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Lindsey Graham says “the Ayatollah” can tell Moscow what would happen if President Donald Trump’s ultimatum is ignored US Senator Lindsey Graham has cited the recent bombing of Iran when issuing a…

India’s foreign minister has called on the group to stay true to its founding objectives India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to take an “uncompromising…

China’s Rare Earths Exports High Highest Level Since 2009 China exported 7,742 metric tonnes of rare earths last month, marking the highest peak since 2009. This is according to newly released customs data. Additionally, as…

Welcome To The Land Of The Free… Until You Express An Opinion Via DailySceptic.org, The following is the introduction to Cancel THIS, a new book by Mike Fairclough. Britain’s cancel culture is a…

Imposing such levies would risk a confrontation with China, the outlet has said US President Donald Trump is unlikely to move forward with a proposed 100% tariff on imports from Russia and…

The US president has said Kiev will receive “17 Patriots,” but did not specify if they would be batteries or separate launcher Ukraine is unsure what US President Donald Trump meant when…

The Ukrainian leader and his chief of staff Andrey Yermak are untrustworthy figures, Steve Cortes has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his chief of staff Andrey Yermak are not “dependable” partners…

The US president has threatened to impose sanctions on Russia and its trade partners unless the Ukraine conflict is ended by autumn The Kremlin urges all nations to push Kiev to reach…

The Czech Republic is “focusing on other projects” to support Kiev, the prime minister has said The Czech Republic will not participate in a new initiative proposed this week by US President…

What Are Inheritance And Gift Taxes Like In Europe? An estimated $2 to $3 trillion were inherited globally in 2024, according to consulting firm EY. As EY analysts highlight, the impending inheritance to…

Mali says the decision by the Czech Republic prevented its under-19 women’s team from representing the continent at a major tournament Mali has accused the Czech Republic of refusing entry visas to…

Global Oil Consumption Reaches All-Time High Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, Global oil consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, driven primarily by non-OECD countries, with the U.S. remaining the largest…

Mark Rutte has warned the BRICS nations of “massive” economic repercussions if they continue to do business with Moscow NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned India, China and Brazil of “consequences”…

Brussels’ top diplomat has expressed frustration over US payment demands for weapons it intends to send to Kiev The European Union is funding the “death” of Ukraine by paying for weapons sent…

Military Watch Magazine had reported earlier that the US president is considering sending JASSM cruise missiles to Kiev US President Donald Trump has denied media reports that Washington has been planning to…

Euro Adoption Unlikely In Czechia As Elections Favorites & Public Opinion Align Against Common Currency Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Andrej Babiš’s ANO, SPD, STAČILO! and others vow to protect…

The Hidden Cost Of Europe’s Free Education Authored by Lika Kobeshavidza via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Europe’s free university model is often seen as a triumph of modern society. With no…

The move is part of the country’s plan to slash mounting debt French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has announced plans for a new tax on the country’s wealthiest citizens as part of…

$4 Trillion: Nvidia’s Record Valuation In Context Last week saw Nvidia officially became the first company to close at a valuation of $4 trillion on Thursday (and extending its gains this week),…

Escobar: Trump Terrified By BRICS Strategic Threat Authored by Pepe Escobar, This is it. The ruling classes of the Empire of Chaos, plus the current, clownish Circus Ringmaster have finally realized that…

A massive data leak by the British military forced the government to secretly relocate thousands of ineligible asylum seekers The British government has reportedly spent at least £850 million (around $1.1 billion)…

Shubhanshu Shukla was the pilot of a four-member Axiom Mission 4 crew that went on an 18-day research mission Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS),…

Sean Hannity and John Solomon have apparently ejected Sara Carter for “Tick Tock Term-2”, seemingly replacing her with James (‘sounds like Gopher from Winnie the Pooh‘) Comer. In the latest iteration of…

President Donald Trump heads to Pennsylvania for an energy innovation and AI summit in Pittsburgh.  At the event, President Trump is scheduled to host a roundtable event which will be covered live….

Lyme Disease Is Most Prevalent In The Northeast This year is a bad year for ticks… Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that new research has found that ticks are becoming more widespread due to changes…

President Trump departs the White House for a Pennsylvania energy innovation summit.  Shortly before departing the White House, President Trump took questions from the media.  WATCH: . Posted in President Trump, Press…

A Washington–New Delhi Alliance Is a Perfect Storm Against China, For India Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Beijing’s Jitters: A Shifting Trade Landscape As China’s trade with the United…

The bloc’s foreign affairs chief wants Washington to “share the burden” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has welcomed President Donald Trump’s promise to send more weapons to Kiev, but argued he…

The 28 Biggest Global Risks, According To The UN As the world confronts overlapping crises, from accelerating climate change to the unchecked spread of misinformation, global risks are increasingly interconnected, compounding one…

The Threat From Far-Right Extremists Pales In Comparison To Jihadi Terrorist Authored by Phil Gurski via The Epoch Times, Remember Chicken Little (a.k.a. Henny Penny)? She was the one running around warning…

‘Crypto Week’ Stalls On Failed Procedural Vote As Stablecoins Dominate Bitcoin Banter Update (1500ET): In a blow for Republicans’ ‘crypto week’, a House procedural vote on the crypto measures failed to pass….

Another ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Comes True: California Bill Passes To Buy Fire-Ravaged Palisades For Low-Income Apartments The writing is on the wall — bold and in large font — for private landowners and…

The United States Of Impunity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, AI is the whiff of perfume that’s supposed to mask the stench of terminal moral decay. It is appropriate…

How Keynesians Got The US Economy Wrong… Again Authored by Daniel Lacalle, In the past six months, a chorus of analysts and commentators warned of an impending collapse of the US economy….

Tropical Threat Brewing Off Florida, Gulf Of America Offshore Oil & Gas Rigs In Crosshairs Meteorologists are closely monitoring Invest 93-L, a disorganized area of low pressure situated off Florida’s east coast…

Chinese Biotech Companies Are Catching Up To U.S. Big Pharma China’s biotechnology sector is rapidly transforming from a follower into a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation, challenging the long-standing dominance of the…

Jeffrey Epstein Hired Private Goons To Harass FBI Agents: Report Authored by Ken Silva via HeadlineUSA, Rolling Stone reported Monday that notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein hired private investigators to follow, intimidate…

AI: Are Americans Worrying About The Wrong Jobs? The rapid adoption of AI has stirred up worry – or at least apprehension – among many workers, as it is still unknown exactly what the…

“Tough, But Necessary”: Nissan To Shutter Flagship Japanese Plant By March 2028 Nissan Motor will cease vehicle production at its flagship Oppama plant in Kanagawa by March 2028, a move CEO Ivan…

The Cryptographic Fix For US Elections Is Still Sitting On The Shelf Authored by Jason Nelson via Decrypt.co, In brief A former voting machine auditor says U.S. election systems still lack basic…

Goldman Warns of “Accelerated Property Price Declines” Across Chinese Cities  The latest 70-city house price data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics indicate that the property market remains in decline as of…

Is There Enough Water To Quench The Thirst Of AI Super Data Centers? Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, While artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the way America does business, the…

Why Are Taxpayers Still Funding These Injection Mandates? Authored by Lucia Sinatra via The Brownstone Institute, It was nerve wracking, to say the least; having a high school student who had gotten…

The country’s longest-serving prime minister, Denis Shmigal, is set to take charge of the defense ministry Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has officially submitted his resignation to the Ukrainian parliament, a day after…

The US president has said he wants to get the US “out of that mess” US President Donald Trump has told reporters that his recent ultimatum to Moscow and promise of weapons…

Trump’s rhetoric masks a deeper instinct to disengage – and a refusal to confront Moscow on substance Donald Trump’s recent comments on Ukraine were highly anticipated, especially given his habit of surprising…

Kiev has been actively using the banned munitions in Donbass despite being a signatory of the convention Ukraine officially suspended its participation in the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention on Tuesday. The respective…

The statement follows a media report that the US president had privately encouraged Kiev to step up long-range strikes deep into Russia US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he told…

The bloc’s foreign affairs chief said she was “really sad” the 18th round of sanctions fell through The EU has failed to adopt a new package of anti-Russia sanctions, EU foreign policy…

Daniel Martindale has said his desire to save Donbass civilians was his motivation US national Daniel Martindale, who secretly provided intelligence to Russian troops for two years while embedded among Ukrainian forces,…

Israel and America want to ‘benevolently’ put the population of Gaza into what amounts to a concentration camp The Gaza genocide is special. And not in one but two regards. As has…

Gold Revaluation: Trump’s Red Button Option? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, Could a gold revaluation be on Trump’s mind? Below, we consider the options facing a debt-sick America. A Bug Racing…

Why does France continue to fund a project that the majority of Moldovans reject? Rémy Rioux, the CEO of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD) recently visited Ukraine and…

Cal State Prof Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting ICE Agents During Cannabis Farm Raid Authored by Emily Sturge via Campus Reform, A California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) professor was arrested July 10…

These Are The 10 Least Livable Cities In The World While some cities are celebrated for their high quality of life, others are plagued by deep-rooted challenges that make daily life difficult and…

Trump’s “Major Statement” On Russia Is A Clumsy Attempt To Thread The Needle Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, His threatened secondary sanctions could majorly backfire by harming the US’ own interests….

DoJ, CFTC End Biden-Era Probe Into Polymarket Nine months after what Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan called a “last-ditch effort” to go after companies deemed to be associated with President Biden’s political opponents, the Trump…

The US president sees Russia’s larger economy and military as decisive factors in the Ukraine conflict, according to a White House official US President Donald Trump believes that Russian victory in the…

Bessent Says “Formal Process” To Find Successor To Jerome Powell Has Begun U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Tuesday that a “formal process” is underway to find a potential successor to…

New York Man Charged With Stealing Half A Million Dollars Worth Of Gold Bars Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A New York man was charged for allegedly being involved…

By rejecting the Istanbul format, Kiev is displaying “disregard for its own citizens,” according to Sergey Lavrov Kiev is derailing peace efforts by rejecting the Istanbul negotiations format, which Moscow still considers…

Phoenix Taco Shop Owner Busted For Hiring Illegals – Time To Crack Down On Employers Knowingly hiring illegal aliens is a major crime, and under President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan, the…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said the bloc’s push to phase out Russian energy imports jeopardizes his country’s economy Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has slammed the EU’s plan to phase…

Ukraine’s cabinet reshuffle may be a cover-up for a graft scandal surrounding the unity minister, Andrey Telizhenko told RT Ukraine’s embattled national unity minister, Aleksey Chernyshov, has struck a deal with the…

Congressman Faces Eviction Over $85k Back-Rent For Luxury DC Penthouse Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills is being sued over his alleged failure to pay $85,009 in rent for his Washington DC luxury…

Jamie Dimon Says Private Credit Is Dangerous But Allocates $50 Billion Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, JPMorgan puts $50 Billion on riskier companies to get in on the action. Jamie Dimon…

Charting The U.S. Pharma Supply Chain As Trump Threatens 200% Tariffs  President Trump’s proposed 200% tariff on the pharmaceutical industry would not take effect immediately, instead allowing for a 1 to 1.5-year…

Ron Paul: Mistrusting Government About Epstein And More… Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute, Last week the Department of Justice announced that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client…

Bud Light Still Struggling Years After Dylan Mulvaney Nuked Brand On TikTok  Beer sales over the July 4th holiday weekend came in stronger than previously expected, prompting distributors to raise their outlook for the…

Russia can withstand further Western sanctions, the foreign minister has said US President Donald Trump is facing “improper pressure” from the European Union and NATO leaders to adopt a hardline stance on…

Kiev previously used ATACMS against civilian targets US President Donald Trump is considering allowing Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into Russia using US-made ATACMS missiles, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing…

Beijing has slammed Washington’s “long-arm jurisdiction,” calling the proposed 500% tariffs “illegal” China has blasted US plans to hit Russia’s trade partners with steep secondary tariffs, calling the proposed 500% duties “illegal…

A judicial commission has been established to investigate Senzo Mchunu’s alleged ties to criminal syndicates The African National Congress (ANC) has backed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Police Minister…

The US president’s tariff threat if no peace deal reached is a “positive” step, Brussels’ top diplomat Kaja Kallas has claimed EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has welcomed US President Donald…

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…

Russia can withstand further Western sanctions, the foreign minister has said US President Donald Trump is facing “improper pressure” from the European Union and NATO leaders to adopt a hardline stance on…

Earlier media reports claimed that four service members were killed during the bombardment of a training ground Moldova has denied media reports that it covered up the deaths of several Moldovan soldiers…

Budapest has accused Kiev’s recruitment officers of beating Jozsef Sebestyen to death for resisting conscription The Hungarian government has called on the EU to sanction officials in Kiev over the death of…

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Russia prefers diplomacy but is prepared to achieve its goals in the Ukraine conflict militarily Russia expects the US and NATO to treat its position on…

JPMorgan Beats Top And Bottom Line On Solid Investment Banking, Trading Results Q2 earnings season has officially begun as the big banks start reporting results, and the first one as usual is…

Nvidia, AMD Get Green Light To Restart Certain AI Chip Sales To China Update (0805ET): Bloomberg reports, “AMD received similar assurances from the US Commerce Department and plans to restart shipments of…

Drone Attacks On Northern Iraqi Oil Field On The Rise Amid Iran Tensions On Monday an explosive-laden drone sought to target vital infrastructure in northern Iraq, in an area known to host…

Futures Rise, Nvidia Spikes After Trump Greenlights Selling Some Chips To China US equity futures are higher, led by Tech with the biggest overnight news being that Trump is allowing NVDA to…

Defense chief Thierry Burkhard said the Russian leader had named his nation as Moscow’s primary adversary in Europe France’s top military officer falsely claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled the country as…

Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group have reportedly driven government-allied forces out of Tardo in Somalia Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab terrorists have captured the town of Tardo in Somalia’s central Hiiran region and are…

Tariff-ic! Core Consumer Price Inflation Cooler Than Expected In June Will the dreaded tariff-flation show up this time? Or will the excuse factory be required to spin the Trump-policy-driven price hike expectations…

DOGE Announces Billions Of Dollars In Federal Contracts Terminated Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said over the weekend that agencies have…

Lawmakers will wait as US President Donald Trump considers his own sanctions, John Thune has said The US Senate has paused a bill from hawkish Senator Lindsey Graham that proposes imposing 500%…

A large part of the cyber fraud originated in Southeast Asia, according to the Home Ministry Indians lost about $820 million to online scams in the first five months of 2025, the…

The Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to leaking top secret data to an unknown woman on a foreign dating platform A retired US Army officer has admitted to leaking classified information…

The US president used a White House meeting to showcase his shift in policy from foreign aid to direct trade and private investment On July 9, 2025, the White House hosted a…

A raid involving multiple kamikaze aircraft has left 24 injured, the regional governor has said Two videos circulating online appear to show the moment a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in…

Ukraine perceives the US leader’s comments as “a signal to continue the war,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia needs time to assess US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose severe sanctions…

China’s 373MPH Maglev Train Debuts, Slashing Travel Time Between Cities A Chinese-built maglev train, set to become the country’s fastest ground transport vehicle, was publicly unveiled this week at the 17th Modern…

A new defense review lists Russia as a top threat, alongside Iran, China, terrorism, separatism, and cybercrime France expects a “major war” in Europe by 2030, according to the new Strategic National…

8 Chinese Nationals On Student Visas Charged In Computer ‘Pop-Up’ Scam Targeting Elders Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Eight Chinese nationals on student visas in the United…

From skepticism to strategic recalculations, Russian analysts interpret Washington’s new pressure campaign – and its limits On Monday, July 14, US President Donald Trump issued a stark ultimatum: Russia has 50 days…

MP Materials Surges 10%, Apple To Announce $500 Million Partnership, Joining Pentagon As Investors Apple is reportedly set to join the Pentagon as an investor in MP Materials and announce a $500…

China Q2 GDP Drops To 5.2% But Beats Expectations Thanks To Subsidies And Tariff Frontrunning China’s GDP grew 5.2% on the year in the second quarter, just fractionally above expectations (as is…