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Human Smuggler Extradited From Brazil To US: DOJ
16.04.2026, 03:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Human Smuggler Extradited From Brazil To US: DOJ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Bangladeshi national, alleged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be a “prolific” alien smuggler, made his first appearance Monday in a Laredo, Texas, federal courtroom following his extradition from Brazil, according to a DOJ statement...
Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise
16.04.2026, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The volume of businesses struggling to pay their debts in Australia is on track to exceed the heights set during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two reports on the nation’s economic health. Australian dollar...
Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons
16.04.2026, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons via Middle East Eye The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published this week. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems...
China's Unitree Unveils Robot With "Human-Like Physique" That Can Outrun Most People
16.04.2026, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Unitree Unveils Robot With "Human-Like Physique" That Can Outrun Most People The race for bipedal humanoid robot intelligence has certainly been in the news, with robots receiving "AI brains" that have already brought them onto factory floors and will likely become more visible in the public world in the coming years (see UBS). But there...
Waymo Partners With Waze To Use Self-Driving Cars To Track Potholes
16.04.2026, 01:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Waymo Partners With Waze To Use Self-Driving Cars To Track Potholes Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two Alphabet-owned companies, Waymo and Waze, announced on April 9 that they will team up to detect potholes and share that information with local government agencies to help get them filled more efficiently. A self-driving...
Pentagon Accused Of Cover-Up After Missing Deadline On 46 Military UAP Videos
16.04.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Accused Of Cover-Up After Missing Deadline On 46 Military UAP Videos Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Pentagon has come under fire for failing to meet a congressional deadline to release dozens of military videos showing unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking fresh claims of a bureaucratic stall on one of the most sensitive...
IMF Warns US Treasury Market Prone To "Sudden Repricing" Due To Soaring Debt, Overreliance On Bills
15.04.2026, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns US Treasury Market Prone To "Sudden Repricing" Due To Soaring Debt, Overreliance On Bills The International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that the relentless US debt issuance is undermining the premium Treasuries have commanded from investors, with implications for government securities across the globe. “The increase in the US Treasury...
White House: 'Era Of Amnesty Is Over'
15.04.2026, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - White House: 'Era Of Amnesty Is Over' Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJ Media, “No more activist judges shielding criminal illegals. No more endless delays. Only results.” The Trump White House is celebrating multiple massive immigration enforcement wins that signal the era of mass migration and mass amnesty is over. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Since...
Russia Vows To 'Fill China's Energy Resource Gap' Amid Hormuz Crisis In Lavrov-Xi Meeting
15.04.2026, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Vows To 'Fill China's Energy Resource Gap' Amid Hormuz Crisis In Lavrov-Xi Meeting At a moment it remains a serious open question over just how vulnerable China is to the Hormuz Strait crisis, and now with the US-imposed US naval blockade of the vital oil transit waterway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Beijing pledging energy...
Beige Book Confirms Uncertainty, Fuel Costs Surged On Iran War As Economy Grew At "Slight To Modest" Pace
15.04.2026, 21:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beige Book Confirms Uncertainty, Fuel Costs Surged On Iran War As Economy Grew At "Slight To Modest" Pace US economic activity continued to increase at a "slight-to-modest" pace across most regions as the war with Iran generated a new wave of uncertainty and higher energy costs, the Federal Reserve said. The just released Beige Book - which featured...
Tax Freedom Day Underestimates How Long You Work For The Government
15.04.2026, 20:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tax Freedom Day Underestimates How Long You Work For The Government Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, Tax Freedom Day, calculated by the Tax Foundation, “represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation’s tax burden.” It appears that they stopped publishing this in 2019, but others have picked...
Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies
15.04.2026, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies Iran quietly secured a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 and used it to track US military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times has newly - an allegation Beijing has flatly and angrily denied. The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched...
Foggy, Foggy War
15.04.2026, 18:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Foggy, Foggy War By Michael Every of Rabobank With US stocks up, the Nasdaq with its longest winning streak since 2021, and screen oil down for a second day in a row, markets continue to price the starkly binary physical outcomes smack in front of us on the side that’s full of stardust. The IMF just warned of a potential world recession ahead if Hormuz...
Eos Energy Soars As Investors Focus On Zinc Batteries And AI-Driven Demand
15.04.2026, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eos Energy Soars As Investors Focus On Zinc Batteries And AI-Driven Demand Eos Energy Enterprises’ stock jumped over 60% in the last few days as investor enthusiasm grew around its scaling production and role in powering AI-driven infrastructure demand, according to the International Business Times. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and...
BofA Sees Customer Gas Spending Jump 16%, But Discretionary Spending Holds Up
15.04.2026, 17:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BofA Sees Customer Gas Spending Jump 16%, But Discretionary Spending Holds Up The national average for 87-octane gasoline has remained above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level for two straight weeks after the largest monthly jump in AAA data going back two decades. The fuel shock has Wall Street analysts focused on whether surging pump prices...
Good Riddance, Pattern Day Trade Rule
15.04.2026, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Good Riddance, Pattern Day Trade Rule Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The Pattern Day Trader rule was one of those regulations that managed to sound official, responsible, and protective while being, in practice, deeply confusing and almost comically out of touch with how people actually learn to trade. And now, it looks like it’s finally on its...
OpenAI's Stratospheric Valuation Draws Investor Scrutiny As It Scrambles To Capture Enterprise Market
15.04.2026, 17:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OpenAI's Stratospheric Valuation Draws Investor Scrutiny As It Scrambles To Capture Enterprise Market OpenAI, fresh off the largest private fundraising round in history, is facing mounting questions from some of its own backers over its $852 billion valuation and a whiplash-inducing pivot in strategy that prioritizes the higher-margin enterprise market...
Bank of America Jumps On Record Equity Trading Revenue, Net Interest Income Forecast Increase, Offset By FICC Miss
15.04.2026, 16:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank of America Jumps On Record Equity Trading Revenue, Net Interest Income Forecast Increase, Offset By FICC Miss Following stellar equity trading results from Goldman and JPMorgan, this morning Bank of America reported that its traders also pulled in the business’s highest quarterly revenue in more than a decade, riding a wave of volatility that...
US Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit To Fed HQ Renovation Project
15.04.2026, 16:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit To Fed HQ Renovation Project Federal prosecutors on Tuesday made a surprise visit to the Federal Reserve headquarters building that's undergoing a $2.5 billion renovation, as they continue to investigate whether Fed Chair Jerome Powell lied to Congress about the cost and scope of the project. Construction workers...
Shoe Brand Allbirds Pivots To AI, Changes Name To NewBird AI, Stock Rips More Than 170%
15.04.2026, 15:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Shoe Brand Allbirds Pivots To AI, Changes Name To NewBird AI, Stock Rips More Than 170% Just when you thought you’d seen the last of the AI pivot idiocy… Allbirds (yes, the wool sneaker people) is mooning in premarket—up as much as 176%—after announcing it’s ditching shoes and pivoting to, of course, AI. This comes just weeks after agreeing...
Is The Iran War Good For The Petrodollar?
15.04.2026, 15:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The Iran War Good For The Petrodollar? Diana Choyleva wrote an excellent editorial for the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Iran War Is A Boon For The Petrodollar.” She pushes back against claims that the Iran conflict is accelerating the death of the petrodollar. Instead, RealInvestmentAdvice.com points out that she argues the opposite: between...
Yet Another Historic Church Torched In Canada
15.04.2026, 14:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yet Another Historic Church Torched In Canada Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Another historic church lies in ashes after a major fire tore through Saint-Romain, Quebec, last night. The building, whose construction began in 1893, is the latest casualty in a relentless campaign against Canada’s Christian institutions that has seen arsons...
Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings
15.04.2026, 14:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings US equity futures are flat following yesterday’s rally as market awaits news on the Iran war resolution and as we traverse earnings season. As of 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures are little changed after the benchmark closed within a whisker of a record. Risk sentiment took a small...
War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy
15.04.2026, 14:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy Summary The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, Trump says, adding: "We've beaten them militarily." AP/Bloomberg reportingthe two sides have an "in principle agreement" to pursue further...
Tether Launches Self-Custodial Wallet Supporting USDT, Bitcoin, & Tokenized Gold
15.04.2026, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tether Launches Self-Custodial Wallet Supporting USDT, Bitcoin, & Tokenized Gold Authored by Naga Avan-Nomayo via TheBlock.co, Tether, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, is stepping further out from behind the rails with the launch of its self-custodial wallet, which it says is designed to put its payments infrastructure directly in the...
Kering And Hermès Sink As War Batters Earnings; Goldman Warns Luxury Dip-Buying Is "Premature"
15.04.2026, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kering And Hermès Sink As War Batters Earnings; Goldman Warns Luxury Dip-Buying Is "Premature" Goldman's Natasha de la Grense summed it up well this morning: "Money was waiting on the sidelines to buy luxury for a de-escalation play – that feels premature with three misses in three days." Disappointments from Kering and Hermès, both of which fell...
Goldman Highlights Global Nuclear Progress Across SMRs And The Fuel Chain
15.04.2026, 12:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Highlights Global Nuclear Progress Across SMRs And The Fuel Chain March saw the submission of multiple construction permits for new reactors, while new designs like India's thorium reactor, obtained their first criticality. Microreactors in the US also progressed through DOE regulatory pathways as they approach a criticality deadline in July...
Roblox Rolls Out Restricted Accounts For Under-16 Users Amid Lawsuit, Social Media Ban
15.04.2026, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Roblox Rolls Out Restricted Accounts For Under-16 Users Amid Lawsuit, Social Media Ban Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While managing to avoid Australia’s under-16 social media ban, the global game creation platform Roblox has moved to introduce restricted accounts for children and teenagers. A 7-year-old teenage boy...
Rolls-Royce 470-Megawatt Nuclear Reactors To Power 3 Million UK Homes For 60 Years
15.04.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rolls-Royce 470-Megawatt Nuclear Reactors To Power 3 Million UK Homes For 60 Years Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, The UK’s new nuclear approval at Wylfa officially kicks off what the government calls a “golden age” for the nation’s energy sector. Depiction of Rolls-Royce SMR site at Wylfa on Anglesey, North Wales. On...
Is The EU's €90 Billion Loan To Ukraine Meant To Buy Time For The Return Of Democrats
15.04.2026, 09:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The EU's €90 Billion Loan To Ukraine Meant To Buy Time For The Return Of Democrats Authored by Andrew Korybko, Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned €90 billion loan to Ukraine that’ll be financed by members raising common debt. RT published a detailed article about...
Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact
15.04.2026, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now 'paused' as a two-week ceasefire holds in order to give a chance for talks. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the significant status change...
After Orbán Loss, Polish MEP Warns EU Set To "Subjugate Everything And Everyone" As VDL Moves Quickly To Abolish Veto Power
15.04.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Orbán Loss, Polish MEP Warns EU Set To "Subjugate Everything And Everyone" As VDL Moves Quickly To Abolish Veto Power Via Remix News, On the back of Péter Magyar’s victory in Hungary, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU needs to work on getting rid of member states’ veto powers. For many who backed Viktor Orbán...
Why Did China Buy Up the World’s Ports?
15.04.2026, 06:56 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Beijing is less focused on acquiring sovereign control, more so in assuring its own strategic security....
Virginia Governor Pushes Amendments On Gun Legislation Amid DOJ Warning
15.04.2026, 05:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Virginia Governor Pushes Amendments On Gun Legislation Amid DOJ Warning Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger wants the Commonwealth’s General Assembly to shore up what she sees as shortcomings in gun control bills it sent to her after its regular session. Semi-automatic and fully automatic...
Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve
15.04.2026, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve Australia is facing a historic energy crisis with much of its gulf-sourced energy facing not one but two blockades. But at least some parts of the country are doing something about it, even if it is too little, too late. Western Australia will establish its own strategic reserves of diesel fuel...
Hezbollah Chief Torches 'Futile' Israel Talks, Urges Lebanon Walkout As Rubio Hypes 'Historic Opportunity'
15.04.2026, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hezbollah Chief Torches 'Futile' Israel Talks, Urges Lebanon Walkout As Rubio Hypes 'Historic Opportunity' The Israel-Lebanon peace talks which have kicked off at the State Dept. in Washington D.C. on Tuesday are unprecedented and historic, and yet they remain largely symbolic and will unlikely lead to much in terms of ending the conflict with Hezbollah...
Australia's Qantas To Cut Domestic Flights Amid Fuel Price Surge
15.04.2026, 03:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Australia's Qantas To Cut Domestic Flights Amid Fuel Price Surge Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Australia’s flag carrier Qantas will cut domestic flights and redeploy capacity from the United States towards Europe as fuel prices double. Qantas Airways ground staff are seen on the tarmac near planes at the domestic terminal...
Netanyahu Boasts: Trump Admin Briefs Me Every Day On Iran
15.04.2026, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Boasts: Trump Admin Briefs Me Every Day On Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he spoke with Vice President JD Vance after the US-Iran talks in Pakistan and described the call as part of a daily report the Trump administration provides him. "I spoke yesterday with Vice...
Tesla China CEO Says Shanghai Gigafactory Is "Golden Key" To Optimus Robot Production
15.04.2026, 02:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla China CEO Says Shanghai Gigafactory Is "Golden Key" To Optimus Robot Production Tesla's China president was quoted by local media on Tuesday as saying the Shanghai Gigafactory could eventually play a major role in mass-producing humanoid robots. The comment comes after Tesla said earlier this year that it would pivot away from producing Model...
Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails
15.04.2026, 02:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A top government doctor who declined to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 was worried he would lose his job and medical license in retaliation, according to newly obtained emails. The National Institutes of Health in...
Should You Keep Your Target-Date Funds In Retirement?
15.04.2026, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should You Keep Your Target-Date Funds In Retirement? Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Target-date funds (TDFs) can be effective retirement savings vehicles for many investors. Target-date funds adjust risk over time, but their limited flexibility can make them less suitable for complex retirement plans. SsCreativeStudio/Shutterstock...
For A Housing Fix, Look To The Laboratories We Know As States
15.04.2026, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - For A Housing Fix, Look To The Laboratories We Know As States Authored by Edward Pinto via RealClearMarkets, Federal housing policy is afflicted by several shortcomings—it is expensive, outdated, and inflexible. The states, free from these restrictions, have begun experimenting with tailored approaches. Congress should take note. In 1932 Justice...
After Swalwell Craters, CA GOP Jubilant But Divided
14.04.2026, 23:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - After Swalwell Craters, CA GOP Jubilant But Divided Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, SAN DIEGO—Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign implosion on Friday couldn’t have been better timing for California Republicans. The state’s GOP was already set to convene in San Diego for their spring convention over the weekend...
Chinese Firm Claims It Tracked US Jets Over Iran During Operation Epic Fury
14.04.2026, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Firm Claims It Tracked US Jets Over Iran During Operation Epic Fury Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering, MizarVision, a private Chinese company specializing in geospatial intelligence, claims to have tracked US aerial refueling missions of its KC-135 and KC-46 tanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury. A report published earlier...
Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Reveals Assets Worth Over $190 Million
14.04.2026, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Reveals Assets Worth Over $190 Million Trump's nominee for next Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh, disclosed assets with his wife, heiress Jane Lauder, that total at least $192 million, though - according to Bloomberg - "the actual figure for their holdings is certainly much higher", underscoring the extent of his close ties to Wall...
Trump Always Skips the Hard Part
14.04.2026, 21:29 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The U.S. president’s half-baked approach to dealmaking may be a recipe for more war....
Secretary Wright Sees "Few More Weeks" Of High Gas Price As Memorial Day Travel Nears
14.04.2026, 21:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Secretary Wright Sees "Few More Weeks" Of High Gas Price As Memorial Day Travel Nears Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Fox News on Tuesday morning and said, "Yes, we have gas prices today over $4 a gallon. That's still a dollar less than they were during the Biden administration, and we're ending the 47-year conflict with Iran." Wright noted...
Global Oil Demand Growth Completely Wiped Out By Gulf Energy Shock
14.04.2026, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Oil Demand Growth Completely Wiped Out By Gulf Energy Shock The global demand destruction playbook we outlined last month, describing how the Gulf energy shock would spread across continents, is now materializing on a large scale. The International Energy Agency said in a Tuesday update that global oil demand will decline this year for the first...
La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges To Open First City-Run Store With Projected $30 Million Initial Cost
14.04.2026, 18:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges To Open First City-Run Store With Projected $30 Million Initial Cost Authored by Jonathan Turley, Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his “First 100 Days” speech this week to announce that he has kept his promise to create a chain of city-run stores . . . by pledging to open one store sometime “next year.” According to the New...
China Rejects 'Baseless Smear' It's Sending Weapons To Iran After Trump Warned Of 'Big Problems'
14.04.2026, 17:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Rejects 'Baseless Smear' It's Sending Weapons To Iran After Trump Warned Of 'Big Problems' China has dismissed reports that it supplied or plans to supply weapons to Iran as "baseless smears," after multiple outlets cited US intelligence accusing Beijing of potentially entering the war indirectly. "China has always adopted a cautious and responsible...