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The two countries’ top officials focused on resolving the acute military and political crisis in African state Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, the Special Representative of the Russian President for the…

Manila has stirred Beijing’s anger with its remarks on the election in Taiwan The Chinese Foreign Ministry has rebuked Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after he congratulated Taiwan on the election of…

Transit via the key trade route has reportedly been halted indefinitely over fears of new Houthi attacks British oil giant Shell has paused transit through the key Red Sea shipping route indefinitely…

Moscow says it is willing to improve Nigerien troops “combat readiness” in response to insecurity in the Sahel region Russia and Niger have agreed to develop military cooperation and work together to…

Who Sells The Most Weapons? The United States was the largest arms exporter between 2018 and 2022, making up 40 percent of all international arms sales, delivering weapons to 103 states. This…

“They Are Snapping Oil From All Over The World”: China Taking Advantage Of Recent Slide In Oil Prices By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Incentivized by below $80 a barrel Brent oil prices,…

Paris will send Kiev 40 SCALP missiles and hundreds of bombs, as Ukraine continues to plead for more aid, the French president has said The West “cannot let Russia win” in the…

The trip has received mixed reaction, with some accusing Dima Bilan of attempting to salvage his reputation Russian pop singer and 2008 Eurovision winner Dima Bilan has visited Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic…

Bratislava will not allow Ukraine backers to punish Budapest for protecting its national interests, Robert Fico has pledged   Slovakia will not allow supporters of Ukraine in the EU to punish Hungary for…

Taiwan’s Thinly-Woven Diplomatic Web Nauru, a small island country in the southwestern Pacific, announced on Monday that it was realigning its diplomatic ties to China, having previously been an ally of Taiwan. The…

The top three exporters to the country have all joined the sanctions against Moscow, yet sales have soared Beer from ‘unfriendly countries’ should be added to Russia’s list of blacklisted goods, MP…

Turkey Boycotts World Economic Forum Over Klaus Schwab’s Stance On Gaza Via The Cradle, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told his country’s officials to not attend the World Economic Forum in…

Foreign arms shipments have only prolonged the fighting, Hungary’s top diplomat has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has called for a halt to all Western military aid to Ukraine, saying the…

As the net worth of the globe’s wealthiest surges, billions of people have become poorer, according to a report by Oxfam The fortunes of the world’s five richest people have more than…

The country’s GDP expanded above expectations last year Russia has not only withstood the pressure of Western sanctions and outside risks but has also managed to steer its economy toward sustainable growth,…

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…

RFK Jr. Says “There Was Good Reason” For His Father To Authorize FBI Wiretaps Of Martin Luther King Jr. Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, While in Atlanta for a…

Tucker Carlson gives his take on the results of the Iowa caucus and the next primary election which takes place in New Hampshire.  Carlson accurately outlines the goals and aspirations of the…

Increasing Psychopathic Behavior Is A Sign That Society Is On The Verge Of Breaking Down Discussions on collapse often turn to signs and signals – The economy, politics and social tensions have…

Americans Warned About Dating Apps After 8 Suspicious Deaths In Colombia Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The State Department has issued a warning to American travelers, urging…

How Many People Are Killed By Police In The US? The Washington Post counted 1,153 people in the U.S. who were shot and killed by police in 2023. In previous years, about…

This Hamlet Looks Like Tolkien’s Shire, Believed 5,000 Years Old – And People Still Live Here Off-Grid Authored by Michael Wing via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There are no iPhone chargers…

Motorists were stuck in long lines at Tesla Supercharger stations thanks to plummeting temperatures Frigid winter weather in Chicago has caused major malfunctions at Tesla charging stations across the city, leaving drivers…

Hospitals could end their studies into chronic health issues affecting people exposed to lethal chemicals in 1984 Firoza Bi was just a teenager when the world’s worst industrial disaster – the Bhopal…

Fire Federal Employees Who Walk Out Over Gaza Policies: Speaker Johnson Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) criticized federal employees reportedly planning a…

I doubt there is another website on the internet with as deep a Nikki Haley research file as CTH [SEE HERE]. She even has her own drop down category box, which we…

China Population Plunges With Lowest Birth Rate In 74 Years As GDP Miraculously Tops Target Amid Strong Data Dump Confirming Premier Li’s earlier leak, China’s economy grew at 5.2% YoY – comfortably…

Chicago Public Schools: Hundreds Of New Sexual Abuse Allegations Should Get All The Attention By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints A glance at the news coverage of the recent Inspector…

US To Relist Yemen’s Houthis As Designated Global Terrorists After Biden Removed Them In 2021 It’s about time? Late in the day Tuesday the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Biden…

Retirement Savers Are Putting More Money Into Stocks Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Retirement savers want more stocks in their portfolios as a hedge against inflation, potentially offering a long-term tailwind for…

John Deere Partners With Elon Musk’s Starlink To Unlock “Vast Opportunities” Deere & Company, the world’s largest tractor maker, announced Tuesday morning it “entered into an agreement” with Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to provide high-speed satellite…

The situation is “extremely difficult” so Kiev needs more weapons, Jens Stoltenberg has said Russia is advancing on many parts of the front in Ukraine while Kiev’s big offensive did not deliver…

After winning Iowa’s Republican Caucuses, the ex-US president has claimed he can achieve “peace through strength” Donald Trump has marked the first victory in his campaign to reclaim the US presidency by…

The Russian president has commented on Latvia’s announced deportation of pensioners Deportations of ethnic Russians, in many cases elderly retirees, from Latvia and other Baltic states is a serious matter threatening the…

“2025 Is When The World Will Be Short Of Oil”: Occidental CEO Warns Oil Supply Crunch Begins Next Year By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The ratio of discovered resources versus demand has…

Moscow and Pyongyang reportedly discussed bilateral ties and the security of the Korean Peninsula Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the Kremlin, following talks between…

COVID-19 May Have Come From Chinese Laboratory, Dr. Fauci’s Former Boss Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), COVID-19 may have come from a laboratory in China, a…

In her keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reaffirmed Europe’s unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion. However,…

In a 14-page opinion and ruling today [SEE pdf HERE] four judges from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals deconstruct the previous ruling from their own court as well as the DC…

Bernhard Zimniok has called for an independent probe into the Kiev’s alleged torture and killing of Gonzalo Lira German MEP Bernhard Zimniok has pressed for an independent investigation into the death of…

Conservative Billionaire Buys Baltimore Sun Newspaper Maryland’s largest daily newspaper, the Baltimore Sun, has been acquired by a conservative billionaire who is the biggest owner of local television stations in the US…

Art Dealer Testifies That Hunter Expressly Asked For Buyer Information Authored by Jonathan Turley, More details are emerging from the recent testimony of Hunter Biden’s art dealer, George Bergès. We previously discussed how Bergès confirmed that…

Tehran has reportedly launched a strike on the Pakistan-based group Jaish al-Adl The Pakistani government has condemned an alleged Iranian missile strike in the Balochistan province on Tuesday, claiming it has caused…

Recession Signal: Private-Sector Job Growth Is Being Replaced By Gov’t-Sector Job Growth Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Over the past two years, the Biden administration has repeatedly insisted that…

A new wrinkle has been reported in Lloyd Austin’s efforts to keep his hospital stay and medical condition secret US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s security detail reportedly tried to conceal his…

Progressive Lawmakers Line Up Behind Costly Fix For Error They Made In Renewable Energy Plan By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Oopsie. When Congress voted to spend hundreds of billions to switch electricity…

“Thrust Into A Walking Nightmare”: Alaska Air Passengers Sue Boeing After Door Blows Off 737 MAX 9 Mid-Flight Berry v. Boeing – has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? That’s the…

‘Say It Nicer’: Hunter Makes Familiar Last-Minute Offer To Congress Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on Hunter Biden’s sudden offer to appear for testimony in Congress….

After a resounding victory in Iowa, President Trump flew to New York City at 3:00am to prepare for another court appearance triggered by the Lawfare operations using E Jean Carroll.  Billionaire LinkedIn…

Stocks, Bonds, Oil, & Gold All Down As Waller Wrecks Rate-Cut Party Comments by Governor Waller in a speech and discussion today raised the risk that the first cut could come slightly…

Goldman Was Dumping Billions In Stocks And Other Assets As It Told Clients To Buy After getting his 2023 forecast catastrophically wrong in Nov 2022 when he predicted the S&P would close…

Train Crash Leaves South Africa’s Coal Exports Throttled Two freight trains collided on South Africa’s main coal export railway along the country’s east coast, resulting in significant disruptions that have throttled mineral…

NATO laid the groundwork for the current standoff by “opening the door” for Kiev, the president said The West provoked the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine by luring Kiev with the…

The IDF claims Hamas has dug underneath schools, hospitals and mosques The Israeli military has been “astonished” by the size and quality of the tunnels Hamas has built under Gaza, according to…

The German farmer protests are strategic.   The reality that food doesn’t originate in a grocery store is an odd concept for many who do not pay attention.  The latest strategic move by…

The country’s population is increasingly sustained by immigrants and the elderly, government statistics show Births in France fell to their lowest number last year since the end of the Second World War,…

Antony Blinken has met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tried to reassure Ukrainian President Vladimir…

Missing Seals Were On Secret Mission That Intercepted Iranian Missile Components Bound For Houthis The Pentagon on Tuesday revealed more information about the two missing US Navy Seals, who disappeared off the…

Why The Market Is Gunning For An Early Fed Rate-Cut Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The high degree of certainty the Federal Reserve will deliver an early rate cut –…

Hush Money: JP Morgan Pays $18 Million Fine For Violating Whistleblower Protection Rules While Elizabeth Warren continues to espouse the anti-crypto movement, citing corruption and money laundering, her pal in loathing bitcoin,…

Over 100 Ships Transit Red Sea Route Despite Calls To Stay Away By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The number of commercial vessels that have transited the Red Sea/Suez Canal route has more…

Airline Shares Hit Turbulence After Judge Blocks JetBlue-Spirit Merger Update (1353ET):  JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines have released a statement saying they disagree with US District Judge William G. Young’s decision to block the…

Collusion!? Jan. 6 Committee Inserted Itself Into Fani Willis’ Georgia Case Against Trump In the spring of 2022, Georgia prosecutors investigating Donald Trump over his actions related to the 2020 election received…

American Eagles By Michael Every of Rabobank There are many Eagles songs to start 2024 with. Contentious US politics? ‘On The Border’. The Republican Iowa caucus Trump win (though we have to…

Federal Judge Rejects Jack Smith’’ Request To Force Trump To Reveal Key Strategy Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against…

Washington is on the brink of war in the Red Sea but an analyst has warned that this Middle East country will be a hard nut to crack Yemen has been living…

The Ukrainian leader got personal in his speech at the Davos World Economic Forum Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s entire family with “criminal trials” and long prison…

Sending more aid to Ukraine will only get people killed and lead to revolt, Miroslav Radakovsky from Slovakia has warned An EU lawmaker who founded the Slovak PATRIOT party has warned his…

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently seeking to employ disabled or other “special” pilots and air traffic controllers The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has placed “special emphasis” on hiring employees with…

The Russian president reflected on the contested 2020 US presidential vote when discussing referendums Elections in Russia’s new regions were honest and transparent because people showed up to vote in person, unlike…

Zelensky Courts JPMorgan, Bank of America & Bridgewater CEOs At Davos, Urges More Money From West As expected, anything related to Ukraine presented at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has been…

The measure is the only way to ensure national security, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen has said Finland is set to introduce tighter controls on any real property transactions involving persons or…

China Premier Claims Economy Grew At “Estimated” 5.2% In 2023, Ironically Mentions “Trust Deficit” It’s another Christmas miracle… During a speech in Davos, Chinese Premier Li Qiang ‘leaked’ that China’s economy grew…

Bond Traders Push Powell Toward Yellen-Era Offensive By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Bonds are cruising toward a likely bruising by pricing in an almost immediate Federal Reserve pivot to…

State ownership is a way to solve the problems in the public utilities sector, according to Vyacheslav Volodin The issues affecting Russia’s public utilities sector can be solved by transferring heating networks…

Stocks & Bonds Tumble After Fed’s Waller Sends Rate-Cut Odds Reeling At first glance, Fed Governor Chris Waller’s comments were more of the same – data-dependent, mini-mission-accomplished, be careful of easing financial conditions,…

Europe must help Kiev return these people to the front lines, Jaak Madison has said Nearly 800,000 military aged men have illegally fled Ukraine to other European countries to avoid the conflict…

Demand from New Delhi for liquefied natural gas is expected to top 70 million tons annually Norway’s Crown LNG is set to invest more than $1 billion to construct a regasification terminal…

Oil Attracts Cautious Buying From Hedge Funds By John Kemp, senior market analyst at Reuters Portfolio investors purchased petroleum in the first full week of 2024, reversing sales the previous week and…

Boeing Slides After Wells Fargo Believes FAA 737 Max Audit “Won’t Be Clean” Shares of Boeing Co. are lower in premarket trading in New York after Wells Fargo analysts downgraded the stock…

Empire Fed Manufacturing Survey Suffers Biggest 2-Month Collapse (Ex-COVID) In History Well, no one saw that coming… The New York Fed’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey for January crashed from -14.5 to -43.7…

“Fear Of A Crash-Up Continues In Equities” By Jan-Patrick Barnert and Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Sticky inflation? Premature easing bets? Shaky earnings? Nowadays, these aren’t obstacles for equity investors, whose…

Financial transactions are a matter for the companies involved and not for the government, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The issue of compliance with US sanctions by Chinese banks falls outside…

Weebles Wobble By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Weebles Wobble While not quite as catchy as the 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS jingle, I cannot get the “Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down” marketing slogan…

Iowa Caucus: Trump’s Landslide Victory Cements Position Former President Donald Trump’s landslide victory in Iowa last night left no doubt that he’ll be the party’s nominee against President Joe Biden in the…

Kiev bears full responsibility for the situation in which it finds itself, the Russian president said Ukraine’s much-touted counteroffensive has now “completely failed” and its very statehood could soon suffer an irreparable…

Q4 Earnings Season Gets Underway With Low Expectations Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, As we get ready to review the Q4 earnings report, stocks have rallied sharply over the last two…

Even before Trump’s victory in Iowa, the US president focused his campaign almost entirely on his predecessor US President Joe Biden has described former President Donald Trump as “the clear front runner”…

Epic Fail: SCOTUS Rejects Apple’s Appeal In App Store Tyranny Case Amid copyright problems with its Watch, Apple faces more problems this morning as it’s cash-cow App Store revenues could take a…

Goldman Beats Estimates Despite Dire FICC, Investment Banking And Net Interest Income Results Goldman reported Q4 results that topped expectations (thanks to a jump in Equity sales and trading which however was…

Shell Becomes Latest To Suspend Red Sea Shipments After Two Fresh Houthi Attacks On Tankers There have been several fresh incidents in the Red Sea, including a Greek-owned tanker coming attack off…

The ANC is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Nomvula Mokonyane has told RT The Israeli government’s goal is to eliminate the Palestinians, the first deputy secretary-general of the ruling African…

Farmers, truckers, train drivers – numerous workers are making it known that they are fed up, as the chancellor’s approval drops to 20% I spent a week with farmers protesting near the…

The technology’s benefits for production will be more pronounced in high-income economies, according to a survey by the WEF Leading economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum are notably more optimistic about…

Two strategic Tu-95MS military planes have been escorted by several Su-30 and Su35 fighter jets, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers have performed a seven-hour-long flight over the…

Tanzania claims the decision to withdraw approval for Kenya’s national carrier is a retaliatory measure Tanzania has revoked authorization for Kenya’s flagship airline to operate passenger flights between the two East African…

Moscow denies having aggressive intentions regarding the US-led military bloc and claims to be defending itself against its encroachment Estonia believes that NATO has three to five years to prepare for a…

Liz Truss attempted to speed up the sale of military equipment to a country she deemed a “threat” Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss urged the British government to speed up the…

More than 100 flights have been affected due to adverse weather conditions in the north of the country Around 100 flights were delayed and 25 canceled on Tuesday afternoon as the Indian…