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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…

Speaking from Buenos Aires, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talks about President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, countries trying to work out new trade deals, Argentina paying off its swap line with China and…

Stephen Miller works earnestly to stop the nonsense narrative created by Democrats and left-wing corporate media in the deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. As noted by Miller, a DOJ embed Lawfare…

The munitions used in the lethal strike were packed with metal fragments, authorities have said Ukrainian kamikaze drones that targeted Russian civilians in Kursk were loaded with ball bearings to maximize damage…

World Bank Under Scrutiny Over Tajikistan Hydropower Project Via  Eurasianet.org, The World Bank is facing a formal complaint regarding its financing of the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan, with allegations of inadequate assessment…

These Are The Countries With The Most Nuclear Weapons As of 2024, nine countries possess all of the world’s 12,000 nuclear warheads. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, visualizes the world’s…

The move comes after the university rejected the US administration’s request for policy changes The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced it is freezing more than more than $2.2 billion…

Russia maintains that Ukraine is the side that stands in the way of a peace deal US President Donald Trump’s senior advisers disagree on whether Moscow genuinely wants a peaceful resolution of…

Tony Yengeni has slammed a planned visit by Ukrainian leader to Pretoria, calling it a serious mistake by the government Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is a  “warlord who does not want peace in…

The continent radically underinvests in security, and that has to change, the vice president has said Europe cannot remain a “permanent security vassal” of the US, Vice President J.D. Vance has said,…

Hungarian MPs have passed changes declaring that children’s rights to moral development supersede the right to peaceful assembly The Hungarian parliament has approved a constitutional amendment that upholds a ban on public…

What A Load Of Rubbish… Eight billion people in the world generate a lot of municipal garbage. By 2050, the World Bank estimates humans will generate 3.4 billion tonnes of global waste. That’s enough…

The new guidance reportedly aims to help officials protect their personal and professional data amid spying fears The EU has advised staff traveling to the US to use only basic gadgets and…

Are Chinese Soldiers Fighting In Ukraine? Authored by Ted Snider via The Libertarian Institute, If Chinese soldiers are fighting in the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, that is not the big story….

The exercises aim to boost collaboration and develop solutions to address maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean India has announced the start of new naval exercises alongside nine African nations, aimed at…

European NATO members want the country’s government to remain a “Nazi regime” hostile to Russia, the foreign minister has said European NATO states are working to maintain the “Russophobic” regime in Ukraine…

Is “De-Dollarization” On The Table? BRICS Summit Approaches As Trade War Simmers Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, For many years now I have been talking about the growing global economic divide…

China Limits Stock Sales To Maintain Impression Of Stability, As Bessent Hints At Boosting Treasury Buybacks If Fed Does Nothing Last week we explained how the escalating trade war between the US…

NYPD Launches Quality Of Life Division To Clean Up New York City Authored by Oliver Mantyk via The Epoch Times, A new quality of life division within the New York City Police…

US, Russia Preparing To Hold Hockey Matches In St. Petersburg & Washington Last month, during the lengthy phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Putin, the two broached the idea of holding special…

Hegseth’s Memo, What To Do Next Authored by Tim Ray & Jim Smith via RealClearDefense, As DOGE’s eye shifts to the Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calls on…

On Palm Sunday, Israel Bombs The Only Christian Hospital In Gaza Claiming it held a “command and control center used by Hamas,” Israel chose Palm Sunday to bomb the only Christian hospital…

The White House continues to bar the Associated Press from his events The Associated Press has reported that its journalist and photographer were barred from US President Donald Trump’s press conference with…

Mizuho: “Pretty High” Confidence Data Will Show China Dumping US Treasuries Now that even the shoeshine boy is speculating whether China is selling its US treasuries (to kill three birds with one…

China’s Coal Imports Dip 6% As Local Prices Slump By Svetlana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Weak demand and domestic prices at four-year lows led to a 6% annual decline in Chinese coal imports…

Can The Work Ethic Make A Return? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), I’m as excited as anyone about the prospect of a return of American manufacturing….

Trump Slams Biden, Zelensky & Putin For Ukraine War: ‘Everybody Is To Blame’ President Donald Trump while speaking with the press in the Oval Office on Monday once again blasted President Biden for…

Daniel Sazonov to serve as Helsinki’s new mayor Daniel Sazonov, the son of Russian immigrants, has been elected the next mayor of Helsinki, according to the Finnish national broadcaster Yle, which cited…

Democrats Are Furious As Arizona Plans To Remove 50K Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Another win for election integrity is unfolding in Arizona, where state officials are…

At least two people reportedly injured in an attack on Kursk A Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in Kursk, western Russia, in the early hours of Tuesday, according to reports on…

Will Tariffs Impact Car Insurance Rates? Authored by Anne Johnson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), You can’t watch a newscast without someone talking about tariffs. There are some reported concerns that…

The US president’s “common-sense” approach is a positive departure from the Biden years, Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is open to continuing negotiations with the United States because it sees a clear difference…

‘This Is Not About Tariffs’: Ray Dalio Fears “Something Worse Than A Recession” Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned that President Trump’s shifting tariff policy is part of a broader set of economic…

OPEC Lowers 2025 Oil Demand Forecast On Trade Tensions OPEC has revised its global oil demand growth forecast for 2025, citing escalating trade tensions and weaker-than-expected economic indicators, according to Reuters and…

More Than 35,000 US Properties Foreclosed In March: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The number of properties foreclosed in March as well as the first quarter…

Trips to Russia “will not be taken lightly,” warns EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas Countries aspiring to join the European Union must avoid participating in the 80th anniversary celebrations of Russia’s…

China Would Lose A ‘Trade War’ With The US… “Gradually, Then Suddenly” Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, No one wants a “trade war” with China, or for that matter…

No, A 50% Tariff Doesn’t Mean A 50% Price-Hike Authored by Randy White via AmericanThinker.com, The tariff doomsday machine is roaring again.  This time, it’s over talk of a 50% tariff on certain…

MAGA Trump Official Who Shuttered USAID & Wanted Deepest Cuts Fired After Clashes With Rubio: Report One of the key architects of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash foreign aid has been…

The US restrictions have undermined bilateral trade, the foreign minister has said Trade between Russia and the US has seen a major downturn as a result of Washington’s “illegal sanctions,” Russian Foreign…

Art Of The Deal By Benjamin Picton, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Art of the Deal Stocks had looked poised for a face-tearing rally today as another Trump pivot on China tariffs…

The US president believes the EU will obey — and he may be right US President Donald Trump wasn’t joking. As promised, he has launched a dramatic overhaul of his country’s trade…

“Things Are Breaking ‘Out There’…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Systemic Considerations “Every western society is confronted by an internal cultural conflict between those who wish to distance society from its civilizational…

UAW Boss Sides With Trump On Tariffs, Stuns MSNBC Panel Anti-Trumper—perhaps now reformed—UAW union boss Shawn Fain stunned far-left MSNBC hosts Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Michael Steele over the weekend by…

Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum’s App Layer Needs “Good Social Philosophy” Most Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues it’s Ethereum’s application layer, not its infrastructure layer, where Ethereum…

At least 60 senior military personnel were killed during the missile attack, according to Moscow Sunday’s missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was aimed at senior Ukrainian and Western…

Tariff Shock Delayed For Dollar Tree & Home Depot By Several Months Although President Trump rolled back reciprocal tariffs (excluding China) last week and a temporary exemption for smartphones, computers, chips, and other…

Yield Spreads Suggest The Risk Isn’t Over Yet Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In November last year, I discussed the importance of yield spreads, historically the market’s “early warning system.” To wit:“ “Yield…

Hungary has legally specified male and female as the only two sexes Hungary’s parliament has passed a constitutional amendment recognizing only two genders, male and female. The move runs counter to a…

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appears on Fox Business to discuss President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, semiconductor imports, the administration working on new trade deals and the impact of…

Hours After Taylor Lorenz Gushes Over ‘Handsome Revolutionary’ UNH Killer, Intruder Arrested At HQ A suspect was detained at the Monnetonka, Minnesota headquarters of UnitedHealthcare just four months after the insurance giant’s…

Harvard Professors Sue Trump Admin Over Threat To Withhold Nearly $9 Billion Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Harvard University’s professors sued the Trump administration on April 11 after it…

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been a key strategic ally for the Trump administration in support of the deportation and repatriation of hundreds of criminal aliens and gang members from the…

Saudi Arabia reportedly plans to pay off the $15 million Damascus owes the World Bank Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debt to the World Bank, Reuters reported on Monday, citing…

Three Arguments For & Against Russia Extending Its “Energy Ceasefire” With Ukraine Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Both scenarios entail considerable risks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin will have the final…

NY Fed Survey Inflation Expectations Make Mockery Of UMich Propaganda We have repeatedly said that the UMichigan survey – skewed ridiculously higher by the laughably outlier opinions of Democrats… 5Y inflation expectations:…

Three months ago, I was in Vietnam reviewing just how expansive the positioning of Chinese investment was in the concurrent communist nation.  The short version is Beijing’s footprint in Vietnam was already…

The country’s oil, gas, and coal resources will last for decades to come, according to government data Russia holds several decades’ worth of oil reserves, enough natural gas to last a century,…

Apple Overtakes Rivals To Lead Global Smartphone Market In Q1 Milestone The most unexpected highlight from Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse Early Look is Apple’s rise to the number one position in global…

Zelensky Urges Trump To Visit Ukraine Before Pressing Negotiations, Says Vance ‘Justifying’ Putin’s Actions Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging for President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine and see the war’s devastation first-hand before…

The former Russian leader slammed Friedrich Merz over a purported threat that Kiev could use Berlin-supplied missiles to destroy the Crimean Bridge Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has branded incoming German chancellor…

Passengers Will Soon Need Real ID To Board Domestic Flights, TSA Warns Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, In less than a month, Americans without a star on their driver’s…

The Ukrainian leader has recently renewed his call for Washington to supply air defense systems Ukraine’s Zelensky should never have started a war with Russia, US President Donald Trump has said. In…

Russia’s attack on a gathering of Ukrainian servicemen has become immediate fodder for the information offensive against Moscow On April 13, Russia launched an attack on a target in the eastern Ukrainian…

The broadcaster “should lose its license” for pushing biased narratives, the US president insists CBS News must have its broadcasting license revoked, US President Donald Trump has said. He has accused the…

erman chemical companies and French utility firms have both suggested the necessity of importing cheap Russian energy Germany’s chemical industry is in a “severe crisis” and in dire need of a return…

The suspension concerns rare earth metals and magnets, according to the outlet China has halted exports of several critical rare earth metals and magnets amid a deepening trade war with the US,…

Moscow cannot be trusted, Ukraine’s leader has said, professing “100% hatred” towards Russian President Vladimir Putin Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has cast doubt on the possibility of direct peace talks with Russia, citing…

Nvidia Announces “Engines Of World’s AI Infrastructure” Will Be Built In America For First Time President Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda – more specifically, the revival of domestic critical supply chains to reinforce…

The major fire was not started deliberately, according to the emergency services Scottish authorities have determined that a major fire at a battery recycling plant in the west of the country was…

Meta’s Monopoly Trial Kicks Off: Here’s What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, The fate of social media giant Meta, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s primary company, is on the…

Goldman Reports Record Equity Trading Revenue, Misses In FICC and iBanking, Losses On Investments On Friday, when looking at the earnings of the largest US bank, we said that while JPMorgan reported…

Trump has previously accused the Ukrainian leader of stalling peace talks Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that “Russian narratives are prevailing” within the administration of US President Donald Trump, which has previously suggested…

Futures Rise, Dollar Slides After Tech Tariff Pause US equity futures are higher, part of a global risk-on rally, after President Trump paused import duties on a range of consumer electronics over…

Trump Says “Out Of Control” CBS’ 60 Minutes Should “Lose License” Late Sunday night, President Donald Trump unleashed a Truth Social bomb, accusing CBS’ 60 Minutes of routinely airing “derogatory and defamatory”…

Apple Races To Boost iPhone Production In India, Vietnam As Trump Pauses Tariffs President Trump’s 90-day pause on his “reciprocal” tariffs for countries that did not retaliate—excluding China—has allowed Tim Cook’s Apple to…

Intel To Sell 51% Of Altera To Silver Lake In $8.75 Billion Deal As Turnaround Accelerates Intel has reached a definitive agreement to sell a 51% stake in its programmable chip unit,…

US Strips Benefits From Thousands Of Criminal Aliens, Those On Terror Watchlist Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has ended temporary immigration parole and revoked federal benefits…

Paris has called on the African country to halt expulsions, warning of consequences for diplomatic ties Algeria has instructed 12 French embassy officials to depart the country within 48 hours, French Foreign…

Moldova’s Gagauzia has been denied the right to select its prosecutor general The Moldovan government has blocked an opposition-leaning autonomous region’s right to select its prosecutor general. The elected leader of the…

New Delhi’s domestically-developed system uses a laser beam to demolish aerial threats India has joined an elite group of countries, including Russia, the US, and China, in having the capability to deploy…

‘Welfare Cliff’ Continues: UK’s £100,000 Childcare Tax Trap Punishes Success Once Again It’s been the case for years that government entitlements have provided low-income families with a higher standard of living than…

European Travel To US Drops 17% Amid Trump Backlash, Worries About Treatment Of Foreigners Reflecting some mix of anti-Trump sentiment, unease over American treatment of foreigners and economic worries, European travel to the…

More preparatory work is needed before the two leaders can meet in person, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not propose a personal meeting with US President Donald…

The attack has left at least 60 Kiev servicemen dead, according to the Russian Defense Ministry The Defense Ministry in Moscow has confirmed that Russian forces were behind the missile strike on…

The exercises have included live-fire practice, ship inspections, and anti-aircraft defense scenarios in the Mediterranean Sea The Russian Navy and the Egyptian Naval Forces have concluded a joint exercise in the Mediterranean…

Moscow will not tolerate a “toxic” neighbor manipulated by the UK, Rodion Miroshnik has warned European nations hostile towards Moscow are advocating for the partitioning of Ukraine, according to Rodion Miroshnik, the…

Most of the support for advancing Pretoria’s ambitions has come from Moscow, the head of its program has stated Russia is South Africa’s principal partner in the advancement of its national space…

Actor John Abraham has praised New Delhi for taking a “bold step” by refusing to join Western-led sanctions against Moscow Indians have a great amount of love for Russia, Bollywood star John…

What Europe Overlooks About The Trump Administration’s Defense Policy Authored by Sarah Kuehberger and Wilson Beaver via The Daily Signal, a publication of The Heritage Foundation, Since the election of President Donald Trump, Europeans have been vocal…

The former US leader could have prevented the hostilities “if he had any brain,” the current president has said Former US President Joe Biden is directly responsible for allowing the Ukraine crisis…

West Yorkshire Police has reportedly been prioritizing ethnic minority applicants, potentially contravening UK equality laws West Yorkshire Police in the UK has come under scrutiny for its recruitment practices after its chief…

The US president is “fully fit” for the job, the White House physician has concluded US President Donald Trump remains in “excellent cognitive and physical health,” White House physician Captain Sean Barbabella…

The population decline makes reducing seats a logical step, Ruslan Stefanchuk has argued The number of seats in the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, should be slashed from 450 to 300, Speaker…

UK MPs Call For Digital Identity To “Tackle Illegal Immigration” Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, It turns out that the solution to illegal immigration is instituting a nationwide system of digital…

US, EU Condemn Russian Mass Casualty Strikes On Ukraine’s Sumy On Sunday Russian ballistic missiles pummeled the Ukrainian city of Sumy, resulting in a mass casualty event which was quickly condemned by the…

Friedrich Merz has admitted that increased social security contributions could put pressure on net salaries Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz has acknowledged that many citizens could see their net wages decline during…

The Russian security agency has apprehended several suspects allegedly recruited by Ukrainian spies in Moldova Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has foiled several attempts to smuggle explosives and carry out…

Can Israel & Turkiye Manage Their Escalating Rivalry In Syria? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The “deconfliction mechanism” that they’re reportedly discussing would likely be insufficient for resolving their security dilemma…