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There Sure Has Been A Lot Of "International Intrigue" Lately...
22.05.2024, 22:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - There Sure Has Been A Lot Of "International Intrigue" Lately... Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, World leaders have been targeted quite frequently this month, and that should deeply alarm all of us. I think that all of this geopolitical instability is a sign that there is far more going on behind the scenes than we...
U.S. Reaches Deal To Sell F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets To Saudi Arabia
21.05.2024, 22:19 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - John Kirby, a spokesman for national security at the White House, said that the U.S. has almost reached a deal to sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The White House announced on Monday that there had been substantial progress in the talks between the U.S. national security adviser and the Saudis over the […] The post U.S. Reaches...
The Wrath Of Khan... Or Why At Some Point The Lack Of Global Rule Of Law Will Matter Mightily
21.05.2024, 19:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Wrath Of Khan... Or Why At Some Point The Lack Of Global Rule Of Law Will Matter Mightily By Michael Every of Rabobank Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has announced he is applying for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Gallant, the first time leaders of a Western democracy...
Trade Protectionism In Renewables Could "Haunt" The Industry, Chinese Solar Execs Claim
21.05.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trade Protectionism In Renewables Could "Haunt" The Industry, Chinese Solar Execs Claim Solar executives in China are railing the U.S. and Europe over trade protectionism, claiming that the West should instead “let the best technology win” in their respective markets. The Financial Times conducted an interview with Zhou Shijun, who leads global...
Saudi Crown Prince Abruptly Cancels Japan Trip As 'Health Concerns' Surround King Salman
20.05.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Crown Prince Abruptly Cancels Japan Trip As 'Health Concerns' Surround King Salman On the very same week that a head of a major Middle East nation perished in a helicopter crash, there's developing news that King Salman of Saudi Arabia is suffering a life-threatening illness. The 88-year-old monarch has already long been in fragile condition...
Fears Mount Of Undersea Cable Sabotage By Chinese Repair Ships, Report Says
19.05.2024, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fears Mount Of Undersea Cable Sabotage By Chinese Repair Ships, Report Says State Department officials told a team of Wall Street Journal reporters about the increasing risks that undersea telecommunications cables could be susceptible to espionage. The officials became concerned when a state-controlled Chinese firm that repairs undersea cables...
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...
US Wars Are Making Türkiye's Relationship With The West Politically Untenable
17.05.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Wars Are Making Türkiye's Relationship With The West Politically Untenable Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, Turkish public opinion of the West dropped due to the Iraq War and has not recovered. There have been almost constant issues since, with both sides fanning the flames – the US with its arrogance and Turkish President...
Boeing 747 Engine Erupts In Fireball During Takeoff
17.05.2024, 02:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boeing 747 Engine Erupts In Fireball During Takeoff Another week, another mid-air mishap for a Boeing plane. This time, a 747-400 carrying 468 passengers from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia had to make an emergency landing immediately after takeoff when one of the plane's four engines erupted in a fireball. "The decision was made by the pilot in command...
"West's Governments Need War" Warns Martin Armstrong "Because Their Debts Are No Longer Sustainable"
16.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "West's Governments Need War" Warns Martin Armstrong "Because Their Debts Are No Longer Sustainable" Interview with Martin Armstrong by Piero Messina for SouthFront Martin Armstrong is one of the most influential economists of our times. Someone called him the “Forecaster”, because that was the title of the biopic film that helped make his...
Das Emirates-Genomprojekt kündigt die Zusammenarbeit mit dem saudi-deutschen “Gesundheits”-Projekt an
12.05.2024, 10:16 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - The Emirati Genome Programme, a groundbreaking national initiative aimed at developing a comprehensive genetic map for UAE citizens, has announced its collaboration with Saudi German Health to expand sample collection sites in Dubai. UAE citizens are encouraged to visit the Saudi German Hospital in Dubai, Ajman and Sharjah to participate in the programme...
Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption"
09.05.2024, 18:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Handling Of Israel War Has "Tremendously Increased The Risk Of A Fresh Eruption" By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday saw the Riksbank in Sweden cut rates by 25bp to 3.75% for the first time since 2016 (as Brazil cut 25bp to 10.50% as expected, yet the BoJ opened the door to another tiny June hike). Rate cuts, and a month before the ECB is...
Biden's Partial Arms Embargo On Israel Is Aimed At Pressuring It Into A Regional Peace Deal
09.05.2024, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden's Partial Arms Embargo On Israel Is Aimed At Pressuring It Into A Regional Peace Deal Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Many observers from the Mainstream Media and the Alt-Media Community alike were shocked when Defense Secretary Austin confirmed on Wednesday during a congressional testimony that the US had withheld “one shipment...
Japan Is Now Caught In A Doom Loop
08.05.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Japan Is Now Caught In A Doom Loop By Russell Clark, author of the Capital Flows and Asset Market substack Japan and Treasuries My interest in Japan dates from 1991 when I was fresh faced high school exchange student in Kobe. There are no prizes for finding me in the above photo. I was the only “foreigner” in the school, and would go days without...
Saudi Arabia Is on the Way to Becoming the Next Egypt
08.05.2024, 12:19 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Washington is brokering a diplomatic deal that could deeply distort its relationship with Riyadh....
India Leads Global Inbound Remittances
08.05.2024, 04:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - India Leads Global Inbound Remittances India received by far the highest international remittances of any country worldwide in 2022, according to World Bank data published in the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 2024 World Migration Report on Tuesday. International remittances are defined as money sent from workers living abroad...
"Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts"
07.05.2024, 17:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" By Michael Every of Rabobank "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" Markets are their own happy story this morning as “Oooh! Rate cuts!” is again the meme du jour. But back in the real world it’s “Oh! Not rate cuts.” Yemen’s Houthis say they can now hit the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the...
Russia Ready To Alter OPEC+ Production if Necessary
07.05.2024, 16:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Ready To Alter OPEC+ Production if Necessary By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The OPEC+ group is still studying whether to raise oil production but it would act on supply if necessary, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday. The possibility to raise supply is still being reviewed, Russia’s top oilman said,...
Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather
07.05.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather US stock futures are flat after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both closed 1% higher on Monday, helped by growing optimism among investors that the economy is finally slowing greenlighting earlier rate cuts by the Fed. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures were unchanged at 5,206, trading about 1% above its 50DMA,...
Saudi Arabia's Price Hike May Signal Oil Bottom
06.05.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia's Price Hike May Signal Oil Bottom One of the recent positives for bonds and non-energy stocks could have run its course after Saudi Arabia raised the price of its flagship crude to Asia for a third consecutive month, according to Bloomberg markets live reporter Garfield Reynolds Over the weekend, state-owned Saudi Aramco raised the...
Futures, Global Markets Rise On Rising Fed Cut Bets
06.05.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Global Markets Rise On Rising Fed Cut Bets Global stocks and US equity futures jumped to start the new week, with the S&P 500 poised to extend last week’s rally as traders grew increasingly confident in the likelihood that the Fed will cut interest rates this year. As of 7:40am, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%, tracking gains in...
OPEC+ Likely To Extend Production Cuts In June
06.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OPEC+ Likely To Extend Production Cuts In June By John Kemp, senior energy analyst at Reuters Saudi Arabia and its allies in OPEC⁺ are likely to keep oil production unchanged for a further three months when ministers review output allocations on June 1. The tightening of petroleum supplies and depletion of inventories widely anticipated at the start...
The Interlocking Of Strategic Paradigms
05.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Interlocking Of Strategic Paradigms Authored by Alastair Crooke via the Ron Paul Institute, Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy at MIT, has provided a forensic analysis of the videos and evidence emerging from Iran’s 13th April swarm drone and missile ‘demonstration’ attack into Israel: A ‘message’...
"Islamic Resistance In Bahrain" Claims First Ever Attack On Israel
03.05.2024, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Islamic Resistance In Bahrain" Claims First Ever Attack On Israel Previously we detailed the ongoing Saudi crackdown on the potential for an 'Islamist uprising' in response to Arab Gulf countries normalizing relations with Israel. So far, the UAE has normalized, and Bahrain too, and now Saudi Arabia is said to be on the cusp. On Thursday...
Saudi Arabia Worried About Islamist Uprising As US-Backed Normalization With Israel 'Close'
02.05.2024, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia Worried About Islamist Uprising As US-Backed Normalization With Israel 'Close' Via The Cradle Arrests of Saudi citizens over social media posts related to 'Israeli genocide' in Gaza have markedly increased in recent months, as Riyadh is reportedly concerned that "Iran and Islamist groups could exploit the conflict to incite a wave of uprisings...
Hurt / The Downward Spiral
02.05.2024, 16:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hurt / The Downward Spiral By Michael Every of Rabobank Hurt / The Downward Spiral “I hurt myself today; To see if I still feel; I focus on the pain; The only thing that's real” Post-Fed, equities closed slightly lower yesterday (S&P -0.3%), 2-year Treasury bond yields dropped 10bps before rising slightly from that floor, and 10-years were down...
The Four Key Reasons Why The US Will Never Stop Targeting Russia's LNG Sector
01.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Four Key Reasons Why The US Will Never Stop Targeting Russia's LNG Sector Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, LNG has become the most important swing energy source in an increasingly insecure world. Energy exports remain the foundation stone of Russia’s essentially petro-economy. Russia's LNG industry is closely associated in Russia with...
Blinken Urges Hamas To Take 'Extraordinarily Generous' Ceasefire Deal
30.04.2024, 00:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Urges Hamas To Take 'Extraordinarily Generous' Ceasefire Deal Israeli officials have reportedly given Hamas an ultimatum, saying the group has "one last chance" to reach a deal, according to Axios. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday, "If there is a deal, we will suspend the operation" - in reference to the planned Rafah...
Joe Biden's Brother Embroiled In High-Ranking Qatari Scheme To "Provide Wealth Of Introductions" Through "My Family": Politico
29.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Joe Biden's Brother Embroiled In High-Ranking Qatari Scheme To "Provide Wealth Of Introductions" Through "My Family": Politico Qatar has had a lot of fingers in a lot of pies. While we knew about the EU's 'Qatargate,' investments with the Kushner family, and of course Sen. Bob Menendez advancing Qatar's interests, Politico reports that the Biden family's...
Iran's Nightmares
28.04.2024, 05:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran's Nightmares Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Details of the recent limited Israeli retaliatory strike against Iranian anti-aircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions. Israel’s small volley of missiles hit their intended targets, to the point of zeroing in on the very launchers designed...
Saudi Arabia's Massive Futuristic Vanity Projects Falter Amid Gaza War
26.04.2024, 01:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saudi Arabia's Massive Futuristic Vanity Projects Falter Amid Gaza War Authored by Giorgio Cafiero via The Cradle Launched in 2017, Saudi Arabia’s NEOM, a sprawling high-tech development on the northwestern Red Sea coast, was introduced as the crown jewel of Vision 2030. This futuristic desert megaproject, extending over some Jordanian and Egyptian...
Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?
25.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In October of 2023 in my article ‘It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”’ I predicted that a multi-front war was about to develop between Israel and various Muslim nations including Lebanon...
Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests'
25.04.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests' A 33-year old Iranian activist and rapper who has recently been involved in anti-government demonstrations has been handed a shockingly draconian sentence by an Iranian court. Toomaj Salehi was first arrested in Oct. 2022 for publicly backing the so-called 'anti-hijab' protests...
Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion
23.04.2024, 23:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion By Tim Martin at BreakingDefense Global military expenditure surged to a record $2.44 trillion in 2023, the largest year-on-year rise on weapons spending since 2009, according to a new Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report. The report, published today, said that the...
A Tale of Two Megalopolises
20.04.2024, 12:00 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats....
Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC's Market Share In India To Record Low
20.04.2024, 01:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC's Market Share In India To Record Low Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Russia was India’s single largest oil supplier for a second consecutive fiscal year, as surging imports of Russian crude dragged down the share of OPEC and Middle East supply to India to a record low, Reuters reported on Friday...
BRICS - The Project Of The Century
19.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BRICS - The Project Of The Century Authored by Peter Hanseler via VoiceOfRussia.com, The Western media are prioritizing the Ukraine conflict, the green revolution and the woke revolution. In the shadow of this media coverage, BRICS is changing the world. We bring you the latest figures and place them in the current geopolitical environment. – An analysis...
Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition
19.04.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition The Biden administration is keeping its dream of seeing Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalization achieved (or rather, what is in fact originally Trump's dream set in motion via the Abraham Accords). But Biden is dangling something before Netanyahu that the Israeli...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes
17.04.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes Via Middle East Eye The Islamic Republic’s Saturday attack on Israel was a made-for social media moment. It was also the ultimate test of US efforts to cobble together a coalition of Arab states and Israel in a so-called Middle East NATO, to jointly defend an attack from Tehran...
China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023
17.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged...
Did UAE's Cloud-Seeding Operation Flood Dubai?
16.04.2024, 20:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Did UAE's Cloud-Seeding Operation Flood Dubai? How it started with UAE's cloud seeding operations: How it's going: Thread of best videos I've been sent of the current situation in Dubai from the storm. pic.twitter.com/sK6aRL6Jdu — Charles Read ( chatwithcharles) April 16, 2024 Not so well... #VIDEO: Severe rain and flooding in #Dubai todaypic...
King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War"
16.04.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War" The threat of a broader Middle East-wide war looms as Israel mulls retaliation for the massive weekend Iran drone and missile attack, but so far on Tuesday regional actors are strongly signaling they want to see a return to the status quo. Saudi Arabia has rejected...
Biden Admin Says "Limited Scope" Israeli Attack On Iran Still Coming
16.04.2024, 16:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Says "Limited Scope" Israeli Attack On Iran Still Coming Israel's war cabinet reportedly met for several hours on Tuesday, and widespread speculation persists over a possible Israeli military response to Iran, but with few clear answers or indicators as yet revealed concerning what's coming next. What is clear is that the Netanyahu government...
The Best And Worst Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers
16.04.2024, 11:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Best And Worst Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers In order to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartacus started publishing the Gay Travel Index in 2012. In the 2024 edition, the ranking compared 213 countries and territories based on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people in each location...
Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel
14.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Javier Blas Outlines Ten Takeaways For Crude Market Following Iran's Direct Attack On Israel Iran's direct attack on Israel on Saturday evening is viewed certainly as an escalation in the Middle East conflict. Tehran's missile and drone attack (widely unsuccessful) has been well-telegraphed (read: here & here) for the last two weeks, pushing up...
'Retaliation Risk' - What Wall Street Thinks Ahead Of Market Open
14.04.2024, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Retaliation Risk' - What Wall Street Thinks Ahead Of Market Open The first actual 'market' response we have seen to Iran's attack on Israel is in crypto, which saw - rather intriguingly - a huge puke as the drones/missiles flew, and then some comeback as the impact of the attack seemed marginal at worst (and for now retaliation remains muted)... Source:...
'Surprising' Intensity Of Houthi Attacks Push French Warship To Exit Red Sea
13.04.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Surprising' Intensity Of Houthi Attacks Push French Warship To Exit Red Sea Via The Cradle France's Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate Alsace has turned tail from the Red Sea after running out of missiles and munitions repelling attacks from the Yemeni armed forces, according to its commander, Jerome Henry. "We didn’t necessarily expect this level of...
US Pressuring China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia To Halt Attack Plans On Israel
13.04.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pressuring China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia To Halt Attack Plans On Israel The past days have seen American diplomats in a global push to get countries to hold back Iran from launching a retaliatory attack on Israel for its April 1st embassy attack in Damascus. Washington is especially leaning on China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in hopes that a united...