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US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep'
23.04.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US & Philippines Kick Off Largest Ever Joint Drills On 'China's Doorstep' Tensions are soaring in waters off China as the US and its close regional ally the Philippines launched expansive joint war drills Monday, not far from hotly disputed maritime areas. At over 16,000 troops, the exercises called the "Balikatan" drills (or "shoulder to shoulder")...
Gold Hammered As Short-Squeeze Saves Stocks Ahead Of Micro/Macro Storm This Week
22.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Hammered As Short-Squeeze Saves Stocks Ahead Of Micro/Macro Storm This Week The "calm before the storm" of earnings and big macro this week (and no WW3 this weekend) was all the algos needed to ramp stocks during the US cash session after being reminded that the buyback-blackout period is almost over... And S&P HOD as algos start frontrunning the...
Here Comes The Cavalry?
22.04.2024, 21:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Here Comes The Cavalry? By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank Here Comes The Cavalry? The risk of imminent hot war between Israel and Iran seems to have dissipated for the time being. Israel on Friday delivered its promised response to the Iranian strike of the weekend before by hitting targets in Syria and the Iranian city of Isfahan. Reporting of the strikes...
NATO Member Rolls Out Red Carpet For Hamas Chief
22.04.2024, 21:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO Member Rolls Out Red Carpet For Hamas Chief As head of NATO's second largest military, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continued to stir controversy among allies by his Hamas-sympathetic stance. As early as last October, just on the heels of the Oct.7 Hamas terror attack, he was bluntly expressing that "Hamas is not a terror organization" but...
Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus
22.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus Tesla is slated to report earnings tomorrow and, as FT notes, investors are bracing for the "worst results in 7 years" from the EV manufacturer. Analysts predict that Tesla will post revenues of $22.3 billion for Q1, representing a year-over-year...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory
22.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Trust (Or The Lack Of It) Affects America's Trajectory Via SchiffGold.com, America’s trust in its institutions has rapidly eroded over the past 20 years. We have a lower level of trust in our judicial system and elections than most European countries. Some of this is natural, as Americans are uniquely individualistic, but much of it arises...
Desperate To Do Whatever It Takes, Unlikely To Make Any Difference: A Dire Warning From Mario Draghi
22.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperate To Do Whatever It Takes, Unlikely To Make Any Difference: A Dire Warning From Mario Draghi By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “We’ve made very clear to China -- and many other countries have as well -- that they should not be supplying Russia with weapons for use in its aggression against Ukraine,” said Secretary of State...
Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War
22.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential...
Breakfast Cereals Scrutinized For Pesticide That May Harm Reproduction
20.04.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Breakfast Cereals Scrutinized For Pesticide That May Harm Reproduction Authored by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Imagine starting your day with a bowl of cereal that could be silently affecting your family’s health. Recent studies show that chlormequat, a pesticide linked to reproductive issues, has been found in popular breakfast...
The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits
20.04.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The World's Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners...
Police Arrest 22 Suspects During Probe Into Major Fraud Linked to European Union COVID-19 Recovery Fund
19.04.2024, 16:51 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post Police Arrest 22 Suspects During Probe Into Major Fraud Linked...
Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation
19.04.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Reverse All Losses, Oil Slides After Iran Plays Down Israeli Attacks, Signals No Retaliation While US futures are still modestly in the red, they are not only well off the worst overnight levels, but they are almost unchanged since yesterday's close following a performative Israeli retaliation. which followed a performative Iranian attack, which...
Albanian "King Of Instagram" Used Platform To Tell Followers How To Sneak Into Britain, Join The Drug Trade
19.04.2024, 11:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Albanian "King Of Instagram" Used Platform To Tell Followers How To Sneak Into Britain, Join The Drug Trade While we're sure social media sites are busy moderating "misinformation" once again ahead of the all-important 2024 election, one influencer is using Instagram to give his followers tips on sneaking into Britain and making £6,000 a month working...
Weak EV Market Dragged Down European Car Sales In March
19.04.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weak EV Market Dragged Down European Car Sales In March By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Europe’s new car sales fell in March for the first time this year, dragged down by a decline in electric vehicle (EV) registrations and the timing of the Easter holidays, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, ACEA, said on Thursday. All...
Borrell Came Up With A Nifty Excuse For Why NATO Won't Shoot Down Russian Missiles Over Ukraine
19.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Borrell Came Up With A Nifty Excuse For Why NATO Won't Shoot Down Russian Missiles Over Ukraine Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, This is credible enough of a reason to justify a conventional NATO intervention in defense of Israel without giving Ukraine grounds to claim that there are double standards at play. Ukraine became jealous like never...
Inside The Disinformation Industry
18.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inside The Disinformation Industry Authored by Freddie Sayers via UnHerd.com, “Our team re-reviewed the domain, the rating will not change as it continues to have anti-LGBTQI+ narratives… The site authors have been called out for being anti-trans. Kathleen Stock is acknowledged as a ‘prominent gender-critical’ feminist.” This was part of an...
Workers Who Had Their Middle-Class Status Offshored By 40-Years Of Neoliberalism Are Finally Vindicated
18.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Workers Who Had Their Middle-Class Status Offshored By 40-Years Of Neoliberalism Are Finally Vindicated By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank An Eye For An Eye Treasury yields fell yesterday for the first time this week. The 2-year was down 5.5bps to 4.93%, while Brent crude gave up 3% to be sitting well below the $90/bbl again. Crude is sending some interesting...
SAAB CEO Says Rising War Risk Drives Defense Spending; Missile Stocks In Bull Market
18.04.2024, 18:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - SAAB CEO Says Rising War Risk Drives Defense Spending; Missile Stocks In Bull Market Let's start with these five most recent headlines that show why defense spending needs to increase in a world evolving into a multi-polar state marked by conflict and uncertainty: World Stumbles Into "More Dangerous Decade" As Defense Spending Soars, Says Military...
Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance
18.04.2024, 14:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance Authored by Bob Goodlatte & Mark Udall via RealClear Wire, When the U.S. House passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), which reauthorizes the FISA Section 702 surveillance authority, it overlooked something big – an amendment that would drive the greatest expansion...
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
18.04.2024, 14:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to outperform, pushing the Nasdaq 0.4% higher after TSMC delivered...
US Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition
18.04.2024, 12:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Submits 'Assurances' To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition Via Consortium News The United States Embassy on Tuesday filed two assurances with the British Foreign Office saying it would not seek the death penalty against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and would allow Assange “the ability to raise and seek to reply upon at trial...
The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs
18.04.2024, 11:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Unnamed Reuters sources said on Wednesday that the European Commission is preparing to sue Germany over its fees for purchasing gas from German storage in contravention of the European Union’s single market rules. In a matter of...
Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax
18.04.2024, 09:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperation Behind European Politicians' Latest Russiagate Hoax Authored by Peter Sourek, Cecile Jilkova, and Michael Shellenberg via Public Substack, The success of right-wing German political party AfD led European politicians to abuse their powers, perhaps illegally... European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová (left) Prime Minister of the...
The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine's Industrial Agriculture
18.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine's Industrial Agriculture Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Oakland Institute published a detailed report in February 2023 titled “War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine’s Agricultural Land”, which exposed how foreign firms have clandestinely taken control of a...
Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal
18.04.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal Iran has newly declared that its military will begin a mission to escort Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, protecting them from any potential hostile attacks or intercepts from the West or Israel, which comes as Washington and the European Union are readying expanded...
Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes
18.04.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes With Western sanctions widely failing against Russia, as well as Ukraine's depleted air force unable to patrol its skies, Western leaders have said General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets would be game-changing in the war (these are the same leaders that said the...
Russia Just Helped Swing a European Election
17.04.2024, 22:32 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Slovakia’s new Russia-friendly president won office with the help of a barrage of pro-Kremlin disinformation....
Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace
17.04.2024, 18:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace On Wednesday Russian missiles slammed into the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing at least 17 people and wounding scores more, according to local officials. The attack came during a busy time of the day in a downtown district. President...
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang
17.04.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes
17.04.2024, 08:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Push For A 'Middle East NATO' Failed To Emerge During Iran Strikes Via Middle East Eye The Islamic Republic’s Saturday attack on Israel was a made-for social media moment. It was also the ultimate test of US efforts to cobble together a coalition of Arab states and Israel in a so-called Middle East NATO, to jointly defend an attack from Tehran...
China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023
17.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China's Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High In 2023 By Tom Kool of OilPrice.com China’s crude oil imports hit a record high in 2023, rising by 10% year-over-year and breaking the previous record from 2020 when the world’s top crude oil importer took advantage of the price crash to gorge on cheap crude. Last year, China’s crude oil imports averaged...
"Only Good For WW3": Slovakia To Oppose Ukraine's NATO Membership Bid
16.04.2024, 16:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Only Good For WW3": Slovakia To Oppose Ukraine's NATO Membership Bid Last October saw a significant shift in Slovakia's trajectory related to its stance on the Ukraine war, after the populist left-wing party Smer took the most votes in the country's national election. Its head, who ascended to his fourth term as prime minister, Robert Fico, advanced...
Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal
16.04.2024, 15:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound On Strong Earnings Even As Global Market Mood Remains Dismal S&P futures traded modestly in the green, erasing earlier losses and signaling a recovery after the S&P 500 fell more than 1% in the past two sessions, following stronger than expected earnings from index heavyweight UnitedHealth Group which soared 6% after reporting first-quarter...
Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion
16.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia's Military Is Bigger Than Before Invasion Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A top US general told Congress last week that Russia’s military is 15% bigger today than it was before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, an acknowledgment that the goal of "weakening" Russia has failed. "The army is actually now larger — by 15% — than...
"Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe
16.04.2024, 10:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Returning To Petrol": Volkswagen EV Sales Plunge 25% In Europe Europe is "returning to petrol", according to a new article from Yahoo Finance which highlighted Volkswagen's EV sales as the canary in the coalmine. Sales of Volkswagen's electric vehicles have declined by nearly 25% in Europe, with a noticeable shift back to gasoline-powered cars amid...
US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours
16.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Says Over 90 Missiles & Drones Were Launched From Yemen In Past 48 Hours New statements from the Pentagon issued Monday have said the Houthis fired over 90 ballistic missiles and drones - most of which were intercepted by US and allied forces over the past 48 hours, once the Iranian attack kicked off in the overnight hours of Saturday. US Central...
Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024
16.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Security Ramped-Up In Germany After Jihadists Threaten Drone Strikes At Euro 2024 Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, An offshoot terror cell affiliated with Islamic State has published propaganda encouraging jihadists to target German football stadiums during this summer’s European Championships. In the latest issue of the “Voice of Khorasan”...
Lockheed Martin Wins $17BN Interceptor Contract To Protect US Homeland
16.04.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lockheed Martin Wins $17BN Interceptor Contract To Protect US Homeland With one massive war in Eastern Europe grinding past two years and with another potential major war brewing in the Middle East, Western defense contractors are perhaps the only ones with a smile on their faces while much of the rest of humanity suffers. On Monday the US Missile Defense...
UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense'
15.04.2024, 14:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK, France, Germany Join Biden's Call For Israel's Restraint While Russia Defends Iran's Strike As 'Self-Defense' As Israel's war cabinet again meets Monday to debate how to respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel, intense international reaction continues, with leading European countries joining the Biden White House in urging restraint...
Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel
15.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Bitcoin Jump, Oil Drops As Markets Move Beyond This Weekend's Scripted Military Exchange Between Iran And Israel Following the emotional rollercoaster of this weekend geopolitical "straight to DVD" soap opera, in which Iran pretended to retaliate to Israel's embassy bombing with an attack that was meant to be a dud (and succeeded), which in...
"This Memory-Holing Bull$hit Makes Me Go Ballistic" - CJ Hopkins' Greatest Satiricial Ragefest Yet
15.04.2024, 11:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "This Memory-Holing Bull$hit Makes Me Go Ballistic" - CJ Hopkins' Greatest Satiricial Ragefest Yet Authored by CJ Hopkins via Substack, Thank God for the German Hate Police! Or heil … or whatever the appropriate salutation is for these unsung heroes. They just saved us all from “hate” again! Yes, that’s right, once again, democracy-loving people...
WHO Official Admits Vaccine Passports May Have Been A Scam
14.04.2024, 21:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WHO Official Admits Vaccine Passports May Have Been A Scam Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle (subscribe here), The World Health Organization’s Dr. Hanna Nohynek testified in court that she advised her government that vaccine passports were not needed but was ignored, despite explaining that the COVID vaccines did not stop...
Watch 'Weaponized Migration' In Action: Hundreds Storm Polish Border From Belarus
14.04.2024, 13:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch 'Weaponized Migration' In Action: Hundreds Storm Polish Border From Belarus Coming from Russia-allied Belarus, hundreds of "very aggressive" migrants carrying ladders and wielding rocks and tree branches stormed the border of Poland on Wednesday, but were repelled by security forces. Belarus has long been accused of "weaponizing" migrants by encouraging...
The Hidden Cost Of Progressivism, Part I
14.04.2024, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Hidden Cost Of Progressivism, Part I Authored by David Parker via The Epoch Times, With the U.S. Constitution, the Founding Fathers created a nation of maximum individual freedom, maximum individual responsibility, limited government, and classical liberalism. Having fled anti-democratic European aristocracy, privileged class structure, and limited...
CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths
14.04.2024, 00:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CDC Study Doesn't 'Debunk' Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines & Sudden-Deaths Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study does not disprove a link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths among young people, contrary to claims. The study, published by the CDC’s quasi-journal...
US Pressuring China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia To Halt Attack Plans On Israel
13.04.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pressuring China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia To Halt Attack Plans On Israel The past days have seen American diplomats in a global push to get countries to hold back Iran from launching a retaliatory attack on Israel for its April 1st embassy attack in Damascus. Washington is especially leaning on China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in hopes that a united...
This Next Bean Is Hyperinflating, And It's Not Cocoa
13.04.2024, 15:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - This Next Bean Is Hyperinflating, And It's Not Cocoa The next bean hyperinflating is Robusta coffee futures in London, hitting fresh record highs on Friday. This comes as poor harvests in Vietnam, the world's second-largest producer of robusta beans, fuels concerns about global shortages. Also, arabica futures are erupting. Futures for robusta, the...