Last updated: May 14, 2024
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US Power Grid & Communication Networks Survive Extreme Geomagnetic Storm
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Ukraine Warns Nationwide Power Outages Coming Amid ‘Massive’ Russian Strikes
Why Germany Is Choosing Natural Gas Over Nuclear Power
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Airbnb Pukes On Travel Spending Slowdown Forecast
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India Leads Global Inbound Remittances
Chinese Scientists Engineer Horrific Ebola-Enhanced Virus Killing Test Hamsters
El Salvador Data Breach Includes Selfies And Id Numbers For 80% Of Country’s Population
AstraZeneca Pulls COVID Vaccine After Admitting Rare Side Effect
Denver Sets Up ‘Host Migrants In Your Home’ Hotline
Bad-Loans Hit Record-High As Used-Car Prices Suffer Worst Bear-Market Ever
Israeli Ground Forces Enter Rafah, Tank Unit Shuts Down Vital Border Crossing
Mass Arrests In NYC As More Than 1,000 Pro-Palestine Protesters March To Met Gala
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Panama Elects New President Who Vows To Shut Migrant Trail, Restore Economy
41% Of Americans Think Civil War Likely By 2029
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Maryland Officials Release Timeline And Cost Estimate For Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge
Boeing Faces 10 More Whistleblowers After Mysterious Deaths
New Carbon Capture Mandates Will Cause Blackouts, Increases Prices
Belgium’s Ports Drowning Under Glut Of Chinese EV Car Imports
US Pushing G-7 To Accept Long-Term $50 Billion Aid Package For Ukraine
Northern Gaza In Grip Of Full-Blown Famine, UN Food Agency Chief Says
Almost Half Of Health Care Workers Hesitant To Take COVID-19 Boosters: Study
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Bitcoin ETFs See Buying Resurgence
“Reasons Unknown”: Floating Russian Oil Base Off Greece Abruptly Shifts South
The US Is The Only G-7 Nation To See Trust In Government Plummet
Americans Continue To Name Inflation As Top Financial Problem: Gallup
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Israeli Warplanes Strike Damascus As Iran Tensions Still On Edge
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Russia Strikes Military HQ In Odessa After Ukraine Attacks Crimea With US-Provided ATACMS
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Senate Passes Ban Of Russian Uranium Imports, Risking Market “Havoc” And Soaring Prices
Chaos Erupts At UCLA After Pro-Gaza Activists Refuse Entry To Non-Allied Students
Job Openings Tumble, Quits Plunge, Hires Unexpectedly Crater To January 2018 Levels
Rafah Invasion Will Happen With Or Without Hostage Deal: Netanyahu
$3.5 Billion Slipped Into Ukraine-Israel Aid Bill To ‘Supercharge Mass Migration From The Middle East’
Walmart Targets Gen-Z With Cheap Private Label Food As Youngsters Struggle In Era Of Failed Economy
Chinese Consumers Overtake India In Gold-Buying Frenzy
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Ukraine Army Chief Admits ‘Tactical’ Retreat Underway
US Space Force General Says China’s Military Developing Space Assets At “Breathtaking Speed”
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Another Russian Oil Refinery Hit By Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas
EU Prepares To Tighten Screws On Russian LNG Imports
China Is Pivotal For US Inflation’s Path
FDA Claims 20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu
USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters
US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month
‘Stagflationary’ GDP Data Sparks Market Turmoil, Rate-Cut Hopes Crushed
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US Births Alarmingly Slide To Lowest Level Since 1979, Failing To Exceed Replacement Rate Since Before GFC
Senates Passes $95 Billion Aid Bill For Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, Forces Sale Of TikTok
US Indo-Pacific Commander Warns China Becoming More Aggressive As Economic Recovery “Failing”
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Hong Kong Bitcoin And Ether ETFs Officially Approved To Start Trading On April 30
Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion
Gaza War At 200 Days: IDF Pivots From Iran Threat Back To Hamas Operations
40% Of Renters Think They’ll Never Own A Home, Up From 27% Last Year
Homebuyer Payment Hits Record High As Mortgage Rates Climb Back Above 7% For The First Time In 2024
REPO Act Passage Has Authorized Biden To Confiscate Russian Assets & Transfer To Ukraine
Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Soar To Levels Not Seen In Nearly A Decade
The Copper Supply Shortage Is Here
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Shipping Industry Pleads With UN For “Enhanced Military Presence” As Maritime Choke-Point Chaos Spreads
House Passes $95 Billion Foreign War Bills
Russian Refineries Install Nets As Protection From Drone Attacks
Ukraine Claims First-Ever Shootdown Of Russian Strategic Bomber, Moscow Denies
US Fentanyl Crisis Is A ‘CCP-Run Operation’
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Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal
Polish President Reveals That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine’s Industrial Agriculture
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Israel Draws Up ‘Target Options’ While Seeking US Backing For Iran Attack
Ukraine At “Serious Risk” Of Losing War, Warns Top UK Ex-General
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Kentucky Becomes 45th State To End Sales Taxes On Gold & Silver
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Iran Begins Attack On Israel By Launching Dozens Of Suicide Drones
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Russia Bombards Ukraine With Hypersonic Missiles & Drones, Damaging Power Plants, NatGas Facilities
European Parliament Approves Controversial Migration Pact
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China’s Xi Meets With Russian Foreign Minister In Show Of Solidarity Against West
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El Salvador’s President Offers Free Passports For Highly-Skilled Workers
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SEC Forced To Halt Climate Reporting Mandate For Businesses
Russia Has Reconstituted Nearly All Military Losses In Ukraine
Saudi Arabia Hikes Oil Prices In Increasingly Tight Market
Biden Admin Installs New Rule Making It Harder To Fire Bureaucrats
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Credit Card Debt Surges To New All-Time High, Just As Card APR Rates Hit Fresh Record
Blinken Bombshell: “Ukraine Will Become A Member Of NATO”
Russia Is Struggling To Repair Refineries Due To Sanctions
Baltimore Bridge Collapse: US Army Corps Of Engineers Says Channel Fully Reopen By End Of May
Federal Reserve Refuses To Provide Records Of Foreign Gold Holdings
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Hungary Vows To Thwart NATO’s Proposed $100BN, 5-Year Fund For Ukraine
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Multiple IRGC Generals Reported Killed In Israeli Attack On Iranian Embassy In Syria
Gross Domestic Income Shows America Is In Stagnation
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Gold Explodes To Record Highs
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Container Ship “Potentially Atop High-Pressure Underwater Gas Line”
The Meltdown Of Commercial Real Estate
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Israel May Cut Off Palestinian Banks From Global Banking System Next Week
NYC Delinquent Property Taxes Approach $1 Billion After Expiration of Tax-Lien Punishment
Experts Warn Mass Migration Threatens US Food Security
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36 Rural Hospitals Have Closed Since 2020
BlackRock CEO “Very Bullish” On Bitcoin As Its ETF Crosses $17 Billion
Investigators Probe ‘Dirty Fuel’ In Baltimore Container Ship Disaster Amid Mid-Atlantic Supply Chain Crisis
Dollar Down 20% Since 2020
Bitcoin Slides After Judge Rules SEC’s Coinbase Suit Can Proceed Even As ETF Inflows Jump
State Farm Insurance Drops 72,000 California Properties
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Mid-Atlantic Supply Chain Snarls Mount As Baltimore Bridge Collapse Paralyzes Major US Port
Baltimore City Implodes: Police Force Collapses, Only Three Officers Patrolled Major District
Michigan Offering Citizens $500 Per Month To House Illegal Immigrants