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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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 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…

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…

Will the US leader will opt for military intervention over cool diplomacy after being snubbed for the prestigious Norwegian award? With global hotspots still simmering around the planet, it remains to be…

Authorities in Kiev have officially reduced the heating season by one month due to gas shortages Dnepr Mayor Boris Filatov has described Ukraine’s heating situation as dire, while authorities in Kiev have…

The Asia Cooperation Dialogue intends to ramp up partnership with BRICS and other regional groups, Nasser Al-Motairi has told RT Russia has always been a force for “constructive dialogue” in the international…

India Funds Halt Silver ETF Investment Amid Unprecedented Global Shortage Amid the unprecedented shortage in the physical silver market (that we detailed here), a number of Indian asset managers have halted all…

MIT Says It Will Not Sign Trump Admin’s Higher Education Compact Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has declined to sign onto…

The Next Nuclear Story Stock: ASP Isotopes Shares Surge After Supply Contract For Silicon-28 And U.S. Radiopharmacy Acquisition ASP Isotopes, a name we pointed out to our subscribers about one week ago,…

Bubble Creation – Friday’s Crypto-Carnage As A Canary Authored by Tuomas Malinen via gnseconomics.com, On Friday, the largest market liquidation in crypto-market history occurred after President Trump posted on social media, threatening China with…

Heavily-Shorted Grindr Erupts On Take-Private Report  Shares of the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr surged around midday in New York after a Semafor report, citing company insiders, said they are “discussing taking the…

A video of President Trump standing center stage to greet each of the world leaders who have travelled to Egypt to participate in the historic Mid East peace summit. The summit to…

Trump White House Could Soon Pardon Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: Report Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, People close to Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance better known as ‘CZ,’…

President Trump delivers remarks during a historic peace agreement signing ceremony in Egypt.  WATCH: . Posted in History, Islam, Israel, President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump, USA The post President Trump Delivers…

During the inaugural ceremony, Spanish anti-establishment influencer Alvise Perez called for a mass deportation campaign targeting illegal migrants A new right-wing, anti-establishment party has entered Spain’s political landscape, with prominent influencer Alvise…

Celebrating the holiday should be outlawed as it undermines traditional values, according to Mikhail Ivanov Halloween should be banned in Russia, according to a lawmaker in Bryansk Region who associates it with…

The Myth Of Falling Crime: Why Americans Don’t Trust The Numbers Authored by Armstring Williams via The Epoch Times, Every election season, mayors and governors step before cameras to boast that crime…

After departing the celebratory festivities in Israel, President Donald Trump now travels to the other side of the conflict equation, a meeting with Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi, European leaders and Mideast stakeholders….

Patients in the Far East are being forced to travel thousands of kilometers for diagnostics as radiopharmaceutical supplies are suspended Cancer patients in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Region are losing access to…

For Many, This Recession Will Feel Like A Depression Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The conventional means to drag the economy out of recession have all reached their limits…

Broadcom Shares Soar On 10-Gigawatt Chip Deal With OpenAI  Shares of Broadcom surged early in the U.S. cash session after the chip designer signed a multiyear agreement with Sam Altman’s OpenAI to co-develop…

Dutch Govt Suddenly Seizes Control Of China-Owned Chip Maker As Trump cranks up (and then walks back) rhetoric towards China, the Dutch government just turned up the Beijing-baiting amplifier to ’11’. In…

Rare Earth Stocks Go Vertical After Report Pentagon To Go On $1 Billion Critical Mineral “Buying Spree” We’ve been bullish on rare earth miners for over three months— long before the mainstream…

The former Syrian leader and his family are safe and living in the Russian capital without any issues, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected rumors…

Andry Rajoelina’s location remains unknown as protests and a military mutiny escalate The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has been flown out of the country on a French military aircraft amid escalating…

Columbus Day Celebrates Western Civilization Authored by Daniel McCarthy via RealClearPolitics.com, Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all — they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried…

Pretoria has urged Madagascar’s authorities to open dialogue with protesters and avoid actions that risk escalating tensions The South African government has expressed deep concern over the unfolding political crisis in Madagascar, calling…

Trump Urges Pardon For Netanyahu At Knesset: “Cigars & Champagne, Who The Hell Cares?” “Hey, I have an idea Mr President: Why don’t you give him a pardon? Give him a pardon,…

The final settlement would require a two-state solution, Russia’s foreign minister has said US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is “the best thing on the table” at the moment, but…

Vladimir Zelensky must be urgently pressured to engage in peace talks, the Belarusian president has said Ukraine could cease to exist as a state if there is no diplomatic settlement to the…

Beijing’s rejection of a special trade status signals both ambition and restraint in shaping the global economic order When Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced in late September, on the sidelines of the…

Futures Jump After Trump Softens China Rhetoric; Gold, Silver Soar US markets closed last week with the largest one-day loss in six months, with Asian overnight futures pointed to a sharp downdraft…

Patrick Herminie has secured 52.7% of the vote in the Seychelles, defeating President Wavel Ramkalawan The leader of Seychelles’ main opposition party has won the East African country’s presidential elections, denying incumbent…

The French president treated his latest ex-PM like a booty call and now they’re married again This is some real Fatal Attraction stuff going on right now in France. Sebastien Lecornu, please…

Yulia Timoshenko has previously claimed she was contacted by the Trump administration about replacing Vladimir Zelensky The conflict between Kiev and Moscow could soon come to an end, former Ukrainian Prime Minister…

“The Stakes Are Enormous”: Intel’s Bet On Its New “18A” Process Could Make Or Break The Company Intel has begun large-scale production at its new $32bn, 700-acre chip factory in Chandler, Arizona,…

JP Morgan’s Biometric Mandate Signals New Era Of Workplace Surveillance In Finance Authored by Anthony Kimery via BiometricUpdate.com, When employees begin reporting to JPMorgan Chase’s new Manhattan headquarters later this year, they…

A local synagogue has described the alleged incident as a “targeted, cruel, and premeditated act of anti-Semitism” A Jewish worshiper has been attacked in Kiev after confronting a group of young men…

Macron Unveils New French Cabinet, Rejects Resignation Calls Amid Political Crisis President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new cabinet on Sunday after reappointing Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, an urgent maneuver to stabilize what…

The government of Israel is smartly leveraging all of their political will and praise to build influence with President Trump as he becomes the fulcrum, the Solomon of sorts, for the future…

The annual exercise involving around 70 aircraft is underway as Moscow accuses the bloc of fueling tensions and anti-Russian hysteria NATO kicked off its annual nuclear exercise in the Netherlands on Monday….

The airline has suspended its Madagascar route as a coup threat escalates Air France has suspended flights between Paris and the Madagascan capital Antananarivo from October 11 to 13, as security concerns…

Mali has accused Washington of violating decades-old agreement that allowed long-term and multiple-entry visas between the two countries Mali has imposed visa bond requirements on US citizens in retaliation for Washington’s decision…

The killing of the Venezuelan leader could be part of US President Donald Trump’s war on drug cartels, sources have said The US could attempt to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after…

A jihadist operative allegedly staged a bombing attempt against a senior Russian officer, security officials have said Ukrainian intelligence services collaborated with the international terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in…

Vance, Musk Rebuke Graffiti Exhibition In UK’s Canterbury Cathedral Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The decision to mark the walls of the UK’s historic Canterbury Cathedral with…

Kirill Dmitriev says Moscow’s engagement with Trump’s team is ongoing, dismissing claims that negotiator Steve Witkoff’s influence has waned Moscow and Washington continue to engage based on the agreements reached at the…

The US president is considering invoking the statute in response to judges blocking National Guard deployments US President Donald Trump is exploring all options, including invoking the Insurrection Act, following legal challenges…

Wave Of Antifa Terror Continues In Germany: Hamburg AfD Politicians’ Home Addresses Doxxed, State Security Services Investigate Via Remix News, The far-left extremist portal “Indymedia,” associated with Antifa, was used to target three politicians…

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Israel and addresses the Knesset after brokering a historic Gaza ceasefire deal. President Trump travelled from the airport in Tel Aviv together with Israeli Prime Minister…

New Delhi is reportedly putting in place measures to ensure availability of the metals due to China’s trade tensions with the US India is putting together a stockpile of rare earth elements…

Overnight in USA, early morning in Israel. President Trump arrives in Israel as a massive delegation welcomes him with full red-carpet diplomacy.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu together with dignitaries from Israel…

China holds a monopolistic level of control on the industrial processing of rare earth minerals.  The minerals themselves are not rare; it’s the processing of them into refined elements used in industrial…

President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Air Force One as he heads to Israel and Egypt to participate in a historic ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. WATCH: . Posted in…

UK Digital ID: The BritCard Bait And Switch Authored by Iain Davis via Off-Guardian.org, In my previous article I suggested that the UK’s proposed “mandatory” digital ID, called the BritCard, was a bait and…

Where Beer Prices Have Risen (And Fallen) The Most Since 2020 In Boston, the price of beer has shot up 43% since 2020, the fastest jump in America. Not only that, beer…

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…

White Powder Sent To Epoch Times Amid Escalating Intimidation Campaign Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Epoch Times on Oct. 7 received an envelope containing a white…

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Cushy Minimum-Security Stay Sparks Uproar On a sweltering mid-August weekend, hundreds of women at Federal Prison Camp Bryan were locked in their dorms, missing family time and fresh air. All…

Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find Authored by Frank Landymore via Futurism.com, A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it’s spewing huge amounts of water…