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Japan Grants Asylum To Just 303 People In 2023 As It Rejected 98% Of Applicants
17.06.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan Grants Asylum To Just 303 People In 2023 As It Rejected 98% Of Applicants Japan granted refugee status to a 'record' 303 asylum-seekers in 2023, an increase from the previous record of 202 people set in 2022, the Justice Ministry announced last week. Ukrainian refugees arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 5, 2022 (Reuters) Beyond this, two...
Swiss Summit Says Ukraine's 'Territorial Integrity' Must Be Basis Of Any Peace
17.06.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swiss Summit Says Ukraine's 'Territorial Integrity' Must Be Basis Of Any Peace Sunday's major Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland, where some 100 countries were represented, has rejected the conditions named by Russia's Vladimir Putin for immediately ending the war. A final document produced by the summit, which 78 of the countries signed off on...
One In Three People Are Boycotting Brands Over Gaza War, Poll Finds
16.06.2024, 18:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - One In Three People Are Boycotting Brands Over Gaza War, Poll Finds Via Middle East Eye More than one in three people say they are boycotting a brand viewed as supporting a side in Israel's war on Gaza, with oil-rich Gulf states and large Muslim-majority countries leading the way. The latest edition of an annual Trust Barometer report from public...
The Summer Of Living Dangerously
16.06.2024, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Summer Of Living Dangerously Authored by Pepe Escobar, So Le Petit Roi in Paris was predictably crushed in the European polls. He has called parliamentary snap elections, dissolving the Assemblée Nationale in an act of blind, puerile revenge on French citizens, de facto attacking French institutional democracy. That doesn’t mean much anyway,...
How China’s Secret Military Documents Were Sold For $1
15.06.2024, 22:16 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - China’s State Security Ministry disclosed that classified military documents were purchased for 85 cents by a retiree named “Grandpa Zhang.” The sale involved eight volumes, costing less than $4 total. The State Security Ministry of China announced on Thursday that, for the low cost of 85 cents, a retiree had managed to obtain four...
Federal Judge Overturns ATF 'Pistol Brace' Rule
15.06.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Federal Judge Overturns ATF 'Pistol Brace' Rule Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A pistol stabilizing brace is seen in this undated photo. (Michael Clements/The Epoch Times) A federal judge in Texas has overturned a rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that targeted pistol attachments...
Putin On G7 Seized Assets Plan: "Despite All The Trickery, Theft Is Still Theft"
15.06.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin On G7 Seized Assets Plan: "Despite All The Trickery, Theft Is Still Theft" After on Thursday Group of Seven leaders agreed at a summit in Italy to give Ukraine $50 billion utilizing interest from frozen Russian Central Bank assets, President Putin has addressed the move during a speech before his Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He once again denounced...
EU Tariffs Expected To Slow, But Not Stop, Chinese EV Sales In Europe
15.06.2024, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Tariffs Expected To Slow, But Not Stop, Chinese EV Sales In Europe The war between Chinese EVs and the European Union is taking its next step, with new tariffs on China-made vehicles set to go into effect in July. And while they may quell EV sales in Europe, they won't stop them, according to new reporting from Nikkei Asia, who says that manufacturers...
Farage's Reform UK Party Overtakes Sunak's Conservatives: Poll
15.06.2024, 04:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Farage's Reform UK Party Overtakes Sunak's Conservatives: Poll Europe's marked shift towards populism appears to be accelerating, as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party has surpassed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in an opinion poll for the first time, signaling a potential shift in the British political landscape as the nation approaches the...
FDA Changes Course, Advises Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Target KP.2 Strain
14.06.2024, 23:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FDA Changes Course, Advises Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Target KP.2 Strain Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A healthcare worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in New York City in a file photograph. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 13 changed course and recommended COVID-19...
NATO Expansion: A New Detailed Timeline
14.06.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Expansion: A New Detailed Timeline The official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has since January of this year featured an entire page which seeks to "debunk" what it calls "Russian disinformation on NATO". The series of "myths" that the official NATO page sets out to dispel in one section mocks the very term "NATO expansion"—strongly...
Russia’s Bold Move Exporting Coal To India Via Iran Shakes Up Global Politics
14.06.2024, 21:35 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Russia’s plan to export coal to India via Iran announced during the BRICS transport ministers’ meeting at SPIEF on February 18, 2024, signals a significant geopolitical shift, challenging US influence. Russia Plans Coal Exports to India Via Iran According to ShippingNews Russia intends to ship coal via Iran to India. Russia has announced plans...
French-Bund Spread Blows Out Most On Record As Market Braces For Return Of European Debt Crisis
14.06.2024, 19:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - French-Bund Spread Blows Out Most On Record As Market Braces For Return Of European Debt Crisis It wasn't supposed to go like this: as discussed earlier today, Macron's gamble to dissolve parliament and call a two-round snap election on June 30 and July 7 was supposed to boost morale, "circle the troops" and push back against the "extremism" of Marine...
Former NSA Director Joins OpenAI; Will Serve On Board And "Security" Committee
14.06.2024, 18:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former NSA Director Joins OpenAI; Will Serve On Board And "Security" Committee Days after we noted that OpenAI is expanding its lobbying army to influence regulation, the company announced that former head of the National Security Agency (NSA) - and the longest-serving leader of USCYBERCOM, Paul M. Nakasone, has joined board - just four months after...
Counterfeit Titanium Found In Some Boeing And Airbus Jets
14.06.2024, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Counterfeit Titanium Found In Some Boeing And Airbus Jets Boeing is no longer the pride of American aviation. The plane manufacturer is riddled with so many problems it's impossible to keep track. Yesterday, the FAA announced an investigation (yet another...) into a 737 Max 8 jet that encountered a dangerous mid-flight 'Dutch roll' several weeks...
Macron Has Gambled... And Lost
14.06.2024, 15:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron Has Gambled... And Lost By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank We still have one more day to go in the European session before the weekend, but the week in review is already showing to be one of quick decisions, where the bond market was ‘saved’ by the US inflation data and where Macron may have asked for a Papal blessing....
China-Linked Cyber Campaign Infiltrated Dozens Of Western Governments: Dutch Intelligence
14.06.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China-Linked Cyber Campaign Infiltrated Dozens Of Western Governments: Dutch Intelligence Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, Guangdong...
Mapped: Where Tesla And BYD Make Their Cars
14.06.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapped: Where Tesla And BYD Make Their Cars In 2023, Tesla and BYD were the world’s two largest electric vehicle (EV) companies by a large margin, holding 19.9% and 17.1% market shares respectively. With no other company able to match their scale, these two automakers have found themselves locked in a competition for the global EV crown. In Q4...
G7 Leaders To Use Frozen Russian Assets To Back Next Tranche Of Ukraine Aid
14.06.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - G7 Leaders To Use Frozen Russian Assets To Back Next Tranche Of Ukraine Aid Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Thursday reached an agreement in Italy to provide Ukraine with a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. And while the total amount is unclear at this time, the Biden administration has committed $50 billion alone. Biden salutes Zelensky at the G7...
Russia To Export Coal To India Via Iran. It's A 4-Alarm-Bells Fire...
13.06.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia To Export Coal To India Via Iran. It's A 4-Alarm-Bells Fire... Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Hello sanction lovers. What are you going to do about this? Russia Plans Coal Exports to India Via Iran ShippingNews reports Russia plans coal exports to India via Iran Russia has announced plans to export coal to India using Iran’s railways...
Blinken Says Haggling Must Stop After Hamas Requests Changes To Gaza Ceasefire Framework
13.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Says Haggling Must Stop After Hamas Requests Changes To Gaza Ceasefire Framework Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared his frustration on Wednesday over changes Hamas has requested to a new ceasefire proposal to bring the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip to a close. Mr. Blinken, along with other...
Could Not Care Less: Europe Just Shot Itself In The Foot With Chinese EV Tariffs
13.06.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Could Not Care Less: Europe Just Shot Itself In The Foot With Chinese EV Tariffs By Bas van Geffen of Rabobank Could Not Car Less The European Union has announced punitive tariffs on Chinese EV manufacturers. This is bound to cause a further deterioration in global trade relations. Yet, equity markets did not seem to be all that worried, and instead...
NATO Tells Ukraine It Must Win The War To Become Full Alliance Member
13.06.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Tells Ukraine It Must Win The War To Become Full Alliance Member NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that Ukraine and its future assistance will be a major focus of discussion in a Defense Ministers meeting Thursday and Friday, which comes parallel to the G7 summit happening in Italy, where both Biden and Zelensky are meeting...
Biden, Zelensky To Sign 10-Year 'Arm & Train' Defense Deal at G7
13.06.2024, 15:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden, Zelensky To Sign 10-Year 'Arm & Train' Defense Deal at G7 As they meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy, President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are planning to sign a deal for long-term US military assistance for Ukraine. The deal commits Washington to ten years of arming and training the Ukrainian military...
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s Historic $56 Billion Pay Package Amid Controversy
13.06.2024, 15:15 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - In a landmark decision amidst heated debate, Tesla shareholders have greenlit Elon Musk’s unprecedented $56 billion compensation package, alongside the relocation of the company’s legal headquarters to Texas. Elon Musk announced on social media on Wednesday that Tesla shareholders were voting in favor of a $56 billion compensation package...
S&P Set For 29th Record High Of 2024 As Futures Continue Relentless Grind Higher
13.06.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - S&P Set For 29th Record High Of 2024 As Futures Continue Relentless Grind Higher Futures are higher, again, with Tech leading, again, and small-caps lagging, the same trend that we saw after the Powell press conference despite small-caps leading the way most of the session. As of 8:00am, S&P futures were up 0.1% and set for the 29th all time high print...
Elon Musk Says Shareholders Back His Pay Package & Texas Move
13.06.2024, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Musk Says Shareholders Back His Pay Package & Texas Move Tesla shares surged more than 7% in premarketing trading in New York after Elon Musk announced on X late Wednesday that both Tesla shareholder resolutions—one involving a 2018 pay package nixed by a Delaware judge earlier this year and another on moving the company's legal home from...
Assange's Extradition Appeal Hearing Set For Next Month
13.06.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Assange's Extradition Appeal Hearing Set For Next Month Via AntiWar.com A hearing for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the US will be held next month on July 9 and July 10, British court officials announced on Tuesday. Assange, an Australian citizen, has been granted the chance to appeal his extradition on the grounds...
EU To Impose Tariffs As High As 48% On Chinese Electric Vehicles
13.06.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU To Impose Tariffs As High As 48% On Chinese Electric Vehicles About one month after President Joe Biden slapped new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, steel, aluminum, and medical equipment, the European Commission has followed suit with its own set of tariffs. The Commission announced Wednesday that it would apply...
Intel Halts Multibillion Chip Plant Expansion In Israel, Still 'Committed' To Region
13.06.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intel Halts Multibillion Chip Plant Expansion In Israel, Still 'Committed' To Region Via The Cradle The US-based chip giant Intel Corp is halting a $25 billion chip manufacturing project in Israel, the local publication Calcalist reported this week. The Israeli news agency writes that Intel’s decision to stop the building of the multibillion-dollar...
Hezbollah Rains Down 160 Rockets On Northern Israel As War Expands
13.06.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hezbollah Rains Down 160 Rockets On Northern Israel As War Expands The Israel-Hezbollah war continues spreading and expanding along the border region, as on Wednesday the Shia paramilitary group backed by Iran fired some 160 missiles into Israel after the IDF killed a top Hezbollah commander, Taleb Sami Abdullah, in south Lebanon the day prior. According...
Putin To Arrive In North Korea As Kim Hails "Invincible Comrades-in-Arms"
13.06.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin To Arrive In North Korea As Kim Hails "Invincible Comrades-in-Arms" As G7 leaders who are to meet in Italy this week prepare expanded sanctions on Russia, President Vladmir Putin is soon expected in North Korea. Kim Jong Un on Wednesday hailed his country's ties with Moscow, calling the two powers which actually share a tiny far eastern border...
CPI Preview: "Optimism For A Low Print"
12.06.2024, 14:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CPI Preview: "Optimism For A Low Print" If May was a month that brought us that much closer to the Fed's "soft landing" soft landing, where jobs slumped and CPI came slightly below estimates (as we predicted), June has been a mirror image with last week's payrolls report coming in red hot (if one can claim that a 600K+ drop in full-time jobs is a red...
Futures Set For New Record High Ahead Of CPI, Fed Double Header
12.06.2024, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Set For New Record High Ahead Of CPI, Fed Double Header Futures are up modestly after another record close on Wall Street heading into today's double whammy of CPI, and FOMC Dot Plot update, with Nasdaq leading and small-caps lagging. As of 8:00am, S&P futures are up 0.1% to 5,390 and set to extend the stretch of record highs as traders position...
Johnson & Johnson To Pay $700 Million To 42 States In Talc Baby Powder Lawsuit
12.06.2024, 12:56 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - On Tuesday, officials announced Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to 42 states, including Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, to resolve a lawsuit over misleading talc baby powder safety claims. Officials said on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by several states alleging the pharmaceutical...
Iran Releases List Of Six Presidential Candidates To Replace Raisi
12.06.2024, 04:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Releases List Of Six Presidential Candidates To Replace Raisi Via The Cradle On Sunday, the Iranian Ministry of Interior released the final list of candidates qualified to compete in the election for the ninth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This election will determine who will succeed the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who, along with...
Duke Of Moral Hazard: Biden Agency To Hide Medical Debt From Credit Reports
12.06.2024, 02:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Duke Of Moral Hazard: Biden Agency To Hide Medical Debt From Credit Reports In a move that can only add risk to the financial system, the Biden administration is proposing a rule which will ban medical debt from credit reports. The rule, announced on Tuesday by Vice President Kamala Harris and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra...
Admission Of Failure? Democratic Cities Stop Reporting Crime Stats To FBI
12.06.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Admission Of Failure? Democratic Cities Stop Reporting Crime Stats To FBI The Biden administration's statisticians at the Bureau of Labor Statistics have painted a rosy economic picture for the job market. Yet, voters know damn well the economy is in a persistent inflation storm sparked by Bidenomics. That's why President Biden's reelection odds...
Peso Tumbles Further After Leftist President-Elect Sheinbaum Confirms Drastic Reform
12.06.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peso Tumbles Further After Leftist President-Elect Sheinbaum Confirms Drastic Reform The Mexican Peso has continued falling against the dollar on news that the country's leftist President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has committed to pushing through deeply controversial reforms of the judiciary widely seen as negative for Mexico's efforts to create an...
US Lifts 10-Year Weapon Ban On Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade
11.06.2024, 23:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Lifts 10-Year Weapon Ban On Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade The US State Department on Tuesday announced that it is lifting a longtime ban on giving weapons and training to Ukraine's notorious Azov Brigade (often referenced by its earlier name Azov Battalion). The question must immediately be asked: Do Washington policy-makers think enough time...
Companies Unleash 2nd Biggest Stock Buyback Spree On Record Ahead Of Buyback Blackout This Friday
11.06.2024, 21:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Companies Unleash 2nd Biggest Stock Buyback Spree On Record Ahead Of Buyback Blackout This Friday How powerful are stock buybacks? Think of this way: back on April 22, we bottom-ticked the market when we reported that with the S&P dipping below 5,000, stocks were set to soar as "traders frontrun the end of buyback blackout period." The S&P took and...
Buy Now, Pay Later Craze Coming To Apple Pay
11.06.2024, 21:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Buy Now, Pay Later Craze Coming To Apple Pay Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off on Monday and was widely disappointing. What wasn't disappointing was Elon Musk's threat to ban Apple devices from his companies following Apple's announcement of a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. In other Apple news, iPhones and iPads will soon...
RFK Jr. Inching Closer To Qualifying For CNN's June 27 Presidential Debate
11.06.2024, 21:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RFK Jr. Inching Closer To Qualifying For CNN's June 27 Presidential Debate Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is simultaneously working to get on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and racing to meet a June 20 deadline to qualify for CNN’s presidential debate. The independent presidential...
US Mulls Separate Deal With Hamas To Free 5 American Citizens
11.06.2024, 16:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Mulls Separate Deal With Hamas To Free 5 American Citizens Hamas on Tuesday announced that it accepts the UN Security Council's Gaza ceasefire resolution which was passed Monday after it was proposed by the United States. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is traveling in the region this week, has called the development a "hopeful sign". ...
Lawfare Bingeing: New Jersey Announces An Investigation Into Trump Liquor Licenses
11.06.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lawfare Bingeing: New Jersey Announces An Investigation Into Trump Liquor Licenses Authored by Jonathan Turley, Many of us have expressed alarm at the politicization of the criminal justice system in New York by figures such as Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. It now appears that New Jersey Attorney General...
Futures Slide Ahead Of Wednesday's Main Event, As European Political Turmoil Sparks Bond Rout
11.06.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide Ahead Of Wednesday's Main Event, As European Political Turmoil Sparks Bond Rout US equity futures are lower with small-caps lagging, while Treasuries and the dollar rose as traders braced for a landmark day tomorrow that sees the release of both CPI data in the morning and then the Fed's latest decision at 2pm ET. The crowded schedule...
After Texas Win, School-Choice Groups Eye Other Red States
11.06.2024, 04:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Texas Win, School-Choice Groups Eye Other Red States Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, The political ground shifted in Texas last week, and the impact of the electoral shakeup could send aftershocks across the nation for months, if not years, to come. A wave of Republican incumbents fell to conservative challengers in the Texas...
No Better Friend Than Japan Despite Political Distractions
11.06.2024, 03:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Better Friend Than Japan Despite Political Distractions Authored by Heino Klinck via RealClearDefense, Soon, President Biden will meet with seven of our most important allies and partners at the upcoming G7 summit in Italy, June 13-15. This meeting comes at a pivotal moment: wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East show little signs of stopping, China...
USDA Recalls More Than 20,000 Pounds Of Frozen Beef Products
11.06.2024, 03:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - USDA Recalls More Than 20,000 Pounds Of Frozen Beef Products Authored by Lorenz Duchamps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 20,000 pounds of beef products have been recalled because the meat was improperly inspected when shipped into the United States, according to U.S. regulators. South American Meat Inc. is recalling various frozen raw...
DISCUSS: The EU Elections and the “Rise of the Far Right”
10.06.2024, 19:06 Uhr. OffGuardian - https: - The so-called “biggest election year of all time” is progressing nicely. Among others, Russia, India, Mexico are done – while Britain, the US and Iran are yet to come. Oh, and France now too. But we’ll get to that. First, the European Union elections are over and done with, and the announced results proclaim the …...