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Piers Morgan and other Mirror editors knew they were breaking the law by tapping the British royal’s phone, a judge has ruled Britain’s Prince Harry has won a significant part of his…

An industry seminar in Cairo provided an opportunity for officials to discuss progress of the El-Dabaa NPP Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant is proceeding smoothly thanks to support from Russia,…

A small but growing minority believe Kiev should abandon its territorial goals The share of Ukrainians willing to make territorial concessions to Russia in exchange for a peace deal has almost doubled…

Pivot Trains Are Lining Up At Central Bank Central By Philip Marey, Senior US Strategist at Rabobank The pivot trains are lining up at Central Bank Central US stock markets rose further…

India and Egypt are among the nations that increased their liabilities last year Foreign debt to Russia jumped by nearly 9% in 2022, RBK reported on Friday, citing data from the World…

Several settlements have been flooded with icy water, Kamchatka’s governor, Vladimir Solodov, has said A massive storm hit Kamchatka Region in Russia’s Far East on Friday, with the Bering Sea and the…

The Three Myths Of The Biden Impeachment Defense Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my (slightly updated) column in the New York Post on three myths being widely repeated in the Biden…

The assault on the Palestinian enclave has only caused mass destruction and civilian deaths, says Haji Mohammad Afif The Israeli army has achieved nothing in its assault on Gaza and has instead…

The two countries have been ramping up economic cooperation at an unprecedented pace Russia supplied more oil and petroleum products to China in the first ten months of this year than during…

The incident was reported near the Yemeni coast on Thursday and comes amid attacks by Houthi rebels in the region   A Bulgarian-owned cargo vessel sailing under the Maltese flag was boarded in…

Illinois NAACP President Apologizes, Then Blames AI Deepfake, After Referring To Immigrants As “Savages” Ever since the Biden administration began bussing thousands of migrants to Chicago, the city’s black community has been…

US PMIs Suggest “Weak GDP Growth” In Q4, Prices Remain “Elevated” After dismal data from Europe, which followed earlier PMI numbers from Australia which pointed to a less steep decline, and a gauge for Japan which…

Wealth Effect Increases And Recession Risks Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, What is the “wealth effect,” and why is it important? It is a great question and reminded me of “A Funny…

US Industrial Production Rebounds In November As Striking Autoworkers Returned To Work US Industrial Production rebounded modestly in November from a drop in October, +0.2% MoM (below the +0.3% MoM exp) after…

Such extreme snowdrifts have not been seen for more than a century, Russia’s senior meteorologist has said A record snowfall has blanketed Moscow and the regions of central Russia. On Thursday night…

“Largest Ever” Options Expiration Imminent With Massive Gamma ‘Unclench’ Goldman’s John Marshall estimates that today’s options expiration will be the largest ever with over $4.9 trillion of notional options exposure expiring, including…

Bonds, Stocks, Gold Tumble After Fed’s Williams Comments Who could have seen this coming? And now Fed speakers start to backtrack on the pivot — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 14, 2023 It appears…

Empire Fed Manufacturing Unexpectedly Crashes Into ‘Contraction’ After three strong ‘beats’ in a row, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey crashed back into contraction, well below expectations in December (from +9.1 to -14.5,…

More Firms Set To Add Bitcoin To Balance Sheets After Major Accounting Rule Change Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, The rules now allow crypto-holding companies to report their paper gains, not…

S&P Poised For 7th Weekly Gain As Futures Gain Ahead Of $4.9 Trillion Quad-Witching 2023 is almost in the history books (the last two weeks of December are usually a volumeless, skeleton…

The Lebanese militant group says it will continue attacking Israeli positions to support the besieged people of Gaza The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah is now part of the Israeli-Palestinian war and…

A series of blasts in Transcarpathian Region injured 26 people, according to authorities At least two dozen people have been injured in a series of blasts during a session of a rural…

India plans to produce 1.5 billion tons of coal by 2030, but its ambition to embrace renewables like wind an solar power has secured it some leeway In the run-up to the…

The prime minister has said he allowed accession talks to begin, but will “pull the handbrake” if necessary Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said his government will have around 75 more opportunities to…

Eurozone PMIs “Paint A Disheartening Picture” Of The Economy On the heels of Christina Lagarde’s more-hawkish-than-The-Fed comments yesterday, the European Union’s economy appears to be deteriorating faster than anticipated. The Euro area…

The country is targeting 2027 to send another lunar probe that will return samples to Earth India will launch another mission to the Moon within four years to bring back samples from…

Ex-FBI Intel Chief Who ‘Investigated’ Trump-Russia Collusion Gets 4 Years In Prison For Colluding With Russia A former top FBI official who led the agency’s New York counterintelligence division, and played a…

EU Integration Stopped And Is Now Headed In Reverse Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The EU has always been dysfunctional. But integration and cooperation are now going backward. Hoping to stop…

Activists claimed they had wanted to draw attention to unemployment and ethnic violence The suspected mastermind behind an attack on the Indian Parliament surrendered to police in New Delhi on Thursday. Lalit…

A subsidiary of Yandex will launch new services in Ivory Coast, media say Ride-hailing service Yango, owned by Russian tech major Yandex, has announced a substantial investment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire),…

Geert Wilders is aiming to become prime minister after November’s surprise victory in parliament The Netherlands should not send more war aid to Kiev if it leaves the Dutch military unable to…

The move comes after the West African country signed a defense agreement with Russia Washington plans to resume security and development cooperation with Niger, Molly Phee, US assistant secretary of state for…

The US Defense Department says it could soon have to sacrifice the country’s own readiness unless Congress approves new aid for Kiev The Pentagon has urged Congress to approve US President Joe…

Agreements were signed with 30 African universities during the Africa Seeks Solutions congress in St. Petersburg Russian institutes signed agreements with more than 30 African universities during a major congress in St….

Starlink’s Global Traffic Triples In 2023, Crowning Elon Musk As Leader In Space Internet  New data from IT security firm Cloudflare reveals a surge in popularity for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service, with its…

German Energy Giant Warns Europe Remains Exposed To Natural Gas Supply Shocks Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Despite reducing significantly its dependence on Russian gas, Europe remains exposed to natural gas…

Activists claimed they had wanted to draw attention to unemployment and ethnic violence The suspected mastermind behind an attack on the Indian Parliament surrendered to police in New Delhi on Thursday. Lalit…

FM Dmitry Kuleba has pushed back against concerns of “war fatigue” in the West, portraying the failed counteroffensive as a temporary setback Skeptics who seriously doubted that Kiev’s counteroffensive would result in…

The fifth hike since summer comes amid high inflationary pressure, according to the regulator The Bank of Russia on Friday raised the key rate by 100 basis points to 16% per annum,…

Under the agreement, American troops will be able to store weapons and supplies at 15 locations in Finland Finland plans to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the US, enabling Washington…

US Terror List Hit 2 Million People, Nearly Doubling In 6 Years The federal government’s terrorist watchlist has hit approximately 2 million people worldwide, and includes thousands of Americans, CBS News reports….

Would The US Intervene To Defend Guyana’s Oil? By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. Venezuela’s revival of its border dispute with the Cooperative Republic of Guyana may provide an…

French President Macron Humiliated After Shady Immigration Bill Stopped Cold The tide seems to be turning against open border immigration policies in Europe, with half measures and false solutions being rejected outright,…

The war in Gaza will lead to the fall of US tyranny and the advent of a multipolar world, Hezbollah believes Lebanon has not officially entered into war with Israel, but the…

Bloomberg had earlier reported that Moscow may stop supplies to the US before Washington issues a ban Russia is not planning to preemptively block enriched uranium exports to the US ahead of…

The German chancellor reportedly told the Hungarian PM to “grab a coffee” while the rest of the EU leaders would vote on the issue German Chancellor Olaf Scholz managed to get Hungarian…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Pretoria is “tired of criminals operating with impunity” and undermining the country’s economy South African security forces arrested dozens on Thursday in the latest crackdown on illegal mining….

The Pentagon is reportedly pushing Kiev to adopt a conservative military strategy to save resources Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met Christopher Cavoli, the top general in the US European Command (EUCOM) and…

AI Increases The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Authored by John Mac Ghlionn via The Epoch Times, OpenAI, the company responsible for ChatGPT, recently announced the creation of a new team with a…

US Hails ‘Historic’ EU Membership Talks For Ukraine After Hungary’s Orban Caves The White House has welcomed a “historic” move by the EU to initiate membership talks with Ukraine. For Kiev, this…

Unlike Western countries, Moscow and Beijing have not allied themselves against anyone, the Russian President has said Relations between Russia and China have reached an all-time high and are successfully developing in…

Karl Nehammer, whose country opposed the restrictions, was reportedly out of the room when the decision was made European Union member states have agreed to a 12th package of sanctions against Russia;…

Escobar: BRICS & The Resistance Axis – A Convergence Of Goals Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, The Gaza war has accelerated cooperation between Global South behemoths resisting western-backed conflict. Together,…

The prime minister previously lamented the “bad decision” to begin accession talks with Kiev, which he declined to block Hungary has vetoed an EU plan to spend tens of billions of euros…

The promise of weapons to fight Russia for “as long as it takes” was false, the Belarusian president has claimed Promises of support given by the US and its allies to nations…

Kiev’s limited resources could force its troops to retreat in the coming months, a former NATO commander warns Ukraine is unable to reclaim land taken by Russian forces and will likely have…

Output declines in all three major sectors were key contributors to a drop in GDP in October The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in October, the first time since July that GDP…

The country’s holdings exceeded $150 billion in November Russian gold reserves surpassed the all-time high in monetary terms, reaching $151.9 billion in November, according to the latest data released by the Bank…

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…

[Some of you guys think I am downtrodden by recent events and outlines.  You could not be further from accurate; I’m living the best days of my life – ever.  ¹See after…

The legislation marks a $28 billion increase to Washington’s military budget over last year The US House and Senate have passed a sweeping military spending bill worth more than $886 billion; it…

US spooks are considering the creation of a fake Russian government-in-exile, Sergey Naryshkin has claimed The US government allegedly wants to back the declaration of a new Russian nation-state and its self-proclaimed…

400,000 Ukrainians Killed In Action Explains A Whole Lot Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, How many casualties has Ukraine suffered? How many causalities has Russia suffered? Answering these questions…

Breitbart Exposes Security Gaps: Migrants Board Planes Without IDs At Tucson Airport A recent investigation conducted by Breitbart Texas at Tucson International Airport, Arizona, has brought to light significant concerns regarding border…

Turley: What If Jack Smith Held A Trial And No One Came? Authored by Jonathan Turley, In 1966, Charlotte E. Keyes wrote a famous article for McCall’s magazine titled “Suppose They Gave…

Russia Warns If NATO Bases Used For Ukrainian Jets They Could Be Targeted With the Russia-Ukraine war now approaching the two year mark (in February), Americans might need reminding that the conflict…

The irony and hypocrisy is thick.  Charles McGonigal was an FBI counterintelligence official in charge of the FBI New York field office. McGonigal was tasked with investigating Russian collusion and Russian sanction…

NRA Sounds Alarm On New ATF Rule Targeting Gun Buyers And Sellers Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The National Rifle Association (NRA) sounded the alarm on a…

PBOC Injects Record Liquidity As China Retail Sales Disappoint, Investment Slows On the back of mixed PMI and trade data, deeper price deflation, and slightly weaker-than-expected credit data, November activity data painted a mixed picture for the…

Transgender Teachers In Florida Sue Over Pronoun Law Two teachers in Florida and one former educator filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Education on Wednesday, challenging a new law restricting…

After Affirmative Action Win Over Harvard, Group Takes On West Point Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The group that triumphed in a landmark Supreme Court case that…

Sullivan Tells Netanyahu To Wrap Up ‘High Intensity’ Gaza Fighting Within Weeks For the first time this week, the White House has begun putting rare pressure on the Netanyahu government – after…

COVID-19 Can Remain Undetected In Lungs For 18 Months: Study Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The COVID-19 virus can remain in the lungs for months after an…

Vista Outdoors Warns “Global Shortage Of Gunpowder” Will Set Ammo Prices On Fire  US sporting and outdoor products group Vista Outdoor warned in a letter to customers that ammunition prices are set to…

Economic Angst In The Heartland Authored by Steve Cortes via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bidenomics is failing America, infecting the land with a persistent and intensifying cynicism, despite attempts by the…

Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning DEI In All State Institutions Following the meltdown on Capitol Hill by “Ivy League” Presidents from Harvard, MIT and Penn, on Wednesday of this week Oklahoma Governor…

Behind The Biggest Nursing Exodus In 40 Years Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A 40-year record high of 100,000 nurses left their jobs in 2021, according to…

Dem Senator Blocks GOP Bill For 35% Tax On University Endowments In the wake of various recent scandals at ‘elite’ universities, attention has turned to their massive, largely untaxed endowments. On Thursday…

I initially considered a password protect post for this, but the issue is important enough that messaging a larger audience carries a greater value. Someone noted yesterday that after my research trip…

Fear is Washington’s go-to tool for the centralisation of power, so it gets evoked at every opportunity Florida Senator Rick Scott was recently ridiculed online after saying that Chinese imports of garlic…

Reports Of White Lung Syndrome Emerge In The US Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Reports of a mysterious respiratory illness in China are sparking fears of a…

Israeli Soldiers Spark Muslim Outrage By Singing Hanukkah Song Over Jenin Mosque Loudspeaker West Bank violence has been continuous since Oct.7 and Israel’s major Gaza offensive, but there are fears that clashes…

Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required To Send Certain Customer Data To Law Enforcement Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, Apple has quietly changed its legal guidelines to…

Oakland Coffee Shop Fires Employees Amid Antisemitism Accusations Authored by Micaela Ricaforte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A coffee shop in Oakland, California, fired several employees for denying a Jewish woman…

Bank Stocks Soar Despite Record High Usage Of Fed Bailout Facility, MM Funds See First Outflow In 7 Weeks After surging to new record highs, money-market funds saw outflows last week –…

Victor Davis Hanson: Civilization Versus The New Nihilists Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Nihilism is the religion of the Left. Anarchy is now at the core of the new…

Washington Lawmaker Wants To Toss People In Jail For Using Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Because They “Contribute To Climate Change” Democrat lawmakers in Washington State want to jail residents for using gas-powered landscaping…

West Virginia Secretary Of State Insists CIA Robbed Trump Of 2020 Election Win Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, a Republican…

Ukraine is “mindlessly” forcing its servicemen to hold a tiny foothold on the Russian-controlled bank of the Dnieper River, the president has said The Ukrainian leadership has grown desperate in the wake…

Gosha Rubchinskiy has previously collaborated with Comme des Garcons, Burberry, Levi’s, and other iconic brands Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy has joined Yeezy, the fashion brand founded by rapper Ye – the artist…

The Baltic state’s theaters claimed that the film’s distribution company is tied to Moscow Every single cinema in Lithuania will boycott the latest anime film from legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki over…

Crude Oil, ‘Crap Stocks’, & Credit Soar Amid Hedge Fund Carnage Ahead Of “Largest OpEx In History” Where to start… US Macro is surging The S&P is incredibly overbought Hedge Fund bloodbath…

Biden Administration Runs Record November Budget Deficit Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, The Biden administration just ran the largest November budget deficit in history. And it managed this feat even with…

The Russian president said he would have warned himself against trusting the West Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that he should not have put so much trust in Washington and its…

European states have to show that they are sticking to supporting Kiev if they want Washington to do so as well, the Swedish PM has said The results of the European Council…

IEA Raises Its 2024 Oil Demand Growth Forecast By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Global oil demand growth is materially slowing down this quarter compared to the third quarter, the International Energy Agency…

A last-minute climbdown by Hungary’s Viktor Orban opened the door for Kiev to start accession talks with Brussels EU leaders agreed on Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, after…

“F*** You, Chris! Butter Your Own Biscuit, Fat Ass!” – Cuomo Cursed Out By Girl With Tourette’s Former CNN star Chris Cuomo interviewed a TikTok star with Tourette’s syndrome on Tuesday night, and…

Republican Senator Calls Out Companies For Remaining On TikTok While Boycotting X Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized companies including Comcast and Disney for having…