Beijing Battered By Heaviest Rainfall In 140 Years
Beijing Battered By Heaviest Rainfall In 140 Years On Wednesday, Beijing lifted flood warnings following the heaviest rainfall the Chinese capital has experienced in over 140 years, resulting from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri. The torrential rain was a relief after the region endured months of extreme weather conditions, including record-breaking heatwaves and severe droughts. The […]
The UK Leads The Way With Consulting Its Workers On AI
The UK Leads The Way With Consulting Its Workers On AI The latest OECD report on artificial intelligence and the labour market focuses on the manufacturing and finance sectors, providing insight to perceptions around the main benefits and drawbacks of AI in the workplace. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, researchers found that the UK is leading the way when it comes […]
Shocking Housing Starts Data: Economists Blown Away By 11-Sigma Beat After Biggest Monthly Surge On Record
Shocking Housing Starts Data: Economists Blown Away By 11-Sigma Beat After Biggest Monthly Surge On Record After two months of disappointing, declining housing starts and permits – understandable with mortgage rates around 7% – the May data was a shocker: after a modest revision to the April data, in May both housing starts and permits […]
Tracey: The Government Keeps Lying To Us About Ukraine; Where Is The Outrage?
Tracey: The Government Keeps Lying To Us About Ukraine; Where Is The Outrage? Authored by Michael Tracey, op-ed via Newsweek.com, On June 4, a group referring to itself as the “Polish Volunteer Corps” issued a boastful announcement confirming its participation in a series of cross-border ground offensives into Russia. News of these audacious raids was […]
Japan On High Alert As North Korea Plans Satellite Launch In Coming Days
Japan On High Alert As North Korea Plans Satellite Launch In Coming Days On Monday, North Korea informed neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite into low Earth orbit in the coming days, which might be Pyongyang’s first spy satellite. Reuters said Japan had placed missile defense systems on heightened alert and warned it […]
Iowa Poll: Trump Holds 3-to-1 Lead Over DeSantis
Iowa Poll: Trump Holds 3-to-1 Lead Over DeSantis Authored by Jake Bevan via RealClear Wire, An abortive rally and an expanding field of challengers hasn’t hurt Donald Trump’s standing in Iowa, according to a new poll from Emerson College. In results released Thursday morning, 62% of Republican voters indicated they would choose Trump as the […]
FBI Improperly Used Surveillance Program To Spy On Jan. 6 Suspects
FBI Improperly Used Surveillance Program To Spy On Jan. 6 Suspects Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI abused its surveillance powers while spying on suspects in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol and Black Lives Matter protesters, a federal court said in a newly unsealed ruling. FBI […]
“Magnitude Of Losses And Outflows Is Alarming:” Credit Suisse Hemorrhages $69 Billion In Assets
“Magnitude Of Losses And Outflows Is Alarming:” Credit Suisse Hemorrhages $69 Billion In Assets Credit Suisse reported Monday that clients had withdrawn 61.2 billion francs ($69 billion) in the first quarter and that outflows were continuing, highlighting the challenge faced by UBS in rescuing its rival in March. In the last financial statement as an independent company, […]
Serbia Secretly Agreed To Arm Ukraine, Leaked US Intel Report Suggests
Serbia Secretly Agreed To Arm Ukraine, Leaked US Intel Report Suggests Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A classified Pentagon document purports to show that self-professed neutral Serbia, which has deep ties with Russia, sent or agreed to send lethal aid to Kyiv… Serbia, a country that has publicly maintained its neutrality amid the […]
Alibaba Falls On Report Softbank To Sell Most Of Its Stake
Alibaba Falls On Report Softbank To Sell Most Of Its Stake China’s Alibaba dropped to a two-week low after the FT reported that Japan’s troubled bubble-stock incubator. SoftBank Group, is moving to sell the majority of its stake in the Chinese tech giant, the latest sign of long-time China investors lowering their exposure there. Alibaba […]
The Warnings Unheeded Now Threaten Our Fundamental Freedoms
The Warnings Unheeded Now Threaten Our Fundamental Freedoms Authored by Bruce Abramson via RealClearPolitics.com, The First Amendment is at a critical juncture. Recent congressional hearings on the Twitter Files brought the matter into full public view. Freedom of speech and of the press are hanging by a precarious thread. Do we want a future in […]
The “Big Short 3” Has Its Best Day Yet
The “Big Short 3” Has Its Best Day Yet Last Thursday, in that ancient past when Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were still solvent, we (correctly) warned that a new “credit event” had emerged – namely the collapse of the small and regional banking sector (not even we expected how fast things would move […]
Credit Suisse CDS Hits Record High As Silicon Valley Banking Crisis Spreads To Europe
Credit Suisse CDS Hits Record High As Silicon Valley Banking Crisis Spreads To Europe Shares of European banks plunged on Monday, as yields on European bonds dropped on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank could force central banks across the Western world to either slow the pace of interest rate hikes or even pivot if […]
Employers Frequently Overlook Resumes Which Include “They/Them” Pronouns
Employers Frequently Overlook Resumes Which Include “They/Them” Pronouns One of the apocryphal conspiracy theories floated in recent years is that the establishment’s – and corporate America’s – fascination with pushing an LGBTQ agenda while minimizing (and in some cases openly ridiculing) traditional family-focused Judeo-Christian values, is that this is a core spoke of the World […]
Watch: UK Queen Slams Censorship Of Literature As “Imposing Limits On Imagination”
Watch: UK Queen Slams Censorship Of Literature As “Imposing Limits On Imagination” Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Camilla, the Queen consort of the United Kingdom, and wife of King Charles, has surprised some by urging authors and writers to resist censorship, amid an enhanced effort to edit and rewrite classic works of literature […]
Canadian Theater Sparks Backlash After Announcing Performances For “Black-Identifying Audiences”
Canadian Theater Sparks Backlash After Announcing Performances For “Black-Identifying Audiences” Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, A government-funded Canadian theater organization has come under fire after announcing that it will be holding an event for only “black-identifying audiences.” The National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa announced the “Black Out Night” event on its official website on […]
“It’s Disinformation”: Trump, Former Officials Slam Anonymous Report Of Chinese Spy Balloons Under Their Watch
“It’s Disinformation”: Trump, Former Officials Slam Anonymous Report Of Chinese Spy Balloons Under Their Watch Former President Donald Trump lashed out at a report from an anonymous US Defense Department official who said over the weekend that spy balloons transited over US territory while he was president. “This never happened. It would have never happened,” […]
Here’s How “Prosperity” Ends: Global Bubbles Are Popping
Here’s How “Prosperity” Ends: Global Bubbles Are Popping Authored by Charles Hugh SMith via OfTwoMinds blog, So here we are: the global credit-asset bubbles are popping, and the illusory “prosperity” generated by the bubbles is about to tumble off a cliff. There are two kinds of prosperity, one fake, one real. Bogus “prosperity” depends on credit-asset […]
Buyer Beware In Classic Bear Market Rally
Buyer Beware In Classic Bear Market Rally Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The current move higher in stocks has all the hallmarks of being a bear-market rally and thus fated to end in disappointment. Equities have bounced as much as 14% off their October lows, the third +10% bounce in this bear market. […]
European Shadow Unemployment Is A Real Dilemma
European Shadow Unemployment Is A Real Dilemma Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The latest jobs report in the United States shows strengths and weaknesses. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in December, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent. However, the United States job market continues to show negative real wage growth, the employment-to-population ratio is 60.1 […]
Iran’s Navy To Sail Fleet To Panama Canal In Challenge To US
Iran’s Navy To Sail Fleet To Panama Canal In Challenge To US Via The Cradle, According to a report by Tasnim News Agency, during a conference on maritime civilization in Tehran, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani announced on Wednesday that plans are in progress to dispatch the Iranian naval forces to the Panama Canal. “The Iranian […]
Proper Hydration “Might Slow Down Aging Process In Humans,” Study Reveals
Proper Hydration “Might Slow Down Aging Process In Humans,” Study Reveals A peer-reviewed study published by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers in the eBioMedicine journal on Monday reveals that adequately hydrated individuals could live longer and develop fewer age-related chronic diseases. “The results suggest that proper hydration may slow down aging and prolong a disease-free life,” […]
Tesla Implements Hiring Freeze, Will See “Another Wave Of Layoffs” Next Quarter
Tesla Implements Hiring Freeze, Will See “Another Wave Of Layoffs” Next Quarter We guess the “robust demand” story at Tesla is finally over… The EV company, which has seen its stock shellacked over the last month and its CEO pre-occupied with his latest tryst in Twitter, is reportedly implementing a hiring freeze and a new […]
Parents Should Ask These Questions Before Giving Their Child A COVID-19 Vaccine: ER Doctor
For parents who are contemplating whether their child should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Fraiman, an emergency medicine physician, says they should ask the following two questions to help them decide. “The first thing that you want to do for harm/benefit analysis [is to ask], is there a mortality benefit for these vaccines for […]