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The restrictions introduced after the start of the Ukraine conflict will be in place for another year The EU has extended sanctions imposed against Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine…

The South Asian nation is conducting the 50-nation MILAN 2024 exercises amid the Red Sea crisis   Two Russian Navy vessels have arrived in India, where they will participate in the multinational…

Republicans in Congress have blocked foreign aid to Kiev for months, demanding the inclusion of funds to secure the US southern border A bipartisan group of representatives has put forward a reworked…

26 EU Countries Call For Immediate ‘Humanitarian Pause’ In Gaza (But Not In Ukraine) Almost all European Union countries issued a joint call for an immediate ‘humanitarian pause’ of fighting in Gaza…

A peace deal should have been struck a year ago, the billionaire believes Elon Musk has reiterated his belief that Ukraine will lose its conflict with Russia, arguing that Kiev’s position in…

University Hospital: Trans-Women’s Breast ‘Milk’ Just As Good As Biological Women’s Via The College Fix, A UK university hospital system has claimed that milk produced by trans-women “is as good for babies”…

The unity of the continent built on regional integration will help strengthen the economic and political autonomy of its states France’s historical presence in Africa dates back to the 16th century with…

Russia Says NATO Troops, Disguised As Mercenaries, Control Air Defenses In Ukraine The Russian military has made the accusation that NATO troops are actually manning and directly overseeing Ukraine’s advanced anti-air defense…

The foreign minister reiterated Beijing’s neutral stance on the hostilities The Chinese foreign minister has told his Ukrainian counterpart that Beijing remains neutral in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and will not sell weapons…

A Russian-made Aurus has been provided for the personal use of the DPRK’s supreme leader Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a Russian-made Aurus car, officials from…

CCP Tightens Exit Controls Amid Sharp Increase In Citizens Fleeing China Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times, The sharp increase of Chinese citizens joining the “run” movement—fleeing China by both…

Latvia is serving as a middleman for the import of Western spirits into the Russian market, experts say Latvia became Russia’s top supplier of whisky last year, reaching $250 million in sales…

Economic output is expected to decline again in the first quarter of the year, the country’s central bank warns The struggling German economy may shrink further in the first quarter of 2024,…

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…

The Rise And Fall Of The Second Amendment Authored by Donald Jeffries via I Protest, Everyone has undoubtedly heard about the shooting during the Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City. These…

Tucker Carlson Goes Shopping: Russian Economy Well Intact Despite Sanctions Western populations have been hearing for the past two years that NATO sanctions would have a devastating effect on the Russian economy,…

The Islamist group that rules Afghanistan has made “unacceptable” demands, UN chief Antonio Guterres said The Taliban has refused to attend a UN-sponsored conference in Qatar, insisting that their delegation should be…

Historic records reportedly show that the US president’s great-great-grandfather was sent behind bars and then pardoned by Lincoln Newly discovered government documents have reportedly shown that an ancestor of US President Joe…

China Supercharges Stimulus With Biggest Cut In Mortgage Reference Rate On Record After the relentless jawboning in recent days, many were expecting some further easing today from the PBOC, and Beijing did…

The European Union is “outraged” by the opposition activist’s demise, the bloc’s top diplomat said Russia must allow an international investigation into the death of opposition activist and anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny,…

Government Schools Are Propaganda Machines Authored by Karl Streitel via The Mises Institute, In Artis Shepherd’s recent article, which I highly recommend, he aptly detailed the numerous benefits of homeschooling and data showing…

Drug-Use, Robberies, & Public Sex: Cali Public Library Forced To Close Due To Rampant Illegal Activity In case you’re wondering whether or not libraries still have use in the age of the…

Chicago Hit By Surging Violence From Criminals Out On Probation And Parole By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints One thing Chicagoans can’t help but notice when scrolling through news feeds:…

The country will not send arms to a conflict zone, Quito’s top diplomat said Quito will not supply Ukraine with outdated Russian military equipment, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld said, walking back…

The SkyRanger R70 UAVs will help Kiev on the battlefield, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Canada will donate more than 800 SkyRanger R70 drones to Ukraine, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair announced…

“Confronting The Inevitable Chocolate Crisis” – Charting The Chaos In Cocoa Markets Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas, who covers energy and commodities, opined in a piece on Monday about the “coming meltdown”…

Understanding The Trump Phenomenon: It’s Not What The Elites Think Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, Donald Trump has won the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and is…

Wawa Targets “Most Aggressive Growth” In Company’s History With Huge Push South Convenience store Wawa is looking to spread its wings and officially fly south for the winter – and the rest…

America’s Fat Kids Now in Ozempic Marketers’ Crosshairs Authored by Ben Bartee via Armageddon Prose substack, Via Reuters: “A small but rapidly growing number of U.S. adolescents began treatment with Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss…

Washington has reportedly proposed a UN resolution opposing Israel’s planned Rafah offensive US President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly dropped its opposition to a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and proposed…

Medvedev Warns Of Nukes On Berlin, London & Washington Before Russia Would Return To 1991 Borders Former Russian president and deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has managed to once again…

A Market Only A Mother Or AI Could Love By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Generally, I like to focus on what will happen, rather than what happened, because people reading this…

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has visited Tokyo, meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida to discuss aid Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged his support to help rebuild Ukraine’s economy after the…

Cummins Fined $1.6 Billion Over Allegations It Outfitted Dodge Rams With Software To Cheat Emissions Engine manufacturer Cummins is facing $1.6 billion in fines after allegations that “it outfitted hundreds of thousands…

Agency head Rafael Grossi has voiced doubts that the bloc would sanction Russia’s Rosatom The European Union is dependent on Russian uranium deliveries and sanctioning them would be unrealistic, International Atomic Energy…

The failed presidential candidate has insisted her rival is a “wannabe dictator” who will pull the US out of NATO Former US president Donald Trump plans to use the military to round…

Quinn: Hard Decisions Used To Lead To An Easy Life Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, I’ve seen the graphic below a few times over the last several weeks….

The president has blasted lawmakers for failing to approve more aid to Ukraine, even after the death of a Russian activist US President Joe Biden has condemned Republican lawmakers for continuing to…

With Charge Offs Soaring, Capital One To Buy Discover, Creating Credit Card Giant With both delinquency and charge off ratios at the two largest credit card companies (targeting everyday consumers, unlike the…

How The US Regime Subsidizes Immigration (Both Legal & Illegal) Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, In recent months, stories from both the legacy media and the independent media have…

The spouse of a soldier from Moscow tells how she copes with separation from her husband, raises children and helps the front Almost 18 months ago, a partial military mobilization was announced…

The move came amid a row over the Brazilian president’s remarks about Gaza Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday asked his ambassador to Tel Aviv to return to Brasilia…

War Expands With Massive Israeli Airstrikes 60km Deep Into Lebanon The Israel-Hezbollah war is expanding, which was on display Monday as Israel for the first time struck near a large city which…

GOP Efforts To Shore Up Election Security In Swing States Face Challenges Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Massive voter fraud allegations that marred the 2020 election spurred…

The former US president has likened the passing of the Russian opposition figure to the threats he faces from political foes Former US President Donald Trump has reacted to the death of…

Maksim Kuzminov, who hijacked a military helicopter, has reportedly been gunned down Russian pilot Maksim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine last year with a military helicopter, has been killed, a spokesman for…

This Is A Cycle Of Illusion: You See What You Want To See By Stefan Koopman, senior macro strategist at Rabobank We are living in a time of economic bewilderment. The pandemic has…

Almost Entire Population Of California Under Weather Alerts Amid Atmospheric River Pounding Nearly the entire population of California is under weather alerts on Presidents’ Day as a multi-day atmospheric river storm dumps…

Cognitive Tests For Presidential Candidates A ‘Good Idea,’ Reagan’s Daughter Says Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis thinks cognitive tests for…

Western speculation that Kiev was on the verge of victory has reportedly given way to “despair and hedging” The mood among Ukraine’s Western backers has reportedly turned from sanguine and hopeful to…

The Yemeni group has claimed to have shot down a US drone as well The Belize-flagged merchant vessel Rubymar has suffered “catastrophic” damage and its crew has abandoned ship, a spokesman for…

The Michigan congresswoman has accused the US president of supporting genocide in Gaza Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has urged her fellow Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the party’s 2024 presidential primary, as…

Hillary Clinton Claims “Wannabe Dictator” Trump Will Pull US Out Of NATO, “Militarize American Law Enforcement” Ex-Secretary of State and failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton apparently couldn’t pass up the opportunity to…

A porn star who flashed her breasts on Red Square is now being sought by authorities The Russian Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for pornographic model Lolita Bogdanova, also known…

COVID Vaccine Shedding Is ‘Real’, FDA & Pfizer Documents Are Proof: Clinicians Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The topic of COVID-19 vaccine shedding has long been controversial,…

The decline was prompted by evacuations and a record call-up of reservists Israel’s economy faced one of the biggest contractions in the country’s history in the fourth quarter of last year due…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated that Yerevan does not support Moscow in the Ukraine conflict Russia and Armenia have “diametrically opposed points of view” regarding the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman…

Data from almost 100 million people compares the expected and observed incidents of side effects A big data study of 99 million people across eight countries showed greater than expected incidence of…

FedEx Founder Issues Dire Warning About ‘Unsustainable’ Government Debt Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The National Debt Clock in Washington on Nov. 13, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch…

Key Events This Week: Nvidia Earnings And FOMC Minutes It’s a quiet start to the week thanks to the President’s Day holiday in the US, and it’s also a relatively quiet week…

VDH: Biden’s Lies On Top Of Lies On Top Of Lies… Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, In the last week, Joe Biden had flat-out lied in the most egregious fashion in so…

The plant belonged to Pyotr Poroshenko’s confectionary company Roshen, which has been under a tax evasion investigation for years A court has ruled in favor of nationalizing a candy factory owned by…

George Santos Sues Jimmy Kimmel For $750K Over Late-Night Prank Former Republican lawmaker George Santos (NY) sued Jimmy Kimmel for $750,000 – alleging copyright infringement and fraud after the late-night television host…

Moore: The Biden ‘Bull Market’ Is Just Bull Authored by Stephen Moore, op-ed via DailyCaller.com, Biden is boasting about the recent stock market rally. He’s right that stocks have been on a…

The European Commission president did her best to obfuscate both the real cause and the real impact of the renewable energy agenda It’s hard to tell if she’s blaming him or crediting…

China Plunge Protectors Emerge In Last Hour Of Trading To Push Stocks To Session Highs After 10-Day Holiday With onshore traded Chinese stocks closed last week for the Lunar New Year holiday,…

The online RT Academy is now open for registration RT has launched a new English-language educational project for journalists, the RT Academy. The first in a series of free online courses will…

The East African nation says a US statement on the conflict with DR Congo is a distortion of reality Rwanda has accused the US of distorting reality after Washington criticized the East…

West Jerusalem is outraged at Lula da Silva’s Holocaust comments, while Brasilia has called the reaction “absurd” The Israeli foreign minister has lashed out at the Brazilian president over the latter’s remarks…

Rheinmetall Shares Reach New High On Plans For Ammunition Plant In Ukraine One of the world’s largest producers of artillery and tank shells secured a joint venture with a Ukrainian partner to produce…

The EU has proven too slow to respond to military challenges arising from policy misadventures by Western states The EU’s rules stand in the way of it acting as fast as it…

Market’s Bullishness On Euro Against Dollar Looks Misplaced Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Speculators long the euro versus the dollar look out of step with real-rate differentials. However, the short positioning…

Futures Flat With US Markets Closed For President’s Day US futures inched higher on Monday, after the S&P 500’s first weekly drop since early-January ended a streak of 15 weekly gains in…

Hundreds of tractors have blocked downtown Prague as part of demonstrations against EU agriculture policies Czech farmers protesting against EU agriculture policies, environmental requirements and high energy prices have been described as…

‘Shock therapy’ reforms have propelled prices for basic good higher and led to a sharp drop in purchasing power, a new study shows Poverty levels in Argentina hit a multiple-year high in…

An Air Force spokesman has poured cold water on hopes that Kiev could operate multiple types of warplanes Ukraine will not be able to operate multiple types of Western warplanes due to…

Why America Will Never Overcome Its Mountain Of Debt Via SchiffGold.com, Can America hope to climb past its mountain of $34 trillion of federal debt? With the staggering weight of unfunded liabilities…

The 13th package of restrictions will target the supply of drones, according to Annalena Baerbock The EU is set to adopt another round of sanctions on Russia which will affect the supply…

New Delhi is aiming to boost fruit exports to reduce its trade deficit with Moscow India has delivered 20 metric tons of bananas to Russia, eyeing an opportunity to establish a foothold…

FFG Armored Personnel Carriers can reportedly only withstand small arms fire and were also purchased at triple the usual price Germany has provided Ukraine with dozens of armored personnel carriers that are…

Moscow is doing what the law requires in the case, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The death of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny in the Arctic prison where he was held is…

The world’s top cryptocurrency has more than doubled in value over the past year Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has experienced a significant price surge in the last two weeks, breaking above…

Berlin is reportedly engaged in defense planning despite Moscow’s assurance that it will not invade NATO territory Russia may attack the North Atlantic Treaty Organization within the next five to eight years,…

Who Is The WOAT President? Authored by Tom Rabbe via The Spectator, I don’t know about you, but I’m all worn out with this GOAT thing. Every category has a greatest of…

The domestically manufactured spacecraft will help the military obtain data on movements along the borders with China and Pakistan A domestically manufactured Indian spy satellite is being shipped to Florida to be…

Moscow claims that Washington and Kiev have violated the articles of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Washington and Kiev have violated articles of the Organization for the Prohibition of…

Crew Abandons Cargo Ship After Houthi Attack; US MQ-9 Reaper Downed By Rebels Attacks on Red Sea shipping from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis escalated overnight when missiles hit a commercial vessel and forced…

MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 19, 2024 – RT is launching an English-language, international online educational project for journalists: RT Academy. RT’s international team will conduct master classes and share their expertise with aspiring, beginner,…

The Banshee Jet-80 was aimed at “a major civil infrastructure facility” in Mariupol, DPR head Denis Pushilin has said Russian forces have intercepted a British-made kamikaze jet drone in the southern part…

Lenders are wary of secondary Western sanctions for dealing with Moscow, sources told the news outlet Vedomosti Several large banks in the United Arab Emirates have begun limiting transactions with Russia and…

A bipartisan delegation had sought to discuss Sweden’s NATO bid with senior officials in Budapest Senior Hungarian officials have refused to meet four US senators who arrived in Budapest on Sunday, Washington’s…

Kiev’s worsening prospects on the battlefield and uncertainty over new funding have dominated the Munich Security Conference The Ukrainian military’s worsening prospects on the battlefield have prompted Western officials to call for…

Westerners Pessimistic About Security Residents of a number of major economies are feeling pessimistic about national security in the future. You will find more infographics at Statista This survey was carried out…

FDA Approves First Medication To Treat Severe Frostbite The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first injectable medication to treat frostbite. Actelion Pharmaceutical’s Aurlumyn uses main ingredient iloprost to dilate…

Ammunition and training were mistakenly believed to be enough for Kiev to win, Admiral Rob Bauer has said The West grossly overestimated Ukraine’s chances of battlefield progress against Russia last year, a…

Zimbabwe’s government has warned that any such “un-African and unchristian” offers will be regarded as unlawful and criminal Zimbabwe will not tolerate attempts by foreign agents to entice and recruit students into…

The outlet says the authorities are probing if submarine operational areas were disclosed during Nord Stream 2 construction Sensitive defense information could have been leaked to Russia during the construction of the…

The African bloc is looking for a partnership to enhance the organization, Omar Alieu Touray has said The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is ready for a mutually beneficial partnership…

200 (Clueless) Economists Demand The EU Incorporate Climate In Economic Models Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, 200 clueless and very biased economists demand more of the policies that had led to…