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Trump Admin Pauses All Visa Appointments Worldwide
26.08.2026, 16:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Admin Pauses All Visa Appointments Worldwide Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has paused visa appointments for applicants worldwide as the State Department launches a global training initiative at all U.S. embassies and consulates, according to a department spokesperson. Appointments for visa services will...
WTI Rises After Big Product Draws, Tiny Crude Build, SPR Nears 'Tank Bottoms'
26.08.2026, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Rises After Big Product Draws, Tiny Crude Build, SPR Nears 'Tank Bottoms' Oil prices extended their declines for a third straight day after the US plan to ramp up economic pressure on Iran spared the country’s trading partners from harsher measures for now, while mediators said they were continuing efforts to end the conflict. “There was a lot...
"This Is Crazy" - FTC Chair Responds To Soaring Chip Costs, Floats Possible Antitrust Action
26.08.2026, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Is Crazy" - FTC Chair Responds To Soaring Chip Costs, Floats Possible Antitrust Action We’ve covered soaring “chipflation” for months and the trend does not seem to be abating. Nvidia is reportedly informing its largest customers to expect price hikes of at least 15% for next year, possibly to set expectations of a still larger move upward…...
Futures Flat Ahead Of Key PCE Report, Nvidia Earnings
26.08.2026, 14:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat Ahead Of Key PCE Report, Nvidia Earnings Stock futures are are flat and Treasuries slipped while oil stumbled heading into today's PCE report and NVDA earnings. As of 8:00am ET, S&P Futures are unchanged and Nasdaq futures drop 0.2% as NVDA and MRVL both rise 0.2% with Semis flat, Memory down 80bp, Korea down 46bp, Software down 1.3%,...
Oil Dumps As Iran, Oman Push To Reopen Hormuz; Satellite Image Shows Gulf Producers Ramping Up
26.08.2026, 12:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Dumps As Iran, Oman Push To Reopen Hormuz; Satellite Image Shows Gulf Producers Ramping Up Brent crude futures dropped for a third session as Iran and Oman advanced plans for a temporary maritime corridor through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent tumbled to $85 a barrel early Wednesday, down more than 9% for the week, while West Texas Intermediate traded...
Zelensky Continues To Oppose Wartime Democracy Amidst Escalated Election Demands
26.08.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Continues To Oppose Wartime Democracy Amidst Escalated Election Demands Authored by John Weeks via Antiwar.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing mounting pressure to hold elections. The Ukrainian leader was elected to a five-year term in 2019, which expired in May 2024. Last week, Ukraine's former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov...
When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls
26.08.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When Paris Went Hungry Under Government Food Controls Authored by Daniel J. Smith via The Daily Economy, How does Paris get fed? Frédéric Bastiat famously explained in Economic Sophisms (1845) how market exchange reliably provisioned the (then) million people of Paris with agricultural produce from the countryside that they were able to enjoy "peaceful...
ICE Begins Deporting Illegal Immigrants To Dangerous African Countries
26.08.2026, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ICE Begins Deporting Illegal Immigrants To Dangerous African Countries Imagine entering the US illegally and enjoying the fruits of the American economy for years, only to wake up one day in the darkest of Africa in a country known for cannibalism? The strategy might be ugly, but it might also be ingenious. Last year, illegal Cuban immigrant Yasmany...
Pitch For Defense Treaty And Moving US Military To Israel Is Insane
26.08.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pitch For Defense Treaty And Moving US Military To Israel Is Insane Authored by Jennifer Kavanagh via Responsible Statecraft, On August 18, Israel bombed a non-operational Syrian air base, reportedly to derail Turkish plans to deploy military forces to the installation. The move drew swift condemnation from the United States, which did not receive prior...
DEA Seized 47 Million Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills In 2025
26.08.2026, 03:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DEA Seized 47 Million Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills In 2025 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confiscated more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and almost 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2025. Just two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a lethal dose. Courtesy...
"Buffers Running Down Quickly": HSBC Warns Next Global Food Shock Brewing
26.08.2026, 02:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Buffers Running Down Quickly": HSBC Warns Next Global Food Shock Brewing Warnings on Wall Street about a confluence of stressors building deep within global agricultural supply chains are growing louder by the week, raising the risk of a food crisis next year. JPMorgan analysts warned last week that the next global food crisis "won't be short-lived...
'I Thought It Would Rise Forever'; World's 'Craziest' Stock Market Suddenly Faces Billion-Dollar Outflows
25.08.2026, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'I Thought It Would Rise Forever'; World's 'Craziest' Stock Market Suddenly Faces Billion-Dollar Outflows Over the past few months, we have been closely following the chaos (rise and fall) in a once only marginally-monitored market on the other side of the world. Namely, the AI/chip-driven KOSPI rally and subsequent sharp unwind concentrated in Samsung...
Approval Of Trump's Presidency And The War On Iran Hit New Lows
25.08.2026, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Approval Of Trump's Presidency And The War On Iran Hit New Lows Americans' approval of the US-Israeli war on Iran has reached another record low, pulling Trump's approval rating down with it, to the worst reading of either of his two terms in office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new findings also show likely spillover effects for the November...
Israel Tangled In Spiderweb As Army Braces For West Bank Explosion – Iran War Blunts Expansion
25.08.2026, 21:38 Uhr. MintPress News - https: - Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic offensive in a desperate attempt to pressure the Iranians to open to Strait of Hormuz. In the latest episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh breaks down why the regional escalation spells ...
Here's How AI Is Impacting America's Mental Health Crisis
25.08.2026, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here's How AI Is Impacting America's Mental Health Crisis Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, When Americans are feeling down, instead of calling a mental health professional, a growing number are reaching for their keyboards. Artificial intelligence chatbots have become confidantes, sounding boards, and even substitutes for therapists...
Stellar 2Y Auction Stops Through On Most Foreign Buying Since March 2025
25.08.2026, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stellar 2Y Auction Stops Through On Most Foreign Buying Since March 2025 After last week's post "Bessent buyback" fireworks, which sent yields on a rollercoaster ride in the subsequent days, many were very curious to see how today's sale of $69BN in 2 year paper, the week's first coupon auction, would go and whether Bessent inadvertently had impaired...
"Going Through Some Pain": Dick's Smashed Most On Record As Foot Locker Bet Goes Limp
25.08.2026, 18:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Going Through Some Pain": Dick's Smashed Most On Record As Foot Locker Bet Goes Limp Dick's Sporting Goods shares crashed by the most on record Tuesday after the sporting goods retailer slashed its annual sales and adjusted operating-income forecasts, as softness at recently acquired Foot Locker deepened concerns about the $2.4 billion takeover. "We're...
Watch: Top Zelensky Staffer Led Out Of Corruption Court In Handcuffs
25.08.2026, 16:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Top Zelensky Staffer Led Out Of Corruption Court In Handcuffs This is not a sight you see everyday, but it's one that's becoming increasingly common in the halls of power in Kiev. Footage of the detention of (now former) deputy head of Zelensky's office Irina Mudra, seen being led out in handcuffs after a court ordered her pretrial imprisonment...
New Home Sales Collapsed In July As Consumer Confidence Hit 7-Month Lows
25.08.2026, 16:13 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Home Sales Collapsed In July As Consumer Confidence Hit 7-Month Lows The Conference Board's measure of Americans' Consumer Confidence fell from a revised-lower 90.2 to 89.4 in August (below the 90.2 exp) - the lowest since January. Interestingly, under the hood, we saw Expectations plunge to January lows while Present Situation spiked from 5 year...
Are Canada's Economic Threats Against The US Legit Or Are They Bluster?
25.08.2026, 14:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are Canada's Economic Threats Against The US Legit Or Are They Bluster? In order to "win" a trade war, a country must first have something that other countries want or need. This basic rule defines every other aspect of the conflict, from tariffs to monetary isolation. When it comes to the US there has long been a misconception that Americans "feed...
Futures Bounce As Brent Drops Under $90 On Renewed Iran Optimism
25.08.2026, 14:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Bounce As Brent Drops Under $90 On Renewed Iran Optimism Global stocks rose as chipmakers rebounded, with falling bond yields adding support to risek sentiment after Brent crude slid below $90 a barrel, down more than 3% after a New York times reports that "evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early...
Markets Now Face Two Wars And Two Economic Wars
25.08.2026, 14:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Markets Now Face Two Wars And Two Economic Wars By Michael Every of Rabobank Two wars and two economic wars Friday’s Jackson Hole speech from Fed Chair Warsh would traditionally be the big event this week but that’s arguably no longer true: the action is not with central banks but elsewhere. I don’t mean the ECB’s Lagarde going to work for the...
Iran's Economy On The Ropes Amid Hyperinflation And Widespread Gas Shortages, As Trump Blockade Bites
25.08.2026, 12:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran's Economy On The Ropes Amid Hyperinflation And Widespread Gas Shortages, As Trump Blockade Bites Bessent is on a roll: first his attempt to send yields sharply lower by announcing an aggressive TSY buyback expansion, failed spectacularly, and then today, the US “economic D-Day” against Iran and unviled by Bessent, turned out to be "less Normandy...
Details Of Iran's First Known Successful Cyberattack Against A UK Energy Facility
25.08.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Details Of Iran's First Known Successful Cyberattack Against A UK Energy Facility Via Middle East Eye Iranian hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack, the Sunday Telegraph reported. According to the newspaper, the incident appears to mark the first time Iran-linked hackers have successfully shut down...
Central Banking: The Scourge Of Civilization
25.08.2026, 04:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banking: The Scourge Of Civilization Authored by George Ford Smith via Mises Institute, Apple builds and sells iPhones. I happen to own one of the older models, for the same reason I own a last-legs older model car. What if Apple could skip the build part and sell only the phone? The money saved would be an enormous boost to its bottom line...
Michigan's Energy Abundance Is On The Ballot
25.08.2026, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Michigan's Energy Abundance Is On The Ballot Authored by Samantha Fillmore via RealClearEnergy, It is indisputable that energy is the lifeblood of every civilization. We are reminded of that truth daily at the gas pumps and when it's time to recharge the latest iPhone. Another indisputable truth is that the availability and affordability of energy are...
DEI Refuses To Die
24.08.2026, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DEI Refuses To Die Authored by Kenin M. Spivak via RealClearPolitics, Although the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws dating back to 1866 prohibit nearly all racial preferences, most Americans oppose these preferences, and Donald Trump was elected vowing to eliminate DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) - progressives won't...
Our World 'Is Coming Apart Now... In Astounding Ways'
24.08.2026, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Our World 'Is Coming Apart Now... In Astounding Ways' Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Cookery For All “We’re only cooked if we accept it.” - Blaine Holt on “X” They don’t call economics the dismal science for nothing. It has been noted - since Thomas Carlyle minted the term in 1849 (objecting to the emancipation of black slaves on Britain’s...
"I Hope It Gives A Really Good Lesson Going Forward": 'Pollster' Prakash's License To Lie
24.08.2026, 20:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I Hope It Gives A Really Good Lesson Going Forward": 'Pollster' Prakash's License To Lie Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley, In this political season, there is one question that needs no poll: Rahil Prakash is a liar. The other thing we know is that he will likely get away with spreading fake polling results. Lies can be protected speech...
The Great Walkback: Sam Altman Admits He Was Wrong On AI's Economic Timeline
24.08.2026, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Walkback: Sam Altman Admits He Was Wrong On AI's Economic Timeline For three years, Sam Altman has pitched the imminent, wholesale disruption of the global economy. This week, staring down the barrel of an IPO - based on a business model that's actively being 'wholesale disrupted' by China - the OpenAI chief executive quietly admitted he got...
Gold: From DC's "Enemy" To Its Last Hope?
24.08.2026, 19:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold: From DC's "Enemy" To Its Last Hope? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, As headlines from the Iranian “conflict” continue to leave the world guessing as to what, if any, military, political and financial solutions lie ahead, we can at least know this much: The approaching autumn looks a bit scary. A Market Fall in the Fall...
Mole Men Return? Weird Manhattan Manhole Crew Spotted At 4AM
24.08.2026, 19:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mole Men Return? Weird Manhattan Manhole Crew Spotted At 4AM Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, The manhole people are back. Early Saturday morning, just after 4 a.m., a group was filmed exiting a manhole in Manhattan. The footage, captured and shared by independent New York photographer Viral News NYC, shows the individuals climbing out of...
Jet-Fuel Price Shock Hits Airlines As Raymond James Cuts Estimate Across Coverage, Warns Of JetBlue Bankruptcy Risk
24.08.2026, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jet-Fuel Price Shock Hits Airlines As Raymond James Cuts Estimate Across Coverage, Warns Of JetBlue Bankruptcy Risk As we've told readers, and as former Goldman commodities guru Jeff Currie explained last week, the energy crisis is not necessarily in Brent or WTI supplies, but in refined-product markets, given the diesel crack spread's jump above $100...
Los Angeles City Council Entertains Call For Homeless Masturbation & Hookup Centers
24.08.2026, 17:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Los Angeles City Council Entertains Call For Homeless Masturbation & Hookup Centers Authored by Monica Showalter via AmericanThinker.com, What's this strange proclivity from the left to provide the dregs of society with the same accommodations as those who pay their bills? What on earth did I just listen to Is this real life ? pic.twitter.com/m8Va9OBcGl...
Key Events This Week: Jackson Hole. Nvidia Earnings And Core PCE
24.08.2026, 16:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Jackson Hole. Nvidia Earnings And Core PCE As we start a new weeks, the upward pressure on long-end bond yields from last week has shown initial signs of easing. Indeed, the 30yr Treasury yield is down -5bps overnight to 5.22%, whilst the 10yr yield is down by the same amount to 4.69%. That’s been supported by an announcement...
Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On Deck
24.08.2026, 14:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On Deck Futures are lower with Tech underperforming as the market focuses on NVDA / MRVL earnings this week; while the AI theme is pressured globally and memory stocks slump driven by a slide in the Kospi. Futures got a boost just after 7am when CNBC reported that the...
Gold Jumps, Curve Flattens On Report Treasury To Tap Trillion-Dollar TGA To Fund Bond Buybacks
24.08.2026, 14:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Jumps, Curve Flattens On Report Treasury To Tap Trillion-Dollar TGA To Fund Bond Buybacks Having seen yields rebound from their initial decline following the upping of Treasury (long-end) buybacks to 'at least $4BN' per operation (and increased its total planned operations), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent jawboned late last week about his 'bigger...
Zelensky Says Wartime Elections Would 'Destroy' Ukraine, The Purported Bastion Of Democracy
24.08.2026, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Says Wartime Elections Would 'Destroy' Ukraine, The Purported Bastion Of Democracy Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 with a goal of excising the Russian-speaking Donbas region, American and Western European officials have repeatedly said they and their countries are duty-bound to support Ukraine because, as Nancy Pelosi put...
Israel Creates Fake Think Tank In Likely Attempt To Dupe AI Chatbots
24.08.2026, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Creates Fake Think Tank In Likely Attempt To Dupe AI Chatbots Authored by Nick Cleveland-Stout via Responsible Statecraft, At a glance, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy looks like a new think tank dedicated to Israel/Palestine. The organization churns out think-tank style reports on questions such as "Does AIPAC Use 'Dark Money in Elections...
"Entering The Endgame": Bessent To Unveil "Economic D-Day" Assault To Isolate Iran
24.08.2026, 12:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Entering The Endgame": Bessent To Unveil "Economic D-Day" Assault To Isolate Iran In the coming hours, the Trump administration is expected to unveil a sweeping campaign to economically isolate Iran and its trading partners, with China likely the primary target. The escalation is designed to force Tehran back to the negotiating table, as its only leverage...
The Teaser Period: Why The AI Boom Is Hitting A Reset Wall
24.08.2026, 12:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Teaser Period: Why The AI Boom Is Hitting A Reset Wall Having laid out, in July, the structural diagnosis that most of the market still refuses to confront: the AI boom is not a technology cycle. It is a credit-driven real-estate-like cycle whose financing architecture depends on the second derivative; the appropriately-named 'Groundbreaker' website has...
Israel DM Orders IDF To Escalate Demolitions In Southern Lebanon
24.08.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel DM Orders IDF To Escalate Demolitions In Southern Lebanon Authored by Jason Ditz via Antiwar.com, A week after ordering the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to prepare for a "long-term stay" in occupied southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Israel Katz has now also ordered them to escalate the rate at which they're destroying what is being framed as...
Tehran At The Crossroads: Iran's Civilian Leaders Call For Peace Amid Crippling U.S. Blockade
24.08.2026, 06:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tehran At The Crossroads: Iran's Civilian Leaders Call For Peace Amid Crippling U.S. Blockade Iran's top civilian officials are publicly urging an end to the ongoing conflict with the United States, exposing a deepening internal rift as they attempt to rein in hardliners who champion continued resistance. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during...
The AI Boom Runs On Tungsten, But Global Supplies Are "Running On Empty"
24.08.2026, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The AI Boom Runs On Tungsten, But Global Supplies Are "Running On Empty" Authored by Almonty Industries CEO Lewis Black [emphasis our own], Plenty to delve into with this edition: a stockpile order nobody can fill, two factory shutdowns that should be on your radar and the awkward truth about how few tungsten projects will ever produce a single...
Karmelo Anthony Request For New Trial Denied After Disturbing Revelations
23.08.2026, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Karmelo Anthony Request For New Trial Denied After Disturbing Revelations The narrative of the innocent black kid standing up to "white bullies" is falling apart. Karmelo Anthony, age 19, was convicted in June 2026 of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf (who was also 17 at the time) by fatally stabbing him in the chest during a confrontation at a...
The Fed Owns Over 50% Of All Bonds Maturing Between 10 And 15 Years From Now
23.08.2026, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fed Owns Over 50% Of All Bonds Maturing Between 10 And 15 Years From Now Submitted by Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Treasuries, Treaties, and Treatises Let’s start with Treasuries. We laid out the approach we would take if we were Warsh last weekend in Warsh’s Mark Antony Moment (a play on coming to “bury” inflation, yet having quite...
The Great Burrito Debate And The Uncomfortable Solution To Inflation
23.08.2026, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Burrito Debate And The Uncomfortable Solution To Inflation Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Recently one of the most important debates in the history of conservative discourse raged across the internet, with sides deeply divided and solutions rare or nonexistent. This debate went largely unnoticed by the rest of the country but...
Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Bacterial Infections In 15 US States
23.08.2026, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Bacterial Infections In 15 US States Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A total of 55 people have been infected with E. coli and Salmonella across 15 states in an outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Fresh homegrown Alfalfa or Lucerne Medicago sativa sprouts in...
Visualizing Every US State's Economy Matched To A Country
23.08.2026, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing Every US State's Economy Matched To A Country America’s largest state economies rank alongside some of the biggest economies in the world. Even further down the list, many individual states produce hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output each year. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, pairs each U.S. state with the...
Inside America's Drone Arms Race: What Industry Experts See Ahead Of Procurement Supercycle
23.08.2026, 03:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside America's Drone Arms Race: What Industry Experts See Ahead Of Procurement Supercycle Our coverage of America's Group 1 to Group 3 drone industry has centered on Unusual Machines and Ondas, two companies positioned to reap the benefits from what could become a historic procurement cycle next year. The catalyst is the Department of War's Defense...