Neueste Heute 27.04.2024 26.04.2024
Iran's Nightmares
28.04.2024, 05:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran's Nightmares Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Details of the recent limited Israeli retaliatory strike against Iranian anti-aircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions. Israel’s small volley of missiles hit their intended targets, to the point of zeroing in on the very launchers designed...
The Scramble For Antarctica
28.04.2024, 04:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Scramble For Antarctica Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, The “scramble for Antarctica” is slowly gathering steam, and it is not unrelated to a new “scramble for the Americas.” The ramifications for the Indo-Pacific and, indeed, for the global strategic balance are also profound. By 2024, Antarctica had at least 82 bases from...
How The Supreme Court's Immunity Decision Could Limit The Cases Against Trump
28.04.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How The Supreme Court's Immunity Decision Could Limit The Cases Against Trump Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court indicated on April 25 that it would issue a narrow ruling refining the scope of presidential immunity while leaving the details of former President Donald Trump’s other legal battles up to lower courts. The most...
Chinese Nationals Charged With Conspiracy to Export US Technology
28.04.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese Nationals Charged With Conspiracy to Export US Technology Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice has arrested two Chinese nationals who allegedly plotted to export U.S. technology to advance the People’s Republic of China’s military operations. Han Li, 44, and Lin Chen, 64, have been charged with several...
Office Market Availability Rate Hits Record High In San Francisco
27.04.2024, 23:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Office Market Availability Rate Hits Record High In San Francisco Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, A confluence of factors continues to impact San Francisco’s office market, with vacancy and availability rates reaching record highs in the first quarter of 2024, according to commercial real estate analysts at global companies Avison...
US Should Adopt UK's 'Rwanda Plan' To Address Illegal Immigration
27.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Should Adopt UK's 'Rwanda Plan' To Address Illegal Immigration Authored by Simon Hankinson via The Epoch Times, After nearly two years of legal and political challenges, Britain’s parliament has finally passed a law confirming that Rwanda is a safe place to send people who arrive in the UK illegally by sea. This is a major policy win for the Conservative...
Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General
27.04.2024, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, In 2007, the U.S. national debt was below $10 trillion, and the budget deficit was about $160 billion. Federal spending was about $3 trillion, and interest payments were approximately $400 billion. Then the numbers...
"Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society
27.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society By Erik-Jan van Harn and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank Summary Europe’s population is aging and this will stunt economic growth in the coming decades. Challenges are arising for social welfare, debt sustainability, and even strategic autonomy. Potential remedies...
Competition, The American Way
27.04.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Competition, The American Way Authored by Jack Miller via RealClearEducation, Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50% of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. Our high schools have been turned into college prep schools. Shop classes...
California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness
27.04.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high...
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack
27.04.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel - the vast majority of which were intercepted...
Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning IDF Unit In Apparent Reversal
27.04.2024, 00:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning IDF Unit In Apparent Reversal Via The Cradle The government of US President Joe Biden has decided against imposing sanctions on Israeli army units responsible for human rights violations against Palestinians, despite initial plans to do so. ABC News reported on Friday that a government assessment determined that three...
Emergency-O-Rama...
26.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Emergency-O-Rama... Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “We’ll certainly never forget the dark days of June 6... January 6th, excuse me.” - President “Joe Biden” The plum blossoms are ready to pop here. You can feel your blood rising. The evening sun lingers a little longer every day. Normally you’d celebrate, but not this...
US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh
26.04.2024, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh It's that time of year again and US bank deposits sure showed it... While money-market funds' total assets fell over $100BN, on a non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) basis, total bank deposits crashed by a stunning $258BN as Tax-Day cometh. That is considerably more than the $152BN...
Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances
26.04.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to pursue a criminal case against Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating dozens of airplane incidents since January, including one in which a Swiss Air...
NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A 'Seattle-Style' Occupation Zone Won't Be Tolerated
26.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A 'Seattle-Style' Occupation Zone Won't Be Tolerated Authored by Patricia Tolson via The Epoch Times, As protests escalate across college and university campuses in the United States, a New York Police Department (NYPD) official vowed that a “Seattle-style” occupation zone will not be tolerated on the streets of...
Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US
26.04.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against "Downward Spiral" In Relations With US On Friday Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, which brought to a close the US top diplomat's three day visit to China. Blinken warned the Chinese leader of another potential "downward spiral" in relations...
IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive
26.04.2024, 19:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation...
The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity
26.04.2024, 19:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach...
These States Are Making It Illegal For Illegal Immigrants To Enter
26.04.2024, 18:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These States Are Making It Illegal For Illegal Immigrants To Enter Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Conservative states across the country—Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Oklahoma—are taking border security matters into their own hands, proposing or passing legislation targeting illegal...
'For Your Own Safety': USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters
26.04.2024, 17:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'For Your Own Safety': USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters Citing safety concerns amid nationwide campus protests against Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, the University of Southern California on Thursday announced that its 2024 graduating class will not have the traditional main commencement ceremony that brings all graduates...
Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It
26.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook...
JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again
26.04.2024, 16:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again Having already lost more than 10% of its value versus the US dollar this year, the yen plunged further overnight after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated monetary policy will stay easy as he kept rates unchanged and showed little to no support for the embattled currency during...
UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs
26.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs Short-term inflation expectations rose... again... according to the latest UMich sentiment survey with 1-year expectations at 3.2% final, up from preliminary 3.1% for April, and 2.9% for March. This is the highest level since Nov 2023... Source: Bloomberg The headline sentiment also declined...
Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Prints Hotter-Than-Expected As Savings Rate Plunges
26.04.2024, 14:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Prints Hotter-Than-Expected As Savings Rate Plunges With inflation data surprising to the upside recently... Source: Bloomberg ...the doves' last chance for sooner than later rate-cuts is today's Core PCE Deflator - often described as The Fed's favorite inflation signal. Last month saw an uptick in the headline deflator...
Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency
26.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency In a rollercoaster 48 hours to close the week, yesterday's early market slump (after the disappointing Meta guidance) has been fully reversed and stock futures are now pointing sharply higher after blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet with attention...
Polish President Admits That Major Infrastructure Project Has Dual Military Purposes
26.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Polish President Admits That Major Infrastructure Project Has Dual Military Purposes Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Polish President Andrzej Duda revealed in an interview that the Central Communication Port (CPK by its Polish abbreviation) transportation megaproject outside of Warsaw has dual military purposes. He represents Poland’s prior...
Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left
26.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left Via The Epoch Times, Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke Monday at The Heritage Foundation about how the United States and the United Kingdom are facing very challenging forces in the global left, not just in terms of their extremist activists, but also in the power they hold...
The Great Game Returns To Central Asia
26.04.2024, 05:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Great Game Returns To Central Asia Via EurasiaNet.org, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reanimated US and EU interest in Central Asia. China has eclipsed Russia as the region's largest trade partner. Central Asian trade is diversifying away from Russia and towards the West. The Great Game is playing out once again in Central Asia, but it is getting...
SEC Expected To Deny Spot Ether ETFs In May, Consensys Sues Over 'Security' Status
26.04.2024, 02:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SEC Expected To Deny Spot Ether ETFs In May, Consensys Sues Over 'Security' Status There are increasing doubts among industry insiders that the SEC will approved Spot Ether ETFs in May, according to a report from Reuters. According to four people who participated, recent meetings between issuers and the SEC have been one-sided and agency staff have...
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy
26.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic dirty tricks left in the "we'll literally do anything but cut spending" bag, the Biden administration is pushing what could be the most destructive idea for our country since prohibition:...
Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend
25.04.2024, 22:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend After the first two Mag7 companies were a study in market paradoxes, when TSLA missed across the board and soared (after guiding much better than expected) and META beat across the board but plunged (after guiding weaker than expected while boosting...
Biden Campaign To Remain On TikTok Even After Signing Bill To Ban App
25.04.2024, 22:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Campaign To Remain On TikTok Even After Signing Bill To Ban App Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Despite the fact that Joe Biden signed into law a bill that will ban the Chinese social media app TikTok if its parent company does not sell it, his campaign will continue to use the app in the meantime. As Fox News reports, campaign...
Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid
25.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stagflation Signal Slams Stocks & Bonds; Bullion & Black Gold Bid Overall, US macro data has suddenly started to disappoint (not the least of which was today's ugly GDP print)... Source: Bloomberg But, while 'bad news' for the economy has recently been 'good news' for stocks (enables an easier Fed), today's data 'punched that narrative in the face'...
Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard
25.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates? Immigration Talks We Should Be Having Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having. The ideas also apply to the US. Last...
Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing
25.04.2024, 20:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lawmaker Suggests Iran Is Ready For Nuclear Weapon Testing Via Middle East Eye Iranian military commanders and high-ranking officials have warned they could change their approach in developing the country’s nuclear program after increasing tensions with Israel, implicitly announcing their readiness to take it into a military phase. Before the recent...
Largest Oil ETF Hit With Record Outflow On Subsiding Geopolitical Risk Premium
25.04.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Largest Oil ETF Hit With Record Outflow On Subsiding Geopolitical Risk Premium A reduced geopolitical risk premium for Brent crude this week is likely one of the main drivers resulting in the largest daily outflows for the US Oil Fund ETF. Tensions between Iran and Israel have subsided in recent days, and it's entirely possible the White House is...
Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World
25.04.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World By Michael Every of Rabobank The Golden Path USD/JPY is at 155, a fresh 34-year high, with the Yen slumping 10.2% year-to-date and suggestion that intervention may not come until we get to 160, a level last seen in 1986. USD/CAD is off recent lows at 1.37 but under pressure (as noted by Christian Lawrence): some suggest...
In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages
25.04.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages Hamas has rejected an urgent formal plea from world leaders to release all remaining Israeli hostages, with the designated terror group telling the West "you can't force us to do anything." Earlier on Thursday the US was among a group of 17 countries which have citizens...
Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump
25.04.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump After today's stagflationary GDP print, which came below the lowest Wall Street estimate even as core PCE came in above the highest estimate... ... there has been an outcry of horror from Wall Street's traders, analysts and strategists as the BEA once again steamrolled all over Wall Street's benevolent...
Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Appeal
25.04.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Trump's Presidential Immunity Appeal The Supreme Court will hear oral argument today over former President Donald Trump’s claim that he’s immune from criminal prosecution for official acts he undertook while in office. Listen live here (due to start at 1000ET): LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case on whether Trump...
This "Emperor" Has No Clothes
25.04.2024, 15:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This "Emperor" Has No Clothes Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Does the Fed even matter that much to the real economy and investor portfolios? That’s an important question that doesn’t get nearly enough scrutiny. It’s possible that neither the Fed nor the reporters who cover the Fed want to ask hard questions about what the Fed...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
I Kant Even: German Chancellor Triggered After Putin Quotes Legendary Philosopher
25.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - I Kant Even: German Chancellor Triggered After Putin Quotes Legendary Philosopher German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is quite upset, after Vladimir Putin quoted German philosopher Immanuel Kant - who the Russian president called "one of the greatest thinkers of both his time and ours," and said that the philosopher's call "to live by one's own wits" is relevant...
Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?
25.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In October of 2023 in my article ‘It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”’ I predicted that a multi-front war was about to develop between Israel and various Muslim nations including Lebanon...
Divide And Conquer: The Government's Propaganda Of Fear And Fake News
25.04.2024, 05:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Divide And Conquer: The Government's Propaganda Of Fear And Fake News Authored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social, religious, economic, racial, political...
COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Among Children Plummets Within Months: CDC Study
25.04.2024, 03:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Among Children Plummets Within Months: CDC Study Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Children who received an original COVID-19 vaccine have little protection against hospitalization just months after vaccination, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Children...
"We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k"
24.04.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k" Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, The UniParty's Day Of Infamy, Part 1 The clusterf*ck in the US House of Representatives this past weekend is surely the final straw. The dreadful grip of the UniParty on national security...
The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US
24.04.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Next Global Hegemon Has To Be Even Larger Than The US By Michael Every of Rabobank "Where it will end is very much up for grabs." Yesterday’s manufacturing PMIs shouted “stagflation”, even if some heard “rate cuts”. German manufacturing was 42.2, French 44.9, and Eurozone 45.6, as services were 53.3, 50.5, and 52.9 - but Europe must now...
You Only Had To Listen: Ron Paul Destroys Mike Johnson For Betraying America
24.04.2024, 19:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - You Only Had To Listen: Ron Paul Destroys Mike Johnson For Betraying America Former US Congressman Ron Paul has gone completely ham on Speaker Mike Johnson, first - writing in a recent Op-Ed that Johnson has "betrayed liberty and the Constitution" after reauthorizing FISA surveillance but casting the deciding vote that tanked an amendment to require...