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Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented on Washington’s reported plan to tighten oil sanctions The administration of US President Joe Biden is making every effort to sour Washington’s relations with Moscow before its…

Moscow is in touch with those in charge on the ground to ensure the safety of its people stationed in the country, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The Kremlin has confirmed being…

China Deploys ‘Astonishing’ Number Of Warships After Taiwan President’s Trip To Hawaii, Guam  While all eyes in the West have been busy following events in Syria, Ukraine, and Gaza – China’s military…

‘Polarization’ Is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word Of The Year Via Headline USA, The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election either saved the nation from a permanent socialist takeover, or else they marked the second coming…

An angry mob stormed an airport in the capital of Dagestan Republic last year A court has ordered lengthy prison sentences for seven men convicted of participating in an anti-Jewish riot in…

Here’s Who Owns US Debt U.S. gross debt increased from $34.4 trillion at the end of 2023 to $36.1 trillion as of December 2024, with some experts calling it unsustainable. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Bruno…

Remigration is often conflated with mass deportation – but the concept is more complex than that, explains its main proponent Martin Sellner Remigration, a policy advocating the return of migrants to their…

Ukrainians are considered expendable by the US and its allies, Rodion Miroshnik has claimed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s public refusal to lower the age of mandatory conscription is part of his bargaining…

A stolen car was torched and anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on walls in the area, police say The Australian authorities have reported a spate of anti-Semitic attacks across the country in recent weeks….

The Ukrainian leader has complained about dwindling donations from foreign arms donors Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has questioned Western arms donors for failing to meet his demands for air defense systems. Officials in Kiev…

World Coal Demand And Exports Set For New Record High In 2024 By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The world’s consumption and exports of thermal coal are expected to rise this year from…

Deutsche Bank Sees Volkswagen, BMW, Tesla, BYD As Standout Picks For 2025 Deutsche Bank released a new note on coming 2025 themes, trends and top picks in the automotive industry this week….

Hungary is ready to take its place as a link between East and West in a new reality, the prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed that his…

Alex Jones must sell the outlet to pay defamation damages to the families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims A US federal judge in Texas has stopped the sale of Alex Jones’…

The Ukrainian leader earlier insisted that Kiev needs robust security guarantees while ruling out territorial concessions US President-elect Donald Trump has told Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron that he…

93 kilograms of gold extracted from 142 tonnes of fine coal have been handed over to the government Burkina Faso’s government has obtained its first shipment of gold bars derived from processing…

The US has accused Russia of meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, but has failed to provide evidence Former US President Bill Clinton has blamed “mainstream media” coverage of Hillary Clinton’s email…

The African state’s space agency chief says talks are ongoing with Roscosmos regarding projects Zimbabwe is counting on Russia’s support to build its own spaceport and send its first astronaut into orbit…

Kim Yong-hyun is accused of plotting an insurrection with President Yoon Suk Yeol last week Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who prosecutors say proposed last week’s martial law declaration, has…

Slovakia is eager to aid the ‘Friends of Peace’ group promoting a diplomatic solution for the conflict, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said Slovakia has pledged to support the ‘Friends of Peace’…

Can Europe Afford Its Energy Transition? Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, A new report estimates the EU’s green transition could cost €1.3 trillion annually until 2030 and €1.54 trillion annually until…

The search is part of a probe into Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law last week South Korean police have raided President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office as part of…

Japan Set To Restart Shimane Nuclear Reactor For First Time Since Fukushima Disaster The world continues to “warm” back up to nuclear, with the latest example coming out of Japan, where its Shimane…

The attack targeted the town of Yenakiyevo not far from Donetsk, with no casualties reported Ukraine has launched a strike using long-range weapons on a town in Donbass, Donetsk Governor Denis Pushilin…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said Ankara will continue to push for a diplomatic solution to the conflict The Ukraine conflict could escalate into a broader one or even develop into…

Here’s The Best Time To Buy A Christmas Tree Website Finder.com cited data from the National Christmas Tree Association showing that 43% of American households are expected to purchase a real tree this holiday…

East Vs. West: A Global Dollar Dump Is Inevitable And The US Must Prepare Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In October of 2024, Russia hosted the annual BRICS Summit in the…

An unspecified industrial site in Taganrog was hit during the barrage, a top regional official said Ukraine attacked the southern Russian port city of Taganrog with missiles early Wednesday morning, acting Rostov…

US Life Expectancy Ranking Will Drop To 66th by 2050, Study Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States is set to fall in worldwide life…

The newly appointed prime minister has received a mandate to oversee day-to-day affairs until March 1, 2025 Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir has said that his government will function until March…

US Cattle Crisis Worsens As Nation’s Herd Size Continues Alarming Side Into Abyss America’s beef cow inventory has steadily declined over the last half-decade, reaching 64-year lows and signaling a deepening crisis…

NASA Finds Underground ‘City’ Hidden 100 Feet Below Icy Surface Via The Mind Unleashed, In the vast, icy expanses of Greenland, a place more synonymous with desolate, arctic landscapes than with the…

​​​​​​​Bean Mania: Arabica Coffee Hits New High, Cocoa Jumps To 7-Month High Cash-strapped US consumers should be deeply concerned about rising food inflation. It’s ‘stickier’ than ever as coffee and cocoa prices…

New York City Mayor Adams Working To Bypass City Council On Sanctuary City Law Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he is working…

Taliban & Hamas ‘Congratulate’ Syrian People & Julani After Assad Fall The hardline and extremist Islamic groups Hamas and the Taliban have been among the first regional entities to offer congratulations to…

Americans Are Driving Their Older Cars Into The Ground Americans, hit by inflation, higher interest rates, and supply-chain issues, are buying fewer new vehicles. The four-year average for annual sales is now…

Landlords Increasingly Faced With Squatters, Sometimes With Deadly Consequences Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A property manager in Phoenix says that dealing with itinerant “squatters” is one…

The Kurdish-led SDF has agreed to withdraw from Manbij following an American-brokered deal The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) have reached a ceasefire after days…

China’s Oil Demand Could Peak In 2025 By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Oil demand in China, the world’s top crude importer, could peak as early as next year as the penetration of…

Here’s How Manhattan DA Plans To Keep Trump Case Alive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg – who had a Biden DOJ plant in his legal case against former President Donald Trump –…

Hurricane Helene Recovery In North Carolina Town Fueled By Devoted Locals Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nestled in the mountains of Yancey County in western North Carolina,…

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Blocked By Court In Latest Anti-M&A Farce By Biden Admin The Biden administration, desperate to make an impact somewhere, anywhere, in its final, dying days, has struck again. Just around…

Opposition To Woke Progressivism Energizes Trump Coalition Authored by Peter Berkowitz via RealClearPolitics, In January, Republicans will gain undivided control of the federal government’s political branches. Yet President-elect Donald Trump’s comfortable 312-226…

The era of great-power dominance is fading — Moscow’s future lies in mastering regional diplomacy. In 2015, when the Russian armed forces launched a military operation in Syria, it marked a turning…

GM To Wind Down Cruise Robotaxi Operations General Motors is winding down its Cruise robotaxi division, according to a new report from Bloomberg.  GM’s exit from the market leaves Google’s Waymo and…

Samples of three deadly viruses vanished from a secure facility and no one noticed for years Over 300 vials containing live samples of three viruses with high mortality rates went missing from…

Moscow is in fact seeking to relax its penal code even further, the president has said Russia is not seeking to reintroduce capital punishment and will continue to liberalize its penal code…

Elon Musk: “We Should Unwind” The NGO Industry Non-governmental organizations receiving taxpayer dollars are under scrutiny for misusing funds in shady operations. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, set to lead the Department of Government…

Nearly 4 Years Later, No Letup In Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons Or Not Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly”…

Aleksandar Vucic has told opposition protesters he intends to fight, not flee Western-funded protesters are attempting “regime change” in Serbia but the government has no intention of giving up, President Aleksandar Vucic…

The killings were reportedly orchestrated by a local gang leader who blamed the death of his son on Voodoo practitioners At least 184 people, primarily elderly men and women, were killed in…

The relationship between New Delhi and Moscow has withstood the test of time and geopolitical shifts, while the defense partnership remains a vital bridge connecting the two nations Indian Defense Minister Rajnath…

The area will be established to prevent any “terrorist threat,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that a “sterile defense zone” will be set…

The cash transfer comes as Washington attempts to fast-track aid to Kiev before Donald Trump takes office The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that it had disbursed a $20 billion loan…

Treasury Yields Drop After 3Y Auction Tails But Is Otherwise Solid The year may be drawing to a close but the US needs to feed the government debt monster – which just…

SCOTUS Asked To Block State From Investigating Doctors Who Question COVID-19 Policies Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this week revived an…

Dalio Predicts Global Debt Crisis, Backs Bitcoin & Gold Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, Billionaire investor Ray Dalio expressed concerns about a potential “pending debt money problem” in global finance and…

The unique project is aimed at talented students from many parts of the world, including Africa, China, and Central Asia A new project for active and talented students from different countries has…

The businessmen reacted to a post depicting the Ukrainian leader as Kevin from the comedy movie Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of US President-electDonald Trump, have reacted with…

Hungary will block any effort by Brussels to sanction Georgian officials, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said Georgia can “be assured” that Hungary will block any EU sanctions on its government officials,…

The former German chancellor has no regrets about energy deals with Moscow Buying natural gas from Russia was a good deal, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, rejecting suggestions that it…

Boeing Reportedly Restarts 737 Max Production Amid Turbulent Year Boeing has reportedly resumed production of its 737 Max aircraft at its Renton factory in Seattle, Washington, a little more than a month…

Not Babylon Bee: Justice Ketanji Brown To Appear In Pro-Transgender Broadway Musical Authored by Andrea Widburg via AmericanThinker.com, Kentanji Brown Jackson may not know what a woman is, but she knows what…

Walgreens Shares Spike Off 28-Year Lows On Private-Equity Interest; Report Having plunged from over $105 billion market cap in 2015 to less than $8 billion currently (amid mounting pressures on both its…

Microsoft Shareholders Vote ‘No’ On Bitcoin Reserve Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, Microsoft shareholders voted against a resolution to add Bitcoin BTC$97,604 to the company’s balance sheets during the firm’s annual meeting on…

Trump’s Tariffs Could Spark Supply Chain Disruptions, Experts Say By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to hit imports from China, Canada and Mexico with tariffs could deal a blow…

Chad severed a military cooperation deal with its former ruler in November Two French fighter jets left Chad on Tuesday, signaling the start of Paris’ withdrawal from the central African nation and…

China Stimulus Hope Springs Eternal By Benjamin Picton, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Hope Springs Eternal China’s Politburo yesterday signaled its intent to provide further support to the Chinese economy by adopting…

IDF Tanks Reach Just 25km From Damascus As Netanyahu Declares Golan Is ‘Ours Forever’ With Assad overthrown and Syria in shambles, Israel has declared the permanent annexation of the Golan Heights. “The…

House To Vote On $3 Billion In Funding To Remove Chinese Telecom Equipment From US Networks Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The House of Representatives is set…

There are concerns that Assad’s government could be replaced with a hardline Islamist regime, according to the outlet Western and Arab countries are reportedly concerned that the fall of the Assad government…

Kiev has investigated hundreds of officials for helping men escape the country Upwards of 300 people have been investigated just this year for enabling draft dodgers to flee Ukraine, the State Bureau…

Some 190 terrorist plots were foiled by the country’s security services this year, Aleksandr Bortnikov says Russia is facing an increasing threat of terrorism, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)…

The futuristic house was intended as a wedding present for the supermodel by her former boyfriend, Russian tycoon Vladislav Doronin Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has reportedly bought a mansion in…

The Russian president has met with Rajnath Singh in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held talks with Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, the Kremlin press service has said. The press…

Washington’s closest allies increasingly want to chart their own course without relying on the White House, Sergey Naryshkin says A growing number of US partners are trying to deviate from Washington’s policies…

Russia needs to improve the new missile system more than its nuclear doctrine, according to the Russian president The introduction of the Oreshnik missile system in Russia reduces to a minimum the…

The pause placed on V-22 Osprey flights follows a near-crash involving a tiltrotor last month The US Defense Department has put flights of V-22 Ospreys on hold following a near-crash incident last…

Netanyahu’s reasoning for his latest land grab lays bare the stark hypocrisy of his Western supporters This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that following the fall of Bashar Assad, the…

Court Temporarily Blocks Obamacare Coverage To Dreamers In 19 States Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal court on Dec. 9 temporarily blocked in 19 states the expansion of…

The caretaker prime minister is a long-time ally of militant leader Mohammed al-Jolani Opposition politician Mohammed al-Bashir has announced that he will serve as Syria’s caretaker prime minister until March. Al-Bashir, who…

Trump Victory Sends Small Business Optimism Soaring Most In 44 Years It appears American small business owners love ‘hitler’ and hate ‘democracy’…  US small-business optimism surged in November to a more than…

180 Dead: Haitian Warlord Orders Massacre Of Elderly For Using ‘Sorcery’ To Sicken Son Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people — most of…

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The two countries should consider the possibility if they want to continue receiving American subsidies, the president-elect has said US President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that Mexico and Canada become US states…

The closure of Russian airspace has forced carriers to cut longer routes due to soaring costs and Chinese competition European carriers have been struggling with longer and costlier flights to Asia due…

The Syrian president has been granted asylum in Russia after opposition forces took control of Damascus Former Syrian President Bashar Assad decided to step down on his own volition, and Moscow played…

The outlet has said the reported restrictions could adversely affect the production of military UAVs in Ukraine China has restricted the export of key components to Europe and the US used in…

Jordan O’Brien was accused of assisting Kiev’s campaign of terror in Kursk Region A Russian court has sentenced a New Zealand national to 14 years in prison for his role in the…

Trump Tells Putin To Agree To Immediate Cease-Fire In Ukraine After Syria’s Assad Ousted Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President-elect Donald Trump sent a message to Russian…

Grey Swans Are Circling Authored by Charles Hugh SMith via OfTwoMinds blog, History is either “one damned thing after another”–a chaotic collection of random events–or there are connections between events that are…

The countries trying to contain Moscow refuse to recognize that the unipolar world order is over, Sergey Naryshkin says The West may try to foment a global conflict that would send shockwaves…

A 2017 rape allegation is being used “by the left” to block his confirmation to the post, Pete Hegseth has claimed Donald Trump’s nominee to be US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth,…

Surgeons have drained the bleeding in the president’s skull following an injury three weeks ago Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after emergency surgery…

Armed clashes recently erupted between the African state’s soldiers and the guards of its spy chief, whom President Salva Kiir has dismissed South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has fired the country’s military…

Futures Rise As Yields Hit 1 Week High, China Stimulus Hopes FIzzle Futures inch higher, reversing earlier losses even as bond yields gain 3bps to rise to a one week high, and…

Russia will provide the missiles, but the launchers will be produced locally, according to the president Oreshnik systems deployed in Belarus will have Russian-supplied missiles, but with launchers made locally, Belarusian President…

Brazil’s Lula Undergoes Emergency Brain Surgery Following October Fall  Far-left Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent emergency surgery last night to drain a brain bleed connected to a fall in October,…

“This was no small thing, to restore a republic after it had fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may have been…

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