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Will The Iran War Trigger A Dollar Crisis?
17.03.2026, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will The Iran War Trigger A Dollar Crisis? The oil spike has moderated and markets are mellow for the time being, but could the long-term economic consequences of this war just be getting started? U.S. allies have shown a lackluster response after President Trump’s request for assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz — a corridor carrying roughly...
The Kobayashi Maru Scenario
17.03.2026, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Kobayashi Maru Scenario By Michael Every of Rabobank The Kobayashi Maru Scenario Yesterday's Global Daily by Ben Picton, 'The Wrath of Kharg', couldn't help but get me thinking about the infamous Kobayashi Maru scenario in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. For those unfamiliar, back when Star Trek was a popular franchise based on serious ideas, not...
Iraq Negotiates With Iran To Reopen Vital Oil Shipping Route
17.03.2026, 14:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iraq Negotiates With Iran To Reopen Vital Oil Shipping Route Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The federal Iraqi government is in contact with Iran to persuade Tehran to allow some Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani said on Tuesday. “There is communication with Iran regarding...
SK Chairman Warns Global Memory Crunch May Last Until 2030
17.03.2026, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SK Chairman Warns Global Memory Crunch May Last Until 2030 SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won warned that the global high-bandwidth memory crunch, driven by AI data center buildouts, will last until the end of the decade. Chey told reporters on the sidelines of Nvidia's annual developer conference, 'GTC 2026,' at the San Jose Convention Center in California...
Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow
17.03.2026, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow Stock futures have reversed overnight losses and traded at session high, just above the flatline, despite diesel topping $5 a gallon - the highest since 2022 - with Iran expanding attacks on energy infrastructure around the Middle East and Israel targeting military...
"Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate
17.03.2026, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate Summary: Israel claims major decapitation strike: Says Ali Larijani and Basij chief Gholamreza Soleimani were killed, but Iran disputes. Iran rejects ceasefire, vows escalation: Leadership says it’s not "the right time for peace"...
Renunciation Of US Citizenship Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper
17.03.2026, 13:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Renunciation Of US Citizenship Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper Authored by Adam Dick via the Ron Paul Institute, There was some good news for liberty on Friday. That is when a roughly 80 percent reduction in the fee the United States government imposes on individuals giving up their US citizenship took effect. The fee was lowered from 2,350 dollars to...
Iran "Starts New Phase Of Oil War" After Energy Production Hit
17.03.2026, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran "Starts New Phase Of Oil War" After Energy Production Hit Crude oil futures rose in overnight trading, with Brent nearly reaching $105 per barrel and WTI climbing as high as $98.42 per barrel, as Iran intensified drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf. "Further ominous developments today. For the first time, Iran successfully targeted...
Goldman Says Food Companies Struck An "Overall Cautious Tone" On The Consumer
17.03.2026, 11:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Says Food Companies Struck An "Overall Cautious Tone" On The Consumer The latest read on the American consumer comes from Goldman analysts led by Leah Jordan, who compiled the most important commentary from food companies on consumer behavior trends in the fourth quarter. It's worth noting, however, that this snapshot predates the energy shock...
British Children's Writer's Career Ended By Trans Activists After She Dared To Say Kids Can't Change Sex
17.03.2026, 11:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - British Children's Writer's Career Ended By Trans Activists After She Dared To Say Kids Can't Change Sex Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Rachel Rooney, once a celebrated children’s poet, has been forced to abandon her career after trans activists launched a vicious assault on her for simply stating biological truths. In a revealing new...
West Virginia Is America's Fattest State
17.03.2026, 10:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - West Virginia Is America's Fattest State More than one in three adults is obese in most U.S. states, according to the latest CDC data. In several Southern states, the rate now exceeds 40%. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows the percentage of adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher across all 50 states and U.S. territories...
Israel Dominates Claude AI Usage Around The World
17.03.2026, 09:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Dominates Claude AI Usage Around The World New data from Anthropic reveals where its Claude AI chatbot is gaining the most traction worldwide. While Israel tops the overall ranking, the United States leads among countries with at least 10,000 Claude conversations, scoring 3.69x on the index. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Tasmin...
European Nations Pull Their 'Anti-ISIS' Mission Troops Out Of Iraq
17.03.2026, 07:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Nations Pull Their 'Anti-ISIS' Mission Troops Out Of Iraq Spain has quietly pulled its special forces out of Iraq after deteriorating security conditions made it impossible to continue operations safely, the Spanish Ministry of Defense confirmed Sunday. Spain currently has about 300 troops deployed in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition against...
"I Am Extremely Disappointed In Donald Trump" – AfD Co-Leader Warns Of WWIII
17.03.2026, 07:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I Am Extremely Disappointed In Donald Trump" – AfD Co-Leader Warns Of WWIII Via Remix News, The co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Tino Chrupalla, is actively voicing his disapproval of the American and Israeli war against Iran. He has gone so far as to warn that the war could lead to a third world war and indicates that Trump has broken...
Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan
17.03.2026, 04:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan Via Middle East Eye Israel is set to keep Al-Aqsa Mosque closed through the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr and beyond, Middle East Eye has learnt. Sources familiar with the occupied East Jerusalem mosque’s affairs said Israeli authorities informed the Islamic...
China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan & Afghanistan After Weeks Of War
17.03.2026, 04:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan & Afghanistan After Weeks Of War There's actually another hot war in the Middle East which has been raging, quite apart from the Iran-US-Israel war. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in a tense border conflict for weeks at this point. The Associated Press on Monday described the latest developments...
Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro: Report
17.03.2026, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro: Report Authored by Ken Silva via HeadlineUSA, The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Journal, the former Chevron...
Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why Is Congress Standing In The Way?
17.03.2026, 03:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Voter ID Has Massive Public Support: Why Is Congress Standing In The Way? The "controversy" in the US over voter ID requirements is an entirely fabricated affair, and a primary source of obstruction is the very government supposedly elected to represent the public will. That is to say, the only people that don't support the SAVE Act are politicians...
The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority
17.03.2026, 02:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Prosthetic Principle: AI As Cognitive Infrastructure, Not Cognitive Authority Authored by Bryant McGill via substack, Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a thinking instrument—a layer of cognitive infrastructure through which humans write, model, reason, and explore ideas. Yet most debates about AI safety, alignment, and moderation miss...
DOE Unleashes $500M To Break China's Grip On Critical Materials
17.03.2026, 02:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DOE Unleashes $500M To Break China's Grip On Critical Materials The DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for up to $500 million for advancing its strategy to develop secure domestic sources of critical minerals and battery materials. The aim is to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers...
Parents - Not Schools - Must Be In Charge Of Their Children
17.03.2026, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Parents - Not Schools - Must Be In Charge Of Their Children Authored by Keri Ingraham via The Epoch Times, Earlier in March, the U.S. Supreme Court had to step in and reaffirm the basic reality that parents, not schools, must be the primary decision-makers for their children. In the Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling, the Court determined that the California...
AAA National Average Gas Price Soars Most On Record
17.03.2026, 01:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AAA National Average Gas Price Soars Most On Record AAA (American Automobile Association) reports that the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has surged nearly 25% so far this month, putting it on track for the largest monthly increase on record, even surpassing the May 2009 spike, unless the Middle East conflict is resolved quickly...
Russia's Rumored Telegram Block Appears Underway As Outage Reports Surge
17.03.2026, 00:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia's Rumored Telegram Block Appears Underway As Outage Reports Surge Reports are flooding in from across Russia that Telegram is suddenly going dark, fueling speculation that the Kremlin may already be testing a nationwide block ahead of a rumored planned crackdown next month. "Over the last 24 hours, Telegram has effectively stopped working through...
SEC Preparing Proposal To Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement
16.03.2026, 23:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SEC Preparing Proposal To Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement Very soon,10-Qs may be a thing of the past. The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal to eliminate the requirement to report earnings quarterly and instead give companies the option to share results twice a year, the WSJ reports citing people familiar with the...
US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure
16.03.2026, 23:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, Across large swaths of the United States, drought conditions and the explosion of data centers have brought renewed attention to the future of the water supply. But the biggest concern may be something local governments have known about for years:...
The Greatest Risk For The Global Economy Is Stagflation Driven By Governments, Not Oil
16.03.2026, 22:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Greatest Risk For The Global Economy Is Stagflation Driven By Governments, Not Oil Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The current oil price forward curve shows that the current global energy shock may be significant but short-lived. The forward curve presents a steep disinflationary trend to $80 per barrel by the end of 2026. Markets are discounting...
Neues vom COVID-19-Hersteller Wuhan Institute of Virology: Genmanipulierte Mosquitos, die Fledermäuse “impfen”
16.03.2026, 21:56 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - Bats serve as critical reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens but also play essential ecological roles. To mitigate spillover risks without harming bat populations, we developed a multiroute vaccination strategy using recombinant ve- sicular stomatitis virus (rVSV)–based vaccines. Vaccine-carrying mosquitoes delivered rVSV-based rabies and Nipah vaccines...
Armor-Piercing Ammo Metal Up 557% As China Chokes Supply, War Demand Surges
16.03.2026, 21:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Armor-Piercing Ammo Metal Up 557% As China Chokes Supply, War Demand Surges Tungsten, used in missiles, tank rounds, armor-piercing ammunition, and some smaller-caliber munitions, has surged in price over the last year as China curbed exports and global supplies tightened. This is a major concern, as multi-front conflicts - from the Middle East to Eastern...
"...The Entire Internet Has Doomer Fatigue"
16.03.2026, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "...The Entire Internet Has Doomer Fatigue" Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "I can tell the entire internet has doomer fatigue." - Catturd on X The mysterious financial repo markets - which practically no one outside of banking understands (and even some banking insiders don't) - started showing some signs of stress recently (forward rates spiking:...
Guess What Ireland's President Said About St. Patrick's Day...
16.03.2026, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Guess What Ireland's President Said About St. Patrick's Day... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Irish President Catherine Connolly marked her first St. Patrick’s Day in office with a message that reframed Ireland’s patron saint as a symbol for open borders and ‘global citizenship’, urging the Irish to embrace migrants amid ongoing...
Cuba Suffers "Total Disconnection" Of Power Grid; Trump Says Deal With Havana 'Pretty Soon'
16.03.2026, 20:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cuba Suffers "Total Disconnection" Of Power Grid; Trump Says Deal With Havana 'Pretty Soon' Summary: Cuba's National Electrical System suffered a "total disconnection" on Monday afternoon. Trump said on Sunday that he expects a U.S.-Cuba deal very soon. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel admitted on Friday that talks between Havana and Washington are...
Silver's Endgame: Almost Too Obvious
16.03.2026, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Silver's Endgame: Almost Too Obvious Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, The case for silver is now almost too obvious. Silver’s Fat Pitch Like many Americans, I grew up playing a fair amount of baseball. Part of this involved trying to hit a little round ball with the equivalent of a modified, wooden stick. Like asset prices and market...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells CNN That MAGA Feels '100% Betrayed' By Iran War
16.03.2026, 19:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells CNN That MAGA Feels '100% Betrayed' By Iran War Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has become a big fan of CNN since her departure from Congress since, we're guessing, FOX and Newsmax aren't excited to give her a platform of late. On Monday, she appeared on The Situation Room to once again declare doom and gloom for the...
America's Nuclear Fuel Chain Gains As General Matter Earns $4.2 Billion Of Support From Ex-Im Bank
16.03.2026, 18:58 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America's Nuclear Fuel Chain Gains As General Matter Earns $4.2 Billion Of Support From Ex-Im Bank This past weekend saw a major announcement from the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial in Tokyo, with the U.S. Export-Import Bank issuing letters of interest for $4.2 billion of capital for Japanese and South Korean reactor owners to purchase low-enriched...
Michigan Synagogue Attacker Has Ties To Iranian-Backed Hezbollah Rocket Unit
16.03.2026, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Michigan Synagogue Attacker Has Ties To Iranian-Backed Hezbollah Rocket Unit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New revelations link the terrorist behind the Michigan synagogue rampage directly to Hezbollah operatives, underscoring the dangers of unchecked immigration from terror hotspots. America’s borders have been a sieve under leftist...
SNAP Recipients Claim Trump Trying To "Destabilize Food Access", Sue Feds Over Junk Food Ban
16.03.2026, 18:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SNAP Recipients Claim Trump Trying To "Destabilize Food Access", Sue Feds Over Junk Food Ban The Make America Healthy Again agenda just found its first serious legal challenger. This week, five food stamp recipients filed suit in Washington, D.C., federal court demanding the right to spend taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits on candy, soda, and energy drinks...
"Problem Is Solvable": Airline CEOs Urge Congress To End Shutdown, Pay TSA Workers
16.03.2026, 17:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Problem Is Solvable": Airline CEOs Urge Congress To End Shutdown, Pay TSA Workers The Department of Homeland Security's social media team on X spent the weekend blaming Democrats for the travel chaos unfolding at airports nationwide, as TSA agents failed to report to work during a funding lapse caused by Senate Democrats' refusal to fund the DHS budget...
Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers
16.03.2026, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers Authored by Jonathan Turley, Last week, Chief Judge James Boasberg delivered a blow to the criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell by tossing out grand jury subpoenas. Boasberg declared the investigation overtly political and coercive, without any...
Mexico Truck Production Plunges 50% In February As US Exports Slow
16.03.2026, 16:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mexico Truck Production Plunges 50% In February As US Exports Slow By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves Mexico’s heavy-vehicle industry posted sharp year-over-year declines in production, exports and sales in February, signaling continued weakness across the country’s truck manufacturing sector. Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography...
Woke Celebrities Applaud Themselves At Oscars As Hollywood Burns
16.03.2026, 16:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Woke Celebrities Applaud Themselves At Oscars As Hollywood Burns There is something rather uncomfortable about the Hunger Games aesthetics of Hollywood and the Oscars these days. The pomp is tinged and the glamour faded. The glitter and velvet curtains no longer hide the stinking rot that hides underneath. The fact that a bunch of washed-up and...
The Wrath Of Kharg
16.03.2026, 15:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Wrath Of Kharg By Ben Picton, Senior Market Startegist at Rabobank Brent crude is bid again this morning as markets digest the dump of news over the weekend relating to the Iran war. On the bullish side for crude was the US decision to bomb Iranian military assets on Kharg Island – the Persian Gulf port where up to 90% of Iranian oil exports are...
Nano Nuclear Progresses HALEU Transport Package
16.03.2026, 15:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nano Nuclear Progresses HALEU Transport Package Nano Nuclear released a notable update this morning for achieving conceptual design milestones on its proprietary, optimized HALEU transportation package, developed in partnership with German nuclear logistics heavyweight GNS. Through subsidiary Advanced Fuel Transportation (AFT), the company has nailed...
BYD Shares Soar Most In 13 Months As Chinese EV Push Into Americas Accelerates
16.03.2026, 15:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BYD Shares Soar Most In 13 Months As Chinese EV Push Into Americas Accelerates Shares of Chinese EV maker BYD surged the most in 13 months after a report that its factory in Bahia, Brazil, a former Ford Motor plant, secured export orders for about 100,000 vehicles from Argentina and Mexico. This development suggests BYD's strategy to localize production...
Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran
16.03.2026, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran After Friday's revelation that it was the first consecutive monthly Friday 13th for 11 years, DB's Jim Reid writes that today's nearly-as-impressive revelation is that this week sees the Fed, ECB, BoJ and BoE all meet in a single calendar week for the first time since December 2021...
Israel Expects Iran War To Continue At Least Into April, Lebanon Conflict Longer
16.03.2026, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Expects Iran War To Continue At Least Into April, Lebanon Conflict Longer The White House has struggled to present the American public and the world with a clear timeline or precise strategy on Operation Epic Fury, but Israel has seemed clearer on signaling it is settling in for a longer war. Israel is bracing for its war with Iran to stretch...
Florida Passes Voter ID Bill Modeled After SAVE Act
16.03.2026, 14:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Florida Passes Voter ID Bill Modeled After SAVE Act Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The Florida Legislature passed new election legislation modeled after President Donald Trump’s proposed SAVE America Act. House Bill 991, sponsored by state Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, passed along party lines by a vote of 83 to 31. “We are the Election...
US Industrial Production Rises For 4th Straight Month In February
16.03.2026, 14:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Industrial Production Rises For 4th Straight Month In February After a strong gain in January, US Industrial Production continued to expand in February, rising 0.2% MoM (better than expected +0.1%) - the fourth straight month of gains with Production up 1.44% YoY... Source: Bloomberg Manufacturing output also beat expectations, rising 0.2% MoM in...
Starmer Vows UK Won't Be Drawn Into Wider War In Middle East, Hormuz Crisis 'Not A Simple Task'
16.03.2026, 14:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Starmer Vows UK Won't Be Drawn Into Wider War In Middle East, Hormuz Crisis 'Not A Simple Task' British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to President Trump on Sunday night, with Starmer on Monday describing that the two leaders discussed events "in the way that you would expect between two allies and two leaders" and he had a "good relationship" with...
Futures Jump, Oil Slides On Fresh Hormuz Hopes
16.03.2026, 13:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump, Oil Slides On Fresh Hormuz Hopes Stock futures are higher AS energy prices dip modestly even as the war in the Middle East enters a third week, with Trump’s endgame unclear amid requests for international help to reopen the SoH. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.8% and and Nasdaq futures gain 1.0% with all Mag 7 names higher in...
This Polycrisis Is Unique
16.03.2026, 13:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Polycrisis Is Unique Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, When understood as a wave, the current Everything Bubble is not sustainable. The problem with predictions based on the past is the analogies we discern are interpretations which means if we like one interpretation more than the alternatives, we stretch the present crisis...