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Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods
25.08.2026, 18:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods Days after the US hit Canada with a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods amid a collapse in trade talks - and a Monday threat to include cars, trucks, auto parts and steel, Canada hit back on Tuesday - announcing retaliatory tariffs as high as 50% on $20 billion worth of...
Oil Falls Further As US Prepares Return Of Diplomats To Mideast Embassies
25.08.2026, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Falls Further As US Prepares Return Of Diplomats To Mideast Embassies There continue to be clear signals that the White House is moving away from the potential for renewed military action and instead settling in for a long economic siege campaign targeting Iran, on a permanent basis. The avoidance of more bombs away and with all the risks and uncertainty...
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...
Bessent Drops Iran Sanctions Hammer On Dozens Of Chinese Firms, Spares Big Banks As Beijing Threatens Retaliation
25.08.2026, 13:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bessent Drops Iran Sanctions Hammer On Dozens Of Chinese Firms, Spares Big Banks As Beijing Threatens Retaliation The Trump administration's "Operation Economic Outcast" has expanded the sanctions campaign across China and Hong Kong, targeting dozens of individuals and businesses while intentionally holding off on sanctioning major Chinese banks that...
Society Collapse 2040: The Year The World Stops Working And Starts Dying
25.08.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Society Collapse 2040: The Year The World Stops Working And Starts Dying Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, The Mathematical Warning That Refused to Fade Fifty-four years ago, a team of researchers at MIT fed population data, resource consumption curves, and pollution metrics into a mainframe computer the size of a shipping container. The machine...
Your Tax Dollars At Work: San Fran Shelter Workers Accused Of Hiding Cop Shooter
25.08.2026, 01:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Your Tax Dollars At Work: San Fran Shelter Workers Accused Of Hiding Cop Shooter Two employees at a San Francisco homeless shelter funded through city contracts have been arrested for allegedly helping a suspected cop shooter hide from police, according to the New York Post. The case stems from a May 31 confrontation near the Bay Bridge involving 36-year-old...
TotalEnergies CEO Reveals Cost To Move A Supertanker Through Hormuz
25.08.2026, 00:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - TotalEnergies CEO Reveals Cost To Move A Supertanker Through Hormuz The crisis-driven dislocation across Gulf oil markets has positioned French energy giant TotalEnergies SE as an early mover, capitalizing on heavily discounted Persian Gulf crude priced at $50 to $60 a barrel and moving it through the highly contested Strait of Hormuz. CEO Patrick...
Regulation: Protecting Incumbents And Suppressing Competition
25.08.2026, 00:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Regulation: Protecting Incumbents And Suppressing Competition Authored by Hal Snarr via Mises Institute, A previous article attributed widespread airline service failures not to individual carriers but to government interventions sold as consumer protections. Through a web of intricate regulations and controls, the state restricts entry, grants shared...
Supreme Court Backs Trump's Mail-In Ballot Overhaul
24.08.2026, 23:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Backs Trump's Mail-In Ballot Overhaul The Supreme Court sided with President Trump over his plan to use the Postal Service to impose broad new restrictions on the distribution of mail ballots. Over the dissent of the court's three liberal judges, SCOTUS' ruling means that the Trump administration can move forward with a proposal for DHS...
Specs Buy Record Gold Futures As Short Squeeze Sends CTAs Soaring: What's Next For Gold
24.08.2026, 23:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Specs Buy Record Gold Futures As Short Squeeze Sends CTAs Soaring: What's Next For Gold Not long after we reported that Goldman's commodity strategists are turning especially bullish on gold, telling clients they see "significant upside risk to our $4,900/oz end-2026 gold forecast" as a result of a substantial jump in call buying, not to mention...
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...
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...
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...
Europe Dodges A Rhine Crisis For The Worst Possible Reason
24.08.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe Dodges A Rhine Crisis For The Worst Possible Reason Authored by Natalia Katona via OilPrice.com, Rhine freight from ARA to Karlsruhe has surged from €45/t to €215/t as Kaub remains below the 77-cm threshold needed for normal commercial traffic. The squeeze is disrupting 3.1 million t/y of ethylene capacity and product movements from the 320...
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...
Wary Of Backlash, Pro-Israel GOP Senate Hopeful Asks AIPAC Not To Spend On His Behalf
24.08.2026, 01:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wary Of Backlash, Pro-Israel GOP Senate Hopeful Asks AIPAC Not To Spend On His Behalf With Israel's standing in the United States crumbling, America's leading pro-Israel organization has become a focal point of anger among those who think the US government is putting Israel's interests ahead of America's. Political candidates have started seizing on...
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...
Azerbaijan Sues CNN Over Story On Cooperation With Israel In War On Iran
23.08.2026, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Azerbaijan Sues CNN Over Story On Cooperation With Israel In War On Iran Authored by Jonathan Turley, There is a novel (and highly dubious) lawsuit filed in Delaware by the nation of Azerbaijan against CNN for a story claiming that it was cooperating with Israel in attacks on Iran. Republic of Azerbaijan v. CNN, Inc. borders on the legally frivolous...
"Civilizational Suicide": China's Humanoids Sprint Ahead As Americans Fight Over Data Center And Socialism
23.08.2026, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Civilizational Suicide": China's Humanoids Sprint Ahead As Americans Fight Over Data Center And Socialism The five-day 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval are well underway, and on Saturday, an AI-powered humanoid robot reached 14.5 meters per second, or 32.5 mph. china’s AI robot just hit 14.5 m/s pic.twitter...
Georgia Refuses To Adopt EU Sanctions On Iran Citing 'National Interests'
23.08.2026, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Georgia Refuses To Adopt EU Sanctions On Iran Citing 'National Interests' Via The Cradle Georgia officially refused to implement the EU's newest sanctions against Iran, Interpress news reported on this week, with Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of parliament for the ruling Georgian Dream party, saying Tbilisi backs international measures only when...
Spain's Pools Hit By Disgusting 'Brown Challenge' TikTok Filth
23.08.2026, 13:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spain's Pools Hit By Disgusting 'Brown Challenge' TikTok Filth Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spain's peak summer season has been disrupted once again by a revolting viral trend that has forced the closure of swimming pools and waterparks across the country, leaving families stranded and facilities scrubbed clean at public expense. At...
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...
Portable 1MW Kaleidos Microreactor Secures Critical Nuclear Fuel Deal Through 2030s
22.08.2026, 21:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Portable 1MW Kaleidos Microreactor Secures Critical Nuclear Fuel Deal Through 2030s Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering, Radiant has secured a long-term source of nuclear fuel for its Kaleidos microreactor, removing a potential supply hurdle as the company prepares the system for deployment. Kaleidos transportable nuclear reactor delivery...
Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods
22.08.2026, 17:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods US-Canada trade negotiations collapsed at the 11th hour, just before the midnight deadline, triggering 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods (under a never-before- used Section 338 provision of the Tariff Act of 1930) and prompting globalist-aligned, China-sympathizing...
Spanish Beach Stormed As Ceuta Chaos Spreads
22.08.2026, 13:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spanish Beach Stormed As Ceuta Chaos Spreads Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Dozens of military-age men leapt from boats onto packed tourist beaches in mainland Spain this week, sending holidaymakers scrambling for their belongings as the fallout from the Ceuta mass crossing continues to escalate. Footage from Cala del Barco near the exclusive...
Who Really Drives Global Terrorism? Internal US Govt Data Offers A Surprising Answer
22.08.2026, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Who Really Drives Global Terrorism? Internal US Govt Data Offers A Surprising Answer Authored by Larry Johnson via Sonar21.com Every administration reaches for the same line. Iran, we are told, is the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism — a claim now central to the case for war. It carries the weight of an official designation: Iran has...
Buying May Not Beat Renting Until Retirement In Some Expensive Markets: Zillow
22.08.2026, 01:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Buying May Not Beat Renting Until Retirement In Some Expensive Markets: Zillow Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, For a typical U.S. household, it can take decades to save for a home and reach the point where buying becomes cheaper than renting, with the timeline stretching into retirement in some expensive markets, according to an Aug. 20...
Trump To Flood US With 300,000 Tons Of Tariff-Free Ground Beef To Tame Prices Ahead Of Midterms
21.08.2026, 22:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump To Flood US With 300,000 Tons Of Tariff-Free Ground Beef To Tame Prices Ahead Of Midterms With 74 days remaining until the midterm elections and average retail ground-beef prices hovering near $7 per pound, President Trump said in a Truth Social post Friday morning that his administration will temporarily waive certain tariffs on ground-beef imports...
Saylor's Strategy Treasury Back To Breakeven As Crypto Rips, StanChart Says $100k Bitcoin Year-End Call May Be 'Too Low'
21.08.2026, 20:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Saylor's Strategy Treasury Back To Breakeven As Crypto Rips, StanChart Says $100k Bitcoin Year-End Call May Be 'Too Low' Markets are reminding investors that volatility has two sides in digital assets. As Standard Chartered's crypto guru, Geoffrey Kendrick, begins his latest note, we’ve been used to (earlier in 2026) prices falling sharply. Now we...
Intervening Oneself Out Of Quagmire?
21.08.2026, 16:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intervening Oneself Out Of Quagmire? By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Intervening Oneself Out Of Quagmire? Yesterday’s market moves again showed that jawboning and temporary interventions are rarely enough when the underlying problem is fundamental. As a “thank you” for Trump’s last-minute intervention to reduce joint US-South...
Ukraine Corruption Scandal Deepens: 'Operation Forrest Gump' Shocks Zelensky Government With More Searches
21.08.2026, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine Corruption Scandal Deepens: 'Operation Forrest Gump' Shocks Zelensky Government With More Searches Authored by Remix News Staff via Remix News, Ukrainian anti-corruption services launched searches under codename "Operation Forrest Gump," targeting, among others, the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. The...
Broadcom CDS Explodes As It Seeks Up To $100 Billion In Massive Off-Balance Sheet Debt Deal
21.08.2026, 04:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Broadcom CDS Explodes As It Seeks Up To $100 Billion In Massive Off-Balance Sheet Debt Deal Amid the growing angst about hyperscaler CapEx (and more specifically, the historic flood of new debt issuance to fund it), attention among the always-bullish equity talking-heads has shifted - and rightfully so - to the bond markets as alarm signals flare up...
The All-Seeing Eye
21.08.2026, 04:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The All-Seeing Eye Authored by Todd Hayen via OffGuardian, What was once the paranoid whisper of conspiracy has become the marketed convenience of 'life logging' - yet beneath the promise of perfect memory lies the total erasure of privacy, turning every shrew into a unwitting performer on the surveillance stage. (If you haven't read enough of my work...
Western Woman Travels To India And Finds The Misery Of Cultural Enrichment
21.08.2026, 03:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Western Woman Travels To India And Finds The Misery Of Cultural Enrichment It's been a long time since the Beatles convinced an entire generation of western youth in 1968 that "enlightenment" and personal peace could be found in the third world backwaters of India's ashram retreats. As it turned out, the world famous band and the yogi scammers of...
"No Thanks!" Has A Price: Trump Guts Korea War Games, Courts Kim As The Seoul Alliance Buckles
20.08.2026, 22:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "No Thanks!" Has A Price: Trump Guts Korea War Games, Courts Kim As The Seoul Alliance Buckles Hours before 18,000 South Korean troops were due to kick off this year's Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise alongside their American counterparts, President Trump pulled the rug - instructing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce the Joint Military...
Bitcoin Tops $72k After Largest Single-Day Crypto Short Liquidation In History
20.08.2026, 16:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Tops $72k After Largest Single-Day Crypto Short Liquidation In History Bitcoin surpassed $70,000 for the first time in over two months, propelled by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s 'Operation Twist'-like move pushing US bond yields (and the dollar) lower followed by a high-stakes meeting President Trump held with crypto industry leaders...
Futures Slide As Treasury Yields Surge, Erasing Bessent Intervention, Driven By Oil Spike
20.08.2026, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As Treasury Yields Surge, Erasing Bessent Intervention, Driven By Oil Spike US futures slide and are trading at session lows, as bond yields surge after yesterday’s Treasury announcement, having now erased the entire post buyback-boost move; yields are 4-5bps higher as the curve bear steepens sharply with the 10Y yield now at 4.69%...
Comey's '86 47' Post Could Objectively Be Read As Threat Against Trump, DOJ Argues
20.08.2026, 14:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Comey's '86 47' Post Could Objectively Be Read As Threat Against Trump, DOJ Argues Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) defended the ongoing prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey in a new court filing on Aug. 18, saying “an objective viewer” could interpret his social media post as threatening...
The 'Pindia Challenge': A Stark Warning To The West
20.08.2026, 13:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The 'Pindia Challenge': A Stark Warning To The West Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A viral game on Google Maps has laid bare one of the most glaring cultural realities of the modern world. Drop a Street View pin anywhere in India and try to find a spot free of garbage, rubble, plastic waste or worse. The "Pindia Challenge" has taken off...
Ceuta Cops Claim Invaders Are Dragging Girls Into Mountains For Gang-Rapes
20.08.2026, 11:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ceuta Cops Claim Invaders Are Dragging Girls Into Mountains For Gang-Rapes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spanish National Police officers and the majority union Jupol are sounding the alarm over a horrific pattern in the North African enclave of Ceuta: illegal Moroccan migrants, including unaccompanied minors and undocumented adults,...
The Specter Of 'Economic Death' Looms Over All Of Us In Late-Stage Surveillance Capitalism
20.08.2026, 05:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Specter Of 'Economic Death' Looms Over All Of Us In Late-Stage Surveillance Capitalism Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, I used to think the whole “debanking” panic was overblown. I really did. I’d roll my eyes at the Twitter threads and the think-pieces about how we’re all living in some dystopian soft-censorship nightmare. I’m...
Your Bank Data Could Become A Profit Center - And You'll Pay the Price
20.08.2026, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Your Bank Data Could Become A Profit Center - And You'll Pay the Price Authored by Morgan Sweeney via The Center Square, A forthcoming federal rule on open banking may allow banks to charge new fees for access to consumer data, a move critics say would harm consumers and runs counter to other parts of President Donald Trump's agenda. Open banking allows...
'Quality Over Quantity': Reddit Is Mostly Wiped From ChatGPT Citations
20.08.2026, 00:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Quality Over Quantity': Reddit Is Mostly Wiped From ChatGPT Citations Nature is healing, with the latest data from the AI search visibility platform Promptwatch showing that OpenAI's ChatGPT citations from Reddit have plunged in recent weeks to nearly zero. "It looks like Reddit is almost wiped from ChatGPT sources; the query fanout changes had a big...
China's Tungsten Chokehold Turns Almonty Into The West's Critical-Metal Lifeline
19.08.2026, 21:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Tungsten Chokehold Turns Almonty Into The West's Critical-Metal Lifeline Almonty Industries has evolved from a junior miner into an established tungsten producer and a pure play on the China decoupling theme, the incoming defense rearmament supercycle in the West, AI infrastructure, and, of course, critical-mineral scarcity. As Western governments...
"This Is Huge!": Trump Hails Ibogaine Application Gift Aimed At Helping Veterans With Mental Illness
19.08.2026, 17:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Is Huge!": Trump Hails Ibogaine Application Gift Aimed At Helping Veterans With Mental Illness Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said that the University of Miami has given its original 1994 investigational new drug application for ibogaine to the federal government, a move he said would accelerate development...
SK Hynix Unleashes South Korea's Biggest-Ever 'Buyback Bazooka' To Halt Stock Rout
19.08.2026, 16:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SK Hynix Unleashes South Korea's Biggest-Ever 'Buyback Bazooka' To Halt Stock Rout Asian equities fell sharply overnight as the regional semiconductor rout intensified following another downdraft in US chipmakers on Tuesday (read morning wrap). Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan led the regional declines, while Chinese stocks also weakened despite the blockbuster...