into a second session, and this time…

The Russian energy giant has revealed a new daily record and a jump in year-on year exports Russia’s gas exports to China were nearly 50% higher in 2023 than they were the…

US Senator Bob Menendez was previously accused of acting as an agent on behalf of the Egyptian government US Senator Bob Menendez, a key figure in Washington’s swath of Russia sanctions, has…

Russia’s Alrosa and its CEO have been targeted as part of the import ban on diamonds produced in the country The EU has added Russia’s mining giant Alrosa as well as its…

American troops will remain in the Gulf state for at least another decade, sources told the broadcaster Washington and Doha have quietly signed a deal to extend the presence of American troops…

Like It Or Not, 2024 Is The Year Of Trump Authored by Frank Miele via RealClear Wire, Ladies and gentlemen, start your election engines. Ready or not 2024 is here, and that…

Gold Prices Predicted To Hit Record Highs Of $2,300 In 2024 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After prices jumped in 2023, gold is entering 2024 with many…

China has reportedly snapped up the undeliverable cargoes Several ships loaded with Russian crude oil ordered by India have been unable to deliver their cargo and are now heading away from their intended destination,…

Watch: “Guerrilla Camps” Set Up By Leftist Groups Assist Cartels In Southern Border Invasion Real America’s Voice host Ben Bergquam published a video on social media platform X that exposes what is described…

A Singapore-flagged containership, Maersk Hangzhou, was struck by projectile fired by Houthis from Yemen on Saturday Two global shipping firms, Denmark’s AP Moller-Maersk and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, have extended their decision to not allow…

Somalia has rejected a port agreement signed by Ethiopia and Somaliland, claiming it “violates” the sovereignty of the country Somalia has rejected an agreement on port access signed by Somaliland and Ethiopia,…

American Weakness On Display In The Red Sea Authored by Christopher Roach via American Greatness, The United States used to be the undisputed international shot caller. Twenty years ago, we were number…

BYD Surpasses Tesla In Fully Electric Vehicle Deliveries For The First Time Ever For the first time ever, BYD has passed Tesla as the world’s most popular electric vehicle. As we noted…

The defense ministry said its forces had intercepted several missiles targeting Belgorod Region Russia’s Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, has come under attack after Kiev’s forces launched a dozen missiles. The Russian…

Australia and Qatar are also in the top three, data shows The US emerged as the globe’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the global market in 2023, Reuters reported…

‘Nothing’ Left In UK’s Military Stockpiles After Arming Ukraine: Times Of London In part of a continuing trend of major Western publications belatedly admitting that all is not well with Ukraine policy and the…

The Lebanese armed group has said it has “its finger on the trigger” in response to the killing of Hamas’ deputy leader The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the…

Seven Indian security personnel were wounded during a gun battle with suspected insurgents near border with Myanmar on Tuesday New Delhi is considering ending the Free Movement Regime (FMR) at the Indo-Myanmar…

Hamas In London Authored by Robert Williams via The Gatestone Institute, The pro-Hamas protests in London are not, apparently, as organic and spontaneous as their organizers would like them to seem. At…

This is really odd, if you understand the role Qatar plays for the USA.  If you think of Ukraine as a money laundering operation where U.S. Senators, families or business interests, get…

The growth of the EU’s economic powerhouse has continued to slow as a result of the energy crisis Germany’s economy is expected to continue to slow in the coming years; the country…

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…

2024: The Year Global Government Takes Shape Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Global government is the endgame. We know that. Total control of every aspect of life for every single person…

Influential Israeli Politician Urges Army Occupation Of Southern Lebanon For 50 Years Israel’s influential former defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who has long been known as an outspoken hawk aligned with the hardline political…

When Killing The Enemy Wasn’t Enough Authored by John J. Waters via RealClear Wire, I wrote earlier this month about the “final class” of Marine Corps Scout Snipers. The Marine Corps is…

Paris has promised to maintain contacts with NGOs on the ground, after pulling out troops and diplomats from Niamey The French government has closed its embassy in Niger “until further notice,” the…

US Debt Hits A Record $34.001 Trillion The US Treasury has a morbid habit of revealing big, round numbers of debt around major calendar milestones, and the new 2024 year was no…

How Can The U.S. Political Class Build Trust With Young Americans? Submitted by James Durso, a regular commentator on foreign policy and national security matters. Mr. Durso served in the U.S. Navy…

Who Are America’s Most Popular CEOs? What do the employees at America’s largest companies think of the leadership? To answer that, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu and Pallavi Rao visualize CEO approval ratings…

FDA Identified Problems At Moderna Plant Making Substance For COVID Vaccine: Document Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors uncovered problems at…

Survivors Of Oct. 7 Music Rave Massacre Sue Israel For Negligence Dozens of injured survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre at a music festival close to the Gaza Strip have filed…

NYC & SF Dominate The US Cities With The Heaviest CRE Office Debt-Loads With a combination of high interest rates and a slow return to office towers, the commercial real estate sector…

Just 3.4 Percent Of American Journalists Identify As Republican: Survey Authored by Aaron Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The percentage of full-time U.S. journalists who identify as Republicans has dropped…

Watch: Trash-Talking Female Boxing Champ Gets Knocked Out By Average Male Fighter The root origin of the controversial inclusion of trans (male) athletes in women’s sports was the argument by third-wave feminists…

Ex-US presidential candidate wants no more aid to Benjamin Netanyahu’s “right-wing” government Israel should not get $10 billion in “unconditional military aid” to wage a “brutal war” on the Palestinians in Gaza,…

California Hospitals Slammed As Illegal Immigration Costs Soar Authored by Brad Jones and John Fredricks via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Some hospitals in Southern California are struggling with an influx of illegal…

The former president has filed a legal appeal challenging the Maine secretary of state’s decision to keep him off the ballot Former US President Donald Trump has begun a court fight to…

Catherine Englebrecht and True The Vote (TTV) announces a major court victory in Georgia for their efforts to ensure voting integrity. HOUSTON, TX, January 2, 2024 – True the Vote (TTV) declares a…

Congress Has Not Looted Social Security Authored by Bill King via RealClear Wire When I write on Social Security, I regularly have readers write and tell me the “real” problem with Social…

Washington’s borrowings have reached $34 trillion for the first time, up by over $6 trillion since President Joe Biden took office US government debt has breached an unflattering milestone, topping $34 trillion…

DHS Joins With Woke Universities To Label “Manosphere” A Terror Threat Since at least the year 2020 the Department of Homeland Security has been funding a series of woke university programs across…

In order to believe the Republican politicians support border control, you would simultaneously have to believe that congress couldn’t shut down government until President Biden takes action. You would have to believe…

Repairman Who Disclosed Hunter Biden’s Laptop Says His House Was ‘Swatted’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Delaware computer repairman who disclosed the contents of Hunter Biden’s…

US envoy’s reported remarks come after massacre of Russian civilians in Belgorod The decision on how to use the American-supplied missiles for HIMARS launchers will be up to the Ukrainian military command,…

Baptism By Fryer: North Carolina Pastor Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting McDonald’s Cook Who ‘Disrespected’ Wife A North Carolina pastor was arrested for assault and battery after allegedly walking into a McDonald’s and…

Over 200 Service Members, Veterans Pledge To Hold Military Leaders Accountable For Vaccine Mandate Authored by J.M. Phelps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 200 active service members and veterans…

Your Guide To The 2024 Presidential Primary Season Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times, As the new year kicks off, political campaigns hit top gear to keep their candidate in…

A State Department spokesman insisted the Palestinian enclave “will remain Palestinian land” The US State Department condemned Israeli proposals to remove the Palestinian inhabitants of Gaza en masse in a post on…

Turkey Arrests 34 Suspected Mossad Spies Over Abduction Plot Aimed At Hamas Leaders Turkey has busted up what it says is a major Israeli spy plot on its soil, having arrested 34…

Ukraine has been targeting civilians in the border region for severals days now Russian air defenses in the Belgorod Region shot down nine missiles launched from Ukraine on Tuesday evening, according to…

The ‘Beneficial Ownership Information’ Reporting Rule & The Surveillance-State Authored by Bob Bishop via AmericanThinker.com, The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act created the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule to ostensibly target money laundering. Beginning January…

The Utter Insanity Of Joe Biden’s Open Border Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, If the amorality of illegal immigration were not so deleterious to Americans, its absurdity would be…

2024 Starts With Bitcoin Breakout, Crude Collapse, Mega-Cap Meltdown Weaker than expected construction spending data and a dismal (final) Manufacturing PMI print for December suggested 2024 is not off to the ‘goldilocks’…

BYD has overtaken the longtime industry leader as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles China’s BYD sold more than 526,000 electric vehicles in 2023’s fourth quarter, the Chinese company announced on…

Multiple sources blamed Israel for the attack, which Hamas called a “cowardly assassination” A drone strike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut has killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri. The Palestinian militants…

The defeat of Kiev’s offensive means a tough year ahead, Lithuanian PM Simonyte has said Lithuania may have been too optimistic about Ukraine’s chances in the conflict with Russia, Prime Minister Ingrida…

The group has welcomed five new members, with further expansion expected later this year Saudi Arabia on Tuesday officially announced that it has joined the BRICS+ group, with the news carried by…

Destroying Democracy To Save It: Maine Shows The Danger Of Zealots In Our Legal System Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the Hill on the Maine decision and how…

Only 62% of Americans believe the president was legitimately elected, a new survey has shown Only about six in ten Americans believe that Joe Biden was fairly elected as president in 2020,…

There are times when the words that come from the mouth of the Moonbats in CNN just need to be emphasized so we can all laugh.  This is one of those times….

The VA’s Role In Illegal Immigrant Health Care Has Veterans Groups And Legislators Up In Arms Authored by Mark Gilman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)…

With allegations piling up, Claudine Gay accused her opponents of racism as she stepped down Claudine Gay announced in a statement on Tuesday that she has resigned from her post as Harvard…

The ‘swatting’ incident was one of several to befall prominent US figures around the holidays Law enforcement officers were called to billionaire currency speculator George Soros’ Long Island home on Saturday by…

2023: The Fed Declares Victory; 2024: The Year Of Hubris And Nemesis Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, Are the crowds ready for the curtain of Fed omnipotence to be pulled…

There is only one reasonable way to look at this, the Lightbringer, Teh One, the messiah of all progressive enlightenment, must have changed his mind and acquiesced to the reality that his…

New Jersey Mayor Boots Bussed Migrants Over ‘Major Security Risk’ While Biden Busted Giving Chinese Illegals Huge Break Edison, New Jersey’s Democrat Mayor Sam Joshi (D) says he turned a bus full…

With Elections Looming, Taiwan Battles Massive Cyber Threat: Cybersecurity Expert Authored by Venus Upadhayaya via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With Taiwan’s elections just two weeks away, concerns about Chinese interference in…

A woman has ended up in hot water after a video of her New Year’s debauchery went viral A Russian Instagram blogger is under criminal investigation after burning her passport amid the…

Aid will now focus on boosting domestic weapons production, Gael Veyssiere has said Paris intends to bolster Kiev’s own military industry rather than continue sending it equipment, the French envoy to Ukraine,…

China Reinstates Coal Tariffs, Impacting Global Suppliers By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com China has reinstated tariffs on coal imports from the start of this year in what could be a blow to…

Thankfully the 379 people on the Airbus 350 survived. Unfortunately, 5 of the six people in the coast guard plane were killed. CCTV Video from the airport shows the stunning moment that…

“Not In The Database… I Don’t Know Why” – Tucker Carlson Exposes Epstein Brother’s Battle For ‘Basic’ Records With the imminent release of roughly 10,000 pages of documents (originally scheduled for Jan….

Why Biden’s Approval Rating Is Miserable In One Economic Chart Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Income is rising and so are wages. Even real income is up. But real wages are…

Citing international law, Türkiye said it will block the vessels from entering the Black Sea The Turkish government said on Tuesday that it will not allow minesweeping vessels that the UK donated…

Treasuries Priced For Imminent Fed Cuts Face Correction One week ago we explained why the “most consensus trade” of 2024 – namely long Treasurys in expectation of lower yields – will blow…

Israel Conducts Large UAV Strike Against Beirut Suburb, Multiple Dead & Injured There are breaking reports via Lebanese state media and AFP saying that Israel has conducted a strike against a Hamas…

At least two armored vehicles have been hit by high-precision strikes in Donetsk, according to a video released by the Defense Ministry The Russian military has knocked out several of Ukraine’s German-made…

Israel has pledged to hunt down Hamas officials far outside its own borders Türkiye arrested 33 people suspected of spying for Israel on Tuesday and is pursuing another 13 believed to be…

Pyotr Poroshenko vowed to bankroll repairs to a site dedicated to Roman Shukhevich in Lviv, which was destroyed by Russian strikes Former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko has vowed to fund the restoration…

UK Church Replaces “Husband And Wife” With More “Inclusive” Terms Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Methodist Church in the UK has issued an ‘inclusive language’ guide, advising followers to refrain from…

Apple Tumbles on Barclays Downgrade Over Cooling iPhone Demand Apple shares fell in the early US cash session following a downgrade by Barclays analysts, who are cautioning about a slowdown in the…

A lack of spare parts has left Kiev’s Leopard 2A6 tanks stuck in a repair shop, Green Party politician Sebastian Schafer said Very few of the Leopard 2A6 battle tanks given to…