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Russia’s ties with the continent base on Soviet-era solidarity, the Foreign Ministry official has said African countries have demonstrated a clear understanding of the causes of the Ukrainian crisis and the role…

The armor reportedly played a crucial role in destroying posts across the border, cutting off suspected terrorist infiltration routes The Indian Army used T-72 main battle tanks to destroy several Pakistani cross-border…

Moscow and Kiev will need time to reach agreement, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The Kremlin has not set a deadline for drafting a memorandum with Ukraine outlining steps toward a peace…

Berlin wants US backing for the restrictions, though Washington is reportedly unlikely to support the measures Germany has said it supports new EU sanctions against Russia in the energy sector, following a…

‘De-Brexit’? UK PM Starmer Accused Of “Surrender” As Britain Pens New Agreement With Brussels Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The United Kingdom and the European Union have reached a wide-ranging…

Atlanta Remains The World ‘s Busiest Airport In 2024, global air travel hit 9.5 billion passengers— a five billion increase since 2021. Together, the 10 busiest airports transported 855 million passengers, or…

Paris allegedly used “terrorism” and “child porn” as a pretext to interfere in Romanian, Moldovan and Ukrainian politics Telegram founder Pavel Durov has revealed more details about an alleged attempt by France’s…

The 3 Pillars Of The American Idea Authored by Robert Curry via RealClearWire.com, Unalienable rights and self-evident truths are the two core ideas of the American founding.   Expand the number of core ideas…

What Joe Biden’s Cancer Can (And Should) Teach Us About The Media Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Last night the news broke that former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with…

Iran Clarifies That Nuclear Talks Will Fail If US Pushes Zero Enrichment Last week, a top Iranian nuclear official floated the possibility that the Islamic Republic would be willing to given up…

How Long Can Lies & Control Supplant Reality & Free Markets? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, The facts of a surreal yet broken (and hence increasingly controlled and desperate) financial system are becoming…

The Ukrainian leader is “not the easiest person to deal with,” the US president has said President Donald Trump has expressed hope that “something is going to happen” following his conversation with…

The WHO Cannot Be Saved Authored by David Bell and Ramesh Thakur via The Brownstone Institute, As humans, we commonly consider ourselves, our beliefs, and our work of particular importance. It is…

Alarming Graph Reveals US Beef Industry Is “Hijacked By Chemical Pushers”  The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement is gaining steam as a disruptive force in helping to rescue the nation’s deteriorating food supply…

Don’t Take The Black Pill Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, What kinds of attitudes do you bring to the prospect of political and social change? The answer matters more…

Historic Women’s College Gives Honorary Degree To Rachel Levine (A Man) It is an interesting kind of horror that modern academia, an environment where objective facts should be most revered, has instead…

Marx’s Economic Forecasts: Over 150 Years Of Failure Authored by Richard Fulmer via The Mises Institute, From atop the flawed foundation of the Labor Theory of Value, Karl Marx made a series…

House Republicans Press Harvard For Transparency Over Alleged Ties To Chinese Military Woke elites running Harvard University into the ground faced fresh controversy on Monday morning as House Republicans launched a formal inquiry into…

The American president believes Kiev would be “better off” if it had remained a European problem President Donald Trump has blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for funneling vast amounts of American taxpayer…

“…The Entire Profession Sold Out The Country To Act As The Democrats’ Damage Control Agency…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Swamp Fever “Don’t misunderstand me. I want Biden to get better and…

Bessent Warns Tariffs Will Go Back Up For Nations That Do Not Negotiate In ‘Good Faith’, Doesn’t “Put Much Credence” In Moody’s Downgrade Authored by Aldgra Fredly and Jacob Burg via The…

Vance Abruptly Cancels Israel Visit As IDF Expands Gaza Operations More friction between Israel and the United States has come to light Monday as Vice President JD Vance has canceled a planned…

Top FDA Official Discloses She Never Received COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A top Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said on May 15 that…

A Third Of Russell 3000 Energy Companies Trade Below Book Value Looking at Berkshire’s mindblowing $350 billion cash stash… … one would think that there is nothing in the market that a…

The Russian president has described his Monday phone call with Donald Trump as “substantive and quite candid” Moscow is ready to work with Kiev on drafting a memorandum on a potential future…

Earlier today President Trump held a 2-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The objective of President Trump is clear; however, he is battling against recent history and the domestic political…

The Jiu Tian has been designed to deploy up to 100 AI-guided UAVs during high-altitude missions China is preparing to launch what it says is the world’s first “drone carrier” aircraft, capable…

US President Donald Trump later claimed that Moscow and Kiev “will immediately start” negotiations Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky ordered the creation of a “permanent expanded national negotiating group” following recent Russia-Ukraine talks in…

The US tech giant has been found guilty of violating the country’s laws that ban the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations A Moscow court on Monday fined US tech giant Apple 7.5…

US Leading Economic Indicators Tumble Most In Over 2 Years Since December’s Trump-optimism-driven surge in Leading Economic Indicators (the first since last February), The Conference Board’s headline index has decelerated rapidly with…

Goldman Raises Oil Demand Outlook Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Goldman Sachs has increased its global oil demand forecast but maintained its price predictions for Brent crude and WTI for the…

The FBI Washington Headquarters Won’t Be Missed Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Current FBI Director Kash Patel is closing down the agency’s Washington, DC, mothership office and moving at…

There’s no chance on Earth that the former US president’s late-stage cancer wasn’t noticed while he was in office Former US President Joe Biden has revealed a devastating medical diagnosis: an aggressive, metastatic…

Why Keynesians Got Inflation And Growth Wrong Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Inflation is not soaring, and economic growth is solid… The Tariff Tantrum has proven that consensus was wrong about soaring inflation and an…

The reported incident comes days after Estonia attempted to inspect a vessel sailing from Russia Estonian authorities have accused Russia of detaining a tanker carrying shale oil from the Baltic country. The…

The US and Russian leaders have held a lengthy phone call Monday focused on the Ukraine conflict US President Donald Trump has said the conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “went…

Amid a fragile ceasefire, hundreds of families caught between borders face fear, uncertainty, and the threat of forced displacement In the shadow of snow-capped Himalayan peaks, the picturesque valley of Pahalgam in…

Israel Allows Aid Into Gaza As WHO Warns 500,000 On Brink Of Starvation Israel has enforced a nearly three-month blockade on humanitarian aid going into the Gaza Strip, amid reports that Hamas…

GM Urges The Senate To Kill California’s 2035 EV Rules Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, GM once supported California’s 2035 EV target. It wisely has second thoughts… Sanity Prevails In 2022,…

The president has said Russia is open to ceasefire talks and that peace efforts are “on the right track” Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed his phone call with his US counterpart…

Donald Trump’s Middle East tour conspicuously excluded the Jewish state, potentially signaling the start of a new foreign policy paradigm Last week, US President Donald Trump embarked on his first official overseas…

FBI ID’s ‘Pro-Mortalist’ Suspect Shredded In Bombing Of Palm Springs Fertility Clinic The FBI has identified the suspect in Saturday’s powerful car-bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic as 25-year-old Guy Edward…

Texas House OKs Bill To Sue Vaccine Makers for False Ads Authored by Jon Fleetwood via substack, In a major victory for accountability and informed consent, the Texas House of Representatives passed HB…

Germany Makes “Sea-Change Policy Shift” On Nuclear Power In Europe Three weeks after widespread power grid failures across Portugal and Spain, triggered by unreliable solar and wind power, Germany appears to be…

Dept Of Defense Tells Commanders To Identify Troops With Gender Dysphoria Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Department of Defense has directed commanders to identify service members with a…

Trump Speaks With Putin & Zelensky Monday Toward Ending Ukraine ‘Bloodbath’ President Trump is expected to hold a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, followed by a call with…

Moody’s Blues By Philip Marey, Senior US strategist at Rabobank On the same day that the fiscal hawks among the House Republicans blocked their own party’s tax and spending bill because it…

Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Challenge Authored by Stuart Liess via The Epoch Times, The United States’ highest court this week seemed divided over whether lower court judges had overstepped their…

What Downgrade? Stocks & Bonds Surge Into The Green After Moody’s Cut Despte all the doomsaying and blame-scaping following Moody’s downgrade late on Friday night, the market has well and truly shrugged…

Key Events This Week: Big Beautiful Bill; Initial Claims, Home Sales And Fed Speakers Galore As DB’s Jim Reid writes in his weekly preview, “in terms of what the market has been…

White House envoy Steve Witkoff’s plan reportedly contains guarantees for Hamas White House envoy Steve Witkoff has presented Israel and Hamas with a new ceasefire proposal, Axios has reported, with Washington urging…

The new Danish package comes amid US efforts to broker an end to hostilities between Moscow and Kiev Denmark has announced a new military aid package worth $618 million for Ukraine, focusing…

Other popular films and TV series may also fall under a new set of laws targeting the promotion of childfree ideology Russia’s new laws against the promotion of illegal “childfree” ideology could…

The authorities in Bucharest had annulled the first round and removed the winning candidate Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described Romania’s recent presidential election as “strange,” with the declared winner securing victory…

The prime minister has defended blocking humanitarian aid to the civilian population Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to seize control of Gaza as part of a “massive” military operation…

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…

Nicușor Dan was the pro-EU, pro-war and pro-NATO Romanian presidential candidate supported by Brussels. When Nicușor Dan came in second place in the first round of elections, CTH noted he was very…

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 country’s intelligence agency insists it spoke with the Telegram CEO to protect children, not to interfere in elections France’s foreign intelligence service has denied claims that its director pressured Telegram founder…

Amnesty International’s London HQ is a “center of Russophobic projects”, the Russian prosecutor general has claimed The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General has banned Amnesty International, the London-based non-governmental organization (NGO),…

Beijing aided Islamabad with aerial protection and a reconnaissance system, according to an Indian think tank China provided Pakistan with air defense and satellite support during its recent military confrontation with India,…

Futures Slide, Yields And Gold Jump As Markets React To Moody’s Downgrade US equity futures and bond yields are sharply higher across the curve as market react to Moody’s greatly delayed downgrade…

DNA For Sale: Regeneron To Scoop Up Bankrupt 23andMe In Court-Supervised Sale Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced it has been “named the successful bidder” in the defunct 23andMe’s bankruptcy auction. It will acquire 23andMe’s core business…

Often applied by the West as a tool to force countries into political changes, sanctions fail to achieve their objectives Sanctions have become a preferred instrument in international diplomacy applied either to…

Moscow values Washington’s mediation efforts in the settlement of the conflict, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia remains open to achieving its goals in the Ukraine conflict through peaceful means, Kremlin spokesman…

Severe limits on uranium enrichment by Tehran are non-negotiable, Washington’s envoy Steve Witkoff has insisted The US will not accept any nuclear deal with Iran that allows Tehran to continue uranium enrichment,…

Choreographer Yury Grigorovich and dancer Yury Vladimirov, both iconic figures at the Bolshoi, have passed away Two iconic figures of Russian ballet, celebrated choreographer Yury Grigorovich and acclaimed Bolshoi dancer and teacher…

Finland will deliver around $100 million worth of heavy ammunition using profits from immobilized assets, the Defense Ministry has said Finland will supply heavy ammunition to Kiev using proceeds from Russian assets…

The Russian and US presidents are expected to hold a highly anticipated phone conversation on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to speak on the phone with his US counterpart, Donald…

A bill authored by Senator Lindsey Graham threatens additional tariffs if Moscow does not agree to a peace deal with Kiev US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a new sanctions bill…

UNSMIL has pushed for a permanent ceasefire following the assassination of a militia leader and a surge in violence The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Libya’s Presidential Council affiliated with…

Rostec says the Leopard 2A6 tank was built for outdated threats and lacks protection against modern weaponry Leading Russian defense manufacturer Rostec has exposed apparent flaws in the German Leopard 2A6 main…

New Delhi has imposed an embargo on several categories of goods from Bangladesh India has banned imports of several categories of goods from neighboring Bangladesh via land. The ban enters force with…

The conversation is scheduled for 5pm Moscow time and will be based on the results of recent talks in Istanbul, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a…

Inside World Of High-Net-Worth Lending: Kevin Plank Pledges Georgetown Home For $15M Commercial Loan Local Baltimore media outlets have reported that Under Armour founder Kevin Plank—who returned as CEO in April 2024—recently pledged his…

More than 50 young diplomats from 20 countries attended the annual event in Kazan The Russian city of Kazan has hosted a forum of young diplomats from Muslim countries, held alongside a…

Beijing’s first-ever white paper on national security clearly shows that it now sees itself as an indispensable global force Last week, China released its first-ever white paper on national security. While the…

New Dietary Guidelines Will Recommend Americans ‘Eat Whole Food,’ Says RFK Jr. Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dietary guidelines that are set to be issued by the…

Concerns abound that the 49 second-hand Abrams will be an easy target for Russian drones, the report claims Australia has announced it will ship 49 decommissioned M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine after…

The bomber struck as young men queued to enlist at military base in Somalia At least 10 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a military base…

Bucharest’s “electoral mess” shouldn’t even be called a presidential vote, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed allegations from Romania that Moscow interfered in…

What On Earth Has This Got To Do With Pride? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Some bright spark has decided that a Falklands War landing craft is the perfect thing to…

The mostly underage group planned attacks on police during Victory Day celebrations, the agency has claimed Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported that it disrupted a terrorist conspiracy allegedly plotted by…

Keep An Eye On Cocoa Prices Cocoa futures surged as much as 7.9% on Friday to $11,068/ton in New York, approaching record levels once again, as mounting supply-side risks reignite upside price…

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski is narrowly leading his conservative rival, according to a poll released after voting concluded Poland’s presidential election is set for a runoff, with Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly leading rival…

Seven delegations will visit various countries, including Russia, to present New Delhi’s anti-terror case against Islamabad India has said it will send seven multi-party delegations to various countries as well as the…

The Telegram founder has said election meddling can’t be stopped by further interference Elon Musk has voiced support for fellow tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov after the Telegram founder said he had rejected…

“Smacks Too Much Of Elimination Of Political Rivals” – German Chancellor Merz “Very Skeptical” About Banning AfD Via Remix News, In recent months, a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) appeared…

The US president has joined a bipartisan outpouring of support for his predecessor US President Donald Trump has extended well wishes to his predecessor and long-standing political rival, Joe Biden, following news…

If Abortion Is Healthcare, Why Is Abortion Data Going Unreported? Authored by Samantha Flom via RealClear Politics (emphasis ours), We were told mifepristone is “safer than Tylenol” by pro-abortion activists. Now women…

Pepe Escobar ‘Decodes’ The Istanbul Kabuki Authored by Pepe Escobar, Did President Putin really change the game by proposing the resumption of negotiations on the proxy war in Ukraine in Istanbul –…

House Republicans Advance Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Weekend Of Negotiations Following a Friday fracas on Capitol Hill which saw House Republicans fail to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” out…

The Russian-born billionaire said spy chief Nicolas Lerner wanted him to silence “conservative voices” Telegram founder Pavel Durov has claimed that French foreign intelligence chief Nicolas Lerner personally asked him to censor…

Steve Witkoff says first direct Russian-Ukrainian talks in three years were an important step to peace US President Donald Trump’s upcoming phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be “very successful”…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears on NBC Meet the Press to discuss the current status of the trade negotiations, tariffs and pending trade deals. In addition, Secretary Bessent outlines the construct of…

Former HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes is a man very familiar with the Russiagate nonsense and the weaponization of the DOJ, FBI and CIA against candidate Donald Trump and later President Trump. Within…

Kroger Overcharging Customers On Sale Items, Consumer Reports Investigation Finds You know times are getting tough when grocery stores resort to good ole’ fashion ripping off customers via mispricing. Shoppers at Kroger-owned…

Los Angeles Announces Flying Taxis For Visitors At ‘No-Car’ Olympics Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Los Angeles announced May 15 that air taxis will be available for visitors and…

As we have outlined extensively, the stakes for Europe are high on many fronts.  The totalitarian leftists who control the European Union from Brussels have designated allies in key countries like Germany…

I often hear or receive this question in various iterations.  When discussing the research outlines of current events, especially when we cite the historic background of what took place leading to those…