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Pentagon Chief Engaged In Pressuring EU Countries To Give Up Their Patriot Systems
01.05.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Chief Engaged In Pressuring EU Countries To Give Up Their Patriot Systems America's top defense official is engaged in efforts to pressure European countries to give up their own US-made anti-air defenses for Ukraine. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he's been actively encouraging countries to donate their Patriot missile systems...
Eurozone Exits Recession
01.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eurozone Exits Recession By Maartje Wijffelaars and Elwin de Groot of Rabobank Eurozone leaves recessionary territory The Eurozone economy grew by 0.3% q/q at the start of the year, exceeding expectations. Growth follows two quarters in which the economy mildly contracted. Among the largest member states, Spain again took the lead, growing by a stunning...
DoJ Charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' With Tax Fraud
01.05.2024, 00:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DoJ Charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' With Tax Fraud Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The early crypto investor, often called ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ faces extradition to the U.S. after being charged with evading nearly $50 million in taxes. Officials with the United States Department of Justice announced charges against early Bitcoin investor Roger...
Von Greyerz: The Real Move In Gold & Silver Is Yet To Start
30.04.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Von Greyerz: The Real Move In Gold & Silver Is Yet To Start Authored by Egon von Greyerz via VonGreyerz.gold, Since the October 2023 gold low of just over $1,600 gold is up but is anyone buying? Well no, certainly none of the normal players. Gold Depositories, Gold Funds and Gold ETFs have lost just under 1,400 tonnes of their gold holdings in the last...
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings
29.04.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, JOLTS, ISM And Tons Of Earnings As DB's Jim Reid notes, with just two days left in a rollercoaster April for markets - and FX - last week actually saw the best week for the S&P 500 (+2.67%) and NASDAQ (+4.23%) since November, following several weeks of declines, as earnings gave markets...
Biden Embraces G20-Proposed 2% Wealth Tax To Battle 'Racial Wealth Inequality'
29.04.2024, 16:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Embraces G20-Proposed 2% Wealth Tax To Battle 'Racial Wealth Inequality' Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Biden and Yellen support a global minimum tax on corporations. And a new wealth tax scheme is now in the works... Watch Out for a Global Wealth Tax The Wall Street Journal says Watch Out for a Global Wealth Tax In our new socialist...
Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement
29.04.2024, 16:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement Soon on the heels of President Biden last week signing into law a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine's defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday indicated that he's working with Washington on a bilateral security agreement which would last ten years. "We...
Futures Rise, Yen Downgraded To Banana Republic Currency After Another Rollercoaster Session
29.04.2024, 14:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Yen Downgraded To Banana Republic Currency After Another Rollercoaster Session US equity futures swung between gains and losses and traded near session highs as US traders walked to their desks on Monday morning after a rollercoaster day for the Japanese yen, which increasingly looks like some 3rd world banana republic currency instead...
How Skeptical Are Europeans About Vaccinations?
28.04.2024, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Skeptical Are Europeans About Vaccinations? 31 percent of people surveyed in Poland as part of Statista’s Consumer Insights survey say they have little confidence in the safety of vaccinations. The low influenza vaccination rate among older individuals in Poland points to the potential practical consequences of such attitudes - although the...
"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...
EU Prepares To Tighten Screws On Russian LNG Imports
26.04.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Prepares To Tighten Screws On Russian LNG Imports By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com In a move that could reshape Europe's energy landscape, the European Commission is poised to propose new sanctions targeting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. According to Reuters sources close to the matter, the proposed measures will include a ban on...
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...
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...
EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine
23.04.2024, 08:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Trying To Convince Greece & Spain To 'Sacrifice' Their Own Anti-Air Defenses For Ukraine NATO and European Union leaders are literally pressuring member states to sacrifice their own national defense for the sake of Ukraine, part of the ongoing saga of desperation which has led some Western nations to deplete domestic arms and ammo stockpiles...
UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood
18.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood Friday will witness another Gaza-related showdown in a very divided United Nations Security Council, as council member Algeria has prepared a draft resolution for the body recognize a Palestinian state. It would require nine votes and no vetoes on the part of the US, Britain, France...
Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading
17.04.2024, 02:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Less Than One Third Of US Men Enjoy Reading It’s National Libraries Week in the United States and to mark it we’re looking at readership patterns around the world. As Anna Fleck shows, based on data from Statista’s Consumer Insights survey shows, women were more likely to say that reading is one of their personal hobbies than men in all of the...
Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts
16.04.2024, 13:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Central Banks Are Wrong About Rate-Cuts Authored by Daniel Lacalle, When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can...
The Best And Worst Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers
16.04.2024, 11:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Best And Worst Countries For LGBTQ+ Travelers In order to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartacus started publishing the Gay Travel Index in 2012. In the 2024 edition, the ranking compared 213 countries and territories based on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people in each location...
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”...
Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024
13.04.2024, 13:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron First Threatens Russia With Troops, Then Buys €600 Million Of Gas From Moscow In Q1 2024 Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, At the same time that French President Emmanuel Macron is threatening to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia, his country is fueling the Russian war effort by purchasing €600 million worth of natural gas...
Brazil Reinstating Visa Requirements, Including Submitting Bank Statements, For U,S, Travelers
13.04.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Brazil Reinstating Visa Requirements, Including Submitting Bank Statements, For U,S, Travelers Brazil is reinstating its visa requirement for US tourists, previously lifted in 2019. Although e-visas were briefly available, the system was abolished. The processing time for visas averages five working days, but officials advise applying two months in...
Neues von der Kinderfickerfront: Priester der Gesellschaft St. Pius X. gibt jahrelanges sexuelles Fehlverhalten mit Minderjährigen zu
12.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. >b's weblog - https: - The 58-year-old is charged with misconduct against seven boys, often during church-related activities like scout camps in France, Spain, and Switzerland, the paper said, noting the abuse allegedly took place over a 15-year period between 2002 and 2018.Dem 58-Jährigen wird vorgeworfen, sich an sieben Jungen vergangen zu haben, oft bei kirchlichen Aktivitäten...
Sound Money Vs. Fiat Currency: Trade And Credit Are The Wild Cards
12.04.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sound Money Vs. Fiat Currency: Trade And Credit Are The Wild Cards Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We need to start thinking outside the current system, which has no solutions. Our convictions about money are quasi-religious: heretics are burned at the stake. I'm not sure which stake I'll be tied to, because all the conventional...
Grid Bottlenecks On The Way In Europe?
10.04.2024, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Grid Bottlenecks On The Way In Europe? A new analysis by the energy think tank Ember has found that several countries in Europe could soon face bottlenecks in their national transmission energy grids, as more solar and wind power will be generated than these networks have capacity for. As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the following chart , Spain...
More Russian LNG Being Exported To Europe Than Asia
09.04.2024, 09:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Russian LNG Being Exported To Europe Than Asia By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports gained over 4% in the first quarter of this year as it increased output to replace sanctioned pipeline gas exports to Europe, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday. Citing a 4.3% (8.7 million metric ton)...
Mapping Average Wages Across Europe
08.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapping Average Wages Across Europe Much has been written about the best countries in Europe to visit, sight-see at, or vacation in. But the economic powerhouse of a continent also has eight of the top 20 largest economies, the biggest single-market area, and some of the richest countries in the world. How does all of that translate into how much people...
Europe's South Takes The Lead
06.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe's South Takes The Lead By Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior Economist at Rabobank Brent crude oil extended its gains and broke through the 90 dollars a barrel threshold yesterday, for the first time since end-October last year. The commodity continues its ascend this morning and at the time of writing it’ll cost you 91.2 dollars to buy a barrel....
Beer Beats Wine In Regular Consumption
06.04.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beer Beats Wine In Regular Consumption Alcohol has long been portrayed as a "social lubricant", an effect possibly explained by the alcohol myopia theory. It suggests that intoxication can result in "hyperfocus directed to emotional situations when they are sufficiently relevant to grab attention, or a reduced attentional focus to emotional events in...
Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts
04.04.2024, 14:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After Powell Reassures On Rate Cuts US equity futures are higher with both Tech and small-caps outperforming, while the dollar is lower even as yields are higher from Wednesday's close. As of 7:50am, S&P futures were 0.3% higher and Nasdaq futs rose 0.4%, boosted by Powell’s comments that recent inflation figures did not “materially...
Spain To Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Calls On Western Allies To Follow Suit
04.04.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Spain To Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Calls On Western Allies To Follow Suit Spain has been foremost among European countries which have repeatedly condemned Israel's ongoing military operation in Gaza and the resultant soaring Palestinian death toll. The EU country is also among those demanding answers for the drone strikes that killed a group...
These Are The 50 Top Power-Consuming Data-Center Markets In The World
16.01.2024, 11:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The 50 Top Power-Consuming Data-Center Markets In The World We live in an information-abundant digital world, where data is the new currency, and data centers are the vaults that protect and power it. The amount of data created each year has skyrocketed from 2 zettabytes in 2010 to 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) in 2020. This has...
Europe's Big Powers Back Out Of US-Led Bombing Campaign Of Yemen
16.01.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Europe's Big Powers Back Out Of US-Led Bombing Campaign Of Yemen Via The Cradle, Europe is divided over the US-UK bombing of Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, as Italy, Spain, and France have refused to take part in the operation... Washington and London carried out late-night strikes on Yemen Thursday evening, which targeted several areas...
Where NATO Defense Expenditure Stands
14.01.2024, 13:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where NATO Defense Expenditure Stands The concept that NATO countries should spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense was debuted in 2014 and by 2024, members of the military alliance should technically have "moved towards" or beyond this goal. While the definition as agreed upon during NATO's Wales summit 10 years ago is vague, the 2-percent target...
Macleod On The Geopolitical Year-Ahead: BRICS, Gold, & Israel Gone Rogue
13.01.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macleod On The Geopolitical Year-Ahead: BRICS, Gold, & Israel Gone Rogue Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, 2024 will see a quickening pace for geopolitical developments, with the influence of the US waning while that of China and Russia waxes. As a lost cause, the war in Ukraine will be abandoned by America and NATO in the next few months...
Futures, Oil Drop Extending Ugly Start To The Year
08.01.2024, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures, Oil Drop Extending Ugly Start To The Year US stock futures dipped on Monday and Treasury yields gained as traders jostled for position in the wake of last week’s selloff coupled with at very confusing jobs report which was strong at the headline level and a disaster when looked closer. As of 7:40am ET, S&P 500 futures declined 0.1% with Boeing retreating almost...
American Weakness On Display In The Red Sea
03.01.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - American Weakness On Display In The Red Sea Authored by Christopher Roach via American Greatness, The United States used to be the undisputed international shot caller. Twenty years ago, we were number one economically and militarily. There were no real “peer competitors.” But lately, our power is in doubt. The United States has deployed warships to...
FDA Identified Problems At Moderna Plant Making Substance For COVID Vaccine: Document
03.01.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FDA Identified Problems At Moderna Plant Making Substance For COVID Vaccine: Document Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors uncovered problems at a Moderna plant used to manufacture a substance that is part of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to a newly released...
Rome Was Eternal, Until It Wasn't: Imperial Analogs Of Decay
01.01.2024, 17:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Rome Was Eternal, Until It Wasn't: Imperial Analogs Of Decay Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The tricky part is distinguishing the critical dependencies - those resources the empire literally cannot do without - from longer-term sources of decay and decline. In response to my recent post What If There Are No Analogs for 2024?, an...
The Rise Of Propaganda-Dependent Elites And Lonely Masses
31.12.2023, 13:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Rise Of Propaganda-Dependent Elites And Lonely Masses Authored by Robert Malone via Substack, In my opinion, one of the more important speeches provided at the recent Fourth International COVID/Crisis Summit, held last month in Bucharest Romania, was delivered by my friend and colleague Dr. Mattias Desmet. Many but perhaps not all readers of this...
France Fears New Year's Eve Terror Attack
30.12.2023, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France Fears New Year's Eve Terror Attack Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, French authorities have warned terrorists are planning attacks on New Year’s Eve and has deployed 90,000 police and gendarmes to counter the threat. The reaction to Israel’s bombing of Gaza will see similar measures put into place in Germany, another European...
Why Oil Traders Shouldn't Discard Israel-Hamas War Risk
27.12.2023, 15:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Oil Traders Shouldn't Discard Israel-Hamas War Risk Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Iran, has been looking to catalyse an expansion of the direct conflict between Israel and Hamas into a wider war between Islam and the Jewish state of Israel. EU source: the Iranian-backed Houthis are not acting against vessels in and around the Red Sea...
Another Container Ship Attacked In Red Sea As Houthis Act With Impunity
26.12.2023, 21:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Another Container Ship Attacked In Red Sea As Houthis Act With Impunity Another day, another tanker attack in the Red Sea, and Yemen's Houthis are positively boasting about it as the Biden White House continues attempts to cobble together its much touted multi-national naval coalition, which is clearly taking some time getting off the ground. "The naval...
Islamists Planned Huge Attacks In Europe On Christian Sites Over Christmas Period
25.12.2023, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Islamists Planned Huge Attacks In Europe On Christian Sites Over Christmas Period Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity,news, Authorities at key locations are on high alert after it was revealed that Islamists planned attacks throughout Europe targeting Christian sites. Security services in Germany, Spain, Austria have beefed up their presence...
Taunting Biden, Iran Now Threatens To Close Mediterranean Sea Over Gaza War
24.12.2023, 17:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taunting Biden, Iran Now Threatens To Close Mediterranean Sea Over Gaza War Pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to respond to Iran or its Middle East regional proxies in some way (the Houthis and Hezbollah). Not only has global shipping been forced to divert from the Red Sea amid what at this point has been dozens of drone and rocket attacks...
Israel's Eilat Port Sees 85% Drop In Activity As Mediterranean Imports Also Take Hit
24.12.2023, 05:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel's Eilat Port Sees 85% Drop In Activity As Mediterranean Imports Also Take Hit This week the chief executive of Israel's Eilat Port confirmed that Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping has had a devastating impact on the rate of goods coming into the country. CEO Gideon Golber told Reuters "you close the main shipping artery to Eilat Port. And...
Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian "Falls Apart" As Spain, Italy, France Reject Request
23.12.2023, 17:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian "Falls Apart" As Spain, Italy, France Reject Request Australia is the latest country to reject a request from the United States to send warships to the Red Sea under the command of the Pentagon's Operation Prosperity Guardian to protect commercial vessels along the critical maritime trade route from Iran-backed...
Cargo Owners Consider Airfreight Alternative To Red Sea Shipping Delays
23.12.2023, 03:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cargo Owners Consider Airfreight Alternative To Red Sea Shipping Delays By Eric Kullisch of FreightWaves Global businesses, uncertain how long the shipping crisis in the Red Sea will last and with a looming shortage of vessels for the export rush before China’s New Year celebration, are scrambling to shift some ocean cargo to airlines, according to...
Pentagon Alarmed Over Huge Price Tag Of Countering Cheap Yemeni Drones
22.12.2023, 23:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pentagon Alarmed Over Huge Price Tag Of Countering Cheap Yemeni Drones Via The Cradle, Concerns about the high cost of countering the threat posed by the Yemeni armed forces in the Red Sea are growing in the Pentagon, according to US defense officials who spoke with Politico. Sanaa has reportedly fired at least 100 drones toward Israeli-linked commercial...
79% Of India's GDP Is Generated By Family-Owned Businesses
22.12.2023, 08:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 79% Of India's GDP Is Generated By Family-Owned Businesses In many ways, the engine of global economic growth is hidden in plain sight. Family-owned businesses, which make up 90% of global enterprises, have driven job creation and entrepreneurship over history. While the majority of these are mom-and-pop shops, some of the world’s largest companies...