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Moscow has retrieved the remains of 27 of its service members, Vladimir Medinsky, the top negotiator for talks with Kiev, has confirmed Russia has handed over to Ukraine the remains of 1,212…

The alleged Kiev operative is accused of planning a bombing attack against a military veteran in Veliky Novgorod A Ukrainian national accused of plotting the assassination of a Russian military veteran has…

Jefferies Goes On Hiring Binge As Outsourced Trading Booms Jefferies Financial Group is ramping up its outsourced trading business by hiring 17 new traders, aiming to tap into the growing trend of…

Rajnath Singh has questioned the Security Council’s decision to appoint Islamabad as vice-chair of its anti-terror panel Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed shock and disappointment over the United Nations Security…

The event welcomed young policymakers and energy professionals from all BRICS member states Brazil hosted the bloc’s 7th Youth Energy Summit in its capital, Brasilia, earlier this week. The flagship gathering brought…

Energy Winners Should Be Chosen By Consumers, Not Government Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, The “One Big Beautiful Bill” – designed to put most of President Trump’s campaign promises…

A clip by an affiliate of the broadcaster showed people, including women in hijabs, fleeing in a desert landscape as the anchor spoke about a raid on Kharkov An affiliate of US…

The military deserter reportedly fantasized about killing and being sent to a Western European prison A Ukrainian national who faces multiple attempted murder charges after a stabbing spree in Amsterdam is a…

Diana Atwine has highlighted the global risks from emerging diseases at a biological security conference in Sochi Uganda managed to stop a recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus thanks to cooperation…

The Inflection Point In European Defense Is Here UBS’ latest European Economic Perspectives note to clients highlights the current and future state of defense spending by European nations. Much like AI stocks are…

Gun Used In Shooting Colombian Presidential Candidate Traced To Arizona Authored by Yeny Sora Robles via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The pistol used to shoot Colombian presidential candidate Sen. Miguel Uribe…

The push to destabilize the alliance is fueled by foreign powers’ interest in the region’s vast natural wealth, Burkina Faso’s president has said Burkina Faso’s interim president, Captain Ibrahim Traore has accused…

The sector has reportedly shed over 100,000 jobs over the past year and is expected to lose 70,000 more by the end of 2025 Germany’s industrial sector has lost more than 100,000…

Moscow earlier accused Kiev of failing to accept the remains, questioning whether it was complying with agreements reached in Istanbul Ukraine has received from Russia the remains of 1,212 soldiers killed in…

UK Announces $19.3 Billion Funding For New Nuclear Power Project Weeks after Germany decided to reverse course and ‘re-embrace’ nuclear power following their supreme idiocy on the matter, the UK government announced…

Federal agencies reportedly scrutinized Eastern European visitors to the tech mogul’s properties for possible “influence” US federal agencies investigated foreign nationals visiting Elon Musk’s properties during the administration of former President Joe…

The gathering in Kalmykia will bring together Buddhist communities from over 30 countries for dialogue, culture, and cooperation The Russian Republic of Kalmykia is set to host the 3rd International Buddhist Forum,…

Kiev’s delegation in Istanbul is authorized to discuss humanitarian issues and ceasefire terms, the Ukrainian leader has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said he will only discuss territorial issues with Russian President…

Slovak leader Robert Fico has spoken out after the bloc unveiled a planned new package of restrictions Slovakia will not support the EU’s new package of sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Robert…

The former DOGE chief has said some of his posts directed at the US president “went too far” Elon Musk has expressed regret for some of the public criticism he directed at…

Foreign Meddling: US Ambassador Lobbies Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Against Forcing New Elections As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling government coalition stands on the brink of being toppled by a bill that would dissolve…

Russia’s Arrival In Dnipropetrovsk Puts Ukraine In A Dilemma Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It’s very difficult to imagine how Ukraine can prevent any further Russian advances after this… The Russian…

NIH Nixes Fauci Pet Project As Scripps’ Kristian Andersen Fixes To Flee The Country Authored by Paul Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, Senior officials inside the NIH are working to shut down…

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…

This indictment summary reads like a movie script. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, Shenghua Wen, 42, of Ontario California, came to the USA on a student visa in 2012; he…

Sergey Feoktistov was earlier ordered to leave Berlin as part of sanctions imposed on Moscow’s media Russia has condemned the treatment of Sergey Feoktistov, head of the bureau for the media company…

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…

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Bragg today to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.  The anticipated start time is 4:00pm ET with livestream links below. “President Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete…

Following the suspension for vile public statements about President Trump and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, ABC has now decided to fire Senior White House Correspondent Terry Moran. VIA CNN (Brian…

Prior to leaving the White House for the celebration at Fort Bragg, President Trump answered questions from the press during an oval office press conference about professional forest management. President Trump spoke…

Earlier today, California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed President Trump never called him prior to the President’s decision to take control of the national guard.  A few hours later President Trump showed the…

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency ruling request for a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration from deploying military personnel to support the enforcement of…

Debt, Leverage, And Fiat Come To Bitcoin Authored by Kane McGukin via Bombthrower.com, Money has always been strategic, providing the foundation of nations and empires for centuries. Owning capital and controlling its…

Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Tariffs In Place For Now In the latest court victory for President Trump, late on Tuesday a federal appellate court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be departing London, leaving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to finalize the details with the Chinese trade delegation. Apparently, the talks have…

Apparently, the prior narrative that everything was fine, there’s nothing to see here, just didn’t work.  As footage of looting, arson, violence and riots against law enforcement continues to highlight the false…

Central Asia’s Debt Burden To China Examined By Eurasianet courtesy of OilPrice.com China has shifted from the world’s largest creditor nation to the globe’s biggest debt collector. Central Asian states owe billions…

This is actually a very surprising development.  The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a heavily controlled multinational exploit of the World Economic Forum assembly (WEF).  This could be looked upon as the…

Wuhan Researcher Charged With Smuggling Biological Materials Into US Lab Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. prosecutors have charged another Chinese national for smuggling biological materials into…

Israeli Navy Conducts Major Strikes On Houthi-Controlled Port For 1st Time On Tuesday Israeli Defense minister Israel Katz has warned Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that they could face a complete naval and air…

LA Mayor Declares Local Emergency, Issues A Curfew For Downtown Los Angeles In a bizarre twist, after spending much of the past week pleading just how peaceful the LA riots hugfest has…

The restrictions will be in effect in a section of downtown from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m A curfew has been imposed in downtown Los Angeles following several days of rioting and…

According to a statement by New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, a grand jury has indicted Representative LaMonica McIver (N.J) on three charges related to her involvement in a violent stunt at…

Moscow will present its vision of an “ideal school” that other countries could adopt Moscow will introduce an education model designed to help students contribute to building a “multipolar world,” Russian Education…

Nearly 8,000 Killed In Syria Within Six Months: Monitor Via The Cradle At least 7,670 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in Syria since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s…

Thomas Massie Introduces Bill To Audit America’s Gold Reserves Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation on June 6 to audit gold reserves held by…

China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund To Offer Cheap Mortgages, Boost Housing Demand With China’s real estate sector now a pale shadow of its former self, when just five years ago Goldman defined…

US, China “Agree In Principle On Framework For Implementing Geneva Consensus” After a full second day of discussion on the US-China trade deal, we finally have… something. As Bloomberg reports, just before…

Waste Of The Day: Secrecy Surrounds California Capitol Annex Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: An annex to California’s Capitol Building was supposed to cost $543 million, but the price has…

China Sends Two Aircraft Carriers Deeper Into Pacific For First Time, After NATO Bolstered Presence Western media and American allies in east Asia are hyperventilating over Chinese warships being deployed in… regional…

Mapping Out Welfare Shockwave By Retailer If SNAP Cuts Passed The House Republican reconciliation bill, currently at the Senate, would, if passed and signed by President Trump, reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition…

Bruno Kahl cited the Ukraine conflict when justifying the increase in military spending Russia could attack NATO countries after the Ukraine conflict is over, Bruno Kahl, the head of the German foreign…

Rogue NGOs Prepare For Nationwide Color Revolution; Walmart Heiress Calls For “Mobilization” A network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with known affiliations to Marxist-aligned political ideologies initiated coordinated protest activity across Los Angeles last Friday. Almost…

We Are Being Amused & Abused To Death Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another—slightly older, slightly less…

Viral Footage Appears To Show Waymo Vehicles Fleeing Los Angeles After Riots  Law-abiding Americans watched in disbelief as Marxist-aligned NGOs sparked chaos in downtown Los Angeles. Riots and looting raged overnight and entered the…

Border Czar Homan Says Trump Admin Has ‘No Intention’ To Arrest Newsom Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, White House border czar Tom Homan said on Monday that he has…

Steel Stocks Slide After US Nears Deal With Mexico To Cut Steel Duties, Cap Imports After weeks of quiet, Trump’s trade deals are starting to take shape: first it is the ongoing…

Brussels’ 18th sanctions package also reflects Brussels’ frustration over the Russia-US thaw, Kirill Dmitriev has said The European Commission’s latest sanctions package, which targets the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), among other…

Global responsibility and Moscow’s foreign policy: Between autonomy and a changing world One of the central paradoxes of Russia’s foreign policy is this: while its primary goal has always been to secure…

A peaceful end to the conflict is in Washington’s interests, Pete Hegseth has said The White House will be slashing military funding for Ukraine as the administration of US President Donald Trump…

Staked Ethereum Hits All-Time High As ETH ETF Inflows Surge Ethereum surged to a four month high this morning, just shy of $2800 (a key resistance zone) as ETF inflows and Staking…

Nation’s 2nd-Largest Wine And Spirits Distributor Exits California Market Over Costs, Suppliers Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Wine and spirits distributor Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is…

‘Several Agencies’ Spied On Foreign Musk Associates During Biden Years: Report In the final years of President Biden’s term, as Elon Musk began publicly criticizing Democrats and shifted his support to Donald…

Residents of the Estonian town of Tartu are concerned about rapists and murderers potentially turning it into a “risk zone” Hundreds of Estonians have signed a petition protesting against a government initiative…

Elon “might agree to step back a little from his principles” in a bid to end tensions with the US president, Errol Musk has said Errol Musk has weighed in on the…

A second group of Russian soldiers has been released from Ukrainian captivity as part of a major exchange, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said A second group of Russian POWs has…

India And US Advance Toward Interim Trade Deal After Four-Day Talks Indian and US negotiators have made progress in their latest round of talks in New Delhi on Tuesday on a bilateral…

Overnight Russian Strikes On Ukraine’s Capital Lasted 5-Hours, Hit Seven Districts Ukraine’s capital was subject of an hours-long, immense barrage of Russian airstrikes in the overnight and early morning hours, which spanned…

Trump’s Law-And-Order Vs. Democrats’ Open Border Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, President Trump is using a tough law-and-order approach to quell this Los Angeles insurrection. I’m using the definition of insurrection,…

Trump Frustrated As Iran ‘Much More Aggressive’ In Nuclear Negotiations President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a Fox News interview that Iran is becoming “much more aggressive” in nuclear negotiations. The day…

Berlin has been diligently poking the bear, and it has taken note They probably won’t but Germans should pay close attention to a recent news item out of Russia: The Levada polling…

Tailing 3Y Auction Kicks Off Week Of Closely-Watched Supply There was some apprehension ahead of today’s 3Y auction – the first sale of coupon paper this week – following some very sloppy…

Tesla Robotaxi Spotted On Austin Streets Ahead Of Launch  Tesla is just days away from launching its long-anticipated robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, marking a major milestone in Elon Musk’s pivot toward…

The billionaire was forced to sell Chelsea FC and is under pressure from the UK to transfer the proceeds to Ukraine Russian businessman Roman Abramovich has said he no longer intends to…

TACO Tuesday Again By Michael Every of Rabobank Expect much self-serving market chuckling about ‘TACO Tuesday’ again as Monday’s US-China trade talks in London extend into today and headlines are that the…

Trump Admin Investigates University Of Wyoming For Allowing Males To Join Sorority Authored by Emily Sturge via Campus Reform, The Trump administration is investigating the University of Wyoming (UW) for allowing a…

‘Invest Now Or Learn Russian Later’: NATO Chief Wants 400% Increase In Europe’s Air Defense Spending NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday urged the European allies to make a “quantum leap”…

The Meta CEO is reportedly forming an elite team to pursue human-level AI and challenge rival tech giants Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is setting up a secretive ‘superintelligence’ lab as part of…

Brussels has suggested a complete transaction ban on the two pipelines as well as lowering the oil price cap on Moscow The European Commission has proposed a ban on the use of…

Sber is applying the technology across multiple sectors, including international business, according to Alexander Vedyakhin Russia has maintained a strong position in the global race for artificial intelligence (AI), despite facing significant…

A 14-year-old student stabbed the educator during a routine bag search in a Haute-Marne middle school, police have said A French middle school student launched a deadly knife attack on a teaching…

Lowering the draft age was one condition for tightening sanctions on Russia, the Ukrainian leader has claimed Some of Kiev’s Western backers demanded that Ukraine lower the age of military conscription to…

New Delhi has warned that the root causes of the conflict with Islamabad remain unchanged Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said the root causes of New Delhi’s conflict with Islamabad remain…

UK Imposes Historic Sanctions On Hardline Israeli Ministers In a historic shift in UK-Israel relations, Britain is imposing formal sanctions on hardline Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich (Finance) and Itamar Ben Gvir (National…

The Mirotvorets website has accused the sports star of “whitewashing Russia’s reputation” Russian hockey legend Alexander Ovechkin, who recently broke the NHL’s all-time scoring record, has been added to the list of…

US-China Trade Talks “Going Well” On Second Day, Lutnick Says US-China trade talks are again in the spotlight, with a second day of negotiations taking place in London aimed at beefing up…

The Foreign Ministry has reportedly refuted a claim by its ambassador to Kiev that air defense missile batteries had been provided The Israeli Foreign Ministry has reportedly denied that the nation supplied…

OpenAI Taps Google In “Unprecedented” Cloud Deal, Snubbing Core Supporter Microsoft One would think that with Microsoft pumping billions of equity capital into OpenAI, Sam Altman’s company would only use the Seattle…

During an appearance on Fox News (Hannity, #93) Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the violent thug who was throwing bricks at law enforcement vehicles (video below fold) has been identified by the…

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…

Futures Rise As Market Awaits Outcome US-China Trade Talks US equity futures are little changed, paring earlier gains along with European stocks, as Commerce Secretary Lutnick says US-China trade talks are “going…

Trump Travel Ban, Restrictions Go Into Effect On 19 Nations Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A travel ban signed by President Donald Trump has gone into effect,…

Multi-State Lawsuit Aims To Block Sale Of 23andMe Personal Genetic Data Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Tmes, A coalition of 27 states and the District of Columbia has taken legal…

The incident is the latest in a series of abuse claims, including murder, involving the British Army in Kenya A British soldier has been accused of raping a woman in Kenya and…

A UAV strike has reportedly destroyed a fuel station in the city of Belgorod    A woman has been killed and four other people injured in a Ukrainian drone strike targeting a…

Two-thirds of respondents say the country offers long-term growth potential despite the short-term impact of sanctions The majority of Western companies operating in Russia are not planning to leave the country, despite…

Paris was “the most unexpected place” to be detained, the Telegram CEO has said Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has told American journalist Tucker Carlson that he had never been arrested by authorities…

Scrolling is replacing offline communication, thus exacerbating the demographic problem in Russia, a politician has suggested Childless couples in Russia should be cut off from internet access at night to increase the…

18 people have been rescued so far, even as firefighting efforts continue The Indian Navy has successfully rescued 18 crew members from a Singapore-flagged container ship that caught fire off the coast…