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How the infamous Berlin Conference drew the continent’s borders, which up till now fuel profits and generate conflicts From the ongoing ethno-political conflict on the Congolese-Rwandan border to the violent tribal militias…

Military personnel have been deployed to search for dozens of people believed to be trapped under the debris More than 170 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a series…

Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index Goes Negative On Year Amid China’s Faltering Economic Recovery The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index (BCOMSP) has wiped out all gains so far this year. After peaking in late May…

These Are The Most Accident-Prone Electric Vehicles In The U.S. A new study by car accident lawyer Levine and Wiss recently analyzed the number of most searched electric vehicles involved in fatal crashes, as well as each model’s…

‘Digital Euro’ To Be “Most Private Electronic Payment Option”; ECB Claims Authored by Daniel Ramirez-Escudero via CoinTelegraph.com, The digital euro will be one of the most private forms of electronic payment, according…

New Secret Service Director Announces Changes In Wake Of Trump Assassination Attempt Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Secret Service is making changes in the wake of…

The Palestinian group’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a missile strike on his residence in Tehran Russia has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Hanieyah, who was…

Less than half of those questioned support US aid to Kiev, Pew Research has found Less than half of Americans approve of their government giving aid to Kiev, according to research published…

Angola has announced a truce between warring parties in the DR Congo, following talks that also involved Rwanda A ceasefire has reportedly been agreed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR…

The decision follows President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Morocco in a decades-long territorial dispute in North Africa Algeria has withdrawn its ambassador to France, Said Moussi, in response to French President Emmanuel…

Homicide Rates In The US Vs Europe This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the homicide rates for the U.S., UK, and Europe, based on data from the United Nations Office on…

The nationwide protests over Maduro’s re-election are part of a US-backed plan, Vladimir Padrino has said Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has accused the Western-backed opposition of attempting a coup, and…

Ukrainian Refugees Unwilling To Work Should Have Benefits Scrapped; CDU General Secretary Says Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, Benefit recipients in Germany who refuse to work should have their state…

Labour finance chief Rachel Reeves has been accused of backtracking on pre-election promises The UK’s Labour government will likely need to raise taxes in its new budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel…

Activist Tommy Robinson Arrested Under Terror Provisions After Massive Rally Of British Patriots British patriot activist Tommy Robinson is in trouble again for speaking his mind, and the details are rather strange. …

The Palestinian militant group has accused Israel of killing its political leader and said this ‘grave escalation’ will not go unanswered Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian…

A policy document earlier suggested that New Delhi should opt for more direct investment from Beijing to bolster its own exports to the US and other markets India is not “rethinking” its…

Blinken, Foreign Ministers “Seriously Concerned” About Indo-Pacific Security Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top diplomats from Australia, India, and Japan said they…

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…

The militant group have placed the blame for the strike on Israel The head of the Hamas political wing, Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards have been killed after their home…

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…

It seems like this has now been confirmed. Two Sources: IRAN – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after his residence was targeted in Tehran, Iran’s Islamic…

Are The Olympics A Trial-Run For A 1984-Style Digital-State? Authored by Aaron Hertzberg via The Brownstone Institute, First-person report of QR Codes, Digital IDs, and police militarization of Paris This is a…

India’s leader has been compelled to schedule a first-ever visit to Ukraine just six weeks after meeting the Russian President in Moscow for a bilateral summit that irked Washington India’s claim to…

School That Gave Child COVID-19 Vaccine Against Parents’ Wishes Immune From Lawsuits: Court Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A school that injected a minor with a COVID-19…

Israeli Police Detain Soldiers Suspected Of Raping A Palestinian, Sparking Protests Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at…

Democrats Vs. The Man Who Could Get To The Bottom Of The Trump Shooting Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, After the evasive House testimony of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle…

FDA Approves New Blood Test For Colon Cancer Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new blood test for…

The Top 3 Proxy Wars To Determine WW3 And Reshape The World Order Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Today, I will closely examine the most important proxy wars of World War…

“Hundreds” Of Cars Stolen And Robbed Each Year From Seattle Airport “Park-N-Fly” Lots ‘Hundreds’ of cars are being stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport every year, investigators from KING NBC 5 have found.  Car…

Trump’s VP Pick Is A Climate Skeptic, And The Knives Are Out Authored by Tilak Doshi via RealClearEnergy, Within a day of ex-President Trump’s announcement of “climate denier” Mr. J. D. Vance…

The process is now clear, and the timeline was just announced; but there is a surprise. The DNC will nominate and confirm Kamala Harris as the official Democrat nominee for President on…

Illegal aliens do not need to vote (per se’), they only need to exist in a captured state database as physical persons. Their personage is then shifted to voter rolls, that then…

“Absolutely Stunning”: CRE Analyst Lists Latest Office Tower & Mall Valuation Collapses  The commercial real estate downturn is still underway, posing significant risks for investors across financial markets. CRE-linked equities, corporate credit, structured credit, and private markets…

Starter Homes Cost At Least $1 Million In 117 California Cities Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California is one of the most expensive places to buy a…

Texas Crude Oil Pipelines Near Full Capacity, Potential Export Constraints Near  Pipelines transporting crude from America’s top-producing shale basin to major export hubs in Texas are nearing capacity limits. With US crude production hitting…

The Fiscal And Monetary Problem Is Not Hopeless Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, A major factor in public ignorance of economics is the manner in which economic forces transcend…

Meta Agrees To Pay Texas $1.4 Billion Settlement In Biometric Data Lawsuit Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to…

An embarrassing interview has exposed rifts at the National Endowment for Democracy The biggest public relations fiasco in the history of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has resulted in two senior…

The Totalitarian Tactic Of The Smear Has No Place In Our National Discourse Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed “all men are created equal” as a self-evident…

Thai Customers Angered By BYD Price Cuts Amidst “Chaotic” EV Market Competition Price cuts on BYD vehicles in Thailand are “angering” current owners of the vehicles, just days after we noted how…

Minimum-Wage Increase Takes Toll On California’s Fast-Food Restaurants, Survey Finds Authored by Travis Gilmore via The Epoch Times, Two-thirds of California fast food restaurant operators who responded to an online survey believe…

Streaming Wars: Amazon Prime Video Shakes Up Streaming Ad Market, Undercutting Netflix The introduction of Amazon Prime Video’s ad-supported tier has pressured Netflix’s advertising plans and forced other top players in the streaming…

A Wagner Group fighter played dead before attacking militants in Mali with a stone, footage circulating online suggests A member of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner Group has chosen death…

In the interests of reader time, here’s a few key excerpts from Senate questioning of Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate. Senator Josh…

WTI Hovers Above 2-Month Lows After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices declined for the third straight day as general risk-off sentiment combined with traders anxiety over Chinese demand to pull…

Acting Secret-Service Chief Played Key Role In Limiting Resources For Trump Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe was directly involved in denying additional security resources and…

Mad 7: Microsoft Tanks, Down $250 Billion After Cloud Miss In our preview of today’s main event, we said that mood for the Mag7 would be defined by Microsoft’s fiscal Q4 earnings,…

Bonds & Bullion Bid; Crude, Crypto, & Mega-Cap Skid Ahead Of Fed/BoJ With gamma ‘unclenched’ (and now solidly negative), markets have been free to roam… Source: SpotGamma And today saw more downward…

29-year-old Rico Krieger had been found guilty of terrorism-related charges by a Minsk court Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has granted a pardon to a German national, Rico Krieger, who had been sentenced…

The Global Backdrop Is Bananas By Michael Every of Rabobank The market focus is this week’s confluence of Fed, BOJ, and BOE meetings. However, if you think there is room for uncertainty…

Kremlin Tells Venezuelan Opposition To ‘Accept Defeat’, Warns Against US Interference The Kremlin on Tuesday issued a message to the Venezuelan opposition, saying it must accept that its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez lost the…

Three Palestinian Terror Suspects Detained At Southern Border As Agents Lament Lack Of Resources Three Palestinian terror suspects were detained at the Southern Border earlier this month, the New York Post reported…

The IDF has confirmed a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander A building in Beirut, Lebanon has been destroyed in what Israel said was a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander. The…

Bullish Years Often Have Corrections Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In bullish years, markets often have corrections. Yet, after a lengthy bullish run, it always surprises me how quickly investors and…

From the outrageous opening ceremony to the organizational screw-ups, the games will surely go down in history for all the wrong reasons French culture isn’t just about masked balls at Versailles anymore….

Another Leopard 2A4 main battle tank has been eliminated by Russian troops, footage circulating online shows Russian forces have destroyed another German-made Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tank, fresh footage that surfaced online on…

Huge Airstrikes Rock Densely-Populated Beirut Suburb As Israel’s Retaliation Begins Israel’s anticipated big ‘retaliation’ has begun, apparently, after major airstrikes were felt in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Large smoke clouds were…

Masoud Pezeshkian has taken oath of office before the parliament, pledging to keep fighting “oppressive” Western sanctions Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn before parliament on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic’s ninth president. He…

Happy 9th Birthday, Ethereum! Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, Nine years ago on July 30, the Ethereum network launched, sparking a revolution in the decentralized space.  In 2015 Vitalik Buterin and…

Facebook Admits It ‘Mistakenly’ Censored Trump Assassination Attempt Photo Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Facebook wrongly censored a photograph of former President Donald Trump raising his fist after surviving…

Unburdened: Kamala Harris Suddenly Rejects All Of Her Radical Positions In 2019, Kamala Harris was rated the ‘most liberal’ Senator in a now-scrubbed rating from GovTrack. She’s on record wanting to abolish…

This Is What The Final Stages Of A Bubble Economy Look Like Just Before A Collapse Happens Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, How does it feel to be living on the…

Washington will reportedly provide Kiev with modern munitions for the fighter jets The US-made fighter jets that are expected in Ukraine soon will be equipped with modern American missiles, the Wall Street…

Another Dem-Oversampled Poll Still Has Trump Beating Harris 48-45 In today’s episode of why polls are generally bullshit – a new survey of voters from Harvard-Harris has Donald Trump beating Kamala Harris…

The proposed change involves a constitutional amendment that would abolish criminal immunity for presidents US President Joe Biden has called for an end to immunity from prosecution for former holders of the…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba’s trip to Guangzhou, where he hinted at readiness for talks, may have meant more than he realizes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba went on a three-day visit…

Algeria has warned that the move by Paris could exacerbate a long-running regional crisis French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, calling it the…

The Venezuelan president has called the billionaire a threat to peace in the South American country Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk of trying to disrupt…

Exports dropped by 76% in the first half of this year, Chinese customs data shows Electricity exports from Russia to China plummeted to record low levels in the first six months of…

Conference Board Consumer Confidence ‘Revised Down’ Again… For the eighth month in the last nine, the headline Conference Board Consumer Confidence print was revised lower in June (dramatically so)… Source: Bloomberg That…

India has repeatedly called for a resolution of the conflict through “dialogue and diplomacy” New Delhi will continue to call on world powers to engage with both Russia and Ukraine, as their…

Catastrophic JOLTS: Private Sector Job Openings Plunge Offset By Bizarre Surge In Government “Openings”, As Hiring, Quits Crater Heading into today’s JOLTS number we were expecting much of last month’s unexpected surge…

The vehicle got stuck in the mud and was taken out by a single guided artillery shell, the Russian military has said The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday reported the destruction of…

CrowdStrike Shares Slide Amid Report Delta Airlines Preparing To Sue In early premarket trading on Monday, CNBC published a note titled “Jim Cramer calls the bottom in CrowdStrike stock after global IT outage fallout.“  By late…

They’re Not Selling: Over 41.5% Of Mt.Gox Bitcoin Distributed As Creditors Continue To HODL Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Nearly half of the Bitcoin owed to Mt. Gox creditors has been…

US Home Prices Rose For 15th Straight Month In May, Despite Soaring Rates Home prices in America’s 20 largest cities rose for the 15th straight month in May (the latest data point…

We Are “Positioned For A Financial And Economic Crisis” Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance One of my favorite investors that I love reading and following, Harris Kupperman, has offered up his latest…

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF Slides As It Seeds Mini Bitcoin Fund The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) is lower by about 11%… …decoupling from the underlying bitcoin price… The reason for the…

The American public want to know what happened, how it happened and the context for how an assassin was so easily able to get within 150 yards of President Donald Trump and…

Manufactured Uncertainty Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, For many years, I’ve described a period that I envisaged to be in the future, in which much of what was considered “normal” would…

“Ghosting” doesn’t work in international relations, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has warned against “ghosting” Russia when it comes to peace efforts to resolve the…

Beijing has vehemently denied the allegations and accused Washington of spreading false information Beijing has never interfered in US elections and has no intention of doing so, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has…

Western aid will depend on the result of US presidential election and could shrink, according to Sergey Marchenko Ukraine is likely to face uncertainty and challenges in 2025 as financial support from…

Futures Rise As Microsoft Earnings, Central Bank Avalanche Looms After yesterday’s market reversal, US equity futures are higher but lacking the strength seen in EU markets. As of 7:50am, S&P and Nasdaq…

Buffett Disposes 71 Million BofA Shares As Berkshire’s Cash Stockpile Rises Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has disclosed in multiple filings this month, the latest on Monday, that it is continuing to reduce…

MOSCOW, JULY 30 — One-of-a-kind, international project ‘Starbound,’ launched by RT and Roscosmos, is dedicated to the history of the Russian space program. In the show’s new episode, Oleg Kononenko, a Russian cosmonaut…

Washington has approved a new tranche of aid to Kiev on the day when its debt has reached a new milestone Washington keeps throwing billions into the fire of the Ukraine conflict,…

The Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years Of Extreme Distortions Will Be Unwound Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The rollercoaster ride is about to get “fun,” as in unpredictable, volatile…

Prepper Paradise: Gold’s Power When It All Goes Down Via SchiffGold.com, Society’s linear march forward is used to justify numerous seemingly innocuous lifestyle choices. The assumption that the way things have been…

Moscow’s commodity supplies to its Asian neighbor have been growing at a record pace, media report, citing customs data Russia’s trade with China topped $65 billion in the first half of the…

The US secretary of state warned Beijing against allegedly continuing to provide support for Russia’s defense industry Washington will continue to take measures against Chinese companies if Beijing does not halt its…

The organizers hope to reach out to Cameroon and other countries The Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS) has agreed to partner with the International Center for Research and Documentation of African…

UK High Court Upholds Govt. Emergency Ban On Puberty Blockers A High Court judge in London on Monday upheld the British Government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers, citing a study which found…

Pentagon Finds Another $2 Billion In Ukraine Aid ‘Accounting Errors’ Authored by Connor Freeman via AntiWar.com, The Pentagon discovered $2 billion in additional accounting errors regarding its valuation of missiles, ammo, and…

The American, British, and Canadian governments fear marches planned for this week in Nigeria could turn violent The US, the UK, and Canada have issued security warnings to their citizens in Nigeria…

The EU has refused to back Hungary and Slovakia in an oil transit dispute with Kiev after they opposed sending weapons to Ukraine The West is using energy supplies to blackmail countries…

The US has sent more than $50 billion in lethal aid to Kiev since early 2021 The US Department of Defense has said that since President Joe Biden took office in January…

The army has been mobilized for rescue operations in Kerala in the country’s south At least three dozen people, including several children, were killed in southern India’s Kerala state when a massive…

These Are The 10 Busiest Ports In The World, By Cargo Traffic In 2024, nine of the world’s 10 busiest ports are located in Asia, underscoring the eastward shift in global trade…