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Vitalik Buterin Stresses AI Risks Amid OpenAI Leadership Upheaval
22.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Vitalik Buterin Stresses AI Risks Amid OpenAI Leadership Upheaval The European Union (EU) exports over $6 trillion in products annually. The bloc boasts a diversified economy that encompasses fuel and mineral industries, cars, vaccines, and technology. In this map, Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti displays European Union countries’ top exports...
Blowback In The African Coup Belt
22.05.2024, 08:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blowback In The African Coup Belt Authored by Marcel Dumas Gautreau via The Mises Institute, Starting in 2020, things started to get strange in Africa for those who knew what to look for. Normally, coups in Africa are nothing to write about. But starting in 2020, we saw six countries flip into a pro-Russian direction in just three years. Individually...
"The End Of Everything": Victor Davis Hanson On The Gravest Threats To America
22.05.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The End Of Everything": Victor Davis Hanson On The Gravest Threats To America Via The Epoch Times, In a recent episode of American Thought Leaders, host Jan Jekielek sat down with classicist and military historian Victor Davis Hanson. In his new book “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation,” Mr. Hanson looks at four civilizations...
Key Events This Quiet Week: Nvidia Earnings, FOMC Minutes, And Tons Of Fed Speakers
20.05.2024, 15:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Quiet Week: Nvidia Earnings, FOMC Minutes, And Tons Of Fed Speakers After last week's non-stop rollercoaster, it will be a quieter week ahead for global macro with perhaps the most interesting event of the week being Nvidia's earnings on Wednesday. The company always reports a couple of weeks after the main stretch of US earnings season...
The EU Is Spending Billions On Hydrogen-Ready, But Where's The Hydrogen?
20.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The EU Is Spending Billions On Hydrogen-Ready, But Where's The Hydrogen? Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, I’m all in favor of hydrogen-powered plants to produce electricity if only we had cheap hydrogen. But we don’t and likely won’t. A Bad Bet on Hydrogen Hype Bloomberg cautions Europe’s Spending Billions on Green Hydrogen. It’s...
Why Has The Vatican Chosen This Precise Moment To Drop Bombshells About UFOs, Aliens, & "Apparitions"?
19.05.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Has The Vatican Chosen This Precise Moment To Drop Bombshells About UFOs, Aliens, & "Apparitions"? Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, For centuries, the Vatican has been carefully guarding their most precious secrets. In recent years, that has been especially true regarding what they know about UFOs, aliens and the mysteries...
Why The Dollar Will Lose Its Status As Global Reserve Currency
18.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why The Dollar Will Lose Its Status As Global Reserve Currency Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, By the early 400s, the Roman Empire was coming apart at the seams and in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. In theory, Honorius should have been the right man for the job. Born into the royal household in Constantinople, Honorius...
These Are Africa's Most Powerful Passports
16.05.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are Africa's Most Powerful Passports The Seychelles has the most powerful passport in Africa, followed by Mauritius and South Africa, according to the Henley Passport Index 2024. This index ranks passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart,...
NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons
15.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons Via The Libertarian Institute The Swedish Prime Minister has said his country would be willing to host nuclear weapons during a war. The North Atlantic Alliance has a nuclear sharing program that has US nuclear weapons deployed in five countries. The Polish leader recently said he hopes Warsaw can...
Snyder: "Demographic Winter Is Coming" As Fertility Rates Plummet All Over The Globe
14.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Snyder: "Demographic Winter Is Coming" As Fertility Rates Plummet All Over The Globe Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Fertility rates have fallen way below replacement level throughout the entire industrialized world, and this is starting to cause major problems all over the globe. Aging populations are counting on...
South Korea Still Dominates The World With The Highest Density Of Robot Workers
14.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - South Korea Still Dominates The World With The Highest Density Of Robot Workers China's huge investment in industrial robotics has made it one of the most automated nations on the planet in the space of just a few short years. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, according to the latest study by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the number...
The Masked And The Super Masked
14.05.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Masked And The Super Masked Authored by Roger L. Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), We live in an era of masks, only not the fun kind you might find at Carnivale in Venice, Italy. A pro-Palestinian protestor wears a keffiyeh on the West Lawn of Columbia University, in New York, on April 29, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) Something...
Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore
13.05.2024, 15:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: All Eyes On CPI As Fed Speakers Galore After a very slow week, the key event for markets this week will be US inflation data with April’s PPI (Tuesday) and CPI (Wednesday) the highlights. We’ll see if the higher-than-expected US inflation seen in Q1 extends into Q2 or not. Markets will also hear from Powell (tomorrow) and Vice...
The Escalating Threat Of Avian Influenza H5N1 And The Ethical Quandary Of Gain-of-Function Research
11.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Escalating Threat Of Avian Influenza H5N1 And The Ethical Quandary Of Gain-of-Function Research Since the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus was first identified in humans in 2003, approximately 600 cases have been reported worldwide, with a laboratory-confirmed case-fatality rate (CFR) of 60%. The recent death of a woman in southwest...
Prime Minister of Italy Refused to Condemn Fascist Salutes But Supports NATO
10.05.2024, 18:39 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post Prime Minister of Italy Refused to Condemn Fascist Salutes But...
US Futures, Global Markets Storm Higher, Eye All-Time Highs
10.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures, Global Markets Storm Higher, Eye All-Time Highs US equity futures pointed to even more gains on the last day of trading, leaving the S&P 500 set for a third weekly rise — the longest run since February. The rally was given fresh legs yesterday by more earnings optimism coupled with disappointing economic data - this time the highest initial...
Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country
10.05.2024, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing Europe's GDP-Per-Capita By Country Europe is home to some of the largest and most sophisticated economies in the world. But how do countries in the region compare with each other on a per capita productivity basis? In this map, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao shows Europe’s GDP per capita levels across 44 nations in current U.S. dollars...
The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited
09.05.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Machinery Of Fascism Revisited Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Fascism became a swear word in the US and UK during the Second World War. It has been ever since, to the point that the content of the term has been drained away completely. It is not a system of political economy but an insult. If we go back a decade before...
Putin Doesn't Bluff
09.05.2024, 01:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Putin Doesn't Bluff Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Two weeks ago, the Congress passed (and President Biden signed) four key pieces of legislation related to national security. Three of the bills provided assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. They received the most attention. The one that got the least attention was a mixed bag...
Key Events This Week: Things Finally Quiet Down
06.05.2024, 16:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Things Finally Quiet Down After a whirlwind two weeks which saw both the latest FOMC decision and the April jobs report, not to mention the peak of earnings season when all of the top tech companies reported, the calendar takes a quieter turn after the deluge of macro events last week, and the focus shifts on whether markets can...
US Pushing G-7 To Accept Long-Term $50 Billion Aid Package For Ukraine
05.05.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pushing G-7 To Accept Long-Term $50 Billion Aid Package For Ukraine As part of the latest in the Western allies' (some of them at least) controversial push to confiscate Russian sovereign assets and give them to Ukraine, the Biden administration is leading talks among G7 nations to commit to a new military aid package for Kiev worth up to $50 billion...
The US Is The Only G-7 Nation To See Trust In Government Plummet
04.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Is The Only G-7 Nation To See Trust In Government Plummet How much do you trust the government, and its various institutions? It’s likely that your level of confidence probably depends on a wide range of factors, such as perceived competency, historical context, economic performance, accountability, social cohesion, and transparency. And for...
Top MEP Warns Europe Risks Becoming "A Second Arabia Or Africa"
02.05.2024, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Top MEP Warns Europe Risks Becoming "A Second Arabia Or Africa" Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via modernity.news, Austrian MEP Harald Vilimsky has warned that Europe risks becoming “a second Arabia or Africa” and that governments are importing migrants who create security problems then offering ‘solutions’ that only punish native populations...
Eurozone Exits Recession
01.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eurozone Exits Recession By Maartje Wijffelaars and Elwin de Groot of Rabobank Eurozone leaves recessionary territory The Eurozone economy grew by 0.3% q/q at the start of the year, exceeding expectations. Growth follows two quarters in which the economy mildly contracted. Among the largest member states, Spain again took the lead, growing by a stunning...
The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes
01.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World Health Organization’s Pandemic Treaty Ignores Covid Policy Mistakes Authroed by Kevin Bardosh & Jay Bhattarcharya via RealClearPolicy, The World Health Organization is urging the U.S. and 193 other governments to commit next month to a new global treaty to prevent and manage future pandemics. Current estimates suggest over $31 billion...
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings
29.04.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings As DB's Jim Reid notes, with just two days left in a rollercoaster April for markets - and FX - last week actually saw the best week for the S&P 500 (+2.67%) and NASDAQ (+4.23%) since November, following several weeks of declines, as earnings gave markets...
The Scramble For Antarctica
28.04.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Scramble For Antarctica Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, The “scramble for Antarctica” is slowly gathering steam, and it is not unrelated to a new “scramble for the Americas.” The ramifications for the Indo-Pacific and, indeed, for the global strategic balance are also profound. By 2024, Antarctica had at least 82 bases from...
From Bird Flu To Climate Snakes
27.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Bird Flu To Climate Snakes Authored by Breeauna Sagdal via The Brownstone Institute, Seasoned veterinarians and livestock producers alike have been scratching their heads trying to understand the media’s response to the avian flu. Headlines across every major news outlet warn of humans becoming infected with the “deadly” bird flu after...
"Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society
27.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society By Erik-Jan van Harn and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank Summary Europe’s population is aging and this will stunt economic growth in the coming decades. Challenges are arising for social welfare, debt sustainability, and even strategic autonomy. Potential remedies...
Russia Will Target US Nuclear Weapons In Poland If They Appear
26.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Will Target US Nuclear Weapons In Poland If They Appear Russia has warned that Poland will make itself a 'priority target' if it hosts NATO nuclear weapons on its territory. In a Thursday statement Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said "Moves in this direction will not provide greater security (for Poland or other nations that...
Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard
25.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates? Immigration Talks We Should Be Having Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having. The ideas also apply to the US. Last...
Poland "Ready" To Host NATO Nuclear Weapons, President Duda Says
23.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Poland "Ready" To Host NATO Nuclear Weapons, President Duda Says Poland has upped the nuclear rhetoric with Russia, on Monday suggesting NATO nuclear warheads could soon be positioned on its territory. It comes amid general NATO euphoria in the wake of the US House finally passing Biden's giant aid package for Ukraine, despite widespread acknowledgement...
Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore
22.04.2024, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PCE, GDP, Fed Blackout And Earnings Gallore Hot on the heels of last week's tech and momentum rout, shaken traders will have to wait until Friday for the main macro event namely the US core PCE print within the income and spending report. Economists expect the core PCE deflator to come in at +0.30% vs. +0.26% last month. This would...
Weak EV Market Dragged Down European Car Sales In March
19.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weak EV Market Dragged Down European Car Sales In March By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Europe’s new car sales fell in March for the first time this year, dragged down by a decline in electric vehicle (EV) registrations and the timing of the Easter holidays, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, ACEA, said on Thursday. All...
The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education
18.04.2024, 05:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education A new study by Online Gaming Groups has evaluated over 30 countries to determine the most cost-effective higher education systems, focusing on the percentage of average annual income spent on educational expenses. This analysis included countries with the highest university...
IMF Warns Biden's Fiscal Profligacy Poses "Significant Risks" To Global Economy 'In Great Election Year'
17.04.2024, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns Biden's Fiscal Profligacy Poses "Significant Risks" To Global Economy 'In Great Election Year' The IMF said the the quiet part out loud today (admittedly wrapped in 100s of pages of PhD-ese) in their benchmark Fiscal Monitor this morning: pointing out that America's recent economic performance is partially the result of the country's unsustainable...
Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading
17.04.2024, 02:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading It’s National Libraries Week in the United States and to mark it we’re looking at readership patterns around the world. As Anna Fleck shows, based on data from Statista’s Consumer Insights survey shows, women were more likely to say that reading is one of their personal hobbies than men in all of the...
Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts
16.04.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts Authored by Daniel Lacalle, When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can...
Zum Gedenken an diejenigen, die in den Vereinigten Staaten und weltweit vom 2. bis 8. April 2024 “plötzlich und unerwartet” gestorben sind
16.04.2024, 11:17 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Musicians: US (3), Brazil, Argentina, UK, Germany, Norway, Finland, Czechia, Slovakia, Russia; actors: US (2), UK, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, India, Russia; nurses: US, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Turkey; moreMusiker: USA (3), Brasilien, Argentinien, Vereinigtes Königreich, Deutschland, Norwegen, Finnland, Tschechische Republik, Slowakei, Russland; Schauspieler:...
It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week
15.04.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Not Just The Middle East: Here Are The Main Events This Busy Week While back on Friday the market's attention was mostly on the start of earnings season, this weekend's events have quickly shift focus and looking forward, the important question now is how Israel might respond to the (scripted) war between Iran and Israel, and whether it could lead...
Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia
10.04.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Swiss-Hosted Ukraine Peace Summit To Include 100 Countries, But Not Russia The much anticipated Switzerland-hosted international Ukraine peace conference is finally coming together, the Swiss government announced Wednesday; however, it will not include Russian representation. "Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international...
Pfizer And A Corruption Too Deep To Fix
09.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pfizer And A Corruption Too Deep To Fix Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Old movies and new ones often turn on the theme of corruption. For generations, viewers have enjoyed discovering the ins and outs of a gang of people who are up to no good, financially and otherwise. It’s always a shock to see the way the insiders treat each other...
Decline Of The EU Center, Pro-Russia Candidate Elected President Of Slovakia
09.04.2024, 12:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Decline Of The EU Center, Pro-Russia Candidate Elected President Of Slovakia Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Peter Pellegrini, a pro-Russia candidate is elected President of Slovakia. Prime Minister Robert Fico is also pro-Russia. The EU further splinters. Pellegrini Wins Slovak Presidential Election Reuters reports Pellegrini Wins Slovak...
Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore
08.04.2024, 15:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, FOMC Minutes, Q1 Earnings Kick Off And Fed Speakers Galore As DB's Henry Allen writes, markets had a rough start to Q2 last week, with the S&P 500 (-0.95%) posting its worst weekly performance in 3 months, whilst the US 30yr yield (+21.0bps) saw its biggest weekly rise since October, with yields extending gains again this...
What Is Driving Gold To All-Time Highs?
08.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Is Driving Gold To All-Time Highs? Submitted by BullionStar/Jesse Colombo After more than three years of stagnation, gold has awakened with a vengeance since early-March and has promptly surged by nearly $300 an ounce or 14% to an all-time high $2,330 — a sharp move for a safe-haven asset that has a reputation for its slow and steady trends....
Mapping Average Wages Across Europe
08.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapping Average Wages Across Europe Much has been written about the best countries in Europe to visit, sight-see at, or vacation in. But the economic powerhouse of a continent also has eight of the top 20 largest economies, the biggest single-market area, and some of the richest countries in the world. How does all of that translate into how much people...
Europe's South Takes The Lead
06.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe's South Takes The Lead By Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior Economist at Rabobank Brent crude oil extended its gains and broke through the 90 dollars a barrel threshold yesterday, for the first time since end-October last year. The commodity continues its ascend this morning and at the time of writing it’ll cost you 91.2 dollars to buy a barrel....
Beer Beats Wine In Regular Consumption
06.04.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beer Beats Wine In Regular Consumption Alcohol has long been portrayed as a "social lubricant", an effect possibly explained by the alcohol myopia theory. It suggests that intoxication can result in "hyperfocus directed to emotional situations when they are sufficiently relevant to grab attention, or a reduced attentional focus to emotional events in...
America’s Controversial Stealth Fighter Jet Can Now Carry Nukes
02.04.2024, 05:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America’s Controversial Stealth Fighter Jet Can Now Carry Nukes Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It was a routine Pentagon announcement during a regular briefing the Friday before the president typically submits his annual defense budget request to Congress on the second Monday in March. As of October, a spokesman for...