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Deutsche Bank Sees Brent Oil Price At $88 By The End Of 2024 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com A nearly balanced market in the first half of the year and seasonal strengthening…

The leaders of seven African states are planning to visit Moscow and Kiev together A number of African leaders have plans to visit Russia and Ukraine, with the aim of persuading President…

The measure would be introduced if the IDF continues to escalate its operation in Gaza, sources told the agency Britain is considering restricting some arms exports to Israel if the country launches…

President Donald Trump held a townhall event with Laura Ingraham, a woman who feels remarkably self-important given her irrelevance. Within the interview President Trump extended the allotted time to give the audience…

These Are The Brands That Dominate The Bottled Water Business A joint investigation by Le Monde newspaper and Radio France’s investigative unit has revealed the widespread use of prohibited bottled water purification…

The donation comes despite Stockholm lacking funds to replenish stockpiles after previous donations   Sweden has announced its largest-ever donation of military hardware to Ukraine, despite struggling to replenish stocks after previous aid…

Giving Kiev new military capabilities poses the risk of unintended escalation, the former Russian president said Supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets poses a risk of causing a nuclear conflict, former Russian…

Officials say a group of Palestinians went on a shooting spree outside Jerusalem Three terrorists staged a shooting spree to the north of Jerusalem on Thursday, killing one man and injuring eight…

Russia will have to deal with it sooner or later, the former president told reporters Russia will have to keep fighting Ukraine until it takes its capital Kiev, since it “emanates threat”…

Korybko: Russia’s Capture Of Avdeevka Will Reverberate Across Europe & Accelerate Geostrategic Shifts Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia finally captured the Ukrainian fortress town of Avdeevka following a protracted battle that ended…

The new offer has sparked heated discussions on social media Starbucks has made a surprising offer for its customers in China to mark the Lunar New Year, launching a coffee beverage flavored…

Alfa-Bank has been assessed at AA- with the outlook stable   China Lianhe Credit Rating has assigned Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, an international rating of AA- with a stable outlook, the…

A top State Department lawyer says only negotiations can resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The US government has told the UN’s top court that Israel should not be required to end its occupation…

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…

COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment To Freedom. Three Years Later, We’re Still Failing Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The remedy is worse than the disease.” – Francis Bacon…

Which Lifestyle Changes Can Make You Live Longer? Lifestyle and habits can have a big effect on our health – and our life expectancy. A recently released study that followed U.S. veterans of the age group…

New York AG Says She May Seize Trump Buildings, Assets If He Can’t Pay $355 Million Penalty Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York Attorney General Letitia…

Biden Defies Supreme Court Again, Cancels $1.2 Billion In Student Debt From 153,000 Borrowers Demonstrating yet again that nobody is quite about the law – and the constitutions – like the Biden…

‘Sue And Settle’ Looks To Some Like Crony Democracy… And Under Biden’s Lawfaring Eco-Politics, It’s Back Authored by James Varney via RealClear Wire, When the Biden administration announced in 2022 that it…

Iran Sends Russia Hundreds Of Ballistic Missiles, Washington Powerless Back in early 2022 just weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western officials began raising suspicions that the Islamic Republic of Iran…

“Consolidate Or Get Eaten”: Wall Street Finally Embracing Shale After $250 Billion In Oil Deals Last Year It’s no sooner than we’ve been documenting the collapse of ESG and ‘clean green investing’…

International sanctions bar the transfer of vehicles to North Korea, a senior US spokesman said The US State Department has argued that Russia violated international sanctions on North Korea when President Vladimir…

The sabotage was aimed at disrupting the natural gas supply, Iran’s oil minister says The explosions at two Iranian gas pipelines last week were an Israeli plot, the Islamic republic’s oil minister,…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Sending National Guard To Border ‘Warzone’ Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (Emphasis ours), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the state’s National Guard…

Too Much Niacin May Increase Risk Of Heart Disease: Study Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), High levels of niacin, also known as vitamin B3, have been shown…

BuzzFeed Shares Soar After Sale Of Complex  Corporate media is on life support. Advertising revenues are sliding, mass layoffs are hitting woke publications, and ‘restructurings’ are happening all over. Last month, Authentic…

COVID Vaccine mRNA Can ‘Spread Systemically’ To Placenta And Infants Of Women Vaccinated During Pregnancy Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new report suggests vaccine mRNA does…

How Do Democrats & Republicans Feel About Certain US Industries Much and more has been written, in the last decade particularly, about the U.S. political sphere becoming increasingly polarized. The two main parties…

Study Dismantles Link Between Preterm Birth And Autism Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Contrary to previous research and popular belief, premature birth alone does not lead to…

US Court Ruling Sends Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Bonds into Collapse By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com A day after a New York court ruling that Venezuelan law would determine the validity of bonds issued…

The US president’s reelection bid centers on defining him as the “polar opposite” of his predecessor, a strategist told the outlet US President Joe Biden has personally instructed his reelection campaign aides…

Bankruptcy Judge Allows Rudy Giuliani To Appeal $148 Million Defamation Verdict Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A New York bankruptcy judge has allowed Rudy Giuliani to appeal…

Supermarket Scramble: Food Spending’s Share Of Disposable Income Hits Highest Level In Three Decades The most recent inflation prints (CPI & PPI) are the latest examples of Bidenomics failing Americans. For many, the supermarket…

The Mantra For The Next Cycle: Allocate 1% To Bitcoin Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Nobody got fired for buying IBM” …but you might get fired for not buying Bitcoin Every Bitcoin cycle has a…

Nvincible Nvidia Surges After Smashing Estimates, Guiding Sharply Higher It’s now officially the “most important stock on planet earth“, and thus everyone was watching what Nvidia would report after the close, with…

WTI Holds Gains Despite API Reporting Large Crude Build Oil prices ended higher today as traders weighed tightening physical supplies against financial markets that have remained under pressure. Higher for longer rates…

A Japanese national sought to smuggle uranium and plutonium from Myanmar, the investigators said US federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against Takeshi Ebisawa, alleging he was a leader of a…

Maintaining digital sovereignty amid technology’s rapid development becoming an increasingly important goal, Cosmas Zavazava says The world must encourage innovative technologies for the people, paying utmost attention to data privacy and security…

Justin Trudeau wants “massive changes” in the news landscape Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday blamed social media for preventing major news outlets from shaping public opinion the way they used…

The Year Of Cascading Crises Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I often write about different crises, but usually one at a time. Whether it’s a market crash, recession, bank failures, etc….

Late-Day FOMO-ing Lipstick Rescued Market Pig Ahead Of Jensen’s Big Night No notable macro today, but we did note that mortgage applications crashed after rates pushed back above 7%… Source: Bloomberg But…

The Catholic Church’s protection of George Pell is again set to be exposed in the Victorian Supreme Court as the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell has…

The Pitfalls Of Central Planning Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, If Central Planning can’t expand its power, it expands its budget, at the expense of its programs. Central Planning has…

The defector serviceman was reportedly found shot dead in a coastal Spanish town last week The Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine and was shot dead in Spain last week likely…

NatGas Soars After Chesapeake Cuts Production Outlook Amid Vicious Bear Market With US natural gas prices crashing to lows not seen since early Covid in recent days, around $1.60 per million British…

ChatGPT Had A Public Meltdown But OpenAI Says It’s Fine Now Authored by Tristan Greene via Cointelegraph, OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) system suffered a bit of a public meltdown between…

Just two countries had a stronger view that Kiev would win, even before Avdeevka fell, the pollster found Only 10% of Europeans polled across 12 countries believe Ukraine will triumph over Russia…

The US reportedly rushed vehicles to Kiev without factoring in necessary repairs The US has no plan in place to maintain, service or repair tanks, armored vehicles and air defense systems Washington…

FOMC Minutes Show ‘Most Officials Fear Risk Of Cutting Too Quickly’, Staff Mention Financial Stability Issues Tl;dr: The Fed is worried about cutting too soon more than waiting too long… “Most participants…

American Totalitarian ‘Crypto Dollar’ May Come Before The Election Authored by Aaron Day via The Brownstone Institute, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) threaten to replace the cash we use with programmable, trackable,…

Khabib Nurmagomedov was congratulated by the Russian leader moments after a crucial title win, UFC chief Dana White says Khabib Nurmagomedov, one of Russia’s top combat sports athletes in history, received a…

The intergovernmental forum should not be used as a platform for bickering, Beijing’s foreign ministry has said China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the purpose of the G20 forum is to…

Washington warned that by straying from “shared values,” New Delhi risked returning to the frigid relations of the Cold War era India and the US should not stray from the “shared values”…

Yields Surge After Terrible 20Y Auction With Biggest Tail On Record Despite some optimistic expectations (most notably from Bloomberg’s Markets Live blog) that today’s 20Y auction would “stop through with long list…

The first-ever phygital sports tournament kicked off in the city of Kazan The Games of the Future opened in the Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday. The first-ever international phygital event combines…

“Close To A Deal Or It’s About To Blow Up”: Speaker Johnson Enters McCarthy Territory As March Deadline Looms While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) last week told reporters “We think we’re…

Thirty years ago, one man’s greed almost destroyed the information network of one of the world’s most powerful intelligence services. His love of the good life led to the greatest KGB success…

Service Members Speak Out Against DEI Training In The Military Authored by J.M. Phelps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Over 200 individuals currently serving in the U.S. military voluntarily participated in…

FOMC Minutes Preview: So About That Rate Cut… Submitted by Newsquawk SUMMARY: The FOMC minutes will likely echo recent Fed Speak, which has pushed back on the probability of a Fed rate…

Jackpot: NYC Mayor To Give Migrants Pre-loaded Debit Cards Worth Up To $10,000 A shocking ten million illegals have crossed the southern border into the US under President Biden’s watch so far. Thousands of…

Day Two Of Julian Assange’s Last Stand In British High Court Authored by Connor O’Keeffe via The Mises Institute, Today marks the second and final day in what could very well be…

China Bans Stock Selling At Market Open, Close; Limits Shorting One day after Beijing announced it would suspend one of the biggest domestic quant funds for “aggressive” selling, namely dumping $357MM in…

The researchers also said they want new, more inclusive guidelines for naming species German paleobiologists have called for an overhaul of the system used in naming dinosaurs, arguing the current nomenclature contains…

Critics of the US president are increasingly questioning his physical and mental acuity US President Joe Biden tripped twice on Tuesday as he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California….

The old world is giving way to a new order. What key political-economic drivers of change are destined to shape our lives in the medium term? According to an adage that is…

Moscow has placed the shares of Danone’s local business controlled by its foreign parent under temporary state control French dairy producer Danone is looking to sell its operations in Russia to local…

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has emphasized New Delhi’s role as a “consensus builder” on the global stage Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has stressed the importance of India “as a voice of…

The 1956 treaty had allowed British ships to fish in the Barents Sea British fishermen will be banned from operating in the Barents Sea, one of the world’s largest fisheries for cod…

UK Warns It Could Restrict Arms Sales To Israel If Rafah Offensive Proceeds Fresh headlines Wednesday say the United Kingdom is mulling restricting arms sales to Israel if it goes ahead with…

Following the start of hostilities, Berlin replaced Russian gas with costlier alternatives, with the industry bearing the brunt Germany has lost more than 200 billion euros ($216 billion) since the start of…

The ex-US president has opposed providing more aid to Kiev and urged NATO members in Europe to increase their defense spending Russia is a “war machine” that has defeated powerful invaders in…

“No One’s Got To Me… I Ain’t Scared Of Sh!t” – NYC Trucker Boycott Leader ‘Chicago Ray’ Steps Down Authored by Chet Nagle via “Chet Nagle’s Now Hear This” on Substack, Chicago…

“Kiwi, Kiwi, Kiwi! Oy, Oy, Oy!” This Is The Most Important Thing To Focus On Right Now By Michael Every of Rabobank Kiwi, Kiwi, Kiwi! Oy, Oy, Oy! Mr Market has many…

Boeing 757-200 Diverted From Route After Suffering Damage To One Of Its Wings So far 2024 seems to be the year of airline incidents – a sad microcosm of the crumbling infrastructure…

Hunter Biden Says DOJ Misrepresented Sawdust As Cocaine To Make Him Look Bad Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Attorneys for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, have accused “reckless”…

An unarmed Trident missile splashed down into the Atlantic Ocean moments after being fired from a sub The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said an “anomaly” occurred during the test-firing of…

Some people who arrived in the Soviet era miss the feeling of being in charge of Estonia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas claims Younger Russian speakers in Estonia consider themselves Estonian, but their…

China Blasts US For Giving Israel “License To Kill” After UN Veto China has let its frustration be known after the US was the lone veto to Tuesday’s UN Security Council vote urging…

The property is officially owned by a Russian-Armenian billionaire but prosecutors suspect that energy giant Gazprom is the true beneficiary France has seized a luxurious villa in Cote d’Azur on suspicion that…

The Russian president visited an aircraft plant, inspecting four newly modernized Tu-160M strategic bombers President Vladimir Putin visited the Kazan aircraft plant in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic on Wednesday, inspecting four Tu-160M strategic…

Are The Magnificent Seven In A Bubble? Ask The Nifty Fifty Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Sometimes, a narrative dominates the financial/social media and promotes a mania among investors. Today, the…

PM Denis Shmigal says his country has lost a third of its economy and some 3.5 million jobs since the start of the conflict with Russia Ukraine has lost a significant portion…

A bill requiring courts to ignore evidence and declare the African state safe for refugees is unlawful, UN human-rights chief says The British government’s new draft legislation promoting Rwanda as a safe…

Futures Slide Ahead Of Earnings By “The Most Important Stock On Planet Earth” US futures extended their slide, bucking a strong Asian session with European stocks mixed, ahead of what Goldman trader…

Scared of being abandoned by the US under Trump, European officials are floating the idea of the bloc’s own nuclear force With its farmers rebelling, its economy declining, and its traditional parties…

DC Man Sues Lottery After Being Told $340 Million Win Was ‘Mistake’ A Washington DC man is suing the DC lottery and Powerball after he was told that his winning numbers were…

Neither contender is willing to course-correct bilateral relations, the top diplomat said Russia is interested in policies, not personalities, and has no expectation that the US intends to change its antagonistic stance,…

The 13th package is “one of the broadest” approved by the bloc, according to Brussels The EU has agreed its 13th package of sanctions against Russia, the EU’s Belgian presidency announced on…

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow has no choice but to continue its military campaign against the neighboring state Neither Ukraine nor its Western backers are willing to put an end to…

The Fed’s Big Problem, There Are Two Economies But Only One Interest Rate Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, On average, the economy looks OK. But averages are misleading. Several large groups…

Ruby Franke was arrested last year after her malnourished and injured son asked a neighbor for food and water An American mother of six whose parenting advice online drew in more than…

Moscow has vehemently denied any such plans, stressing it is against weaponizing satellites The US has reportedly warned its allies that Russia is planning to deploy a nuclear weapon or a mock…

Uber Sues Its Insurer, Claiming It Fails To Honor Coverage For Drivers In Accidents Ride sharing company Uber is suing American Transit Insurance Co.because it claims that the insurer is failing to honor…

Exxon Threatens To Take Billions Of Dollars In Climate Investment Out Of The EU By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com Exxon has warned the European Union that it will leave and take billions…

Spooks tipped off the newspaper about plans to visit Moscow, then people started calling with questions, the media personality said The American intelligence services had the assistance of The New York Times in…

Dozens Of Major Companies Say 2024 Will Be The Year Of Cost Cutting We already know that the Biden administration and the BLS are ignoring the massive layoffs happening across corporate America…

The country now ranks fourth in the world in terms of liquefied natural gas sales, according to Aleksandr Novak Russia plans to continue ramping up both output and exports of liquefied natural…

I’m not exactly sure who Michael Lee the political strategist is; however, his essential summary of Nikki Haley in this soundbite is very accurate.  WATCH: . Posted in Big Government, Big Stupid…

The solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict that Washington is pushing for doesn’t exist, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said By again vetoing a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for a ceasefire in…