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Over 60% of countries on the continent have reported that skilled health workers are present for more than four-fifths of births, up from less than a third in 2010 The maternal and…

The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris Niger’s transitional government has demoted French and declared Hausa the country’s national language. The move is set out in a new charter recently…

Beijing has urged New Delhi to collaborate in opposing American trade policies, which it considers to be abusive China has called on India to collaborate in opposing Washington’s new trade policies, which…

“The Tyranny Of Red Judges”: The Rationale, Criticisms, & The Politics Of The Le Pen Verdict Authored by Etienne Fauchaire via The Epoch Times, A verdict by the Paris Criminal Court on…

White House Considers Withdrawing 10,000 Troops From Eastern Europe The Trump administration is mulling the potential withdrawal of up to 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, NBC News reports Tuesday, citing half-a-dozen American and…

Russia has long tried to warn the West against rewriting history, the foreign minister has said European countries have once again “taken up arms” against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said,…

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted to Trump’s new duties on goods from multiple countries, including China and the EU The new US tariff hikes are a “traditional way of doing…

Several industrial facilities and warehouses were damaged in Dnepr and Kharkov, local officials have said Russian drone strikes hit the Ukrainian cities of Kharkov and Dnepr on Tuesday night, leading to damage…

Tbilisi and over a dozen cities across the post-Soviet republic have been affected Georgian electricity distributor Telmico has confirmed that a major incident affecting the nation’s power grid occurred on Tuesday night….

Five Details That Most Observers Missed From SIPRI’s Latest International Arms Trends Report Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which is regarded as the top…

US Space Chief Warns Congress Of China’s Space Capabilities In Potential Indo–Pacific War Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, China’s ambitions in space pose a “powerful destabilizing force” to the…

These Are The U.S. States With The Highest And Lowest Tax Burdens A new study looked at the highest and lowest tax burdens, per state, in the U.S. To rank states by…

The president says US trade partners are begging for exemptions as even steeper tariffs go into effect Wednesday President Donald Trump has claimed that dozens of countries are scrambling to negotiate trade…

At Least 12 House Republicans Consider Signing Anti-Trump Tariff Bill: Report At least a dozen House Republicans are mulling whether to sign onto Rep. Don Back’s (R-NE) bill which would restrict the…

This May Not Be What They Were Originally Anticipating, But A “Reset” Of The Global Economy Is Definitely Here Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream log, Over…

Trump Weighs Drone Strikes On Mexican Cartel Terrorists Amid Major Hemispheric Defense Push After two months of U.S. military surveillance flights targeting Mexican drug cartels—with the initial phase focused on gathering signals…

RFK Jr. Says He Will Tell CDC To Stop Recommending Fluoride In Municipal Water Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced…

The US president has vowed to keep levies in place until Beijing makes a “deal” The United States has hiked tariffs on all Chinese imports to a staggering 104%, escalating the ongoing…

The issue of Ukraine will “absolutely not” be discussed, according to the US State Department The next round of talks aimed at improving US-Russia diplomatic ties will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye,…

Why Doubts Over The Fed’s Swap Lines Are Such A Big Deal Over the last few days, we have noted some cracks/leaks (choose your analogy) appearing in the plumbing of the market….

The Pentagon chief has announced a series of “bold steps” to “secure” the crucial waterway The United States has vowed to “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence and has launched…

Trump Wannabe Syndrome Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, Democrats don’t hate Trump… they want to be him, mimicking his style but failing to connect with voters, exposing their desperation and lack…

Will Trump End The Fed Or Put Himself In Charge Of It? Authored by George Ford Smith via The Mises Institute, On February 18, 2025 President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ensuring Accountability…

Netanyahu Says Iran Should Blow Up Own Nuclear Sites Under US Supervision Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if US ‘indirect’ talks with Iran over its nuclear program fail, then…

The Indian Prime Minister was invited to attend the 80th anniversary of WWII victory, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said Moscow is expecting to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an…

Appeals Court Clears Way For DOGE To Access Data At 2 Agencies Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A divided federal appeals court panel on April 7 ruled that the…

IRS To Provide Illegal Immigrants’ Data To ICE Under New Agreement The IRS has reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to share the personal information of illegal immigrants…

“I hope his legs will be torn off and he won’t succeed,” Eduard Zakharchenko told Ukrainian media last week The goaltender of the Ukrainian national hockey team, Eduard Zakharchenko, wished that Russian…

Micron Prepares To Slap Tariff-Related Charge On Customers  President Trump’s targeted reciprocal tariffs on countries with which the U.S. runs its largest trade deficits will take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday….

The Five-Year Anniversary Of COVID Lockdowns Authored by Jennifer Sey via The Brownstone Institute, We are just at about the 5-year anniversary of lockdowns. In the Bay Area, where I lived at…

Record-Breaking $1 Trillion Defense Budget: Trump, Hegseth Say It’s Happening With much of the globe and American public focused exclusively on tariff mania, President Trump as well as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth…

Russia, China, and the US form a strategic triangle of power The United States still holds a commanding position in global affairs. Its influence – political, military, economic, and cultural – remains…

Tehran could reportedly agree to face-to-face meeting if Washington lifts certain sanctions Iran would want to see a concrete goodwill gesture from the US before any face-to-face talks between the two countries’…

The US president’s wave of duties on imports has roiled stock markets US President Donald Trump’s net worth has fallen by half a billion dollars in less than a week after he…

The decades long relationship between former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump permeates through a recent announcement that Japan will be the first nation to enter the new era…

The Gold Standard Is Back – Stablecoins Need To Rethink What ‘Backing’ Really Means Authored by William Campbell via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoins were heralded as a breakthrough in the cryptocurrency space as a…

After previously saying her number one concern about President Trump’s tariff program was Beijing dumping all their excess products into the EU at a discount, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

Many pundits and apoplectic Lawfare leftists are noting a set of four recent Supreme Court rulings favorable to the Trump administration. The most recent ruling [pdf here] said nonprofit groups lacked legal…

“The Avalanche Has Really Just Started” – Credit Market Cracks Raise Fears Of Bankruptcy Wave Just over a week ago, before the proverbial tariff fecal matter struck the rotating market object, we…

Dismal, 3Y Auction Has 3rd Biggest Tail On Record, Only Covid, SVB Worse Ahead of today’s closely watched 3Y auction, many were wondering if we would see the fingerprint of a Chinese…

Attorney General Pam Bondi makes her 75th appearance on Fox News this year to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling generally supporting President Trump’s deportation policy.  WATCH: . Performative.  Oh, and Boasberg…

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox News to discuss the first week impact from President Trump’s global trade reset and implementation of reciprocal tariffs. Director Kevin Hassett notes that…

Ukraine Captures Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia In First Of War Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday announced that two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner from…

US Supreme Court Sides With Trump (For Now) In Fired Federal Worker Case Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a move…

New Research Confirms Standardized Tests Are Predictor Of ‘College Success – Without Bias’ Authored by Lauren Boyer via The College Fix, A research team is on the cusp of releasing a new…

Ukraine has claimed it has captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donbass The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has summoned China’s chargé d’affaires in Kiev over what it claims is Beijing’s involvement…

President Trump is scheduled to hold a media availability at 3:00pm along with an executive order signing on energy development in the oval office.  Livestream Links Below: . Posted in Donald Trump,…

The US president’s son has questioned why Kiev did not tell Washington about Ryan Routh’s weapons request Donald Trump Jr. has criticized Kiev for failing to alert the US authorities about a…

Washington might prefer limited military action, but Israel is likely to pull out all the stops – and the effects will reverberate globally Conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran is escalating…

The next round will take place in Istanbul in the coming days, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry The next round of Russia-US talks aimed at improving diplomatic ties will take place…

Newly introduced legislation proposes eliminating a work authorization program for tech students from foreign countries Over 300,000 Indian students in the US could be affected by a newly introduced bill that proposes…

Automaker Stellantis Says It Will Help Suppliers Pay Tariff Costs But…but…we were told tariffs were almost assuredly inflationary?  That doesn’t necessarily seem to be the case in the world of Stellantis and Jeep,…

Hard To See How EU Can Strike A Deal, Without Writing A Check By Michael Every of Rabobank Flash Rally If there exists something like a flash crash, then should we call…

President Donald Trump announced the record boost in US military spending on Monday Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to boost the US military’s lethality with President Donald Trump’s upcoming record $1…

Governments must invest in a response to global contagion, the World Health Organization has suggested Another deadly pandemic could emerge as soon as “tomorrow,” the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, calling…

Peter Schiff: Stagflation Is Here And The Fed Is Clueless Via SchiffGold.com, In Sunday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter tackles the misguided optimism of the Federal Reserve, the dangers of…

Amazon Re-Implementing Metal Detector Screening, Registering Phones, For Warehouse Employees Amazon is bringing back metal detector screenings for its 750,000 U.S. warehouse workers and will now require employees to register their phones,…

Ryan Routh allegedly planned to use the weapon to kill the then-presidential candidate A pro-Ukraine activist sought to acquire an anti-tank grenade launcher and a Stinger anti-aircraft missile to kill Donald Trump…

The action will reportedly be taken against those who defy deportation orders and fail to pay fines The US government is considering confiscating the property of illegal migrants who fail to pay…

“Navarro Is Truly A Moron”: Musk Slams Trump Trade Czar In Ongoing Tariff Feud Elon Musk and Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro don’t like each other. It all started on Saturday when…

Valery Zaluzhny has described the role of a NATO command center in Germany in shaping Kiev’s military strategy Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, has called the US command…

The South American nation’s leader has accepted Vladimir Putin’s invitation for the May 9 event, the Russian ambassador has said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accepted Moscow’s invitation to…

Neural networks have become “powerful propaganda machines,” according to Valery Fadeyev Foreign artificial intelligence systems are pushing Western ideological narratives and could serve as powerful propaganda and censorship tools, Valery Fadeyev, the…

New Dilemma For Wall Street Billionaires: MAG7 Or MAGA  The Democratic Party has been pushing a narrative that President Trump is favoring his billionaire friends while leaving Main Street in the gutter. But if…

The announcement comes despite Tokyo’s pledge to phase out the sanctioned country’s energy Japan will continue participating in Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects on Sakhalin Island due to their strategic importance…

Financiers have warned of imminent recession and other problems for the US economy A host of American financiers and billionaire investors have criticized President Donald Trump over the sweeping tariffs he announced…

Negotiations between the Iranian foreign minister and US president’s special envoy will take place in Oman this week  The Iranian foreign minister has confirmed that Tehran and Washington are set to hold…

Here’s Schumer In 2005 Saying Big Tariffs On China Needed… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In 2005, Chuck Schumer passionately advocated for a 27.5 percent tariff on China, calling their trade…

Futures Soar On Optimism For Tariff Deals After three days of big losses and record-breaking volatility, equity futures are rebounding sharply following somewhat soothing comments from Treasury Secretary Bessent (although how long…

Russian intelligence earlier reported that Riga intends to remove WWII monuments over soldiers’ mass graves Latvia’s reported plans to demolish Soviet-era war memorials from cemeteries in the capital Riga are “a disgrace,”…

South Sudan says the measure against its nationals by Washington was imposed based on an incident of “misrepresentation” The government of South Sudan has denied claims by the US that it has…

Russia Praises US-Iran Nuclear Talks Scheduled For Oman The Kremlin on Tuesday made clear that it backs both direct and indirect talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear program, describing that…

The brother of the country’s leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, reportedly earned high regard as a medical practitioner in Voronezh Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed his elder brother Maher al-Sharaa – a gynecologist…

The downsizing could reportedly affect half of the forces deployed by ex-President Joe Biden after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict The US is considering withdrawing up to 10,000 troops from Eastern…

The company moved five planes full of its products from the South Asian country over a three day-span before Trump’s tariffs took effect Apple transported five planeloads of iPhones and other devices…

US Futures Surge Following TsySec Bessent Comments; “President Has Maximum Negotiating Leverage” US Equity futures are accelerating gains following comments by US Treasury Secretary Bessent this morning that tariff negotiations are the…

“Tariff War Just Begun”: Beijing’s Counter-Tariff Options Against Trump Leaked By Bloggers On Monday, President Trump threatened China with an additional 50% tariff on goods imported into the U.S. if Beijing didn’t…

“Outlook Negative From Here”: Goldman Finds Frontloading Party Is Over Over the past year, U.S. importers have been frontloading shipments—ranging from e-commerce goods and small appliances to soft goods and replacement parts—across Transpacific…

The American Jacobin: How Some On The Left Have Found Release In An Age Of Rage Authored by Jonathan Turley, “We should replace our piece of crap Constitution.” Those words from author Elie Mystal,…

The tech mogul and government efficiency czar has reportedly appealed directly to the US president urging him to reconsider the levies Elon Musk has made direct appeals to US President Donald Trump,…

Many reportedly fear the new levies and retaliatory measures from trade partners will harm American exporters US officials are exploring ways to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of the sweeping tariffs announced…

US Uranium Production Hits Highest Level In 6 Years Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The production of uranium in the United States registered a gain last year following several…

Estonian lawmakers are lifting any restrictions amid tension with Russia and cable damage incidents in the Baltic Sea Estonia’s parliament is set to vote on a bill that would allow its military…

A watchdog has warned that political violence is increasingly accepted in the US More than half of all left-leaning Americans believe there would be some justification for the assassination of US President…

Applications from African students to Russian agricultural programs have grown fivefold in five years The number of African applicants to Russian agricultural programs has seen a dramatic rise over the past five…

Indian Components Found In Russian Weapons On Battlefield For First Time, Ukraine Says Ukraine’s military intelligence has said that an Indian-made component was identified in a Russian weapon system for the first time…

Tokyo’s current stance towards Moscow makes talks on the issue impossible, Dmitry Peskov says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that holding contacts with Japan about reaching a peace settlement is impossible…

Mbiyu Kamau rejects the UK Army’s claims that the African state’s courts lack jurisdiction to try BATUK troops The British Army’s argument that its soldiers cannot be prosecuted in Kenya for allegedly…

Berlin’s new scheme is expensive, empty, and dangerous A few days ago, German media reported a historic first: for the first time since the Second World War, Berlin has deployed a permanent…

Tariff Shockwave: These Apparel Brands & Retailers Most At Risk Of Price Hikes  Following President Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs last Wednesday, Goldman analysts began evaluating which U.S. retailers are most vulnerable…

Customs agents intercepted a van packed with 580 kg of dangerous material, according to officials The Belarusian customs service has announced the interception of a van secretly transporting 580kg of highly dangerous…

New Delhi is in talks with Washington as Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs begin to kick in India is seeking an early conclusion to a bilateral trade deal with the US, Foreign Minister…

The meeting touched upon a new launch complex, the ISS, and the Soyuz-Apollo docking anniversary Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Kenneth Bowersox have met in Kazakhstan…

“There Is No Russian Collapse, Neither Military-Industrial, Nor Economic, Nor Social” Via Remix News, When two narrative constructions collide… The first narrative is that “Russia has reached its reserves, the military industry…

New Delhi is in talks with Washington as Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs begin to kick in India is seeking an early conclusion to a bilateral trade deal with the US, Foreign Minister…

“Billions Of Dollars” In EV And EV Battery Factories Are Being Cancelled Despite a wave of electric vehicle factories popping up across the U.S. in recent years—fueled by tax credits from the…

There are “a lot of bad forces” threatening the US, the president has claimed US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration has approved a record defense budget of around $1…

The EU Is Already Sharpening Its Knives Against Hungary With Plan To Strip Voting-Rights Via Remix News, The European Parliament will send a fact-finding mission to Hungary in mid-April to assess the…

Timing his visit with a stock market “pump and dump”, executed by his friend Bill Ackman and intended to create domestic political turmoil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits President Trump in…

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