EU applies both breaks and brakes on Kiev’s produce

Kiev’s duty-free access to bloc’s market will be extended but caps will be placed on items such as honey, eggs, sugar and poultry EU lawmakers have reached an agreement to extend Kiev’s duty-free access to member states’ market but have decided to also introduce caps on a number of Ukrainian farm imports, the European Council…

Date set for Rafah offensive – Netanyahu

A coalition partner has threatened to pull support from the prime minister should he fail to attack the Palestinian city Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has set a date for a major ground operation in Rafah, the last remaining Palestinian shelter in Gaza. The Israeli leader is under pressure both from close…

Russia investigating Navalny’s widow – MP

Remarks by Yulia Navalnaya in the European Parliament may have constituted a call for sanctions on Moscow, Andrey Alshevskikh says The Russian Interior Ministry is investigating Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, in relation to a speech she delivered at the European Parliament in February, a Russian MP has said.…

Here’s What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl

Here’s What Will Push Oil Above $100/Bbl Back in early December, just after Powell’s dovish pivot shocked everyone, many closet oil bulls like BofA’s energy strategist Francisco Blanch, predicted that a dovish Fed would send oil back to $100. Unfortunately for him, oil did nothing and just one month later, as no oil buying had…

Solana Is Cryptoeconomic Socialism

Solana Is Cryptoeconomic Socialism Authored by Omid Malekan, Most people still don’t understand that the fundamental question of scaling isn’t technical, it’s philosophical. Monolithic chains want to give the same amount of cryptoeconomic security to a $1 transaction as they do a $1 million transaction. This is highly inefficient. Nothing else in the economy works…

If Biden Loses The Election, What Will Be The Top Reason

If Biden Loses The Election, What Will Be The Top Reason By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk New Geography claims EVs will decide the election. That’s a reason, but it’s well down my list. What about yours? EVs and the Election New Geography says Electric Cars Will Decide the Outcome of the American Election. Just last…

Finland sees no chance for peace in Ukraine

The West must keep sending weapons to Kiev rather than seek compromise with Russia, President Alexander Stubb argues Negotiating an acceptable peace with Russia regarding Ukraine is unlikely, so the Western nations must keep providing Kiev with weaponry, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argued during an interview with CNN on Sunday. Helsinki used to serve as…

Kiev’s top spy reveals main intermediary with Russia

The United Arab Emirates has eclipsed Türkiye as the top broker in prisoner swaps, Kirill Budanov has said The United Arab Emirates has emerged as the prime mediator between Kiev and Moscow regarding prisoner exchanges, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, has claimed. He also backed a proposal put forward by Pope Francis,…

Musk defies Supreme Court judge’s order to block X accounts in Brazil

The tech billionaire slammed the ruling as “the most draconian demands of any country on Earth” Elon Musk has demanded the resignation of a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered an investigation of Elon Musk on Sunday, after the tech mogul defied an order to suspend social media accounts, claiming that…

Georgia Students Shut Down Congressman In Latest “Deplatforming”

Georgia Students Shut Down Congressman In Latest “Deplatforming” Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have another successful “deplatforming” of a speaker at a university this week after Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) had to be removed from an event at the University of Georgia. This follows incidents discussed this week involving student protests at Tulane and Maryland. Rep. Collins was…

Iran Threatens Israel’s Embassies: “No Longer Safe”

Iran Threatens Israel’s Embassies: “No Longer Safe” The Iranian government is apparently seeking to capitalize on the Israeli public and leadership being on edge due to continuing fears that an Iranian retaliation attack is imminent after last week’s Israeli airstrike on Iran’s embassy complex in Damascus. An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday has…

Elon Musk Says X Will Defy Order From Brazil’s Supreme Court After Twitter Files

Elon Musk Says X Will Defy Order From Brazil’s Supreme Court After Twitter Files Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, Owner of X Corp. Elon Musk said on the platform Saturday evening that the company had decided to lift all restrictions on Brazilian accounts targeted by an order from the nation’s Supreme Court.…

Israel ready for ‘any scenario’ with Iran – defense minister

The country has been on high alert owing to Tehran’s threats of retaliation for a suspected IDF airstrike on an Iranian consulate in Syria Israel is ready for any scenario that may develop with regard to its strained relations with Iran, according to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The ministry made the statement after Gallant held…

Ex-German chancellor calls for diplomatic solution to Ukraine conflict

Gerhard Schroeder has told Suddeutsche Zeitung that Berlin and Paris should spearhead efforts to end the bloodshed Berlin and Paris should be leading the way toward a negotiated solution to the Ukraine conflict, Gerhard Schroeder, who served as German chancellor between 1998 and 2005, has argued. The veteran politician also refused to disavow his long-time…

Ecuador justifies Mexican embassy raid

The authorities feared the escape of a former Ecuadoran vice president accused of corruption who had sought refuge at the mission Ecuador on Saturday justified storming the Mexican embassy in Quito by saying that the decision was made by President Daniel Noboa to prevent the “imminent flight” of the country’s former vice president, Jorge Glas,…

Too Hot To Handle: Gold Due For A Correction?

Too Hot To Handle: Gold Due For A Correction? Via SchiffGold.com, With gold hitting yet another awe-inspiring all-time high in the wake of Powell’s remarks reassuring markets (more or less) to expect rate cuts in 2024, a few analysts are pointing out risk factors for a correction – so is there really still room to…

Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Police Raid On Quito Embassy 

Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Ecuador After Police Raid On Quito Embassy  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is severing diplomatic relations with Ecuador following a police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, where they arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought political asylum in the embassy after being indicted on…

World War II Didn’t End The Great Depression

World War II Didn’t End The Great Depression By Brian McGlinchey via Stark Realities A principal goal of Stark Realities is to “expose fundamental myths across the political spectrum” — and few myths are as universally embraced as the notion that US participation in World War II lifted the American economy out of the Great Depression. This myth is…

UN sounds alarm over Israel’s AI bombing of Gaza

The technology should be utilized to benefit the world, not wage wars, Antonio Guterres has said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern on Friday over reports that the Israeli military is using artificial intelligence in airstrikes on Gaza. According to a report published by the Israeli-Palestinian +972 Magazine earlier this week, and citing Israeli intelligence…

Mexico suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador (VIDEOS)

Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was arrested after police forcefully entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito Mexico has suspended diplomatic relations with Ecuador with immediate effect, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said. The decision comes in response to the arrest of Ecuador’s former vice president in the country’s Mexican Embassy by Quito police,…

Türkiye suspends key European arms control treaty

The 1990 CFE agreement became meaningless after Russia’s withdrawal, Ankara has said Ankara has suspended its participation in a key European arms control pact that was meant to prevent new conflicts from emerging on the continent after the end of the Cold War. According to a decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and published on Friday, Türkiye…

Oil & Gold Soar On Week, But ‘Good Data’ Wrecks Rate-Cut Hopes, Slamming Stocks & Bonds

Oil & Gold Soar On Week, But ‘Good Data’ Wrecks Rate-Cut Hopes, Slamming Stocks & Bonds It was a ‘good’ week for macro data… Source: Bloomberg …but ‘soft’ survey data remains mired in depression as the ‘aggregate’ hard data holds strong… Source: Bloomberg Of course, good news is bad news for the doves and rate-cut…

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