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US Exceptionalism Over? Alibaba Soars On AI As US-China Tech Valuation Gap “Must Narrow” Hong Kong stocks surged overnight after Alibaba reported a staggering 239% year-over-year jump in net profit for the…

The president has reiterated that the Ukraine conflict can only be resolved at the negotiating table Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected an approach by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to…

There’s an irony of fate as the old rivals again look for common ground For years, Russian-American relations seemed to be in an irreversible coma. Diplomacy was dead, overtaken by hostility, sanctions,…

During an interview with Brian Kilmeade, President Donald Trump sounds like he is battling the same cold as me.  However, on the serious side, President Trump goes through the geopolitical map of…

Stocks Puke After China Reports New Coronavirus ‘With Pandemic Potential’ Discovered Stocks suddenly tumbled shortly after lunch and trading desks are scrambling to find a catalyst. With today’s big $2.7 trillion options…

Solana Sees Declining User-Activity As Memecoin Rug-Pulls Erode Trust Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Rug pulls and insider schemes involving Solana-based memecoins are driving investor outflows and a decline in capital…

Far-Left Judge Who Fought Trump At Supreme Court Refuses To Dismiss DOJ Case Against NY Mayor Eric Adams In echoes of the case against Michael Flynn, a federal judge on Friday refused…

US CEO Confidence Increases Sharply From Cautious Optimism To Confident Optimism Authored by Naveen Athrappullly via The Epoch Times, Optimism among American CEOs surged in the first quarter of this year from…

Speaking to Catherine Herridge, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives further examples of why the Trump administration has grown increasingly frustrated with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [Short Video, 2 mins – WATCH]…

Domestic solutions are often better than foreign alternatives, the president has said at the Future Technologies Forum Western sanctions have inadvertently bolstered Russia’s economic and technological sectors, President Vladimir Putin said at…

Russia and the US resumed dialogue this week after a 3-year pause Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that all G20 nations welcomed recent US-Russia talks in Riyadh, which aimed to…

Bitcoin, Ether Tumble As Bybit Exchange Confirms Massive $1.4 Billion Hack Crypto prices tumbled this morning – most notably BTC and ETH – on reports that cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has reportedly been…

The Ukrainian leader’s presence would only “make it very hard to make deals,” the US president has said Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky is actually “not very important” to have at meetings, US…

The Tariff Risk Isn’t In Inflation Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, For Part 1 on “Tariff Risk” read: Tariff Impact Not As Bearish As Predicted. In “Trumpflation” we discussed why the tariff risk was not inflation….

Apple Nukes End-to-End Encryption In UK After Refusing To Give Backdoor Access Apple has elected to remove its most advanced, end-to-end encrypted security feature for cloud data in the United Kingdom after…

Annalena Baerbock insists Europe should make it clear to President Trump that failure to back “liberal democracies” will come at a price Europe should not hesitate to put pressure on the US…

Hooters Goes Tits-Up As Bankruptcy May Come Within Months Hooters of America is reportedly gearing up for a bankruptcy filing in the coming months as the iconic restaurant chain struggles with declining…

UMich Inflation Expectations Explode To 30 Year High After exploding higher (to 4.3%) in the preliminary February data, UMich’s final print for inflation expectations (1Y) was the same but the medium-term (5-10Y)…

US Services Sector PMI Plunges Into Contraction For First Time In 2 Years After plunging in January, analysts expected US Services PMI survey to stabilize in February (and Manufacturing to continue modestly…

Moscow Demanded US-NATO Withdraw Forces From Eastern Europe In Riyadh Talks A fresh report in Financial Times has revealed that during US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Moscow demanded that NATO and…

A Romanian official reportedly said that Russia demanded to the US that the bloc removes its troops from Eastern Europe during talks in Riyadh The Kremlin has rejected a senior Romanian official’s…

Media representatives have suggested that the envoy seek asylum in Britain, Andrey Kelin has claimed Russia’s envoy to the UK has claimed that members of the British media told him he should…

“From Disney World To The Real World”: Europe’s Leadership Continues To Fail Its Citizens By Teeuwe Mevissen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank While Europe is still reeling from the Munich security conference…

US Existing Home Sales Plunged In January As Mortgage Rates Rose The lagged impact of a resurgence in mortgage rates can back to bite existing home sales in January, as they fell…

Are we witnessing a new blossoming in relations between West Jerusalem and Washington? Donald Trump’s reelection as president marked a pivotal moment in US-Israel relations. In early February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Delta Offers $30,000 To Each Passenger Aboard Plane That Crashed, Flipped In Toronto Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each of…

“Fake News Strikes Again”: Musk Dismisses Financial Times Report On Tesla & Nissan Update: A Financial Times report claimed earlier that a “high-level Japanese group that includes a former prime minister has…

The bloc should reduce its dependence on the US military, the French president has said The EU needs to develop a “massive defense plan” and boost military investment due to rising tensions…

Former colonies are not seeking a handout but an “appropriate apology,” the Grenadian prime minister has said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been told that former colonial powers must…

Futures Flat As Markets Brace For $2.7 Trillion Option Expiration US equity futures are flat, as European and Asian markets rise, as sentiment improves on the last day of the week. As…

UnitedHealth Shares Puke As DoJ Launches Medicare Billing Practice Probe Shares of UnitedHealth Group plunged in premarket trading after a Wall Street Journal report revealed that the Justice Department had launched a…

Another Undersea Fiber Optic Cable Damaged In Baltic Sea As Incidents Pile Up A new subsea data cable incident occurred in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, raising concerns about the vulnerability of underwater…

Subprime Redux: Commercial Real Estate Bond Distress Hits Another Record High Authored by Artis Shepherd via The Mises Institute, At the end of Q4 2024, commercial real estate continued to exhibit severe…

There is widespread opposition to the Ukrainian leader within the White House, according to the New York Post Vladimir Zelensky should leave Ukraine “immediately” and move to France so as not to…

The bloc has faced soaring costs in recent years after choosing to phase out cheap Russian energy Soaring energy prices could cripple the EU economy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned….

Having been thoroughly snubbed by Trump in favor of actual peace efforts, Kiev and Brussels may be hatching a new plan The US and Russia are sitting down for some grand strategy…

Liz Truss has called for a “Trump revolution” in Britain after claiming she was sabotaged during her tenure The UK can only be saved by a movement similar to US President Donald…

The pontiff was hospitalized with pneumonia last week Pope Francis could resign as the head of the Roman Catholic Church if his health deteriorates further, the former head of the Vatican’s department…

Moody’s has downgraded the South Asian nation’s GDP growth projection to 6.4%, calling for fiscal policy reforms India’s economic growth will slow to 6.4% in 2025, down from 6.6% in 2024, as…

The meeting in Saudi Arabia aimed to revive diplomacy between nuclear superpowers, according to the US secretary of state The US and Russia sought to restore normal diplomatic relations during this week’s…

The US Secretary of State skipped the event amid a feud with Pretoria over a new land ownership policy President Cyril Ramaphosa has downplayed the absence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…

The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade claims to have taken out a Swedish-designed Strv-122А A Russian drone has taken out a Swedish-designed main battle tank in Ukraine’s Sumy Region, one of Moscow’s…

South Africa has resisted pressure from its Western partners to take sides against Moscow Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and discussed the results of…

Russia’s Security Council has claimed that the US-led bloc is developing a new doctrine for conducting military operations on the seabed NATO is developing plans for potential combat operations targeting Russia’s port…

Doug Casey On The Coming Monetary Reset And Trump’s Impact On Gold & The Dollar Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: At $1.1 trillion, annualized interest on the US federal debt is now the second-largest…

Europe Saved? Chart Shows Record American LNG Exports Europe’s seasonal natural gas draw has been the largest in years, driven by colder temperatures, reduced wind power generation, and the end of Russian gas…

British Couple Traveling Round The World Charged With Espionage In Iran Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A British husband couple who were on a motorcycle journey around…

A Polish-American company has unveiled androids that move using muscles and bones An android that mimics human anatomy with over 1,000 artificial muscles attached to a fully modeled skeleton and has an…

President Donald Trump earlier accused Kiev of misusing aid and demanded reimbursement The US has halted weapons sales to Ukraine, senior MP Roman Kostenko, who serves as secretary of the Verkhovnaya Rada’s…

Liz Truss Calls For ‘Elon & His Nerd Army’ To Investigate ‘British Deep State’ Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss told the audience at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that…

Agegnehu Teshager has highlighted the potential for expanded economic cooperation with Moscow Ethiopia offers significant opportunities for Russian businesses and would welcome more investment from them, according to Agegnehu Teshager, speaker of…

Pretoria says it wants to ensure that “all voices” are heard and every perspective is considered during its presidency of the economic forum South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern about…

The militant group has released the remains of an infant and his brother, but Israel says a third body is not their mother’s Israel has accused Hamas of releasing an “unidentified body”…

Luis Rubiales was found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso during the 2023 medal ceremony Former President of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales has been fined €10,800 ($11,300) for kissing player…

Supporters of the measure claim the international organization undermines American interests A group of Republican lawmakers has reignited efforts to withdraw the US from the United Nations, claiming that the organization betrays…

Australia Alarmed Over ‘Unusual’ Movement Of 3 Chinese Warships Off Its Coast This month has seen a series of provocative incidents between the Australian and Chinese militaries. Last week a Chinese fighter jet and…

The US president has reiterated his pledge to cut trade with members of the economic bloc if they try “to destroy” the dollar US President Donald Trump has claimed that his threat…

Western hegemony destroyed Libya, and 14 years later is still unable to fix it The British House of Commons in 2016 investigated the UK’s involvement in Libya’s 2011 civil war. The parliamentary…

Italy Hands Out 110% Free Home Renovations, Guess What Happened Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A Modern Monetary Theory “Superbonus” trial is underway in Italy. The state pays 110 percent of…

The Ukrainian leader flip-flopped on a proposed mineral resource deal with the US, the secretary of state has said US President Donald Trump is “very upset” with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, according…

Poland Is Once Again Poised To Become Washington’s Top Partner In Europe Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Its self-exclusion from the proposed “army of Europe” coupled with creeping informal concerns about…

Kiev’s rhetoric is unfortunate and unacceptable, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said The White House has condemned Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s “unacceptable” insults directed at US President Donald Trump. During…

The US president has said setting up an EV factory in the country would “hurt” America due to the high tariffs US President Donald Trump has warned that Elon Musk’s plans to…

National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hasset; Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller; and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz join White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for daily press…

As we walk in the deep weeds of how the Russia/Ukraine conflict and negotiated peace agreement (likely ceasefire) is unfolding, each granular step is worth reviewing. President Trump’s envoy retired U.S. Lt….

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…

VP Vance Vindicated, Scottish Police Arrest Woman For Silent Vigil Outside Abortion Clinic Via American Greatness, Vice President J.D. Vance drew criticism from European leaders and press following his speech last week at the…

Donald Trump’s ally Kash Patel has promised to “rebuild trust” in the Bureau The US Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Kash Patel, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, to…

Trump’s Tariffs – History Has Lessons To Be Followed Authored by Gregory T. Kiley via RealClearDefense, Interesting times.  Just one month into President Donald Trump’s second term in office and one would be…

As Pope Francis Enters 8th Day In Hospital, Vatican Suggests Possible Resignation Pope Francis has at this point spent over a week in the hospital in Rome, battling pneumonia in both lungs,…

Truth Social & Rumble Blast Brazilian Supreme Court Justice In Bombshell Lawsuit President Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and Rumble have teamed up to sue the pants off Brazilian Supreme…

“We’re Seeing Heavy Traffic”: Musk’s Grok Chatbot Tops No. 1 On App Store, Overtaking ChatGPT & TikTok Days after Elon Musk and his xAI team unveiled Grok-3—touted as the “smartest AI on Earth“—the…

The Rebel Campus Boosters Rising Up Against Wokeness On Campus Authored by John Murawski via RealClearInvestigations, In the plummy world of alumni relations, where distinguished graduates are awarded honorary degrees and major…

The tech entrepreneur said Trump was right to hold talks with Russia without Kiev’s approval The poll suggesting that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is popular at home has been rigged in his…

Musk: “Time To Begin Preparations For Deorbiting Space Station” NASA awarded SpaceX a billion-dollar contract last year to deorbit the International Space Station and guide its controlled descent into the Pacific Ocean…

Federal Judge Allows Trump Admin To Continue Mass Layoffs Of Federal Workers Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Feb. 20 declined to block for…

Department Of Health And Human Services Updates Definitions Of Female, Male Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Feb. 19 issued…

Tom Hanks, Margaret Brennan, & The European Ministers Reveal It All Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Three recent but completely unrelated events illustrate the deranged hatred of Donald Trump…

Kennedy Center Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Show Meant To Kick Off Pride Month The casualties of the Trump administration’s war on government-sponsored, taxpayer-subsidized wokeism are piling up. In the latest development, a…

The police are investigating the bombing as a terrorist attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a military incursion in the West Bank after three empty buses exploded in quick succession…

The Ukrainian leader has grossly misrepresented the country’s mineral wealth, Artyom Dmitruk told RT Vladimir Zelensky has wildly misled US President Donald Trump when he boasted about Ukraine’s mineral deposits, Artyom Dmitruk,…

“When Narrative Runs Into Reality” Legacy media TV anchor Gayle King of CBS appeared shocked to learn that President Trump’s layoffs of FAA employees do not impact air travel safety in the…

Israel Suspends All Public Transport After Three Buses Explode In Quick Succession On Thursday night Israel’s Transportation Authority halted all public transport including the operation of all buses, trains, and light rails,…

RFK Jr. Has Early Mandate to Tackle Children’s Health Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Immediately after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the secretary of…

Pentagon 8% ‘Cut’ Is Actually Shifting Funds From ‘Woke Programs’ To America First On Wednesday, a Washington Post report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had directed senior Pentagon leaders to prepare for…

Boston University Employee Who Called For Death Of DOGE Team Now Under Investigation By Emily Sturge of Campus Reform A Boston University employee who allegedly threatened members of the Department of Government…

The media outlet says polls show former Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny winning with 65% of the vote Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky would lose to his former Commander-in-Chief, Valery Zaluzhny, by a large margin…

Israelis Reluctant To Return To North Amid Hezbollah Threat: ‘We Don’t Feel Safe’ Via The Cradle Israeli settlers are still reluctant to return to the northern settlements, which were evacuated as a…

When a war is built on lies, making peace will hurt the liars Let’s play a game: It’s called “Putin says, and so does Trump.” Because, recently, after years of disagreeing on,…

Lavrov Praises Trump for Saying NATO Led To Ukraine Invasion The Russian side has revealed that during talks with the American delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this week…

The new guidance unveiled by the Health Department is part of President Donald Trump’s “only two sexes” policy US Health Secretary RFK Jr. has announced new guidance defining ‘mother’ as a female…

Senate Confirms Kash Patel To Lead FBI The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Patel had widespread support of Republicans – even Mitch McConnell (!), who argued that…

Over 500 COVID Studies Retracted For “Unreliable” Information By Owen Girare of The College Fix Retractions are driven by pressure to produce studies quickly, watchdog co-founder says More than 500 studies on…

The US has signaled restrictions could be eased as part of a potential Ukraine peace deal The Bank of Russia (CBR) has said it is not in talks with the US administration…

Latvia has also restricted access to a number of Russian media outlets, citing national security concerns Latvia has blocked access to the website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)…

The US president has called the Ukrainian leader a “dictator” over his refusal to hold elections European leaders, including those from the UK, Germany, and the Czech Republic, have rallied behind Ukrainian…

“And Just Like That” – Does NATO Even Exist Any More? By Michael Every of Rabobank Even shrugging off three-plus weeks of shocking headlines, some in markets must surely wake up today…

In Ominous Post, Leftist MEP Verhofstadt Says Trump Is “NATO’s Greatest Threat” Via Remix News, In an incendiary post on X, Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt called U.S. President Donald Trump the “greatest…

Druckenmiller Piles Into US Airline Stocks With Hopes Of Smooth Takeoff In Trump Era Duquesne Family Office Chairman Stanley Druckenmiller told CNBC last month that “animal spirits” have returned to the market,…