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Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

Planning For Pitchforks: AI Labs Are War-Gaming A Catastrophe, Public Revolt, And The Crackdown That Follows

Planning For Pitchforks: AI Labs Are War-Gaming A Catastrophe, Public Revolt, And The Crackdown That Follows The AI industry has been war gaming not only how it might destroy humanity, but is also considering what an angry public could do to the industry.  Senior executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI firms are privately gaming out scenarios in which a major AI incident triggers a public and political revolt, Axios reported Friday. The potential trigger is a cyberattack tha...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Treasury Hits Remaining 'Shadow Fleet' Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions

Treasury Hits Remaining 'Shadow Fleet' Shipping Iranian Oil To Asia With New Sanctions The Trump administration is late this week moving to identify, punish, and cut off remaining tankers in Iran's so-called 'shadow fleet' which are still engaged in shipping Iranian oil to Asia. Thursday saw the US Treasury impose sanctions on 17 vessels and their owners involved in transporting Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and petrochemicals - with these being mostly aging oil tankers whi...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

US Grants Safety Feature Exemption For Self-Driving Trucks

US Grants Safety Feature Exemption For Self-Driving Trucks Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Federal regulators have approved a five-year exemption for self-driving trucking companies from rules that require drivers to place warning devices around a stopped truck. The Aurora Driver, in this undated photograph. Courtesy of AuroraThe Department of Transportation said Wednesday it has agreed to allow autonomous trucking companies to use warning beacons mounted on the tr...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

"Delayed Revenue, Delayed Cash Flow": Morgan Stanley Warns Oracle Data Center Delays Could Crush Its Debt

"Delayed Revenue, Delayed Cash Flow": Morgan Stanley Warns Oracle Data Center Delays Could Crush Its Debt There is a comforting story going around credit desks about Oracle's data center problems: if the buildings are late, the capex is late too, and that buys the balance sheet some time. Morgan Stanley isn't buying it. In a new note titled "ORCL Credit: Lighthouse in the Fog" (available to pro subs), MS credit analysts Lindsay Tyler and Benjamin Guerrero pick up where we left off...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

Communist Cox Heir Denied Release Over Alleged Hamas Funding, Claimed Openness To "Global Terror Activities"

Communist Cox Heir Denied Release Over Alleged Hamas Funding, Claimed Openness To "Global Terror Activities" Local news outlet El Español reports that Spain's National Court denied release for Jim "Fergie" Chambers, the communist centimillionaire and heir to the massive Cox media fortune, for the fourth time, citing a flight risk while US authorities seek his extradition over allegations of financing Hamas and money laundering.  Chambers, an heir to the US billionaire family beh...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

Massive 8.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Panama

Massive 8.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Panama A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Panama at around 1:56 p.m. EST, according to the US Geological Survey.  Notable quake, preliminary info: M 8.0 - 14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama https://t.co/qnQAspzMXy — USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) October 9, 2026 What's known so far: Alerts: Tsunami Info Stmt: M8.0 General Area of Panama 1056 PDT Oct 9: Potential to generate destructive tsunamis; CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK — NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NW...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

Trump Didn't Politicize The Smithsonian; He's Responding To Those Who Did...

Trump Didn't Politicize The Smithsonian; He's Responding To Those Who Did... Authored by Jody Edward Ginn via The Epoch Times, Museums have long occupied a rare and enviable position in American life: they have been trusted. While confidence in nearly every other major institution has cratered, museums have quietly held the line. The numbers tell the story. Fewer than one in five Americans express confidence in newspapers, television news, big business, or Congress, which botto...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Trump Forms Committee To Probe Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook

Trump Forms Committee To Probe Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Oct. 9 announced a new committee to investigate whether a Federal Reserve governor made false statements. Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve in Washington on June 25, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein /AP PhotoThe committee will probe allegations that Lisa Cook, g...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Mamdani Faces Bipartisan Backlash Over Criticism Of Israel On Oct. 7

Mamdani Faces Bipartisan Backlash Over Criticism Of Israel On Oct. 7 Authored by Nicholas Zifcak via The Epoch Times, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is getting backlash from members of both major parties for marking Oct. 7 with a statement criticizing Israel's military response to the terrorist attacks against it that took place on Oct. 7, 2023. On the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in one day, Mamdani said on social media ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

"Wouldn't Call That A Surprise": Delta Slashes Profit Outlook As Jet Fuel Prices Near Record Highs

"Wouldn't Call That A Surprise": Delta Slashes Profit Outlook As Jet Fuel Prices Near Record Highs Delta Air Lines shares fell as much as 3.5% early in the US cash session after the carrier slashed its full-year earnings forecast as soaring jet fuel costs squeezed margins. The cut isn't totally unexpected given today's jet fuel prices, but it serves as a warning: Delta owns a refinery that helps cushion the refining crisis blow, suggesting smaller carriers without that in-house refi...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

US Hits 'Rogue' International Criminal Court With Sweeping Sanctions

US Hits 'Rogue' International Criminal Court With Sweeping Sanctions On Friday the Trump administration rolled out sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, calling it a "rogue" organization and declaring that the action is part of an effort to ultimately dismantle the tribunal. "We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate against us," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a video address on soci...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

Watch: Influencer Fights "Terminator" Robot In Wild Cage Match

Watch: Influencer Fights "Terminator" Robot In Wild Cage Match A social media influencer stepped into the ring against a real-life "Terminator" robot in a bizarre showdown that offered a startling glimpse into the rapidly advancing world of humanoid robotics. Frankie LaPenna, a 29-year-old influencer known for his outrageous online stunts, faced off against a six-foot-tall humanoid robot, one of three REK machines he fought, during a September 18 event in San Francisco organized by...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

Big Banks And The Democrats Killed Clarity; This Is The Next Target In Their Sights...

Big Banks And The Democrats Killed Clarity; This Is The Next Target In Their Sights... Authored by Jordan Schachtel via American Greatness, Just before the Senate adjourned for campaign season, big banks joined forces with longtime critic Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats to kill the Clarity Act. The bill would have clarified federal rules for cryptocurrency markets and created a reliable, trustworthy entrance point for Americans to access digital assets. After advancing th...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

Saudi Pilot Among 3 Killed In Riyadh Airport Attack; Houthis Under Pressure On Red Sea Coast

Saudi Pilot Among 3 Killed In Riyadh Airport Attack; Houthis Under Pressure On Red Sea Coast Saudi Arabia has finally reopened King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Friday following attacks by the Houthis that killed three people and injured several on Thursday, and caused widespread flight suspensions and delays in the region. Airport facilities and aircraft were hit in the attack, with at least one Saudi Airlines passenger plane having been destroyed. The airline announc...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

IMF Warns Tokenized Markets Could Amplify Financial Risks

IMF Warns Tokenized Markets Could Amplify Financial Risks Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, Tokenization could reshape financial markets by making trading and settlement more efficient, but legal uncertainty and risks to financial stability could hinder wider adoption, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a Thursday analysis, the IMF said tokenized financial markets are growing rapidly but remain small compared with traditional markets, with poor i...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

Guilfoyle Donor Scandal Explodes As Vance Balks, Rubio Dodges And The Donor Calls It Quid Pro Quo

Guilfoyle Donor Scandal Explodes As Vance Balks, Rubio Dodges And The Donor Calls It Quid Pro Quo The left finally has something new to sink its teeth into, as the Kimberly Guilfoyle donor scandal widens - with JD Vance keeping his distance, a donor on a media tour, and a records demand sitting on the ambassador's desk.  The allegation, reported by the WSJ late Wednesday - is that six days before her July 9, 2025, Senate confirmation hearing, Guilfoyle texted Trump donor Eric Det...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

Unwanted, Not Unwarranted

Unwanted, Not Unwarranted By Maartje Wijffelaars, senior economist Rabobank Oil prices rose again yesterday, reaching a session high of about $105 per barrel as Iran struck tankers – an outcome our energy analysts warned about if Iran appeared to be losing control over Hormuz. Reports that the US could strike Iran before the midterms and a hurricane hitting US output added pressure. Brent crude then fell after President Trump said talks with Iran were “productive” and that the US w...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

The BBC Seems To Hate White People...

The BBC Seems To Hate White People... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The corporation that lectures Britain about "fair" pay has published its own wage numbers. In six of its seven career bands, white staff took home a lower median wage than black, Asian, mixed and other ethnic minority colleagues. The figures come from the BBC's own 2025/26 pay-gap tables. Black, Asian, mixed and other ethnic minority employees received 13.2 per cent higher median pay than white w...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

UMich 'Current Conditions' Sentiment Crashes To Record Low As 'Independents' Lose Faith

UMich 'Current Conditions' Sentiment Crashes To Record Low As 'Independents' Lose Faith After sliding back near cycle lows in September (as Republicans lost faith in the recovery and MidEast tensions re-escalated), analysts expected UMich consumer sentiment to fall further in preliminary October data released this morning. And the analysts were right as The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index decreased to 46.3, the lowest reading since May (below the median estimat...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Iran Strikes LPG Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz, As Houthis Reportedly Mine Bab al-Mandab

Iran Strikes LPG Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz, As Houthis Reportedly Mine Bab al-Mandab Summary Houthis reportedly mine Bab al-Mandab: Saudi media reports 'dense' mining in the strategic Red Sea shipping route, with demining operations underway. Iran escalates tanker attacks and threats: The IRGC claims it struck an LPG tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, causing a major fire, and threatens further action against violating vessels. Vessel struck near UAE: UKMTO reports an unknown proje...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Masa Passes The Hat: SoftBank Seeks $100 Billion From The Gulf After Maxing Out Junk Bonds, Margin Loans And Japanese Retail

Masa Passes The Hat: SoftBank Seeks $100 Billion From The Gulf After Maxing Out Junk Bonds, Margin Loans And Japanese Retail The scramble for AI cash is on (or rather, accelerating). Just hours after the FT reported that OpenAI's annualized revenue is roughly $20 billion lower than the figure that had been making the rounds previously, the same paper reported that Masayoshi Son is trying to raise up to $100 billion from Gulf investors, and has spent recent weeks holding talks with ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

"Migrants Join Forces With Antifa" As EU Riots Spread From France To Belgium

"Migrants Join Forces With Antifa" As EU Riots Spread From France To Belgium Europe is demonstrating that the globalist progressive experiment is crashing and burning, as far-left riots, which we pointed out at the start of the week, were "spreading like cancer" from France to Belgium, continue on Friday. What's to say the social unrest will stop there? The chaos and social unrest mimic the US Marxist BLM riots in 2020, when left-wing NGOs and politicians allowed these radicals t...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

RFK Jr. Announces New Clinic For People Injured By Vaccines

RFK Jr. Announces New Clinic For People Injured By Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other officials have opened a new clinic to treat patients with vaccine injuries and announced other new developments on Oct. 8 that they say will change how the government handles reports of health problems following vaccination. The new National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinic is located on the agency's campus in Bethesda, Ma...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

DOE Presses PJM On Ratepayer Protections From Large Load Costs

DOE Presses PJM On Ratepayer Protections From Large Load Costs By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday urged the PJM Interconnection to revise its reliability backstop procurement plan to prevent cost shifts onto existing utility customers from data centers and other large loads. PJM should file a proposal by Oct. 29 in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision last month that the grid operator’s backstop procurement p...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

German Police Advise Women To Vomit To Stop Rape Attacks

German Police Advise Women To Vomit To Stop Rape Attacks Authored by - Remix News Staff - via Remix News, It has been revealed that police in the northern German city of Bremen have for more than a decade advised participants in workplace safety seminars that deliberately inducing vomiting can be one way to interrupt an attempted sexual assault or rape. Franka Haedke, a spokeswoman for the Bremen police, said the guidance is part of broader self-defense instruction offered by th...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

The AI Rally Trapdoor Just Swung Open Violently

The AI Rally Trapdoor Just Swung Open Violently  Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Last week, I wrote a piece titled “It’s Official: The AI Emperor Has No Clothes,” arguing that the artificial intelligence bubble was approaching the point where investors would be forced to confront the financial reality underneath years of hype, circular financing and absurd valuations. A couple of weeks earlier, I had predicted that the AI bubble would begin to burst within the next six to ten mo...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

Apple Slides After Report Says iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders Slashed, Signaling Early Demand Trouble

Apple Slides After Report Says iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders Slashed, Signaling Early Demand Trouble Jefferies and Bernstein analysts have already flagged soft demand for the iPhone 18 in major markets. The launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is an early test for CEO John Ternus, with a new report suggesting Apple has told suppliers to cut component production. Apple shares are down 2% in premarket trading this morning after an overnight Nikkei Asia report said demand for the ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

"Small Disruption Now Has Outsized Price Consequences": Jefferies Warns As Hurricane Takes Aim At US Gulf Energy

"Small Disruption Now Has Outsized Price Consequences": Jefferies Warns As Hurricane Takes Aim At US Gulf Energy Isaias has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane in the overnight hours and is forecast to intensify further before making landfall along the US Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. Nearly two-thirds of Gulf of Mexico crude production is already shut in, while roughly 500,000 barrels a day of refining capacity is at risk. The disruption comes as a global refining...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

Tower Stocks Soar, Big Three Wireless Carriers Puke As SpaceX Strikes Low-Band Spectrum Deal

Tower Stocks Soar, Big Three Wireless Carriers Puke As SpaceX Strikes Low-Band Spectrum Deal Summary The Rise of Starlink Mobile  Tower Stocks Jump; Carrier Stocks Tumble Musk says this is the "last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America."  SpaceX Secures Spectrum Deal To Challenge Big Telecom Tower Stocks Erupt, Carriers Puke Elon Musk's SpaceX announced overnight that it agreed to acquire a nationwide portfolio of...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

Fashion Police: Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Is Arrested After Joking About How A Politician Dresses

Fashion Police: Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Is Arrested After Joking About How A Politician Dresses Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, The King may have no clothes, but he has cops... Fraser, of Walsall in the West Midlands, says he still does not understand why four police officers arrested him at his home two months ago Credit: Andrew Fox The leader of the Conservative Party on the Wolverhampton City Council, Simon Bennett, apparently can take anything but fashion c...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

JPM Warns Strike At Major Chilean Copper Mine Could Deliver "Significant" Production Hit

JPM Warns Strike At Major Chilean Copper Mine Could Deliver "Significant" Production Hit A new potential bottleneck has emerged in the global copper market as London futures hover just shy of record highs amid persistent scarcity concerns. Natalia Corfield, JPMorgan's head of Latin America corporate credit research, wrote in a note earlier today that a strike at Centinela, a major source of Antofagasta's copper production in Chile, has begun and could soon impact production.  "...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

France's Debt: Too Heavy To Lift, Too Big To Spot

France's Debt: Too Heavy To Lift, Too Big To Spot Authored by Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, A spread can be historically wide and still offer inadequate compensation for what lies ahead... At around 150 basis points over Bunds, French ten-year government bonds look tempting. The spread is exceptionally wide by France's historical standards. For investors accustomed to treating France as a core European sovereign, the instinct is to buy the dislocation and wait for norma...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

Turkey Rules Out Launching Attacks On Yemen From Saudi Arabia

Turkey Rules Out Launching Attacks On Yemen From Saudi Arabia Via Middle East Eye Turkey will not send troops to Saudi Arabia to launch attacks on Yemen under the Mecca defense pact, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. "This is not an offensive agreement. Turkey will not send troops to another country's territory to launch an attack there," he said during a live press conference in Ankara. Fidan added that possible Turkish deployments to Saudi Arabia would be on...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Two Latvians Arrested After Breach At US Intel Hub Deepens UK Sabotage Concerns

Two Latvians Arrested After Breach At US Intel Hub Deepens UK Sabotage Concerns Days after the US pulled all its Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic bombers from Britain's RAF Fairford air base over mounting security concerns following a suspected terrorist plot against the base late last month, another incident has occurred, this time at a critical US and NATO intelligence hub. Bloomberg reports that British police arrested two Latvian nationals on suspicion of trespassing and national...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Why Is A British Charity Telling Migrants Not To Be 'Deceived' By Underage Girls?

Why Is A British Charity Telling Migrants Not To Be 'Deceived' By Underage Girls? Authored by James Dixon via Spiked, Three words in a video that did the rounds last month made my skin crawl: 'Don't be deceived.' They might sound perfectly innocent at first pass, but in context, they are chilling. The footage in question comes from a recorded session apparently run by the Aberdeen-based Mamacita Foundation, a charity that works with asylum seekers. The subject in question is sex...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Customs and Border Protection Has Scanned More Than 1 Billion Travelers With Facial Biometrics

Customs and Border Protection Has Scanned More Than 1 Billion Travelers With Facial Biometrics Customs and Border Protection says it has now verified the identity of more than 1 billion travelers with facial biometrics, announcing the milestone in an Oct. 5 statement. The agency says the system runs at entry in every U.S. airport with international arrivals, at exit in 66 airports, at 42 seaports, and in all pedestrian lanes at the northern and southwest border crossings, with some ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait Authored by Ryan McEntush via Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), At the end of 2024, Texas' grid operator had 63 GW of large new customers in its queue. By this June, that figure reached 474 GW, more than five times record peak demand, about 90% of it data centers. Then Texas hit pause. What began as directions for data centers to pay for their own grid upgrades has since escalated to a freeze on all new permits. If you care about AI and American r...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Nvidia-Backed Australian Data Center Pulls IPO As Investors Balk At Valuation

Nvidia-Backed Australian Data Center Pulls IPO As Investors Balk At Valuation Update (10pm ET): Earlier we reported that Australian data center operator Firmus, perhaps the biggest pillar of Nvidia's circular financing scheme Down Under, closed the books on its struggling IPO "without clear indication of the price or the deal structure," as investors grew "increasingly concerned that the deal could be pulled." Specifically, the Nvidia-backed company had been trying to raise as much ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

US Taxpayers Currently Lose Up To $500B Annually To Fraud; Report

US Taxpayers Currently Lose Up To $500B Annually To Fraud; Report Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A new report published by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) shows federal taxpayers are losing up to $521 billion annually to fraud and improper payments. According to Just the News, the report estimates that improper payments by the federal government have totaled about $3 trillion since 2003. Improper payments are defined by the federal government ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

Emotional Reunion: USS Abraham Lincoln Finally Pulls Into San Diego After Record Deployment

Emotional Reunion: USS Abraham Lincoln Finally Pulls Into San Diego After Record Deployment The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has finally returned to port in San Diego after spending over ten months at sea - most of that time being engaged in war with Iran as part of Trump's Operation Epic Fury. It made a badly needed port call in Thailand last month before traversing the Pacific Ocean to get back to its home port. The carrier spent a record 265 consecutive days at sea, a...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

China Accelerates Ultra-Deep Drilling To Boost Domestic Oil Supply

China Accelerates Ultra-Deep Drilling To Boost Domestic Oil Supply Submitted By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com, China is accelerating efforts to produce more oil from ultra-deep formations to boost domestic supply amid continued global market turmoil. State-owned giant PetroChina has produced more than 26 million tons of oil equivalents from reservoirs dug 6,000 meters (19,685 ft) below the surface in the Hade-Fuman oilfield in the western region of Xinjiang, state media rep...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

"We Can't Be Part Of A Lost Generation": Bolsonaro Wins Four Key Party Endorsements Ahead Of Brazil Runoff

"We Can't Be Part Of A Lost Generation": Bolsonaro Wins Four Key Party Endorsements Ahead Of Brazil Runoff In a postmortem published Wednesday on Sunday's first-round Brazilian presidential election, Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs' chief Latin American economist, described a "conservative wave" that swept the country, culminating in right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's win over unhinged socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro's momentum continued mid-week after ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

"Last Critical Piece": SpaceX Secures Spectrum Deal To Challenge Big Telecom

"Last Critical Piece": SpaceX Secures Spectrum Deal To Challenge Big Telecom Major telecom stocks puked after hours after Elon Musk's SpaceX announced it would acquire a portfolio of up to 14 MHz of paired low-band spectrum in the 800 MHz band, positioning Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US. We announced an agreement to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio that will pave the way for @Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US. With thi...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

Canada Slams Brakes On Euthanasia For Mental Illness Indefinitely, Then Votes Down Tory Bill To Ban It Outright

Canada Slams Brakes On Euthanasia For Mental Illness Indefinitely, Then Votes Down Tory Bill To Ban It Outright Canada will not extend medically assisted death to people whose only condition is mental illness, Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced Wednesday, as CP24 reports. The Liberals will table legislation this fall to make the exclusion indefinite, although the bill is still being drafted and has no date. Minister of Justice Sean Fraser listens to questions during a media ava...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

A Leaner Federal Workforce Is A Win For Taxpayers

A Leaner Federal Workforce Is A Win For Taxpayers Authored by David Harsanyi via The Epoch Times, One of the most unheralded policy successes of President Donald Trump's second term has been the purging of many unnecessary federal jobs. The U.S Capitol building in Washington on May 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe federal government has reduced its workforce by 300,000 jobs since Jan. 20, 2025, bringing it down to a still-bulky 2.7 million employees. Not since Presiden...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

When Did Obesity Become A Drug Deficiency?

When Did Obesity Become A Drug Deficiency? Authored by Joseph Varon via The Brownstone Institute, Look at almost any photograph of an American crowd taken 60 years ago. It can be a baseball game, a high school graduation, a beach, an airport terminal, a factory floor, or simply people walking down a city street. Something is immediately noticeable to modern eyes, although almost nobody in the photograph would have considered it remarkable: most people are relatively thin. They d...

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Gun Jams, Knife Comes Out: One Dead After Bizarre Courthouse Shooting In Nashville

Gun Jams, Knife Comes Out: One Dead After Bizarre Courthouse Shooting In Nashville A man armed with a pistol was shot and killed by a security officer at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building and Courthouse in Nashville on Thursday morning, WSMV reported, citing Metro Nashville police. Police said the man tried to fire his gun at the courthouse security checkpoint but failed, then pulled out a knife and was shot by the security officer. He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medic...

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Pharmaceutical Lobby Sues Over Trump Admin Program To Reduce Drug Prices

Pharmaceutical Lobby Sues Over Trump Admin Program To Reduce Drug Prices Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A lobbying group that represents pharmaceutical manufacturers filed suit against the federal government on Oct. 7 over a program aimed at reducing the prices of drugs. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) stated in a legal complaint in federal court in Washington that the most-favored-nation policy, planned for Medicare by the Cent...

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Grocery Bill Squeeze? Goldman Reveals Where Shoppers Get The Best Deals

Grocery Bill Squeeze? Goldman Reveals Where Shoppers Get The Best Deals As consumer sentiment slides into fall and elevated gasoline and diesel prices squeeze lower-income households, Goldman's latest grocery survey identifies one top theme for budget-conscious shoppers: Walmart remains the lowest-priced retailer among the six chains surveyed, with prices averaging 15.7% below the group average. Goldman analysts led by Leah Jordan, an equity research analyst covering food retailers...

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Are El-Sayed's Wheels Coming Off?

Are El-Sayed's Wheels Coming Off? Authored by J.R. Dunn via American Thinker, The past week has been a rough one for Abdul Muhammed El-Sayed... El-Sayed, as we all know, is the Great Muslim Hope for the Democrats. He debuted as just about the perfect candidate for the Senate - photogenic, a professional, just radical enough for the youth vote, and with no obvious baggage to excuse. But his campaign wrongfooted itself at the very outset by attempting to cozy up to Hasan Piker, t...

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"I Know The Truth": Mother Breaks Silence On Daughter's Mysterious Death At Russian Plague Lab

"I Know The Truth": Mother Breaks Silence On Daughter's Mysterious Death At Russian Plague Lab The mother of a Russian scientist who died under mysterious circumstances at a high-security plague laboratory is speaking out, accusing medical authorities of allowing her daughter to die as questions mount over what happened inside the facility. Darya Shipilova, who worked at a plague research institute in Siberia, died on the night of 2 October at a regional hospital in Shelekhov, Russ...

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Iran Says More Tankers Struck By Mines, After Trump Declared He Won't Bomb Before Midterms

Iran Says More Tankers Struck By Mines, After Trump Declared He Won't Bomb Before Midterms Summary Late night 'heavy explosions' reported in southern Strait of Hormuz, Fars says result of vessels hitting mines. Oil plunged after Trump said on Truth Social the US will not attack Iran before the November midterms. Late Wednesday reports said Pentagon was ordered to prepare Iran attack options for before midterms. Iran expanded tanker attacks beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Pe...

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Your Stake In The Biggest Economic Bet In US History

Your Stake In The Biggest Economic Bet In US History Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, Americans love a good story about somebody betting on himself. One of my favorites involves FedEx founder Fred Smith. Back when Federal Express was still struggling to get off the ground, the company reportedly found itself with just $5,000 in the bank - not enough to cover a roughly $24,000 fuel bill. Smith had already been turned down for additional funding. So instead of flyin...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Airlines Suspend Flights To Saudi Capital After Devastating Houthi Strikes On Airport

Airlines Suspend Flights To Saudi Capital After Devastating Houthi Strikes On Airport Update(1604ET): There are reports that possibly several parked aircraft were damaged or destroyed after the earlier Thursday Houthi ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. And now international reports are saying a slew of airliners are suspending flights to the city, some tentatively for up to a week: In response to Thursday's attack, Germany's Lufthansa Group an...

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Wells Fargo Faces Federal Probe Over $60 Billion Commitment To Black Homeownership

Wells Fargo Faces Federal Probe Over $60 Billion Commitment To Black Homeownership Wells Fargo is facing a federal investigation over mortgage programs designed to increase homeownership among Black Americans, as the Trump administration expands its campaign against corporate policies that make distinctions based on race, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is examining whether the bank's lendin...

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Microreactors Rack Up Wins With Grid-Scale Plants Stuck At Planning Meetings

Microreactors Rack Up Wins With Grid-Scale Plants Stuck At Planning Meetings At the smaller end of the nuclear industry, tangible progress is becoming easier to find every week. Equipment is getting manufactured and delivered, safety reviews are being completed, and uranium is being split apart. This is painfully contrasted against what the grid-scale reactor side of the house has to show for the past couple years of the American nuclear renaissance: big announcements about fancy...

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Hurricane Shuts 63% Of US Gulf Oil Output, Threatens Refineries; Jefferies Warns Of "Fuel Supply Event"

Hurricane Shuts 63% Of US Gulf Oil Output, Threatens Refineries; Jefferies Warns Of "Fuel Supply Event" Summary: Hurricane Isaias Landfall Forecasted For Late Friday/early Saturday  Major US Refineries In Hurricane's Projected Path  63% Of US Offshore Gulf Oil Output Shut  25% Of US Offshore Gulf Oil Output Shut As Hurricane Isaias Nears, Threatens Refineries Hurricane Isaias Shutters 63% of US Gulf Oil Production Bloomberg cites data from the Marine Minerals Administration sh...

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Trump Treasury Blocks $175 Million In Federal Payments To Dead Recipients

Trump Treasury Blocks $175 Million In Federal Payments To Dead Recipients Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The Treasury Department blocked $175 million in federal payments from going to deceased recipients in fiscal year 2026 as the Trump administration expanded efforts to prevent fraud and improper government spending. Treasury screened more than 1.1 billion federal payments totaling approximately $3.7 trillion during the fiscal year, identifying and returning ...

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Citi Calls Aerospace, Defense Stocks "Close To Major Tactical Bottom" After Brutal Selloff

Citi Calls Aerospace, Defense Stocks "Close To Major Tactical Bottom" After Brutal Selloff US aerospace and defense stocks have been tracking lower as Polymarket odds assign Democrats a higher chance of taking the Senate. The chart below shows the SandP 500 Aerospace and Defense index approaching bear-market territory, down roughly 20% from its summer high, as Polymarket's implied probability of Democratic Senate control topped 64%. A nearly 20% slide in aerospace and defense st...

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From Force Majeure To Forced Haulage: Oracle Is Now Trucking Natural Gas To Its AI Data Centers

From Force Majeure To Forced Haulage: Oracle Is Now Trucking Natural Gas To Its AI Data Centers Two weeks ago, Oracle told the world that Project Jupiter, its massive 2.45GW New Mexico mega-campus for OpenAI, was "on schedule." It also sent a force majeure notice to the developer. Today we found out how it plans to square that circle: with a lot of trucks. According to Bloomberg, Oracle has been quietly keeping several data centers on track by hauling compressed natural gas (CNG...

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'Bunker Mode': OpenAI's Jaw-Dropping Math Blitz Draws Boycott, Warning Over Crypto Wallets

'Bunker Mode': OpenAI's Jaw-Dropping Math Blitz Draws Boycott, Warning Over Crypto Wallets OpenAI just unleashed hundreds of AI-generated mathematical papers in a single release, which include breakthroughs on problems that have frustrated researchers for generations. The pace of discovery here has started to freak out mathematicians - who are now calling for a boycott - while top minds in crypto are raising a chilling question: could AI eventually undermine the mathematics protecti...

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Mediocre 30Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since August 2000

Mediocre 30Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield Since August 2000 After a subpar 3Y auction on Tuesday, and a stellar 10Y yesterday, moments ago the Treasury concluded the week's final coupon sale when it sold $22BN in 30Y paper in an average auction.  The 30Y sale priced just after 1pm, stopping out at a 5.618% high yield, up sharply from 5.308% in September, and the highest since August 2000! The high yield stopped through the When Issued by 0.1bps: good, but not as good as last ...

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Yes, The Public Education System Is Broken

Yes, The Public Education System Is Broken Authored by Amy Denton via PJ Media, I have been in education for a long time. My first teaching job came two weeks after my younger nephew was born. His birthday is next week, and he'll be 29. Take out the five years when I was working in retail and going to graduate school, and I've been a teacher for 24 years. There is not enough money in the world to tempt me back into public education. I'd rather stay poor, thank you. I keep hearing a...

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Nasdaq Tumbles After FT Reports OpenAI Revenues Disappointing

Nasdaq Tumbles After FT Reports OpenAI Revenues Disappointing ...and just like that, the massive AI CapEx boom "excess demand" narrative is in doubt... The Financial Times reports that OpenAI’s annualised revenue is about $20bn less than has been previously signalled, according to financial documents shared with investors, a massive gap likely to damp optimism about the growth of AI demand. The company has recently told investors its revenues were approaching $50bn on an annuali...

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Apple CEO Ternus Faces First Big Test As Bernstein Finds Soft US iPhone 18 Pro Demand

Apple CEO Ternus Faces First Big Test As Bernstein Finds Soft US iPhone 18 Pro Demand John Ternus' first big test at Apple is launching the premium iPhone 18 lineup and the likely delayed iPhone Duo, which reportedly faces production difficulties ahead of its October launch. The latest sign of iPhone demand came Monday from Bernstein technology analyst Mark Newman, who said global iPhone sales rose in August, extending an 18-month streak of annual volume growth, though early deman...

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Trump Declares He Won't Attack Iran Before Midterm Elections, Oil Plunges

Trump Declares He Won't Attack Iran Before Midterm Elections, Oil Plunges Summary Oil plunged after Trump said on Truth Social the US will not attack Iran before the November midterms. Late Wednesday reports said Pentagon was ordered to prepare Iran attack options for before midterms. Iran expanded tanker attacks beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. In Saudi Arabia, Riyadh airport suffers direct missile attack from Iran-aligned Houthis. //--> /...

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US Government Moves $1BN In Seized Bitcoin After $770MM Transfers

US Government Moves $1BN In Seized Bitcoin After $770MM Transfers By Cointelegraph The US government completed another major transaction involving seized cryptocurrency hours after moving a significant amount of Bitcoin to a Coinbase Prime wallet. Blockchain data from Wednesday showed that a wallet associated with crypto seized by the US government had transferred more than 12,267 Bitcoin (BTC), worth more than $1 billion at the time of publication. The move came just hours afte...

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Another One Bites The Dust: Nvidia-Backed Firmus Slashes IPO Price 25% As AI Data Center Window Slams Shut

Another One Bites The Dust: Nvidia-Backed Firmus Slashes IPO Price 25% As AI Data Center Window Slams Shut Two weeks ago, when SoftBank's SB Energy pulled the marketing of its giant IPO meant to find its even more giant data center, we wrote that "slowly the data center dream is turning into a nightmare" ("SB Energy Delays IPO Funding World's Largest Data Center Amid Investor Revolt, Public Outcry", Sep 22). Two days later we went a little further: SB Energy is next and then it's ...

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Guacaccino? Starbucks Explores Chipotle Takeover In Potential Record QSR Mega-Deal

Guacaccino? Starbucks Explores Chipotle Takeover In Potential Record QSR Mega-Deal Chipotle Mexican Grill shares jumped in the early US cash session after a Financial Times report said Starbucks has explored acquiring the Mexican-style quick-service food chain. FT says Starbucks executives have worked with advisers in recent months on a takeover proposal for Chipotle, which has a market value of nearly $41.3 billion. The report is based on people familiar with the potential transac...

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Trump Admin Cracks Down On Foreign Worker Fraud: Bans MSFT From H1-B Program, Probes 9 Colleges Over J-1 Visas, Hikes Costs For Students

Trump Admin Cracks Down On Foreign Worker Fraud: Bans MSFT From H1-B Program, Probes 9 Colleges Over J-1 Visas, Hikes Costs For Students In the last 24 hours, the Trump administration has announced three major efforts to crack down on foreign worker/student visa fraud. First, US ⁠Vice President JD Vance ​said on Thursday that the ‌federal government is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using a...

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The Gas Station Gets Its Gas: NANO's Laser Enrichment Partner Takes Delivery Of Its First Uranium

The Gas Station Gets Its Gas: NANO's Laser Enrichment Partner Takes Delivery Of Its First Uranium Last week NANO Nuclear bought the license to handle the back end of the fuel cycle. This week, the front end showed up in a cylinder. On Thursday morning, LIS Technologies (LIST), the privately held laser enrichment company in which NANO Nuclear (NNE) is a shareholder and strategic partner, announced that it has accepted its first shipment of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) at its Demonstra...

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Explosions Rock Riyadh's International Airport Amid Houthi Attack, Travelers Evacuate

Explosions Rock Riyadh's International Airport Amid Houthi Attack, Travelers Evacuate King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has come under Houthi attack once again on Thursday, and may have suffered a hit, as eyewitnesses have told Reuters of smoke rising from an aircraft at the major travel hub in the Saudi capital. Some new, unverified shocking images emerging... 🚨BREAKING: Footage Confirms Yemen Destroyed A Saudi Aircraft At Riyadh International Airport The incident has c...

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Consumers May Be Eligible For Up To $280 In Equifax Credit Reporting Settlement

Consumers May Be Eligible For Up To $280 In Equifax Credit Reporting Settlement Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, Millions of consumers whose credit information was inaccurately reported by Equifax because of a coding error may be eligible for compensation from a proposed $100 million class-action settlement. Equifax Inc. corporate offices in Atlanta on Sept. 8, 2017. Tami Chappell/ReutersThe settlement covers U.S. consumers for whom Equifax reported a credit score or cred...

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Iran Expands Tanker Assaults Beyond Narrow Confines Of Hormuz In Rare Escalation

Iran Expands Tanker Assaults Beyond Narrow Confines Of Hormuz In Rare Escalation Iran has significantly widened its maritime operations by shifting attacks beyond the narrow confines of the Strait of Hormuz into the broader waters of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Over a recent 24-hour window, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may have struck two commercial ships outside traditional chokepoints, including a vessel off Qatar, as well as a Very Large Crude Carrier n...

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Thumos-Maxxing

Thumos-Maxxing By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank US sovereign yields steadied yesterday as a 10-year bond auction saw strong investor demand. $39bn of bonds were sold with a high yield of 5.30% with a bid to cover ratio of 2.77x and low primary dealer takedown. The result signals that investors are beginning to view government debt as attractive at current levels and eased fears of a disorderly correction in bond prices that had been sparked by a poor 5-year ...

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Jobless Claims Confirm 'Low-Hire, Low Fire' Economy

Jobless Claims Confirm 'Low-Hire, Low Fire' Economy For the fourth week in a row, the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time printed below 200k (197k) implying the layoff/separation rate is extremely subdued. Employers are not cutting headcount in any meaningful way - job security for people who already have jobs is still pretty good. California saw by far the biggest jump in initial claims... Continuing jobless claims fell once again - now at its ...

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Blame The Parents...

Blame The Parents... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, First-graders generally do not walk into reading class with a loaded 9mm, shoot the teacher, and then dare the police to come get them. But in this case, that is exactly what happened. Body-camera footage from a shooting at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, was released this week after over three years of being sealed. The video shows a 6-year-old, identified in court records only as J.T., who had al...

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Le Pen Seen As Most Credible Presidential Candidate As French Bonds Suffer Worst Decade Since 1803

Le Pen Seen As Most Credible Presidential Candidate As French Bonds Suffer Worst Decade Since 1803 France's politicians seem to be getting a dire warning from the bond market: rein in reckless spending or risk a fiscal crisis as borrowing costs skyrocket.  UBS strategist Julien Conzano, head of European macro credit strategy in London, sees bond market pressure pushing both the crisis-stricken Macron government and Marine Le Pen's National Rally toward greater fiscal discipline, r...

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One Year For Killing A Young Father...

One Year For Killing A Young Father... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Copenhagen court has handed a one-year sentence to the African-born repeat offender who punched Swedish police officer and father of two Christian Zedig to death at a World Cup fan zone this past Summer. The killer pleaded guilty and he will not appeal. The sentence is so lenient because under Danish law, killing a man who stepped in to 'stop a fight' is classed only as ordinary assault. Nkumb...

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25% Of US Offshore Gulf Oil Output Shut As Hurricane Isaias Nears, Threatens Refineries

25% Of US Offshore Gulf Oil Output Shut As Hurricane Isaias Nears, Threatens Refineries Hurricane Isaias forced offshore oil and natural gas producers in the Gulf of America to halt a sizable amount of production as the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season churned toward the coast, with potential landfall impacts across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Isaias had sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and was about 460 miles south-southwest ...

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Qatar Masses Tanker Fleet With 2% Of Global LNG Shipping Capacity

Qatar Masses Tanker Fleet With 2% Of Global LNG Shipping Capacity Ongoing tensions in the Gulf region pushed Brent crude futures back above $101 a barrel. Reports of Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia, missile interceptions near Riyadh, and concerns about tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have produced a lot of uncertainty about supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. In recent weeks, crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz have increased, but only because of the US m...

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US Troops Face Month-Long Curfew In Okinawa After Alleged Murder

US Troops Face Month-Long Curfew In Okinawa After Alleged Murder Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The U.S. military in Okinawa, Japan, is pausing operations for 48 hours, imposing a month-long curfew, and conducting training after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman. MV-22 Osprey aircraft sit on a runway at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, on May 31, 2018. Carl Court/Getty ImagesLance Cpl...

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Tanker Crews Running Hormuz Describe Risky Tactics: Lights Out, Sandbags Up, Hugging Coast

Tanker Crews Running Hormuz Describe Risky Tactics: Lights Out, Sandbags Up, Hugging Coast The Trump administration has been boasting of bigger than ever war time oil transit flows through the Strait of Hormuz, but it is happening still at great risk to tankers, captains, and crew members. American forces "have assisted thousands of ships through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months by providing coordinated protection," US Central Command has said in a statement. Nothing about thi...

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Macron Goes Full Orwell

Macron Goes Full Orwell Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, French President Emmanuel Macron went full Orwell this week. While long the darling of Western media, Macron has been one of the most anti-free-speech leaders in the world. This week, he declared that "The so-called American 'free speech' today, which some people have promoted, is the opposite of free speech." Having Emmanuel Macron holding forth on free speech is akin to Joey Chestnut proselytizing on vega...

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Ebola Patient Dies As Disease Spreads To Kenya

Ebola Patient Dies As Disease Spreads To Kenya A Kenyan man who had lived in Congo for seven years tested positive for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, Kenyan authorities said on Oct. 6. He traveled by vehicle to Kampala, Uganda, flew into Nairobi on Saturday, was isolated at a city hospital on arrival, and died Monday, the first Ebola death in Kenya's history. Kenyan Secretary of Health Aden Duale briefs reporters on an Ebola case identified in Kenya, after the patient died, ...

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Spain's Government Revives Rent Cap Decrees Ahead Of Snap Election

Spain's Government Revives Rent Cap Decrees Ahead Of Snap Election Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, Spain's Socialist-led government on Tuesday reapproved two housing decree laws that Parliament rejected last week, a defeat that prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to dissolve the country's Legislature and call a snap election. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who is also a leader of the ruling Socialist Party, holds a news conference after a meeting at the party'...

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Golden Naked Trump Statue Unveiled At European Parliament

Golden Naked Trump Statue Unveiled At European Parliament A golden statue of a naked Donald Trump is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, at one of the busiest intersections connecting two of the Parliament's buildings, and is scheduled to stay until Thursday. Named Orange Plague, the 8.5-foot sculpture shows the US president holding justice scales and a long golf club, its ball made to look like the world, while sitting on the shoulders of a smaller, clothed...

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Germany's Political Firewall Against The AfD Party Is Crumbling

Germany's Political Firewall Against The AfD Party Is Crumbling Authored by Remix News Staff via Remix, After yesterday's vote in the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) now holds the office of state parliament president for the first time in any German state. After winning the role, which is similar to a speaker position, 35-year-old Tobias Rausch sent shockwaves through the German political establishment when he confirmed he won with the support of Christia...

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The Founding Fathers Never Would Have Tolerated Multiculturalism

The Founding Fathers Never Would Have Tolerated Multiculturalism Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Multiculturalism as a subversive movement is the defining political schism of our time. Is is the fulcrum point for numerous civilization changing events and a direct trigger for the exponential decline of the western world. Anyone who ignores the effects of multiculturalism will be oblivious to the many disruptions coming to our lives today and in the near future. In 1992,...

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Iowa City Council Meeting Opens With "Hail Satan" Invocation

Iowa City Council Meeting Opens With "Hail Satan" Invocation A former city council member opened Tuesday's Ottumwa, Iowa, council meeting with a satanic prayer that ended in "Hail Satan," and the city says it had no legal way to stop him. The invocation fell within a policy the council itself adopted on Jan. 20, according to the Ottumwa Courier. In other news, Ottumwa residents had a Satanist on their city council. Matt Dalbey, a resident and former council member, delivered the pr...

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"Not Spectacular Enough": Novogratz Says AI Is The Biggest Bubble Of Our Lifetime... And You Should Buy It

"Not Spectacular Enough": Novogratz Says AI Is The Biggest Bubble Of Our Lifetime... And You Should Buy It The AI bubble debate has officially moved past "is it a bubble?" to "how do I make money before it isn't." Speaking at the Greenwich Economic Forum this week, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) founder Mike Novogratz said that AI is in the "biggest bubble of our lifetime"... and that investors should jump right in. His reasoning, via Bloomberg, was a gem: "Bubbles don't end like we are to...

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Houthis Escalate Saudi Strikes, Briefly Disrupt Riyadh Air Traffic, Hit Bases Near Border

Houthis Escalate Saudi Strikes, Briefly Disrupt Riyadh Air Traffic, Hit Bases Near Border Wednesday has witnessed more direct attacks on Saudi territory launched by Yemen's Ansar Allah movement, coming soon after Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia announced they have triggered the Mecca Defense Pact. Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree announced the fresh launch of ballistic missiles and drones targeting King Khalid International Airport in the capital of Riyadh; however, there...

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"You've Got Mail": China Got Its Hands On F-35 Stealth Parts Because A UPS Worker Missed An Email

"You've Got Mail": China Got Its Hands On F-35 Stealth Parts Because A UPS Worker Missed An Email Forget hackers, honey traps and photon-counting lasers. China's latest haul of F-35 secrets apparently came courtesy of an unread email. According to a new Bloomberg report, the F-35 cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door that ended up in Beijing's possession were routed through Hong Kong because a United Parcel Service (UPS) employee missed an email warning not to send the shipment throu...

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Biden's FBI Spied On Trump Campaign Manager's Communications And Trump Family Travel

Biden's FBI Spied On Trump Campaign Manager's Communications And Trump Family Travel According to newly released White House documents, former special counsel Jack Smith's team monitored the phone and email metadata of Susie Wiles while she ran Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, and the travel of Trump family members. The records show that investigators logged her contacts with journalists, defense attorneys, and political advisers. The tracking covered Wiles' communicatio...

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Iran Slams Door On Nuclear Talks: No Deal Unless US Meets Its Conditions

Iran Slams Door On Nuclear Talks: No Deal Unless US Meets Its Conditions Via The Cradle There have been no nuclear negotiations taking place between Washington and the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing what it said was an Iranian official.  "No negotiations [have] taken place with the US about Iran's nuclear program… Washington must first meet Tehran's conditions before nuclear talks can start," the source said.  “US recognition of Iran's right to nuclear en...

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Porsche Plans 20% Price Hike On Top-End 911s In Profit Push

Porsche Plans 20% Price Hike On Top-End 911s In Profit Push During Capital Markets Day in Weissach, new Porsche CEO Michael Leiters offered Wall Street desks a bleak outlook, warning that the turnaround will take time and that operating conditions are unlikely to improve significantly over the next few years. Leiters signaled to investors a shift toward value over volume. He said the focus is now on prioritizing higher revenue per vehicle and reducing dependence on China. One suc...

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Arizona Democratic House Candidate Raped While Repairing Campaign Signs: Report

Arizona Democratic House Candidate Raped While Repairing Campaign Signs: Report Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia says she was sexually assaulted in mid-August while repairing a campaign sign late at night in the Sun City area, according to a Phoenix New Times report published October 7. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has confirmed it received a report on August 31 and that the investigation remains open. Democratic congressional candidate Bernade...

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China Says It Can Spot An F-35 With A Laser... From 38 Miles, At Night, In A Simulation

China Says It Can Spot An F-35 With A Laser... From 38 Miles, At Night, In A Simulation Every few months, a Chinese research institute announces it has found a way to see the unseeable F-35, and every few months the fine print turns out to be doing most of the work. This week's entry: a laser. According to the South China Morning Post, researchers at the China Airborne Missile Academy, the PLA Air Force's main air-to-air missile house, have modeled a missile-borne single-photon l...

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Hospitals Warned To Avoid Deceptive Pricing Or Wind Up In Federal Court

Hospitals Warned To Avoid Deceptive Pricing Or Wind Up In Federal Court Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, Hospitals must provide complete and accurate price information to patients before they agree to an elective procedure, or they may find themselves in federal court, Andrew Ferguson, director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said at a healthcare transparency forum on Oct. 5. Emergency medicine center for trauma and critical care in Washington on Jan. 2, 202...

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Syria's Jolani May Send Troops To Yemen To Fight Houthis

Syria's Jolani May Send Troops To Yemen To Fight Houthis Syria is said to be "cautiously" considering sending troops to assist Saudi Arabia in the fight against the Houthis in Yemen, Reuters and others are reporting Wednesday. An anonymous US official described that this was a focus of conversation between Syria's self-declared President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the two met in Riyadh on Tuesday. Ironically it was the Saudis that heavily support...