Tag: WorldNews

Epoch Of Change Authored by T.L.Davis via Substack, I hope people are recognizing that they live in a very volatile world. Growing up in the 60s-70s it was pretty tame. There was the Vietnam war and war protesters, there was the free-love movement, feminism and other cultural changes taking place, but the whole world was not aflame as it is now. This could only be brought about by a worldwide effort to throw it into chaos. Chaos is the enemy of the capitalist and friend of the communist. It’s during chaos that communism can provide answers to the problems they’ve caused. But back in the 70s and 80s a lot could go on without notice. A pers

Not Married, No Kids While Chinese Singles‘ Day (today) was originally conceived as a celebration of people who are not in a relationship, the growing popularity of a lifestyle that prioritizes personal independence and self-discovery over traditional societal expectations has not come without side effects.

Poland Might Impede The EU's Push To Speedily Grant Ukraine Membership Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Poland has more to lose from this than Hungary does, but it’s happy to let Hungary feel the heat for impeding Ukraine’s plans, unless Orban is ousted next spring and Poland is then compelled to replace its role.

The Hidden World War Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, World War III is already underway, but most people don’t recognize it because they’re conditioned to expect war to look like traditional physical violence with bombs, guns, and battlefield confrontations.

Latest US Attacks On Drug Boats Brings Total To 19, As Conservatives Urge Trump Stop Foreign Distractions At a moment that more and more conservative voices are calling on President Trump to drop the distraction of entangling foreign policy issues and instead work on setting domestic issues in order after a lengthy government shutdown, the Pentagon has announced yet more strikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of South America. It's hard to keep track at this point, but the latest action takes the number of boats blown up near Venezuela to 19, resulting in over 70 suspected traffickers killed.

Trump Admin To Lend "Hundreds Of Billions" To Build Nuclear Power Plants While the market is finally starting to grapple with the most unpleasant question of who will plug the funding gap needed to build out all the data centers required to make the AI dream a reality, a gap which Morgan Stanley recently calculated would be as large as $2.9 trillion in capex funding needs, of which at least $1 trillion will come in the form of debt (and mostly private debt)...

SNAP And The Growth Of The American Welfare State Authored by Sylvia Xu and Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP, unexpectedly took center stage in debates over the federal government shutdown.

Wall Street Sees Hegseth's Pentagon Procurement Overhaul As "Wake-Up Call" For Prime Contractors U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's sweeping reforms to secure "drone domain dominance" by 2027 are accelerating, following a Reuters report last week that the U.S. Army plans to acquire at least one million drones in the coming years. The initiative, driven by the Pentagon's DOGE modernization team, marks a major shift toward a new generation of lean, agile defense firms, breaking from the legacy industrial-military complex plagued by chronic cost overruns, schedule delays, and ballooning backlogs. Wall Street analysts are calli

Lukoil Declares Force Majeure At Major Iraqi Oil Field Due To New US Sanctions Via The Cradle Russian energy corporation Lukoil has declared force majeure at Iraq's West Qurna-2 oil field as a result of US sanctions on the firm, four sources told Reuters on Monday.  "Iraq has halted all cash and crude payments to Lukoil," the sources said. The Russian energy firm operated Iraq’s West Qurna-2 oil field, which produces 480,000 barrels per

Senate Passes Bill To End Shutdown - Now On To The House Update (2135ET): The Senate has finally approved a long-sought funding package to end the government shutdown, after eight Democrats crossed the aisle to back the bill - which will keep the lights on until Jan. 30 when we get to do this all over again. The legislation now heads to the House for approval.

Wall Street stocks gain and Treasury yields tick up in ‘relief rally’

Also in today’s newsletter: Lenskart makes rocky trading debut, and Democrats face party backlash over government shutdown deal

Judges praise ‘singular achievement’ of sparsely written novel that traces a man’s unlikely social ascent from Hungary to the world of London’s super-rich

Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations

Former jihadi detained by US in Iraq over al-Qaeda ties becomes the country’s first leader to visit US since 1946

Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society

World’s most famous investor warns against corporate greed as he prepares to hand over the reins of Berkshire Hathaway

‘It’s not a question of if, only of when’, says CAA chief

Anti-corruption search included properties linked to justice minister and Zelenskyy’s former business partner

Moscow has had four years to hone its evasion skills — and markets have priced it in