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White House Believes Iran Backing Down From Israel Strike After Diplomatic ‘Blitz’ The Washington Post has said that intensive international diplomatic efforts to get Iran to step back from launching a new…

An invading force of some 1,000 servicemen and dozens of armored vehicles has entered Russia’s Kursk Region What happened? Early on Tuesday, the Ukrainian military launched a major raid on Russia’s Kursk…

Hugo Boss stores will reportedly reopen in autumn and Christian Dior has applied to register new trademarks in the country Stores of German fashion brand Hugo Boss will reopen in Russia this…

EU NatGas Soars As 1,000-Soldier Ukraine Raid Into Russia Captures Key Gas Facility The Kremlin has announced that its forces thwarted a major ground assault from Ukraine forces into Russia’s southwestern Kursk…

The attack was set for June 1945, according to transcripts of interrogations of a senior Nazi official, declassified by the FSB Adolf Hitler planned to use nuclear weapons against the USSR in…

Only essential personnel will stay to assist citizens remaining in the country amid political turmoil New Delhi has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in Bangladesh,…

Kiev has managed to offend a whole lot of countries by openly supporting terrorists in a weird act of anti-diplomacy The government of Mali has officially severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine. Ukraine…

Airbnb Shares Plunge On Slowing US Demand As Consumer Downturn Worsens Shares of Airbnb plummeted in premarket trading in New York after the company reported disappointing second-quarter earnings, falling short of Wall Street’s…

Sheikh Hasina had fled Dhaka amid violent protests Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has had her US visa revoked and is now exploring asylum options in the UAE and European countries,…

Washington is preparing to help its key ally fend off an imminent retaliatory strike by Iran, the secretary of state says All parties in the Middle East, including Israel, should refrain from…

Kiev has suffered an estimated 315 casualties during the attempted incursion, the Russian military has reported Ukraine’s attempted incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has been halted, the chief of the Russian General…

How Progressive Is Tim Walz? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Yesterday, a friend told me that Walz was not as much a Liberal Progressive as I thought. Let’s investigate. What the…

The Japanese city has angered Western diplomats by failing to invite Israel’s envoy to the commemoration event Senior diplomats representing Washington and London in Japan will not attend a ceremony in Nagasaki…

Engineers from the Russian firm are on a four-day visit to Burkina Faso to discuss the project Representatives of the Russian state nuclear power firm Rosatom are on a working visit to…

Israel Lobby Takes Out Second ‘Squad’ Member As Cori Bush Loses Primary Tuesday’s Missouri primary delivered the latest demonstration of the Israel lobby’s formidable power, as progressive Democratic “Squad” Rep. Cori Bush…

Futures Soar, Yields And Oil Jump After BOJ Capitulation Nukes Yen, Restarts Carry Trade And just like that, the great carry trade freak out – which started exactly one week ago when…

The prosecution of a journalist in Estonia shows that the West is becoming a “neoliberal dictatorship,” the Foreign Ministry has claimed The West is turning into an “neoliberal dictatorship” that is intolerant…

Novo Shares Drop Most In Two Years On “Disappointing Ozempic & Wegovy Misses” Novo Nordisk shares in Copenhagen fell 7.7%, marking the steepest intraday plunge in two years. The Danish pharmaceutical giant…

Knives For Netflix? The Unusual Proposal By German Police Union Chief To Reduce Crime Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, A German police union chief has urged the government to consider…

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been appointed after mass student protests forced the nation’s prime minister to resign Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, known as the “banker to the poor,” will…

Türkiye must quickly curb the flow of American military-linked hardware to Moscow, Washington has reportedly demanded Türkiye will face “consequences” if it continues to allow the sale to Russia of American civilian…

Weathering The Storm: Experts Weigh In On Recession Preparation Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Monday saw a sharp decline in stocks as investors worldwide felt the impacts…

Xi Jinping Turns China Into ‘Fortress Economy’ To Withstand External Shocks: Report In a strategic pivot designed to safeguard China’s economic stability amid escalating global uncertainties, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi…

Zelensky Taunts The West As Too “Concerned” About Escalation Of War Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFPlan.com, Ukraine’s ruler, Volodymyr Zelensky, is continuing to taunt the West in an attempt to expand…

Kiev has been indiscriminately attacking civilians, the Russian president has said Ukraine has conducted its latest large-scale provocation against Russia by launching an attempted incursion into Kursk Region, President Vladimir Putin said…

The Turkish foreign minister has stressed that the Middle East can no longer tolerate the Jewish state’s “provocations” Türkiye intends to formally join a genocide case against Israel at the International Court…

WHO Director Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency Over Mpox Virus Outbreak Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The World Health Organization’s director-general said the United Nations health body is considering…

Ukraine has lost some 260 troops in the first 24 hours of its attempted incursion in Kursk Region, the Defense Ministry has said Ukraine has lost around 260 troops and 50 pieces…

Russia’s Arctic Energy Expansion: A Geopolitical And Economic Gambit Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route allows the country to continue exporting oil to China despite sanctions, highlighting…

Wife of UK councillor has been indicted after calling on rioters to “set fire” to migrant hotels The wife of a Conservative councillor in the UK has been arrested on charges of…

Euro StableCoin Market Surges Under MiCA Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework is gradually coming into effect in line with its planned implementation timeline. The…

Niger says the move is in solidarity with Mali, which has accused Kiev of backing rebels involved in deadly attacks Niger has severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine in response to Kiev’s alleged…

Manufacturers are hesitant to plough cash into a corrupt nation at war despite pressure from the Pentagon, according to Defense One American arms manufacturers are reluctant to open workshops in Ukraine despite…

Kiev is doing the bidding of the deep state in Western nations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed The Ukrainian government has become a terrorist organization acting on behalf of…

The White House responded with “surprise and outrage” to the news of the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, sources have told the paper Israel informed the US that it was responsible for the…

Latin America And Southern Europe Are Global Beer Hotspots While many countries have their own special days to celebrate beer, one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to humankind, International Beer Day is aimed at…

Bipartisan House Legislation Aims To Counter China’s Investment In Africa Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a new bill that aims to…

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…

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…

Yahya Sinwar’s appointment follows the assassination of his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political wing, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran…

Democrats ran an unusually early poll on Monday, solidifying Kamala Harris as candidate for the 2024 US election Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have officially accepted the Democratic…

The Day After A Nuke Goes Off In Space Authored by Luke Widenhouse via RealClearDefense, In February, it was revealed that Russia has been developing a nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapon. The Biden administration’s…

These Are The Most Dangerous Jobs In The US Some jobs inherently carry significant risks due to factors such as hazardous working conditions, exposure to harmful substances, and the physical demands of…

Capitulation: Yen Plunges, Nikkei Soars After BOJ’s Uchida Says “Will Not Raise Rates When Markets Are Unstable” It hasn’t been even a full week since the BOJ’s catastrophic decision to hike rates…

Why Your Job Is More At Risk If You’re Working Remote Authored by Mark Gilman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), No longer just a by-product of the pandemic, remote work has…

Uninsured Americans Now More Than 27 Million: CDC Report Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The percentage of uninsured Americans rose to 8.2 percent in the first quarter of this…

The Post-Coup Political Violence In Bangladesh Bodes Ill For Its Future Direction Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday and her government’s replacement…

The Trump Assassination Attempt & The Kennedy Connection Authored by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann via American Greatness, It’s amazing. The attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump happened a little more than three…

US semiconductor company could reportedly face the closure or sale of its UK site after being ditched by Apple as a supplier British military projects could face disruption, after one of the…

Homeowners Increasingly Tap Home Equity Lines As Savings Rate Plummets With home values at or near record highs nationwide, and savings rates plunging, Americans are increasingly tapping into home equity. While some…

Undeterred, CCP To Ignore Risks Of AI Weapons, Experts Say Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cutting-edge weapons powered by artificial intelligence are emerging as a global security…

President Trump has announced via Truth Social that Elon Musk will be hosting a conversation between himself and President Trump. pic.twitter.com/PfJzR8rye4 — Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August…

Harvard To Offer Class Examining Medieval Texts Through Lens Of ‘Queer Theory’ Via Campus Reform, Harvard University will be offering a course examining medieval texts by using “queer theory.” Harvard’s English department…

Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Co-Founders Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, has reignited a legal battle against OpenAI…

Middle East On The Brink: Goldman Heads Discuss ‘Interconnected Realities’ Of Markets & Geopolitics Amid Looming Iran Strike  The war drums in the Middle East are getting louder by the hour as…

Harvard Loses Bid To Toss Lawsuit Over Campus Anti-Semitism Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Harvard University on Aug. 6 lost its bid to throw out a lawsuit that accuses…

Supermicro Craters On Shocking Margin Collapse Despite Euphoric Revenue Guidance, 10-For-1 Stock Split More bad news for the slowly bursting AI bubble. Shares of server-maker Super Micro Computer, which have been among…

World War 3’s Decisive Battle Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, As I’ve discussed recently, I believe proxy wars will determine who wins WW3 and gets to shape the new world order….

X and Rumble are suing a group called GARM for billions in damages Elon Musk has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), alleging that it organized…

Kamala Can’t Win Authored by Josiah Lippincott via American Greatness, Megan Thee Stallion can twerk all she wants, but Kamala Harris remains the weakest Democratic presidential candidate since Walter Mondale. The conservative…

WTI Dips Back Toward Six-Month Lows After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds Today saw some respite in the recent rout for oil prices as WTI stalled its decline around $73 (just off…

Estonia claims that Svetlana Burtseva wrote a ‘Russian hybrid war’ handbook Estonia has accused reporter Svetlana Burtseva of treason, violating sanctions on Russia, and writing a book on “hybrid warfare” that sought…

Hezbollah Commander Warns Retaliation Strikes Will Target New Sites Deeper Into Israel As the world awaits an Iranian retaliation strike against Israel, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah warned Tuesday of ‘strong and effective’ attacks on Israel….

Convention Visitors, Here’s The True Impact Of Progressive Government On Illinois And Chicago Via Wirepoints.org, Led by Gov. JB Pritzker in national TV appearances, the political establishment in Illinois and Chicago is…

Turnaround Tuesday Stalls At Technical Resistance; Bitcoin & Bond Yields Higher A lack of ongoing collapse in the yen overnight (did BoJ quietly step in?)… Source: Bloomberg …and no new macro news…

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was officially announced as Harris’ VP pick on Tuesday Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her bid for…

Ukrainian law enforcement has thwarted another attempt to escape the country, catching 16 draft dodgers in a refrigerated truck A group of 16 Ukrainian draft dodgers, as well as two foreigners who…

“Illegal Under Taliban Law”: CNN Seeks Summary Judgment Under Curious Claim In Defamation Case Authored by Jonathan Turley, CNN has been fighting a defamation case brought after a segment by Jake Tapper…

Trump Campaign Lawyer Flips, Will Aid Arizona Prosecutors In 2020 Election Case A lawyer who worked on Donald Trump’s 2020 election campaign will dodge a potential jail sentence by cooperating with Arizona’s…

US Administration To Allocate $2.2 Billion For Power Grid Upgrades By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The U.S. Department of Energy is allocating $2.2 billion in grants for upgrades of the grid to…

Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, the UAE and India have all advised their citizens to stay away amid riots Several countries, including Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, have issued safety warnings to their citizens…

The Russian military has liberated multiple new locations in Donbass while continuing its aerial bombing campaign The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been marked with Moscow making new advances in…

A Czech court has sentenced a citizen to seven years in prison for theft while fighting for Kiev A 27-year-old Czech citizen who fought as a mercenary in Ukraine has been sentenced…

Comments from New Delhi come amid reports of attacks against minorities in crisis-hit neighboring state India is worried about persecution against religious minorities in neighboring Bangladesh a day after its government was…

FedEx And UPS Must Adapt To Changing Parcel Landscape By Satish Jindel, president of ShipMatrix Inc., a consultancy, and founding member of RPS (now FedEx Ground) who has analyzed trends in the…

Several attacking vehicles have been destroyed, footage shared by the Russian Defense Ministry shows The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video showcasing strikes on Ukrainian armored vehicles during an assault on…

House Panel Expands ActBlue Probe, Calls On FEC To Help Prevent Fraud Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times, A House panel is expanding its investigation into whether the Democratic fundraising…

Maricopa County Sued After Refusing To Remove Illegals From Voter Rolls America First Legal (AFL) has filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County, Arizona recorder Stephen Richer for failing to remove non-citizens from…

3Y Auction Stops Through Despite Yield Plunge To 16 Month Low While yields have been tumbling in recent days amid unprecedented flight to safety following the collapse of the yen carry trade,…

Some issues are neglected for so long that all it takes is a single spark for everything to go up in flames Every summer now, Canada is rife with forest fires. Some…

Georgia’s main opposition party and Western officials urged Tbilisi to sanction Moscow, according to a lawmaker Western officials, together with representatives of Georgia’s main opposition party, the National Movement, tried to pressure…

The formation of a coalition government in South Africa means the country’s foreign policy will be under scrutiny from internal partners South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has attempted to wrap up his…

Saudi Aramco Sees Oil Demand Rising By 1.6 Million Bpd in Second Half Of 2024 By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Global oil demand is expected to rise by between 1.6 million and…

If you want to get a great background on what was happening inside the U.K in the lead up to the latest riots, this video from Rebel News interviewing Tommy Robinson is…

“There’s No Bad Weather, There’s Only Bad Clothing” By Bas van Geffen, CFA, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Calm finally appears to be returning. The Japanese Nikkei 225 is up some 10%…

The military has released footage of attacks on Ukrainian positions and hardware The Russian Defense Ministry has published new video footage of first-person view (FPV) drone strikes on Ukrainian military positions and…

President Biden and the Obamas have also endorsed the Minnesota governor Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be the running mate of current Vice President Kamala Harris, the US Democrats have announced, with…

The GARMs Race: The House Moves Forward With Investigation Of Blacklisting Company Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing media rating systems being used to target advertisers and revenue sources for…

Japan Rushed To Calm Markets, Trigger Buying Spree With Emergency Central Bank Meeting Late on Sunday (Monday morning Japan time) as Japan’s stock were disintegrating, its largest bank crashing the most on…

The messenger is being used by “fascists” to spread violence, according to the Venezuelan president Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has publicly uninstalled WhatsApp from his phone and asked his supporters to follow…

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The militant group is reportedly planning “substantial operations” following the assassination of the Hamas political leader Yemen’s Houthi militant group has vowed to take action against Israel, joining threats from Iran and…

The invaders lost half their armored vehicles in the botched attack, Moscow has said Ukrainian forces numbering 300 soldiers and 30 armored vehicles have attempted to cross into Russia’s Kursk Region, the…

Border settlements were shelled before invading troops were repelled, officials have said At least two civilians died and several others, including children, were injured in Russia’s Kursk Region on Tuesday when Kiev’s…

France is among the top buyers of liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned country, a report has found     French imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia more than doubled in…