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LPR authorities have reported that a cluster munition fired by Kiev’s forces exploded near a packed bus in the city of Lisichansk Two people have been killed and a child is among…

Smoke munitions deployed by Ukrainian troops likely came from the US or Germany, a senior Russian general has said An investigation into a reported chemical weapons attack by Ukraine in Kursk Region…

More than 1,000 people engaged in subversive activities have been detained, security officials have said Russian law enforcement agencies have thwarted over 100 terrorist attacks that were masterminded by Kiev or its…

Futures Trim Gains After Dismal Outlook From Home Depot US futures are slightly higher, although well off session highs following disappointing guidance from Home Depot while rising tension in the Middle East…

Paris 2024: These Countries Punched Above Their Weight While the United States may have once again topped the official medal table at the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are some less-talked-about countries that…

Where Kamala Harris Stands On Key Policy Issues Authored by Jacob Burg, Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Since becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris is…

American Stock Ownership Back At All-Time Highs Today, the proportion of Americans’ financial assets invested in public stocks is nearing record highs, just shy of the peak seen in 2021. Investor confidence,…

Top bankers will discuss a rupee-ruble market at a meeting in Moscow, the Economic Times has reported India and Russia are exploring the idea of a benchmark rupee-ruble exchange rate to start…

Afrique Media claims Kiev has sabotage units in place helping jihadist rebels strike government forces Ukrainian “sabotage units” have been aiding jihadist insurgents attack the Malian army, including with drones provided by…

Rafal Brzoska says the tech giant has ignored requests to remove scores of advertisements featuring photos of him and his wife Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska is planning to take Meta to court…

Yoav Gallant called the idea of total victory over Hamas “gibberish,” which the premier slammed as an “anti-Israel” narrative Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have clashed over…

The move could help balance the budget in Estonia, the justice minister has reportedly told the government Estonia is considering renting out prison beds to other countries to cut operating costs, public…

The billionaire extended the invitation after speaking at length with former US President Donald Trump Elon Musk has offered to interview US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on his…

Washington has identified Arsen Avakov as a viable successor because of his ties with both far-right groups and EU leaders, Moscow claims The US is planning to unleash a campaign to discredit…

Another Green Energy Company Declares Bankruptcy, Thank Biden’s Tariffs Authored by Mike Shedlock via MIshTalk.com, Conflicting goals often leads to the worst of both outcomes. That’s what’s happening with solar panels and…

About 40% Of Biden-Harris’ IRA Projects Face Delays President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act and Chips and Science Act in 2022, promising to lower inflation and make life…

Belarus says rocket and air defense units will conduct exercises amid Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Region Belarus is sending rocket and artillery troops to Russia for military exercises, the Defense Ministry in Minsk announced…

The organization’s current composition has failed to keep pace with a changing world, says Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for reforms to the Security Council that would include…

A Deeper Dive Into The Science Behind Intermittent Fasting Authored by Jennifer Sweenie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Intermittent fasting has gained significant attention in recent years for its potential health…

If reelected, the former president has said he expects to get along with “tough characters” It is “a good thing” for US presidents to get along with foreign leaders, even if Washington…

How Mayonnaise Could Help Scientists Advance Nuclear Fusion Efforts Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Mayonnaise exhibits similar properties to plasma, aiding fusion research. Scientists are studying the condiment to understand the…

The ex-British PM has reportedly held talks with his former colleague Nadhim Zahawi, who is eyeing a takeover of the newspaper Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is being considered for the…

Storm Shadows are made in cooperation with France, which also has a say in the matter, the outlet has reported The UK does not allow Ukraine to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles…

Achieving a truce requires both sides of the conflict to be at the table, Italy and Switzerland have said The foreign ministers of Italy and Switzerland have agreed to work together to…

UK Schools To Teach About “Misinformation” Amid Race Riots Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Schools in the United Kingdom will begin teaching students about so-called “misinformation” and “extremist content” as…

Both countries have work to do to recognise that good bilateral relations represent a win-win for both In fast-moving developments, the speed of which took everyone by surprise, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

The former president told Elon Musk that there was “zero chance” of hostilities until Joe Biden opened his mouth Former US President Donald Trump has accused President Joe Biden of bringing the…

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…

Sen. Grassley Questions Immigration Parole For New Alleged Trump Assassination Plotter Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) posed a series of questions to the…

Popular Sweetener Linked To Increased Risk of Blood Clots, Heart Attack, And Stroke Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Erythritol is a popular choice for those looking…

Senator Graham Hails Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia as ‘Bold’, ‘Beautiful’ Of course he showed up in Kiev at this most dangerous moment of the Ukraine war, when uncontrollable escalation is looking more…

Labor Talks At Major US East Coast & Gulf Coast Ports “Very Far Apart” As Potential Paralyzing Strike Looms  The US may be headed for a supply chain crisis this fall as a labor…

A missile boat commander reportedly took visual souvenirs of an illicit affair at sea The Royal Navy has sacked a decorated submarine captain who once met royalty, allegedly for sending a X-rated…

TikTok Algorithms Actively Suppress Criticism of Chinese Regime, Study Finds Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, China-owned video-sharing app TikTok is using its algorithms to suppress content exposing China’s human…

Netanyahu Blasts Own Defense Minister For ‘Anti-Israel’ Comments Via The Cradle The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated the call for “absolute victory” against Hamas following critical remarks regarding such…

The X owner has promised a “highly entertaining” conversation with the former US president Former US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk sat down for a free-flowing interview on Musk’s…

Federal Fiscal Burden Consumes 93% Of America’s Wealth Authored by James D. Agresti via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Based on data from a U.S. Treasury report, the federal government has amassed…

Mass formation psychosis. Remember when the Australians were putting people into forced quarantine camps for failing to take vaccinations?  Remember when the New Zealanders were arrested for going on a subversive trip to…

US Marshals Arrest Over 230 Fugitives, Including Rapists And Murderers, In Maryland Operation Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Marshals Service has announced the conclusion of…

Amnesty On The Table: Biden Officials Want Maduro To Regime Change Himself A fresh Wall Street Journal report reveals just how desperate Washington officials are to see Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro swiftly exit…

Right-wing content should be suppressed with draconian censorship, Bruce Daisley has declared Tech mogul Elon Musk should be threatened with arrest and detention if he refuses to censor right-wing content on X,…

Foreigners could help get F-16s into combat “sooner rather than later,” Lindsey Graham has claimed US Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Western pilots to come and “fight for freedom” in Ukraine…

President Trump will be broadcasting an interview/discussion with Elon Musk tonight from his Twitter/X Account. The Spaces discussion is scheduled for 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT [FOLLOW and JOIN HERE] If you…

FOIA Files: How Feds, Press, and Academia “Coordinate” On Speech Authored by James Rushmore via Racket News, In March 2023, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) put out…

Smith & Wesson Asks US Supreme Court To Expedite Its Appeal Of Mexico Lawsuit Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson asked the…

Comrades, the European Union’s digital enforcer Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote a letter to Twitter/X owner Elon Musk today ahead of a planned interview with President Donald Trump. Komisar Breton reminded Musk of…

Serbia has better opportunities elsewhere, Aleksandar Vulin has said Serbia should pick BRICS over Brussels, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said in an interview with Russian media. The largest republic of…

US Records 2nd Biggest July Deficit In History As 25% Of Tax Revenue Go To Pay Interest While there was much more talk about the soaring US budget deficit earlier this year,…

In response, the billionaire told EU Commissioner Thierry Breton to “f**k your own face.” European Commissioner Thierry Breton has ordered X owner Elon Musk to step up censorship of “harmful content” related…

The former US president posted on the platform for the first time in nearly a year ahead of a live conversation with Elon Musk Former US President Donald Trump returned to posting…

The Party Line Is A Mighty Squishy Line Authored by James Howard Kusntler via Kunstler.com, “I’ve never heard her [Kamala Harris] say anything original or observant; at her best, she simply recites…

Kiev’s attempt to open a second front didn’t go as planned, but it has still raised the stakes To understand the situation with Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, we need to…

Gold, Oil, & Bonds Soar As Stocks Swing Wildly To Unch Ahead Of Big Data Week Stocks were relatively quiet today (relative to recent history and relative to other asset-classes today) as…

West Threatens Iran Over Plan To Supply Russia With Ballistic Missiles NATO countries have been warning of swift and severe consequences in the wake of widespread reports that Iran is considering transferring…

These Six Drivers Are Gone, And That’s Why The Global Economy Is Toast Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The global economy is toast. All that’s left is the distribution…

KFC Unveils ‘Finger-Lickin Good’ Meal Deal As Value Wars Heat Up  Quick-service restaurant customers have been frustrated by rising Big Mac and chicken sandwich prices, which we dubbed ‘McFlation.’ As burger sales slide, chains like McDonald’s…

The median compensation of FTSE 100 chief executives hit $5.3 million in 2023, according to a think tank Pay for the bosses of Britain’s top companies has increased to the highest level…

US Gymnast Jordan Chiles Must Return Bronze Medal, Olympic Committee Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won…

US-based Hindenburg Research has linked the head of India’s stock exchange regulator to the Adani Group India’s stock market regulator has urged investors to “remain calm” and exercise “due diligence” after US-based…

Harris Campaign Said Walz ‘Chaired Veterans Affairs’… He Did Not Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, As Republicans began scrutinizing the military record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Harris campaign released…

DEI ‘Litmus Tests’ Must End Authored by Zachary Marschall via RealClearEducation, Ideological litmus tests have no place in higher education. They weaponize loyalty and contradict the university’s purpose of fostering academic inquiry…

Kiev has had to pull forces from the Donbass front for its incursion into Russia Ukrainian troops that invaded Russia’s Kursk Region have taken heavy losses in men and Western-provided vehicles, the…

Medium-Term Inflation Expectations Tumble In NY Fed Survey As Spending Growth Pessimism Rises With all eyes on this week’s inflation data barrage, starting with PPI tomorrow and moving to CPI on Wednesday,…

Biden’s Freudian Slip: “If Trump Wins,” There’ll Be No Peaceful Transfer Of Power Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via modernity.news, President Joe Biden uttered an interesting Freudian slip when he said that…

Markets Need A Lot More Than A Rate-Cut Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The recent market weakness suggests a combination of profit-taking and concerns about the latest United States jobs and manufacturing figures, added to…

Trump To Sue DOJ For $100 Million Over Mar-a-Lago Raid Former President Donald Trump is set to sue the DOJ for $100 million in damages over the 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago…

German government spokesman Wolfgang Buchner has refused to condemn the cross-border attack Kiev kept quiet while planning its incursion in Kursk Region, the deputy spokesman for the German government has said. Wolfgang…

The former US president’s team claims Iranian cybercriminals stole internal documents with the goal of influencing the 2024 election Former US President Donald Trump’s election campaign team has said it has had…

Kiev has failed to undermine Russia’s unity, with citizens eager to defend their country, the president has said Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has increased the stream of volunteers willing to…

The Pentagon also ordered a carrier strike group equipped with F-35 fighter jets to the region in order to defend Israel The US is accelerating military deployments to the Middle East as…

Gaze Into The Data Long Enough… By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank Friday saw equities continue their recovery from steep selloffs early last week and the preceding Friday. The S&P500…

Iron Dome Failure? Overnight Hezbollah Missile Salvo On Northern Israel Leads To Speculation Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel, calling it retaliation for Israeli attacks last week….

Paul Kagame has been in power since the end of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been sworn in for a fourth term after a landslide victory in…

Kiev’s forces were communicating in English and Polish on military radios, a captured soldier has said An interview with a Ukrainian soldier who was captured in Kursk Region amid Kiev’s cross-border offensive…

Homebuyers Get Creative Amid Historically High Property Values Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The dramatic rise in median home prices in New York City and other busy…

Key Events This Busy Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales It is a macro-heavy week, and the market’s key focus will be on US inflation data, with the July CPI print on Wednesday…

The cost of gas futures at the hub in the Netherlands has jumped to its highest level since December Natural gas prices in Western Europe continued to climb on Monday, according to…

At least 12 civilians have reportedly been killed and more than 120 injured in Ukraine’s cross-border attack on the Russian region The Ukrainian Army has occupied 28 settlements in Russia’s Kursk Region,…

Futures Gain As Yen Resumes Slide, Oil Jumps US equity futures are seeing a slight bid, tracking Asian and European markets higher, as the week starts off more muted than last week…

“Travel Trends Deteriorating” As Consumer Downturn Worsens Consumers are quickly changing their spending habits as the pullback across the leisure and travel industry becomes more pronounced. We first asked this question in early…

Those carrying arms should be killed on the spot, according to the instructions a captured POW has said troops were given A Ukrainian military commander ordered his men to kill armed civilians…

Around 240 garbage-laden inflatables were sent toward South Korea on Saturday, according to the country’s military North Korea launched approximately 240 trash-laden balloons toward South Korea on Saturday, around ten of which…

NASA Inspector General Report Criticizes Boeing’s Quality Control Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has raised concerns over quality control and standards…

The Ukrainian drone that ignited a blaze at the Zaporozhye NPP contained an accelerant, according to the facility’s director The Ukrainian drone that caused a blaze inside one of the cooling towers…

The US-led West is clinging to global domination and can’t accept a multipolar world, Andrey Belousov has said The Ukraine conflict is a de facto clash between Russia and the West, in…

Credit-Card And Auto-Loan Delinquencies Surged In The Second Quarter Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Over ten percent of credit card outstanding debt is over 90 days delinquent. Banks will be curtailing…

Israel Says Iran Poised For Major Retaliation; US Deploys Sub, Hurries Carrier Group In a major shift in its recent assessment of Iran’s intentions, Israeli intelligence reportedly now believes that Iran is…

Several people have been poisoned after coming under fire from toxic shells, according to Aleksey Smirnov DETAILS TO FOLLOW

The risk of death on a commercial flight has halved every decade for the past 60 years, researchers have estimated Air travel has become significantly safer since the early days of large-scale…

The leader of the interim government has condemned the atrocities, describing them as “heinous” Protests have erupted in Bangladesh over communal violence that has been reported following the ouster of Prime Minister…

The Russian president has condemned Ukraine’s indiscriminate strikes and attempts to target nuclear power facilities amid the Kursk incursion Any peace talks with Ukraine are impossible as long as it conducts strikes…

Theater Of The Absurd, Harris-Walz Edition Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, H.L. Mencken apparently never quite said that “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”…

“The Worst Is Behind Us”: The US Trucking Industry Is Showing Signs Of A Resurrection It has been a long ugly road for the trucking industry in the U.S. since Covid caused…

15 States Sue To Block Federal Government From Expanding Obamcare To Cover Illegal Immigrants Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Fifteen states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration…

The local government has described the situation in the Belovsky district of Kursk Region as “tense” The acting governor of Russia’s Kursk Region, which shares a border with Ukraine, has ordered an…

The country’s innovative weapons technology is unmatched and continues to be improved upon, the president has said Russia’s unrivaled achievements in weapons technology have already been proven on the battlefield and continue…

A deputy energy minister sought $500,000 for evacuating coal-mining equipment, the country’s Security Service has said Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claims to have uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme within the country’s government…

Anyone who considers themselves a political analyst yet doesn’t watch this guy closely is missing the forest while staring at trees.  Team James Clyburn and Team Barack Obama head the control mechanisms…

An assassin could target President Aleksandar Vucic over Belgrade’s neutrality on Ukraine, his key political ally has claimed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is risking his life by refusing to back Western nations…