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Boris Pistorius reportedly wants €60 billion allocated for the armed forces this year German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is seeking a major hike to the country’s military budget effective this year, Reuters…

China Unveils World’s 1st ‘Meltdown Proof’ Thorium Reactor Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor….

WTI Prices Extend Losses Despite Slide In US Crude Production Oil pries pumped and dumped back tro unchanged ahead of this morning’s official inventory and supply data after hopeful (demand) signs of…

Moscow’s forces have fended off hundreds of drones and more than a dozen missiles and bombs, the Defense Ministry has said Russian anti-aircraft defenses have repelled a large-scale Ukrainian attack, downing two…

The European Commission has announced plans to eliminate the purchase of gas, nuclear fuel, and oil from Russia by the end of 2027 The European Commission’s plan to completely phase out Russian…

Internet access on mobile devices has been limited as security is being ramped up due to Ukrainian threats Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged Moscow residents to be patient with security restrictions…

Futures Rise Ahead Of FOMC, Boosted By Trade War De-escalation, China Stimmies US equity futures are higher while global market are mixed ahead of the FOMC decision later today, following news tariff…

Novo Cuts Outlook, Pledges Crackdown On Copycat Obesity Drugs Novo Nordisk shares surged as much as 6.5% in European trading, making it a top performer on the Stoxx 600, as Wall Street analysts said…

“Not Under Command”: Maersk Container Ship Adrift Off US East Coast After Engine Room Explosion A 335.5-meter container ship has been adrift off the U.S. East Coast for more than a week after…

Pakistan Closes Airspace For 48 Hours, Authorizes Response To Indian Attack Which “Ignited Inferno In Region” Though aerial fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals does not appear to be sustained and ongoing at this…

Judge Blocks Department Of Education From Canceling COVID-Related School Aid Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on May 6 blocked the U.S. Department of Education from canceling…

The European Commission chief also urged the bloc’s members to further support Kiev’s military industry Ukraine EU accession talks should be launched in 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed…

It must be quite a burn for Brussels elites when Washington says their most vaunted quality is not as good as they try to make it look This one stings. When asked…

From Ukraine to Kashmir: The old laws of power still apply There is plenty to say about the chaos unfolding in Washington these days, but the sudden military escalation between India and…

Moscow airports have faced severe disruptions from Ukrainian drone strikes, stranding thousands of passengers Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia sparked widespread travel chaos late Tuesday and early Wednesday, forcing multiple Russian airlines…

New Delhi has claimed it was targeting terrorist sites in an overnight raid Pakistan has accused India of killing civilians in a cross-border military operation overnight and promised a forceful response. In…

Friedrich Merz says White House officials have been making “absurd observations” about his country German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has told the US government to “stay out” of his nation’s domestic politics. It…

The move on Monday comes months after the African state’s government revoked Orano’s operating license Niger’s security forces have raided the offices of French state-owned miner Orano’s local subsidiaries and seized equipment,…

The strike reportedly utilized a specialized FPV aircraft shielded from electronic countermeasures Russian forces have destroyed a valuable Ukrainian HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in a strike using a first-person view (FPV)…

Heads of state from Egypt, Zimbabwe, Congo, and elsewhere will join ceremonies marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany Seven African heads of state are expected to attend Moscow’s Victory Day parade…

The Terminal Rot In Corporate America Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Corporate America took advantage of the Covid shortages and fiscal largesse to profiteer on a scale criminals could…

The truce proposed by Russian president Vladimir Putin “remains in force,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The intensification of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory will not affect Moscow’s plans to…

“The Fourth Turning Is Now Raging…” And Neil Howe Warns “It’s Gone Global” History tells us that civilizations and societies boom, bust and rise anew to repeat the pattern – a pattern…

Crimes Of Rape Have Tripled In Six Years Across Spain Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Spain has seen an alarming rise in sexual violence over recent years, culminating in a…

The Sudanese government says it has ordered the closure of its embassy in Abu Dhabi in response to acts of aggression Sudan has severed diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

The Indian armed forces has said it struck nine suspected terror-linked sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir India announced on Wednesday that it struck nine terror-linked sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir….

Kiev will only receive the jets once Belgium gets F-35s from the US, Brussels’ defense minister has said Belgium will only be able to deliver F-16s to Ukraine “in the years to…

China Rebrands Autopilot Software As Assisted Driving Following Deadly Crash More than a month after a deadly crash involving one of Xiaomi’s electric vehicles—with the driver assistance system likely engaged—China’s Ministry of…

Kiev is trying to portray itself as a “key supporter” of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle The article “Ukraine looks to rekindle ties with liberation heroes,” published on April 15 in The Citizen,…

India has attacked alleged terrorist facilities in Pakistan, prompting the Russian Foreign Ministry to urge deescalation Russia has expressed its deep concerns over the rising violence between India and Pakistan, and is…

Be Not Enticed To Tyranny: Oppose The Surveillance State Authored by Elizabeth Melton via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). A surveillance state is being erected around the American public at…

EU Set To Tariff $113 Billion In U.S. Goods If Trade Talks Break Down The European Union is preparing to impose up to €100 billion ($113 billion) in tariffs on US goods…

I have watched it so many times and each time I have to pause it to stop laughing.  When you consider everything in the lead up to this event, this really is…

The media have been going bananas wondering when President Trump will begin negotiations with China.  President Trump has been very clear that there is no need to open negotiations with China, but…

The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court judge’s ruling that paused the administration’s ban on mentally unstable people who were uncertain of their gender.  The DEI judges (Latino, Lesbian and Black) dissented. Previously,…

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…

Outrage As Kindergarten Takes Christian Children To Mosque To Kneel And Praise Allah Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Children at a private Catholic nursery in Italy were taken on a day…

The split 6–3 decision allows the Pentagon to discharge current personnel and reject new recruits with “gender dysphoria” The US Supreme Court has permitted the Trump administration to enforce its ban on…

China Cuts Rates To Stimulate Struggling Economy, Just Hours After Agreeing To Tariff Talks Just hours after China admitted that it had been secretly engaging in pre-trade talks with the US despite…

An F/A-18 reportedly fell overboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea – the second in just over a week The US Navy has lost another fighter jet…

Another Thing Folks Like About The South: Public Education’s Revival Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, GEO Prep Mid-City Academy, located in one of the poorest sections of Louisiana, did something almost…

Klaus Schwab’s Departure Could Herald New (Spontaneous) Global Order Authored by Paul Mueller via TheDailyEconomy.org, Klaus Schwab’s retirement and subsequent fall from grace symbolize the tectonic shifts occurring in the current global order. Schwab’s life’s work…

Days before India’s ‘Operation Sindoor,’ Islamabad suspended the 1972 agreement with New Delhi that aimed to establish lasting peace between the two neighbors India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ on the night of May…

Chapter 7 Individual Bankruptcies In April Rise By 16% Year-Over-Year Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings by Americans rose by 16 percent year over year to…

Musk, Fink, Zuckerberg Set For Saudi Arabia’s ‘MAGA In The Desert’ Conference To Attract U.S. Investment Some of the United States’ most powerful business leaders will descend on Riyadh for the Saudi-US…

Ghost In The Machine: A Q&A With SatoshiAI Authored by Dennis Koch via BitcoinMagazine.com, Bootoshi is one of the more curious minds pushing the boundaries of art, AI, and bitcoin. Part builder,…

Neurodiversity Is A Strawman Authored by Sofia Karstens via The Brownstone Institute, A dear friend had a beautiful, healthy, engaged baby boy. After his first round of childhood vaccinations he went blind,…

Watch: Tren De Aragua-Affiliated Gangbangers Attack NYPD Officers A group of pint-sized punks allegedly linked to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based criminal organization, were involved in a violent confrontation with NYPD officers,…

White House Leans On Congress For Millions In Kennedy Center Renovations Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, As the Trump administration slashes and burns its way through Washington, D.C., in search of…

US, Chinese Delegations To Meet In Switzerland To Launch Trade Talks; S&P Futures Surge The US Treasury and the US Trade Rep office announced simultanousely, just after 6pm ET, that the US…

Neom Adviser Warns Saudi Megacity Could Alter Weather Systems Via Middle East Eye A climate scientist working as an adviser on Saudi Arabia’s Neom project has warned that the new city could change local environments…

Hegseth Orders Steep Reduction In Four-Star and Other Generals Citing a need to “remove redundant force structure,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that he’s ordered a major reduction in…

“Keep The Government Out”: NPR’s Katherine Maher Continues To Make The Case For Defunding NPR Authored by Jonathan Turley, Recently, we discussed how National Public Radio CEO Katherine Maher made the conclusive case before…

India Launches Strikes On Pakistan After Terror Attack Things just escalated in a huge and dangerous way between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, with the Indian government confirming it has launched strikes on…

House Committee Set To Boost Oil And Gas Drilling On Federal Lands Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, The House Natural Resources Committee is preparing to launch an overhaul of oil and…

The College-For-All Fallacy Authored by Thomas K. Lindsay via RealClearEducation, For years, would-be higher-education reformers have warned that America’s higher education crisis—soaring tuition, crippling student debt, and weak learning—was rooted in a dangerous…

Ex-Trump NSC Official Fears OpenAI ‘Completely Penetrated’ By Multiple Spy Agencies OpenAI, the world’s most valuable artificial intelligence company, is likely being targeted by espionage from multiple nation-states, warns Josh Steinman, a…

Moderna, Sarepta Puke After FDA Names Vinay Prasad As Vaccines, Biologics Head Vaccine and immunotherapies companies tumbled during the afternoon cash session in New York after FDA Commissioner Marty Makary named Vinay…

Rite Aid Bankrupt Again, Seeks To Sell All Assets Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation has again filed for bankruptcy less than a year after…

Goldman: Tesla’s China FSD Push Is Mission-Critical At the start of the week, Goldman analysts Mark Delaney, Dan Duggan, and others told clients that Tesla’s market share in China has remained stable, and…

“Zero Cancelations”: Ferrari Stock Races Higher Amid “Hot” Demand For Supercars Despite Tariffs While most global car companies – even Tesla – are suspending guidance, cursing tariffs for plunging demand and barely…

Oklo, Nuclear Names Surge Higher After Report White House “Accelerating” Nuclear With Executive Orders Nuclear stocks jumped mid day Tuesday after Axios reported that The White House is poised to issue executive…

US Transfers, Upgrades Missile Defense System From Israel To Ukraine Via The Libertarian Institute  The Donald Trump administration is moving forward with a Joe Biden-era plan to move a retired Patriot missile…

The strikes are aimed at “terrorist camps” and not at the Pakistani armed forces, New Delhi has said India announced early on Wednesday it had launched “Operation Sindoor” against “terrorists” in Pakistan…

The US spy agency has released recruitment videos targeting Chinese officials Beijing has accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of committing a “political provocation” by releasing recruitment videos in Chinese targeting…

The tech giant’s plans come amid an escalating trade battle between the US and China Tech giant Apple plans to move assembly of all iPhones from China to India, according to India’s…

German readers of RT remember how small acts of hope helped them rebuild their lives after the war The fate of Germans in the aftermath of World War II continues to be…

Hungarians will decide whether to support Kiev’s accession to the EU without external influence, according to the prime minister Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky would like to see a pro-Kiev government in Budapest that…

Breakthrough Ceasefire? Trump Orders Halt To Yemen Bombings, Houthis Have “Capitulated” Did the White House make some kind of diplomatic breakthrough with the Houthis of Yemen? There may be behind-the-scenes, unofficial and…

Alberta’s Danielle Smith has said a vote on separation will be held next year if a petition gains enough support Alberta could hold a public referendum on breaking away from Canada next…

Peter Schiff: Don’t Trust The Rebound Yet Via SchiffGold.com, In his latest podcast, Peter reviews April’s surprising turnaround in the stock market, explores the myths of tariff-driven economic patriotism, and exposes the contradictions in…

So Much For “Not A Safe Asset”: Yields Tumble After Stellar 10Y Treasury Auction Stops Through On Soaring Direct Demand One month after the prevailing conventional wisdom was that US Treasuries are…

I don’t want to say ‘I toldya so’, but….  Listen carefully to the answer to the first question at (05:00 minute mark) as President Trump responds to the question about the USMCA…

US, Iran To Hold 4th Round Of Talks As Trump Calls For “Total Dismantlement” Of Nuclear Program Bloomberg and other sources have cited Iran’s Nournews to report the resumption of Iran-US nuclear talks set…

Veteran NIH Infectious Disease Researcher Calls For End Of Dangerous Virus Studies Via The DisInformation Chronicle, Today’s guest essay is by a infectious disease researcher at the National institutes of Health who…

35 House Democrats Join Republicans To Kill Biden’s Preposterous EV Targets Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, California’s grip on US EV policy is nearly over! Trump Smartly Employs the Congressional Review…

Unrestricted pathogen research could endanger the lives of Americans, the US president has argued US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order restricting federal funding for “gain-of-function” research into viruses and…

The Houthi militia based in the country has “capitulated” and does not “want to fight anymore,” the US president has claimed Washington will immediately halt air strikes on Yemen, US President Donald…

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini will now have to respond to the petition and consider holding a referendum Activists in Slovakia have gathered nearly 400,000 signatures demanding the lifting of EU sanctions against…

Paul Tudor Jones Warns About New Market Lows, Skynet-Style AI Threat To Humanity Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones issued a stark warning during an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning,…

A number of foreign leaders will arrive in Moscow for May 9 celebrations, Yury Ushakov has said Foreign leaders and envoys from 29 countries will attend Russia’s Victory Day parade later this…

Democrats Stall Stablecoin/Crypto Bills Amid Trump Ties, Ethics Concerns Efforts to pass crypto legislation in the US Senate face mounting resistance amid growing ethical concerns around US President Donald Trump’s ties to…

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star generals US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered the active-duty military to reduce its number…

Between uncontrolled migration, propagandistic ideology and self-suffocating green agenda, the EU has only itself to blame for its decline The European Union, that grand and failing dream of technocrats, is dying. Its…

Berkshire’s Geico Cites Massive Job Cuts, Tech Upgrades, As Reasons For Business Recovery Berkshire Hathaway said Geico has cut tens of thousands of jobs to help revive its underperforming business. Vice Chair…

Major Israeli Attack Destroys Yemen’s Sanaa International Airport Israel’s air force has continued a second day of large-scale attacks on Yemen, targeting the leadership and infrastructure of the Ansarallah movement, or Houthis,…

The move follows the university’s rejection of US government demands for policy changes The administration of US President Donald Trump has blocked new federal research grants to Harvard University, saying the school…

Fifteen people lost their lives during the period, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s war crimes investigator Ukrainian forces have killed 15 civilians and injured 142 over the past week, including eight…

The leader of the Christian Democratic Union party had unexpectedly fallen short of the 316-vote threshold earlier on Tuesday The leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz, has been elected as…

Tariff-Frontrunning Sparks Record Trade Deficit In March The US trade deficit widened to a record in March as companies rushed to import products as the Trump administration readied sweeping tariffs. The goods…

Ford Shares Slide After Net Income Plunge, Suspended Guidance Ford Motor’s first-quarter net income plunged to $471 million from $1.3 billion a year earlier, as EV losses and production halts took a…

The EU and NATO are promoting Russophobia in the style of Goebbels’ propaganda, Sergey Shoigu has said Moscow must crush Nazism, which has resurfaced in the West in recent years, Russian Security…

The two countries may face each other later this year, Brazilian media have reported, citing the national football confederation Brazil has agreed in principle to play a soccer friendly against Russia this…

Milken Crowd Signals Support For Trump’s Tariffs While Slamming All The Chaos At Monday’s Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Bloomberg reported that attendees were “warming up” to President Trump’s tariff…

In July-December, households paid more than during the 2022 energy crisis, official data suggests Households in the EU paid the highest prices for gas in the second half of last year since…

Second Night Of Moscow Drone Raids Halt Flights Ahead Of Major Military Parade For the second straight day, Ukrainian drones targeted the capital of Moscow overnight, just as Russia is preparing to…

“They Need Us, We Don’t Need Them” – Trump To Host New Canadian PM Carney Amid Trade Tensions Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump will host Canada’s…

Whales And Minnows Swimming To Gold Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Many, from Elliot Wave experts to the dollar-hugging faithful, are asking if we are now reaching a moment of “peak gold”?…

Each side had 205 of its respective troops returned in the exchange, according to Moscow’s Defense Ministry Moscow and Kiev have conducted an exchange of prisoners of war, each repatriating 205 combatants,…