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‘Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Western Business Leaders ‘Terrified’ After Touring Chinese Factories Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley and other top business leaders are “terrified” over China’s breakneck technological advancements,…

Musk’s Manhattan Project For xAI Bets Big On ‘World Models’ That NVidia Says Could Rival ‘Global Economy’ Elon Musk’s xAI is setting its sights on something that could revolutionize everything from video…

The declassified Soviet-era documents came from archives in Moscow, diplomats said The Russian ambassador to the US has given Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna the declassified Soviet files on the assassination of…

The US president found himself in his element this week as Israel honored his efforts in securing the release of hostages held by Hamas On Monday, US President Donald Trump was awarded…

The group has so far handed over the remains of eight of the 28 Israelis killed in captivity Hamas returned the remains of four more hostages to Israel on Tuesday night after…

The US president has previously suggested kicking Spain out of the bloc over failing to meet increased military spending requirements US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose punitive tariffs against Spain…

Newsom Signs Law Requiring Online Age Verification Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a series of state bills that will require age…

From empires to alliances: the continent’s long road to mutual respect We can no longer expect the international system – whether global or Eurasian – to reproduce the “ideal” models of order…

Six Killed After US Strikes Boat Off Venezuela In 5th Such Operation President Trump has announced another military strike against a boat off Venezuela suspected of trafficking drugs on Tuesday, which killed…

Small Business Optimism Dips In September But Labor Market Signals All Improved Amid a dearth of macro data due to the shutdowns, this month’s Small Business Optimism survey suddenly becomes noteworthy with…

US President Donald Trump has said that the militants have been allowed to provide security in the enclave for now Hamas has carried out a public execution of seven men in Gaza,…

Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’ Appeal Of $1.4 Billion Defamation Judgment Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 14 rejected radio talk show host Alex…

The Commerce Ministry’s latest export control documents were released using local WPS software instead of the US-developed Word China has started replacing the US-developed and widely used Microsoft Word file format with…

GM Takes $1.6 Billion Hit As It Scales Back EV Operations General Motors said on Oct. 14 that it will bear a $1.6 billion loss to scale back its electric vehicle (EV)…

The involvement of the Russian president saved the life of Maxim Kharkin, his mother has told TASS The efforts of Russian diplomats and President Vladimir Putin personally helped save the life of…

U.S. Government Adds To Bitcoin Reserve With Historic $15 Billion Seizure In Forced Labor Crypto Scam Case The United States government has taken custody of roughly 127,271 Bitcoin, worth about $15 billion,…

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DOE Meets With Nuclear Companies Today To Kick Off Defense Production Act Consortium Today is October 14, and as the Office of Nuclear Energy wrote back in August, should mark the first…

Cheap, duty-free supplies are endangering the domestic steel sector, according to Warsaw officials Poland will seek protective measures from the EU on Ukrainian steel imports, a government official told Bloomberg on Tuesday,…

Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov, ballet superstar Sergei Polunin and former MP Oleg Tsarev are also reportedly being targeted Vladimir Zelensky has stripped several prominent public figures of their Ukrainian citizenship. They include…

Germany’s criminal investigation into the destruction of the pipelines does not serve Poland’s interests, according to its national security chief Germany is acting against NATO’s interests by continuing a criminal investigation into…

French Stocks, Bonds Rally After French Premier Lecornu Compromises To Win Socialist Party Support To Avoid Ouster Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu pulled off the impossible – for now – by suspending President Emmanuel Macron’s…

The Ukraine conflict and regional security are on the agenda, Ivan Tertel has told journalists The Ukraine conflict is a primary issue on the agenda of the ongoing dialogue between Washington and…

Forensic teams are reportedly examining gas residues and items resembling Molotov cocktails discovered at the site Three Carabinieri, or officers of the Italian gendarmerie, have been killed and over a dozen people…

1 In 3 Brown U. Freshmen Are LGBT: Survey Authored by Jeanine Yuen via The College Fix, About one in three Brown University freshmen say they are gay, bisexual, transgender, or one…

Tens of thousands took to the streets of the Belgian capital, demanding the government abandon austerity plans Brussels police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse mass protests against government-proposed…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Tilts Dovish On Labor Risks, Suggests Imminent End To QT Update (1225ET): We have an answer: Fed Chair Powell definitely erred on the side of caution about…

Creation And Destruction Of Creative Destruction By Philip Marey, Senior US strategist at Rabobank The S&P500 rebounded yesterday as the US and China are trying to de-escalate the trade tensions that flared…

EU Ratchets Up China Pressure, May Force Beijing To Transfer Tech On Monday, the Dutch government took control of Chinese-owned semiconductor maker Nexperia – citing risks to Europe’s economic security after alleging “serious governance…

The use of the Northern Sea Route is expected to boost freight turnover through Russian waters The first Chinese container ship has completed a transit to Europe via the Arctic’s Northern Sea…

Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s export controls on rare earth minerals damage the global economy US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Beijing’s new export controls reflect a ‘Leninist business model’ that…

Ford Cuts Production Of Even More Vehicles After Aluminum Supply Shock  The fallout from the Novelis aluminum mill fire in Oswego, New York, which shut the plant down until early next year, continues…

Aaron Spencer has pledged that law enforcement in Arkansas will again be on the side of families if he is elected A US military veteran has announced plans to run for sheriff…

Dark Money British Political Operatives Interfering In American Elections Authored by Paul Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, A few years back, I kept tripping across one of the many “disinformation experts” who…

The army has dissolved institutions after President Andry Rajoelina was impeached amid mass protests and political unrest Madagascar’s army has said it has taken control of the country after President Andry Rajoelina…

The US could trigger a nuclear war by sending the missiles to Ukraine, the Belarusian president has warned The US won’t solve the Ukraine conflict by sending Tomahawk missiles to Kiev, Belarusian…

Donald Trump has threatened to impose extra 100% tariffs on all Chinese goods China has said it is prepared to “fight to the end” in the ongoing trade war with the US,…

Any agreement with Donald Trump must take Belarus’ interests into account, President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that he is ready to secure a “big deal” with…

Futures Slide As Trade War Jitters Return, Q3 Earnings Begin, Powell Speaks The market rollercoaster continues: after Monday’s faceripping bounce, US equity futures are lower again led by tech, part of a…

The move comes shortly after an opposition figure in the country was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by an Oslo-based committee Venezuela will close its embassies in Australia and Norway as part…

Johnson Warns Current Government Shutdown Could Be Longest Ever Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Oct. 13 that he thinks the ongoing federal…

Opposition figure Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko has called the measure unlawful, saying the speaker of the National Assembly was not consulted The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has dissolved the National Assembly amid escalating…

The International Criminal Court and the UN as a whole are becoming obsolete, Arnaud Develay has said The International Criminal Court (ICC) and other UN bodies are not representative of the emerging…

European leaders are trying to gaslight their populations into believing that it’s Moscow that wants a fight, not them Among other things, this particular moment in history will be remembered – whether…

Textile firms are reportedly working to meet Brussels’s tougher standards on chemicals, product labeling, and ethical sourcing Indian textile exporters are seeking new customers in the European Union (EU) in an effort…

Shares Of Michelin Tank On Guidance Cut After North American Auto Market Slumps  Shares of French tiremaker Michelin plunged in Paris, marking the steepest intraday decline since the early Covid-pandemic crash, after the company slashed its…

JPMorgan Kicks Off Earnings Season With Another Stellar Quarter As Dimon Flags “Heightened Uncertainty” And they’re off. As is now customary, moments ago JPM reported Q3 earnings officially launching the third quarter earnings…

‘I Am Your Champion’: Nigel Farage Makes Case For UK Crypto Reform Authored by Mat Di Salvo via Decrypt.co, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Monday that the digital asset space needs…

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow remains open to peace talks but is compelled to continue its military operation Moscow remains open to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict but hostilities…

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has sent a ‘goodbye’ emoji to the outlets protesting his policy Media outlets including the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, AP, and Reuters have…

Russia Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence Of Using ISIS For Assassination Plot Via The Cradle The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated on Monday that its officers foiled a terrorist attack in Moscow that was planned…

Majority Supports Social Media Ban For Children Australia passed a social media ban for teenagers and children under the age of 16 in December, which applies to companies including Instagram, X and TikTok. The measure…

Washington can send no more than 50 of the missiles to Kiev, which is unlikely to alter the outcome of the conflict, an analyst has told FT The White House can only…

Steve Jobs Vs Tim Cook: How The Tenures Of Both Apple CEOs Compare From a scrappy garage startup to the world’s most valuable company, Apple’s journey is closely tied to the legacies…

Market Maelstrom Returns As China Escalates Trade War With Sanctions, Tit-For-Tat Port Fees  Global equity futures slipped on Tuesday after China vowed to “fight to the end” in its trade war with…

The outlet used to print flattering photos of the ailing Democratic president, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Time magazine’s latest cover celebrating US President Donald Trump’s Middle East diplomacy sharply contrasts…

The Russian military has been steadily pushing back Kiev’s forces along the entire front line in recent months The battlefield situation for Kiev’s forces remains “difficult,” Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Syrsky has admitted,…

Brussels is pushing a plan to use profits from frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, but no similar scheme has been proposed for Gaza   The European Commission has refused to comment…

A march in response to US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal has turned violent in the state of Punjab Violent clashes between Pakistani police and members of the Islamist group Tehrik-e-Labaik…

The African state’s leader says he has found a “safe place” after his army backed calls for his resignation Madagascar edged toward a power struggle this week as its leader, President Andry…

Another Nuclear Warning From Medvedev, This Time Over Tomahawks Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a nuclear warning in the face of reports that Washington may authorize transferring US long-range Tomahawk missiles to…

The US president has bemoaned a TIME magazine cover photo celebrating his role in the Gaza ceasefire deal US President Donald Trump has taken issue with TIME magazine’s latest cover image accompanying…

Saudi Arabia’s Debt Surge: Cementing Reliance On International Funding Authored by Nick Smallwood via BondVigilantes.com, The increasing liquidity squeeze in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) financial system has been causing heightened…

Russia’s top diplomat has said accusations against Moscow aim to deflect responsibility for Western interference The lingering shadow of colonialism remains a major source of conflict in Africa, and former colonizers are…

Seoul has cited military threats from North Korea and global instability as major reasons for the move South Korean authorities are planning to build the country’s first civilian nuclear bunker beneath a…

Official American accounts marked the service’s 250th birthday by showcasing foreign vessels The 250th anniversary of the United States Navy has been marred by a series of online gaffes after officials and…

Germany’s Auto Summit: Spectacle Over Substance, Economy At Risk Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Politics is the art of the possible, as Otto von Bismarck famously said. The auto summit at the Chancellery…

A second senior military figure is emerging as a potential challenger to Ukraine’s leader Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky could face defeat in a hypothetical presidential election, not only to former armed forces commander-in-chief…

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other exiled opposition figures are looking to seize power in the country, the agency has said A criminal case has been launched in Russia against exiled former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky…

Is Ukraine Training Drug Cartel Mercenaries From Latin America? Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, Recent reports highlight that some individuals, including those with criminal connections, have come to Ukraine to…

Africa Is Home To 16 Of The World’s 20 Fastest Growing Populations At current rates, it will take 133 years for America’s population to double given aging demographics and low fertility rates….

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…

The US president said he was unsure that resolving the war in Gaza would be enough to earn him a ticket US President Donald Trump has suggested that it is unlikely he…

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…

These Are America’s Most Dangerous Cities, According To Citizens Where do American’s feel the least safe? To answer this question, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized the results of Numbeo’s Crime Index, which reveals…

A Hint Of Opium Wars: Trump’s Campaign Against The Fentanyl Epidemic Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The United States is waging a desperate fight against the killer drug fentanyl. Beyond Chinese producers and…

Britain’s spy agency has advised vigilance against Russian and Chinese agents, even during casual conversations MI5 has issued guidance to UK politicians and their staff on how to spot potential Russian or…

WA Teen Faces Civil Rights Complaint For Refusing To Play Basketball Against Male Athlete Via American Greatness, A high school basketball player in Washington state has been accused of bullying, harassment after…

Unprecedented Times: “It’s Hard To Keep Up, Even By Experienced Folks” By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank That we are living in unprecedented times was borne out by events in…

IDF Vows To Destroy All Hamas ‘Terror Tunnels’ As Part Of Disarming Gaza Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the Israeli military would destroy tunnels…

The former US president said the Republican deserves “great credit” for mediating an end to the war in the Middle East Former US President Bill Clinton has praised incumbent Donald Trump for…

Syria Set To Allow Russia To Keep Its Strategic Military Bases In Country Since the fall of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December of last year, which has since drastically changed…

Second Amendment Showdown: California Bans Glock Handguns In Major Challenge To Gun Rights Authored by Jonathan Turley, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the long-anticipated “Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act,” Assembly Bill 1127,…

Watch Live: SpaceX Starship Prepares For 11th Test Flight With Heatshield Stress Test, Orbital Demos SpaceX is targeting a one-hour test flight of its Starship megarocket, with the launch window opening at 7:15…

Ukrainian Drones Spark Massive Blaze At Crimea’s Largest Oil Terminal Just a day after a major report in the Financial Times said that US intelligence has been helping Ukraine conduct long-range drone strikes…

Peter Schweizer: Mamdani Family Is “Joined At The Hip” With Foreign Radical Powers Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer joined Fox News’ Mark Levin just days ago, revealing that New York mayoral candidate…

World Slowly Waking Up To Menace of Lithium Battery Fires, Experts Say Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Lithium-ion battery fires are a growing cause for concern around…

The two lawmakers held up “Recognize Palestine” signs Two members of Israel’s Knesset were removed from the chamber after holding up pro-Palestinian signs during US President Donald Trump’s speech on Monday. Ayman…

The Matrix Abides Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Of the 251 hostages seized in the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas raid on Southern Israel, 20 came out alive today, all men. The shockingly low…

The Mighty Return Of Columbus Day Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, This weekend, gleeful people all around were wishing each other a happy Columbus Day. What a wonderful thing…

US Intelligence Has Been Enabling Ukraine’s Destruction Of Russian Energy Sites Fresh reporting in the Financial Times offers more confirmation that the Trump administration has been escalating the proxy war in Ukraine…

The US military is reportedly seeking to purchase up to $1 billion worth of minerals that are vital for the production of weapons The US Department of Defense is scrambling to stock…

Big Government, No Growth – The Implosion Of Statism Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Rising government spending and public debt create economic stagnation and declining living standards. Many citizens believe that the state will give…

Princeton Joins Move Back To Standardized Testing Authored by Jonathan Turley, Princeton University announced this week that it will be reinstating the requirement for undergraduate applicants to submit standardized test scores in the 2027–28…

JPMorgan Commits $1.5 Trillion To Strengthen America’s Industrial Base JPMorgan Chase announced a sweeping $1.5 trillion, decade-long initiative to finance and invest in industries central to U.S. economic and national security, committing…

The Russian president has repeatedly dismissed such speculation as “nonsense” Germany’s new foreign intelligence chief has described Russia as a direct threat to the EU, warning its “icy peace” with the bloc…

Beyond Meat Crashes On Debt-Swap Plan As Fake Food Trend Goes Bust  Fake food company Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) crashed the most on record today after it announced that nearly all creditors agreed…

Victor Hanson: The Pieces Of Trump’s Peace Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, What did Donald Trump do differently to obtain at least temporary calm in the Middle East compared…

The Netherlands has seized control of chipmaker Nexperia amid growing global trade tensions The Dutch government has taken control of a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, citing risk to the EU’s…

Mark Cuban-Backed Startup Lets ‘Low FICO’ People Tap Used Car Equity – Even If Not Paid Off – For 30% APR While Mark Cuban may be a ‘benevolent pill merchant’ – providing…