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Iraqi Father Arrested In Sweden For Beating, Imprisoning Daughter In Italy Over Forced Marriage Plot
04.05.2026, 08:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iraqi Father Arrested In Sweden For Beating, Imprisoning Daughter In Italy Over Forced Marriage Plot Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix, An Iraqi father accused of beating, imprisoning, and threatening to kill his daughter after she refused an arranged marriage has been arrested in Sweden on a European warrant issued by Italian authorities. The 52-year-old...
Visualizing Europe's Birth-Rate Collapse
03.05.2026, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing Europe's Birth-Rate Collapse Europe’s population is no longer replacing itself. Across the continent, fertility rates have fallen below the 2.1 births per woman needed to maintain stable population levels, with no country meeting that threshold as of 2024. The map below, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, shows the number of live...
Alliance Fracture Is Now Global
03.05.2026, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Alliance Fracture Is Now Global Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, Western focus was, in 2026, on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would fulfill his threat to withdraw the United States from NATO. Eastern and Southern focus was on whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS alliance were even functioning. In the U.S.–NATO...
The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined
03.05.2026, 03:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025. Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities. Using data from the International Institute for Strategic...
Trump will nun den dritten Weltkrieg gegen Russland doch nicht durch Stationierung von Mittelstreckenraketen in der US-Provinz Deutschland anheizen
02.05.2026, 09:33 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Dabei denkt Waffenhändler Trump aber auch ans Geschäft:Parallel dazu hatten mehrere europäische Staaten mit der Entwicklung eigener weitreichender Präzisionsbewaffnung begonnen. Der European Long Range Strike Approach (ELSA) wird allerdings noch eine Weile brauchen. Deshalb planen mehrere Länder, auch Deutschland, als Übergangslösung die Beschaffung...
Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat
02.05.2026, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat In a huge late in the day Friday development, the Trump administration plans to pull some 5,000 troops from NATO member Germany, CBS is reporting. Citing senior defense officials, the Pentagon expects the troop draw down will happen over a six to twelve month period, Reuters...
8 In 10 Chatbots Inclined To Assist Users In Planning Attacks
01.05.2026, 22:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 8 In 10 Chatbots Inclined To Assist Users In Planning Attacks Eight out of ten AI chatbots have been found to actively assist users in planning violent attacks, according to a new investigation by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, when asked to plan violent attacks including a school shooting, an antisemitic...
Beijing Bad: Chinese Nationals Charged Building Meth Super Factory
01.05.2026, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beijing Bad: Chinese Nationals Charged Building Meth Super Factory Two Chinese citizens were indicted on by the DOJ on charges of conspiring to flood the United States with methamphetamine through a sophisticated, factory-style production operation, federal prosecutors announced this week. Wenfeng Cui, 41, also known as “Vincen,” (no "t') and Fan...
Trump Escalates Tariffs On EU Vehicles To 25%, Accusing Bloc Of Trade Deal Violations
01.05.2026, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Escalates Tariffs On EU Vehicles To 25%, Accusing Bloc Of Trade Deal Violations President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States will raise tariffs on cars and trucks imported from the European Union to 25% starting next week, citing the EU’s failure to comply with a 2025 bilateral trade framework. "I am pleased to announce that...
Final Warnings
01.05.2026, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Final Warnings By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Some headlines write themselves. Tokyo has already delivered one – and likely acted on it. Tehran may be waiting for its turn. The bond market, meanwhile, could have issued another warning to the Fed. As for the long-held consensus that 2026 would bring smooth disinflation, gentle...
Futures Rise, Oil Slides On Iran Ceasefire Optimism After Best Month For Stocks Since 2020
01.05.2026, 14:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Oil Slides On Iran Ceasefire Optimism After Best Month For Stocks Since 2020 US equity futures are higher, set for a new all time high, as the rally that’s pushed Wall Street to record highs on strong megacap tech earnings continues, after the S&P posted its best monthly increase since November 2020. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are...
US Pledges $100 Million To Repair Chornobyl Nuclear Plant
01.05.2026, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pledges $100 Million To Repair Chornobyl Nuclear Plant Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of State intends to offer up to $100 million in foreign assistance toward a G7 initiative to repair the Chornobyl nuclear plant’s protective structure that was damaged in Russian strikes. A visitor touring...
Exxon & Chevron Shares Jump After Big Q1 Earnings Beat
01.05.2026, 12:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Exxon & Chevron Shares Jump After Big Q1 Earnings Beat The impact of the war in Iran is on full display this morning in the earnings of two oil giants - Chevron and Exxon Mobil - as both smashed earnings expectations (despite sizable production outages). Ahead of the results, Exxon and Chevron had both flagged major reductions in 1Q earnings due to...
EU Parliament Pushes Funding Cuts To Orbán-Founded Patriots Group As Witch-Hunt Continues
01.05.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Parliament Pushes Funding Cuts To Orbán-Founded Patriots Group As Witch-Hunt Continues Via Remix News, The European Parliament will vote today on suspending EU funding for the right-wing Patriots for Europe faction, founded by outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At stake is the alleged mismanagement of €4.3 million of EU funds by...
Trump Threatens To Pull Some US Troops Out Of Germany While Lambasting 'Ineffective' Merz
01.05.2026, 08:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Threatens To Pull Some US Troops Out Of Germany While Lambasting 'Ineffective' Merz German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been a bit on the defensive since his earlier in the week swipe at President Trump over launching the war against Iran. The German leader had told students in a talk that the US is being "humiliated" by Iranian leaders. He had...
Massive Lithium Lode In Appalachia Could Power 130 Million EVs: USGS
01.05.2026, 02:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Massive Lithium Lode In Appalachia Could Power 130 Million EVs: USGS America's worrisome dependency on foreign sources of lithium could become a thing of the past: About 328 years' worth of last year's lithium imports is buried in Appalachia, according to a new analysis published by the US Geological Survey (USGS). That's about 2.3 million metric tons...
In Major Victory For Gun Owners, ATF Unleashes 34-Rule Reform Package - Brace Rule Dead
30.04.2026, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In Major Victory For Gun Owners, ATF Unleashes 34-Rule Reform Package - Brace Rule Dead In what can only be described as one of the biggest single-day victories for the Second Amendment in decades, the DOJ and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dropped a bombshell yesterday: a landmark package of 34 regulatory actions designed to slash...
ECB Holds Rates At 2%, As Expected, With Stagflation Looming
30.04.2026, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ECB Holds Rates At 2%, As Expected, With Stagflation Looming The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged, as expected, with officials signaling they need more time to assess the extent of the Iran war’s jolt to the economy. The deposit rate was left at 2%, where it’s been since June 2025 and in line with the predictions of all analysts...
Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars
30.04.2026, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars Futures erase an overnight slide, and have resumed their ascent trading near all time highs, despite a hawkish Fed statement but stronger Mag7 earnings. The hawkish Fed followed by a less hawkish press conference, plus the news that Powell is staying on seemingly...
German Chancellor Claims Relationship With Trump Is Good, Despite Comments About Iran
30.04.2026, 12:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - German Chancellor Claims Relationship With Trump Is Good, Despite Comments About Iran Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on April 29 said that he is on good terms with U.S. President Donald Trump, despite Merz’s recent remarks about the Iran war and Trump’s criticism of the German chancellor. “From...
This Is What Europeans Are Most Proud Of
30.04.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Is What Europeans Are Most Proud Of What people take pride in says a lot about how they see their country. Across Europe, those sources range from culture and history to political systems and personal freedoms. But in some countries, a notable share of people say they feel little pride at all. This visualization via Visual Capitalist, by The European...
O-I Glass Plunges As Gulf Energy Shock Hits Earnings Outlook
29.04.2026, 15:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - O-I Glass Plunges As Gulf Energy Shock Hits Earnings Outlook Glass bottle and jar company O-I Glass plunged the most in premarket trading in more than six years after it slashed its full-year adjusted EPS outlook, blaming higher energy costs tied to the Gulf-related energy shock. The major glass-container manufacturer, producing bottles and jars for...
Futures Flat Ahead Of Fed, Mag 7 Earnings Avalanche
29.04.2026, 14:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat Ahead Of Fed, Mag 7 Earnings Avalanche S&P futures are flat with Nasdaq outperforming ahead of a huge day for tech. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, representing nearly 20% of S&P market cap, report after the close, with traders focused on capex. The group has a combined options implied move of more than $750 billion of market cap...
Germany Scrambles For Polish Oil Route As Russia Halts Druzhba Flows
29.04.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Scrambles For Polish Oil Route As Russia Halts Druzhba Flows Submitted by Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Germany is hunting for solutions to reroute crude oil supplies to the PCK Schwedt refinery after Russia said it would halt Kazakh oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline starting May 1, with roughly 43,000 barrels per day (bpd) now at...
NATO Mulls Nixing Annual Summits, Wary Of 'Trump Drama' Overshadowing
29.04.2026, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Mulls Nixing Annual Summits, Wary Of 'Trump Drama' Overshadowing Fresh reporting in Reuters says that NATO leadership is mulling ending its practice of holding annual summits as the Trump presidency has "cast a long shadow" over such meetings and as member states are looking for "less drama". For example, at the 2018 summit Trump threatened to...
Trump Belatedly Blasts Merz Over Pointed Iran War 'Humiliation' Remarks
28.04.2026, 21:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Belatedly Blasts Merz Over Pointed Iran War 'Humiliation' Remarks President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of...
Four Nuclear Companies Selected For High-Speed Project Development
28.04.2026, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Four Nuclear Companies Selected For High-Speed Project Development After the wild success experienced by multiple companies under the Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program (RPP) and Fuel Line Pilot Program (FLPP), four new fuel chain and reactor development companies have been selected under the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad (NELP). JUST IN: Energy’s...
BOJ Keeps Rates On Hold In Rare 6-3 Vote Split As It Warns Of Looming Stagflation
28.04.2026, 17:29 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BOJ Keeps Rates On Hold In Rare 6-3 Vote Split As It Warns Of Looming Stagflation In the first G5 central bank announcement of the week, overnight the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate in a 6-3 vote, despite forecasting a sharp rise in inflation as the war in the Middle East sends commodity prices higher and clouds the global economic outlook...
Collateral Damage
28.04.2026, 16:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Collateral Damage By Molly Schwartz, Cross-ASset Macro Strategist at Rabobank Negotiations between the US and Iran are going nowhere. In fact, they’re not really even happening at all. Over the weekend, Axios reported that Iran gave the US a proposal to reopen the Strait — not to end the war. The proposal includes extending the ceasefire and an...
Futures Tumble On AI Spending Fears As Brent Hits 2 Week High
28.04.2026, 14:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble On AI Spending Fears As Brent Hits 2 Week High US equity futures are lower, dragged by tech, following a report that OpenAI missed revenue and user targets and there growing internal pushback against Sam Altman's notorious aggressive spending (the company has $1.5 trillion in commitment it won't be able to meet), which is hitting semiconductors...
Pentagon Investigates Mystery Fire At UK Base Used For Bombing Iran
28.04.2026, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Investigates Mystery Fire At UK Base Used For Bombing Iran The US Air Force has reportedly opened an investigation into a fire that broke out over the weekend at RAF Fairford in the UK. Crucially, it is a key US-allied base hosting a US bomber unit carrying out strikes on Iran as part of Trump's Operation Epic Fury. The fire started early...
NATO Minus US: European Militaries Won't Add Up To Deter Russia
28.04.2026, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Minus US: European Militaries Won't Add Up To Deter Russia Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s European nations would need to bolster standing militaries by at least 300,000 troops and significantly boost defense spending beyond 3.5 percent of gross domestic product - at least...
Kalshi, Polymarket Among 27 Prediction Platforms Banned In Brazil
27.04.2026, 19:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kalshi, Polymarket Among 27 Prediction Platforms Banned In Brazil Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Brazilian authorities have moved to shut down 27 prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket. The decision, announced Friday, follows a directive from the Ministry of Finance and enforcement by the National Telecommunications...
Germany's Merz Says US 'Humiliated' By Iranians & Trump Lacks Strategy, Exit Plan
27.04.2026, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Merz Says US 'Humiliated' By Iranians & Trump Lacks Strategy, Exit Plan German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a rare moment torched US foreign policy and the Trump administration's Iran war gambit. There's been plenty of criticism out of Europe since Operation Epic Fury kicked off on February 28, but Merz's Monday words are especially direct...
Hold The Horses
27.04.2026, 16:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hold The Horses By Rabobank There are five G10 central bank meetings scheduled this week and not a single policy move is expected between them. That said, the signalling of policymakers will be crucial. For each of the BoJ, Fed, BoC, ECB and the BoE, the market will be watching to see how rate setters are gauging the two sided the risks to growth and...
"Blockbuster Week" Preview: Fed, ECB, BOJ On Deck, Earnings Avalanche, GDP, PCE
27.04.2026, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Blockbuster Week" Preview: Fed, ECB, BOJ On Deck, Earnings Avalanche, GDP, PCE Tomorrow marks exactly two months since the strikes on Iran began. As DB's Jim Reid writes, while there is currently a rolling, open ended ceasefire that started on 8 April, the risk of it collapsing at any point remains real. Just as the weekend news looked like it was...
Futures Flat At All Time Highs Ahead Of Huge Week, Semis Set For 19th Day Of Gains
27.04.2026, 14:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat At All Time Highs Ahead Of Huge Week, Semis Set For 19th Day Of Gains Risk sentiment improved overnight on another Axios report that Iran has given the US a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with more detailed nuclear talks expected later. Oil pares early gains, and US equity futures jumped although they have also pared gains...
If The British Lose The Falkland Islands It Will Be Their Own Fault
27.04.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If The British Lose The Falkland Islands It Will Be Their Own Fault This month, after four years of tensions between Europe and Russia, the Russian Navy executed an operation in the North Atlantic on the doorstep of British waters. Using an Akula-Class nuclear submarine as a decoy, the Russians sent covert spy subs to map underwater infrastructure...
Where Does Eastern Europe Begin And End?
27.04.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where Does Eastern Europe Begin And End? Key Takeaways There is no single definition of Eastern Europe. Its borders vary depending on historical, political, and cultural context. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus are almost always included, forming the region’s “core.” The eastern boundary is widely agreed upon, but the western edge shifts significantly...
War Schmwar
27.04.2026, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - War Schmwar By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Markets have been almost totally dismissive of the conflict in Iran. Frankly, the number of countries, including oil-rich nations, that had been firing at each other seemed quite high, yet most markets shrugged it off. While the Strait remained closed, or blockaded, or blocked, the market remained in...
Ford Denies Talks With Geely About Bringing Chinese Car Tech To U.S.
27.04.2026, 00:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ford Denies Talks With Geely About Bringing Chinese Car Tech To U.S. On Friday, a report crossed the wire that Ford and Geely had been in discussions about collaborating more closely, including whether their developing European partnership could expand into the U.S. market, according to the Wall Street Journal. Ford denied the claims, which stated...
Hungary's Going Gay? TV Channel Dedicated To 24-hour LGBTQI Programs Will Soon Launch
26.04.2026, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hungary's Going Gay? TV Channel Dedicated To 24-hour LGBTQI Programs Will Soon Launch Via Remix News, Hungary will soon be getting a new government under Tisza’s Péter Magyar, but the landscape is already shifting, with a new LGBTQ-themed online television channel called “Rainbow” (“Szivárvány”) TV in the works to broadcast programs targeting...
Ruthless Taxation And The Hyperstate: How Germany Profits From Crisis
26.04.2026, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ruthless Taxation And The Hyperstate: How Germany Profits From Crisis Submitted by Thomas Kolbe, The Hormuz crisis offers us a profound insight into the real power structures in Germany. Nothing seems able to convince the Berlin monolith to partially shield its citizens from the consequences at gas stations through tax cuts. It is now unavoidable that...
Guten Morgen, Digital-Diggis!
26.04.2026, 12:06 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Nein, vonderLeyen 👵 (OmaSmiley!) plant keine Reglementierung 🚔(HandschellenSmiley!) von ❤️Emojis❤️, obwohl man es ihr natürlich durchaus zutrauen würde. Jedenfalls noch nicht. ZwinkerSmiley! (😜)Mit seinem für Nichtbürokraten bisschen unverständlichen Tweet will das sog. Digital-Team der sog. Digital-Kommission der sog. EU Sie lediglich...
Trump's SWIFT Hint And The Decline Of The Euro
25.04.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump's SWIFT Hint And The Decline Of The Euro Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump indicates the imminent return of Russia to the SWIFT payment system. It would mark the end of sanctions against Russia. But the Prussians are not shooting that fast anymore. Currency policy is geopolitics. This is especially...
Germany's Debt Spiral Warning Ignored As Berlin Doubles Down On Spending
25.04.2026, 15:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Debt Spiral Warning Ignored As Berlin Doubles Down On Spending Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil is a sensitive character. Such personalities tend to react irrationally and extremely defensively to criticism. They are prone to resentment and quick retaliatory reflexes. So it was only a matter of time before the Federal...
Das EU-Projekt „Democracy Shield“ bedeutet das Ende der Freiheit in Europa
25.04.2026, 14:26 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Mass censorship is coming to Europe, and it is being labeled the “Democracy Shield.” Jerzy Kwaśniewski, head of the board of the Ordo Iuris Institute, writes: “Under the banner of protecting democracy, the European Union is rolling out a web of regulations that critics say will curb free expression, sideline conservative voices, and reshape the...
EU Ministers Fail To Suspend EU-Israeli Cooperation Agreement; Germany Calls 'Inappropriate'
25.04.2026, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Ministers Fail To Suspend EU-Israeli Cooperation Agreement; Germany Calls 'Inappropriate' Via Remix News, A move to end the EU-Israel Association Agreement has been struck down, led by objections from Germany, Austria, and Italy. The accord, in existence since 2000, has served as the framework for EU-Israeli relations pertaining to both trade and...
The EU 'Democracy Shield' Is The End Of Freedom In Europe
25.04.2026, 13:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The EU 'Democracy Shield' Is The End Of Freedom In Europe Via Remix News, The year 2026 will go down in the history of European integration as a special moment. The European Union, under the banner of protecting democracy, has begun systematically restricting freedom of speech and real political pluralism. Thus, it embarks on the well-trodden historical...