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Apple Boosts iPhone Orders By 10%, Betting On AI Upgrade Supercycle  Tech giants recognize a massive opportunity with artificial intelligence, leading them to integrate AI features into their devices. This move towards AI-enhanced…

Oil Jumps As Libyan Oil Shutdown Deepens With Loading Halt At Five Main Terminals The daily oil rollercoaster continues, and one week after tumbling to the lowest price of the year, oil…

The plotters were arrested before they could carry out an attack on the pop star’s show in Vienna earlier this month Terrorists aimed to kill “as many people as possible” using homemade…

$1.5 billion in interest earned from immobilized funds are being used to aid Kiev, the bloc’s foreign-policy chief has announced The EU has made its first transfer of interest earned on Russia’s…

Washington only favors the right of nations to defend themselves when it’s convenient, Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN has said Washington only cares about a nation’s right to defend itself when…

US Geopolitical Hubris Presents Terrifying Fat Tail Risks By Michael Every of Rabobank Invidious Headlines today are of disappointing earnings at NVIDIA. Yet somehow world markets –and the world economy aside from…

New Delhi has been prioritizing expanding its naval capabilities to match those of China India commissioned its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the INS Arighaat, at an event in the port…

OpenAI Agrees To Run GPT Models Past US Government To ‘Evaluate’ For Safety AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to run their new AI models past the US government’s AI Safety…

PLA Will ‘Reunify’ Taiwan: Chinese General Confronted Sullivan Just Before Surprise Xi Meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday at the end of the…

“A Sales Recovery Did Not Occur”: Pending Home Sales Crash To Record Low After tumbling in April, and rebounding modestly in June, analysts expected a continued gain in pending home sales in…

Palin Wins Appeal On Defamation Case Against New York Times Authored by Jonathan Turley, Over the years, I have written repeatedly (here, here, here, here, and here) about the interesting defamation case brought by Sarah Palin,…

‘Vladimir Z’ left Poland in a diplomatic vehicle, the German outlet has claimed The Ukrainian diver allegedly behind the sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines managed to escape a German arrest warrant with…

People should stop calling children ‘son’ and ‘daughter’ to promote “health equity,” according to the Vermont Department of Health The Vermont Department of Health (VDH) published advice encouraging parents in the northeastern…

RFK Jr did a solid interview with Dr. Phil that deserves some attention for a few reasons.  The interview is about a week old and took place immediately following RFK’s announcement to…

The Mediterranean Sea has become a “cemetery,” the pontiff has said Those who refuse to offer aid to migrants attempting to cross into Europe are committing “a grave sin,” Pope Francis has…

Cairo had warned in January that it would not tolerate anyone invading Somalia’s territory amid tensions with Ethiopia Egypt has delivered military aid to Somalia for the first time in more than…

Q2 GDP Unexpectedly Revised Higher On Bizarre Surge In Personal Consumption Just two hours after (ultra) discount retailer Dollar General reported catastrophic earnings, moments ago the Biden Bureau of Economic analysis decided…

Dmitry Kuleba has cited Kiev backers’ reluctance to provide long-range weaponry and allow strikes deep inside Russia The blame for any military setbacks suffered by Kiev lies squarely with Ukraine’s Western donors,…

Houthis To Allow Salvage Crews To Access The Oil Tanker They Hit In The Red Sea By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The Iran-aligned Houthis have agreed to allow salvage crews including rescue…

Initial Jobless Claims Drop Again As Labor Market Sends Mixed Signals Initial jobless claims continue to drift along in the same range it has been in for three years, with unadjusted claims…

The funds are to come from interest garnered by Russian assets immobilized in the West, a move that Moscow calls illegal Washington is behind a delay in finalizing a G7 plan to…

Ukraine has access to a trove of commercial satellite images, according to the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Kiev had access to a wide array of commercial satellite images for planning…

The Ukrainian leader’s interview following his meeting with Modi in Kiev came as a diplomatic ambush for New Delhi and changed the whole narrative of the PM’s visit Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

The US Republican presidential candidate has attributed his surviving last month’s assassination attempt to divine intervention US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said it was God who spared his life in…

Futures Rebound From NVDA Earnings Slide Tech stocks recovered from the knee-jerk selling of Nvidia, which plunged as much as 8% after the company’s Q3 guidance disappointed some even as Q2 results met…

Dollar General Shares Crash After Earnings Miss & Outlook Slashed On “Financially Constrained Core Consumer”  Shares of Dollar General Corp. crashed 23.5% to hit levels not seen since 2018 in premarket trading in…

The Telegram CEO cannot be involved in crimes that have nothing to do with him, David-Olivier Kaminski says Charges against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov alleging that he was complicit in a litany…

Russia views Narendra Modi’s trip as a contribution to the settlement of the crisis, the foreign ministry says Moscow will continue dialogue with New Delhi following a visit to Kiev by Indian…

General Pavel Popov is being investigated for allegedly grifting off a state-owned military exhibition in Moscow Region Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov was taken into custody and is being investigated…

The US must stop providing weapons to the Taiwanese army, a top Chinese military official has said Washington should stop collaborating with the Taiwanese military and must respect China’s core interests, Chinese…

The West’s “ostrich-like stance” on Kiev’s “recklessness” is a threat to Europe, the Russian deputy envoy to the UN has warned The refusal to hold Ukraine accountable for attacks on the Zaporozhye…

The group is encouraging countries of the continent to challenge Western influence, Samsondeen Olagunju has said BRICS has become a significant source of motivation for many African countries, encouraging them to assert…

Italy Ramps Up Punishment For Boats Rescuing Illegals In Mediterranean In a sharp escalation of Italy’s ongoing crackdown on illegal migration across the Mediterranean, the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has…

Support For AfD Surges In Germany After Knife Attack Leaves 3 Dead Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In the wake of three fatal stabbings by a Syrian immigrant whose asylum was…

Hungary’s criticism of the restrictions would reportedly make it impossible to agree on a new package in the near term The EU will likely have a hard time agreeing on a new sanctions…

Access to US markets will be easier for British companies under a “pro-business” Republican president, experts have told the outlet British business would prefer to see Republican nominee Donald Trump prevail over…

48% Of NYC Bus Riders Don’t Pay Fares As New York City and the MTA devises their next plan to tax or hike prices on everything from owning a vehicle to ‘congestion’…

The country’s eastern government has rejected its rival’s unilateral appointment of a new governor for the monetary institution Libya’s eastern government has vowed to maintain a blockage on oil production and exports…

The US wants to use the conflict to consolidate the West and contain Moscow, Numan Kurtulmus says Russia and Ukraine were close to agreeing peace terms during the Istanbul talks in the…

Peter Szijjarto has criticized Josep Borrell’s remarks on the use of Western-supplied weapons for strikes deep into Russia Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has slammed the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, over…

NATO still denies killing civilians in Libya, but victims’ families are not giving up This August marks 13 years since the bloodiest month for Libyan civilians in the NATO air campaign against…

Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power Authored by Ross Pomeroy via RealClearScience, At the dawn of the millennium, Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to renewable energy. “Die…

Saudi Arabia Outraged At Ben-Gvir’s Call To Build Synagogue Over Al-Aqsa Mosque In recent years Saudi Arabia and Israel have been moving remarkably fast toward the restoration of official relations, in what’s been…

Thoe foreign nationals will be held accountable for the crimes they have committed, Rodion Miroshnik has said Moscow has the names of thousands of foreign nationals employed to fight for Ukraine, a…

Russia often loses all contact with local residents forcibly taken by Kiev troops in an unknown direction, the Foreign Ministry has said Ukrainian troops occupying part of Russia’s Kursk Region have been…

Ukraine’s New Long-Range Weapon Won’t Be The Wunderwaffe That Some Imagine Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Associated Press reported that “Ukraine counts on new long-range weapon to bypass Western restrictions…

These Are The Countries With The Highest Wealth Per Person In 2023, global wealth increased by 4.2% as global stock markets rebounded and inflation eased. While Europe, the Middle East, and Africa achieved the…

The new smart cities will position the country as a strong player in the global value chain, New Delhi has said The Indian government on Wednesday approved the creation of 12 industrial…

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…

The encrypted app was the “darling of the CIA,” according to ex-State Department diplomat Mike Benz The US and its CIA-controlled “soft power” arm utilized the encrypted social media app Telegram to…

China Dominates Global Coal Consumption Despite many nations transitioning away from fossil fuels, in 2023, world coal consumption reached a staggering 164 exajoules (EJ) of energy, a record high for any year.  For this…

Deputy CIA Director David Cohen hopes Kiev’s troops will put up a “difficult fight for the Russians” Ukraine’s ongoing cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region will likely continue “for some period of…

The Western Way Of War – Owning The Narrative Trumps Reality Authored by Alastair Crooke, War propaganda and feint are as old as the hills. Nothing new. But what is new is…

An Amazonian Superfruit May Reverse Fatty Liver Disease, Study Finds Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Camu camu, a small yet powerful berry from the Amazon rainforest,…

Gavin Newsom Considers Plan To Force Public Colleges To Hire Illegal Immigrants Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, California lawmakers passed a bill Aug. 26 that would prohibit colleges and…

Underreported Polling Suggests Trump Is Poised To Win PA Authored by Athan Koutsiouroumbas via RealClearPennsylvania, If past is prologue, Donald Trump will win Pennsylvania. Eight years ago this week, Hillary Clinton led…

Zelensky Claims West-Supplied F16s Successfully Shot Down Russian Missiles This week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that for the first time Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets have been engaged in combat against the Russians, and…

Toxic Homes For Sale: How California’s Illegal Marijuana Industry Ruins Houses Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), LOS ANGELES—On a recent summer morning, a caravan of unmarked state…

Indian Hindus And Muslims See Neighbors Negatively Indians tend to perceive their neighbors much more negatively than they are perceived themselves. This is according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. Interestingly,…

Shall Not Be Infringed: Massachusetts Supreme Court Strikes Down Switchblade Knife Ban Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Aug. 27 struck down the…

Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov was detained in Paris and formally indicted on multiple charges Footage of Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov being released from French custody late Wednesday has been…

Visualizing US Election Contributions By Corporate Employees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a tightly matched race, with political donations now leaning in the Democratic party’s favor. Since President Joe Biden…

Turley: Zuckerberg’s Censorship Admission Is More Contrived Than Contrite Authored by Jonathan Turley, “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.” Those…

What Sanctions? China Imports Record Amount Of Iranian Oil China’s imports of Iranian oil are poised to reach a record 1.75m b/d this month, data from Kpler show. That will surpass the previous peak of…

Is Tesla At Risk From Marco Rubio’s Push to ‘Blacklist’ Chinese Battery Firm CATL? US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and US Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI) penned a letter to US Department of Defense…

I’m not surprised, I’m just angry.  According to Kevin Rojek, the head of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office leading the investigation into the attempted assassination of President Trump, Matthew Crooks acted alone…

The Dutch authorities were unable to say whether a cyberattack could be to blame A network failure at the Dutch Defense Ministry has caused cascading computer problems across the Netherlands, shutting down…

New Funding Round Talks Indicate OpenAI Worth North Of $100 Billion According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft-backed OpenAI is preparing to raise at least a billion dollars in a…

NVDA Dumps And Pumps After Smashing Q2 Expectations But Guidance Is A “Mixed Bag” For the second year in a row, Nvidia has been the world’s most important company, rising more than…

Attorneys General Of 24 States Ask Supreme Court To Block EPA’s Methane Reduction Rule Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Attorneys General in 24 states have asked the Supreme Court…

2,000 Workers Gone: Klarna Is First Major Company To Unleash Mass Layoffs Thanks To AI Last March, when the world was just learning about the AI crazy that would send markets to…

Big-Tech, Bullion, & Bitcoin Battered Before NVDA’s Big Night Coming off yesterday’s lowest volume (full) session of the year (and Monday was the 2nd lowest), the low level of liquidity was very…

5 Signs That The US Is Collapsing Authored by Clark Barnes, The US has always been a famously optimistic country. From our beginning, rebelling against the greatest empire the world has ever…

I do not know much about Mark Halprin other than what I have discerned from watching him sporadically discuss politics for years.  However, I have noticed in the last few years he…

The would-be assassin’s motive remains a mystery, US authorities have said The Pennsylvania man who tried to kill Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump most likely worked alone, the FBI has said, adding…

Biden-Harris Admin Busted Using Secret Rule To ‘Trump-Proof’ DOJ Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com, The Biden-Harris administration appears to have intensified its efforts to block a potential return by President Donald…

The body, tied by its hands and feet, was discovered in a city park in Antwerp A Palestinian man has been found dead in a park in the heart of the Belgian…

The crypto exchange insists it only froze a “limited number” of accounts over “illicit funds” Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been accused of seizing “all funds from all Palestinians” on a request…

The European Commission is reportedly looking into the messaging app’s possible failure to provide accurate user data The European Commission is investigating whether Telegram breached EU digital rules by failing to provide…

A French court has accused the Russian billionaire of a dozen offenses, including facilitating illegal transactions A French court has formally indicted Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of complicity in a…

Florida Can Enforce Ban On Puberty Blockers, Gender Surgeries For Children: Appeals Court Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court has allowed Florida to enforce a ban…

Venezuelan Migrant Driving For Amazon Hits Mother And 4 Month Old Child, Flees The Scene Today in “the unending successes of migration” news, a Venezuelan migrant working for Amazon drove his truck into…

Unwind Of China’s Great Carry Trade Could Unleash $20 Billion In Monthly FX Sales By Martin Lynge Rasmussen of Money: Inside and Out China’s trade balance reached $852bn in the year to…

The Telegram boss has reportedly been accused of violence against his six-year-old son French authorities have launched an investigation into claims that Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov committed “serious acts of…

Economic hardship in Europe and military humiliation in Ukraine mean this pivotal event won’t stay on the figurative sea floor forever As we approach the second anniversary of the Nord Stream pipeline…

Kamala Harris has yet to give a press conference or sit down with any journalist to discuss the construct of a campaign around her.  The media has largely tried to cover for…

The two competitors have fulfilled all qualification requirements, according to the Russian Paralympic Committee France has refused to grant visas to two Russian athletes for the Paris Paralympic Games, the Russian Paralympic…

Purveyors of “fake news” were among the almost 100 blacklisted Americans The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has blacklisted 92 American citizens, including two dozen employees of the Wall…

Officers are within their rights to open fire in “self-defense,” a regional enlistment authority has warned Draft officers are within their rights to use lethal force in “self-defense” against citizens, a Ukrainian…

Mexico Pauses Relations With US, Canadian Embassies Amid Judicial Reform Concerns Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced a halt in…

“Please Bring Signs”: Marylanders To Protest AI Data Center Power Lines As Eminent Domain Threatens Small Farms  A power line battle is unfolding across the Mason–Dixon, a demarcation line separating Pennsylvania and Maryland, as…

Chinese researchers have urged governments to build a warhead-based planetary defense system to protect against asteroids Nuclear weapons may be the best means of protecting the Earth from asteroids, according to scientists…

Binance Defends Seizing Palestinian Funds At Israel’s Request Via The Cradle Crypto exchange platform Binance has seized the accounts of numerous Palestinian users at the request of the Israeli government for allegedly being linked…

The IDF has launched a significant “counterterrorism operation” in response to a failed suicide bombing attempt in Tel Aviv Israel has killed around a dozen suspected militants in a series of airstrikes…

Yields Hit Session High After 5Y Auction Tails After yesterday’s solid 2Y auction, moments ago the US Treasury sold $70BN in 5 year notes, in an auction which saw yields tumble 46.8bps,…

US Warns Tanker Hit By Houthis Could Cause Largest Ship Oil Spill In History Via Middle East Eye, The US Pentagon has warned that an oil tanker attacked by Yemen’s Houthis last week is still on…

France is after Telegram’s encryption codes, Aleksandar Pavic has claimed in an interview with RT France is extorting Pavel Durov for Telegram’s encryption codes so they can censor the messaging platform, Serbian…

Bug Diets, Once Labeled ‘Conspiracy Theory’ By MSM, Now Becomes Fact After UK Gov’t Backs ‘Sustainable’ Food Let’s start here.  Earlier this year, NPR’s Code Switch, Gene Demby and NPR reporter Huo Jingnan…

West Bank Explodes Overnight With Largest IDF Raid In Decades, ‘Evacuations’ Could Be Next The situation in the already restive and tense West Bank has exploded overnight, following major Israeli military raids…