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The leading AI labs facing intensifying scrutiny over their safety and security practices. Continue Reading »

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Par Elena Lionnet avec agences Une analyse d'images satellite effectuée par l'université de Los Angeles désigne la décharge de Silivri, à Istanbul, comme la plus importante source d'émissions de méthane de Turquie, avec un rejet moyen de 7,4 tonnes par heure. Une révélation qui fait tache un mois avant le début de la COP31 à Antalya. Une analyse d'images satellite effectuée par l'université de Los Angeles désigne la décharge de Silivri, à Istanbul, comme la plus importante source d'émissions de méthane de Turquie, avec un rejet moyen de 7,4 tonnes par heure. Une révélation qui fait tache un mois avant le début de la COP31 à Antalya.L'information a été relayée par le quotidien britannique The Guardian : la décharge de Silivri, près d'Istanbul, est la plus importante source d'émissions de méthane parmi les décharges turques, avec un rejet moyen de 7,4 tonnes par heure, soit l'équivalent de 1,5 million de SUVs faisant tourner leurs moteurs à essence. C'est l'un ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La sénatrice Les Républicains Christine Lavarde a été désignée rapporteure générale du budget au Sénat, après un vote interne au sein de son groupe, a-t-on appris lundi de sources parlementaires. Âgée de 41 ans, la sénatrice des Hauts-de-Seine succède à son collègue de Meurthe-et-Moselle Jean-François Husson, en poste pendant six années à cette fonction cruciale lors des débats budgétaires à la chambre haute. Proche de Bruno Retailleau, elle devient la seconde femme à occuper ce poste-clé dans l'organigramme du Sénat après la socialiste Nicole Bricq, éphémère détentrice de cette fonction en 2011-2012. Elle sera chargée de coordonner l'examen du projet de loi de finances cet automne et sera la voix de la majorité sénatoriale, une alliance entre LR et les centristes, sur ce texte. Ce poste, réservé au groupe LR, première force du Sénat, était convoité par le sénateur du Cantal Stéphane Sautarel. Mme Lavarde l'a emporté à 79 voix contre 38 lors d'un vote interne, selon une source LR. Sa nomination officielle sera entérinée mercredi lors de la réunion constitutive de la commission des Finances, 10 jours après les élections sénatoriales.Elle devrait former un binôme avec le socialiste Thierry Cozic, désigné de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Canicules, sécheresse et incendies ont coûté environ 16 milliards d'euros à la France cet été, selon une mission parlementaire présentée lundi par le député LFI Éric Coquerel, qui agrège sources officielles et auditions de professionnels.Cette "estimation provisoire" dépasse la fourchette avancée mi-août par la ministre de la Transition écologique Monique Barbut, qui évoquait "de l'ordre de 10 à 15 milliards d'euros de coûts directs et indirects".Le député reconnaît toutefois des "réserves méthodologiques" à ce chiffrage, qui additionne des coûts de nature différente, avec un risque de double compte.Il se décompose en plusieurs postes. D'abord, l'effet sur la croissance, chiffré par l'Insee et le Trésor à environ 0,1 point de PIB, soit près de 3 milliards d'euros.S'y ajoutent, selon la mission parlementaire, au moins 2,5 milliards d'euros de dépenses publiques imprévues, dont 1,3 milliard d'aides aux agriculteurs, environ 700 millions pour la santé et au moins 300 millions liés aux incendies.Faute de données, la mission a évalué la facture sanitaire à partir d'extrapolations: elle évalue à environ 200 millions d'euros le surcoût pour l'Assurance maladie en s'appuyant sur la canicule de 2003, auxquels elle ajoute 100 millions pour les hôpitaux et 260 à 520 ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Corentin DAUTREPPE, Nicolas GUBERT © 2026 AFP Le géant français des gaz industriels Air Liquide prévoit de renforcer "considérablement" la rémunération de ses actionnaires d'ici 2030, dans le cadre d'un plan stratégique détaillé lundi, quelques semaines après la révélation de l'arrivée à son capital du fonds activiste Elliott.Air Liquide a notamment détaillé dans un communiqué lundi prévoir de lancer un rachat d'actions de 4 milliards d'euros d'ici 2028, présenté comme une première et qui s'ajoute à "une politique de dividende régulier et soutenu"."Notre profitabilité nous permet de faire évoluer notre allocation de capital au-delà des investissements et acquisitions dans nos coeurs de métiers", a déclaré le directeur général François Jackow, cité dans le communiqué.L'action du groupe s'appréciait de 0,8% à 171,50 euros aux alentours de 16h20 (heure française), dans un marché en baisse de 0,8%.Début septembre, le Financial Times avait révélé la présence au capital d'Air Liquide du fonds activiste américain Elliott, ce qui n'a depuis été ni confirmé ni démenti.Cette catégorie de fonds entend valoriser son investissement en demandant des changements dans le fonctionnement de l'entreprise ciblée pour en améliorer la performance économique. Cela fait monter le cours de Bourse et permet au fonds de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Antoine BOYER, avec les bureaux de l'AFP © 2026 AFP Main arrachée, perte de l'usage d'un œil, "mâchoire scellée" : plusieurs jeunes ont été gravement blessés depuis une semaine à la suite d'interventions des forces de l'ordre face aux violences en marge du mouvement de blocage des lycées. Au moins quatre enquêtes ont été ouvertes par l'IGPN, la "police des polices", pour des blessures sur mineurs, à Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (Val-d'Oise), Tours (Indre-et-Loire), Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise) et Lens (Pas-de-Calais).Deux autres enquêtes de l'IGPN sont en cours pour des faits survenus à Sevran et Saint-Denis, en Seine-Saint-Denis. La Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH) a dénoncé "une dérive globale par rapport à l'État de droit", lors des interventions des forces de l'ordre face aux adolescents.Le ministre de l’Éducation, Édouard Geffray, a évoqué le bilan provisoire de 190 élèves blessés, "pour l'essentiel" à la suite "d'éléments accidentels" ou en lien "à des fauteurs de trouble et notamment des blessures par mortier" d'artifice.Selon le dernier bilan des autorités, ce week-end, plus de 600 policiers et gendarmes ont également été blessés.A Lens, une main arrachéeUn lycéen de 15 ans a eu la main arrachée lundi matin lors d'une manifestation ... Continue Reading »

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has taken legal action against police for raiding his residences amid a probe into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Right-wing parliamentarians have reportedly accused the European Left Alliance (ELA) of breaching the “EU values” Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Belgian police made arrests in Liege as student protests over education conditions were marred by vandalism, fires, and school disruptions Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The CIA has meddled in Brazil for decades while US funding has played a role in its presidential election, Pepe Escobar has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Tbilisi mayor Kakha Kaladze has accused the EU of seeking to topple Georgia’s government last year Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

В 23 регионах России работает 50 таких учебных заведений Continue Reading »

Руководителем министерства стала Ана Елена Пинто Лисано Continue Reading »

Финского президент считает, что сейчас мир находится "где-то посередине" на пути к стабилизации Continue Reading »

Кобзев и вице-премьер поговорили о поставках нефтепродуктов и взаимодействии федеральных и региональных органов власти по вопросам регулирования цен Continue Reading »

Беспорядки произошли в то время, когда парламент непризнанной республики рассматривал поправки к закону о Специальном суде по Косову в Гааге Continue Reading »

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Nations tighten borders... (Top headline, 5th story, link) Related stories:PNEUMONIC PLAGUE SHAKING RUSSIA...Moscow accused of covering up...Lab worker dies as 200 enter medical observation...Hospitals lockdown... Continue Reading »

Trump shifts blame for fuel price hikes to blue states like California and Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries. Continue Reading »

Israel ordered East Jerusalem consulate to be closed after Britain sanctioned settlements in the occupied West Bank. Continue Reading »

The three countries agree to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to "heinous attacks" by Yemen's Houthis. Continue Reading »

Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians. Continue Reading »

Rubio visits Iceland, says no direct link between the removal of US bombers and suspicions of a terrorist act in the UK Continue Reading »

The 'Horn of Africa is deteriorating because of the dominance of powers trying to come to Africa and occupy the ports ... so the violence in the Horn of Africa is going to get worse,' intelligence analyst Mowlid Ali says Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia helped escort and receive Flydubai plane after attempted hijacking, providing passengers with food and medical care; Mossad coordinated with Riyadh behind the scenes, but Saudi officials resisted Israeli Air Force rescue flight to avoid signaling normalization Continue Reading »

Senior European diplomat warns anger at Israel has peaked over settler violence and settlement expansion, predicting a wave of sanctions and saying, 'Our ability to harm you is far greater. You are isolated, small and alone' Continue Reading »

Pike remains alive after two doses of pentobarbital in unprecedented failed execution; governor halts remaining executions and orders independent review Continue Reading »

Gulf outlets emphasized official statements and flight data, while some Iranian coverage folded the incident into broader claims about Israel and covert operations  Continue Reading »

Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift. Continue Reading »

Flávio Bolsonaro, now the favorite to win Brazil’s presidency, would give President Trump a critical new ally in Latin America, particularly on security. Continue Reading »

Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones. Continue Reading »

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. Continue Reading »

What happened between two dog owners one April afternoon in Ohio will soon be scrutinized by a judge and jury as both men grapple with the consequences. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

The Detroit stop adds to the former president’s campaign push for Democrats ahead of the midterms. Continue Reading »

“I don’t control message or what we’re doing,” Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton said during a small fundraising event in September. Continue Reading »

New polls show Democrats ahead among Latino voters as Trump draws low marks on the economy and immigration enforcement. Continue Reading »

He is set to campaign in at least six states in the final stretch. As he does, he’s refining his message and thinking about what comes next. Continue Reading »

A clash between two potential candidates for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination spilled into public this week. Continue Reading »

The haul indicates GOP donors are rallying behind Paxton in his tough fight against Democrat James Talarico. Continue Reading »

The Georgia Democrat’s nine-stop itinerary will only increase chatter around the possibility that he might run for president in 2028. Continue Reading »

Democrats are at odds over how fiercely to use their probing power to go after the corporations, law firms and universities that courted the White House over the past two years. Continue Reading »

Staffers for Rep. Ro Khanna recently ratified a collectively bargained agreement after protracted negotiations. Continue Reading »

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee are contending with deep partisan schisms and distrust on a divisive issue. Continue Reading »

Sweeping changes to the 2030 census are underway, and Trump’s critics warn time is running out to easily change course after he leaves office. Continue Reading »

The president said he’ll send “nearly $100” checks to 20 million seniors. Continue Reading »

The Houthis say they’re just defending Yemen, but their moves are damaging global commerce. Continue Reading »

Trump is planning one big swing that will take him from Washington to Montana to Alaska to Las Vegas to Arizona to Texas. Continue Reading »

A watchdog found USAGM is rehiring staff, restoring contracts and replacing systems after cuts meant to save taxpayers money. Continue Reading »

Their comments came during oral argument on Oct. 5 in the case of Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) v. Commissioners of Boulder County, the first of the court's new term. The city of Boulder and Boulder County in Colorado sued oil companies, alleging they broke state laws by producing and selling hydrocarbons while concealing and misrepresenting the dangers of burning them. Continue Reading »

Whistleblowers who pulled back the curtain on Medicaid fraud – which potentially cost taxpayers millions of dollars in states like Minnesota – who alleged they faced retaliation from state leaders could gain protections under a new House GOP bill introduced this week. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, unveiled the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Act, which would establish federal protections nationwide for state and local Medicaid workers who report early warning signs of fraud, including contracting irregularities and unusual financial transactions. Continue Reading »

The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra. Lincón was among dozens of U.S. soldiers injured in an Iranian drone strike on March 1. The attack on the second day of the U.S. war with Iran killed six troops who were providing logistical support of critical supplies at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. Continue Reading »

It was a bustling Monday morning at a little pediatrician's office in central Texas. Children with rashes, fevers and runny noses cycled through exam rooms decorated with butterflies, planets and colorful maps. The doctor, who had been treating kids in the community for 20 years, was delighted when a woman she had cared for as a child came in with her newborn. Until recently, she had planned to continue her practice for years to come. But this year, she has begun to reconsider amid the stress and legal costs of defending herself in a statewide investigation by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, who has accused doctors, drug companies and insurers of conspiring to push parents into vaccinating children. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration on Monday announced new amendments to the hospital price transparency rules enacted during President Trump's first term, aimed at making pricing data more accessible and understandable for patients. The rule finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) builds on the federal rule that requires hospitals publish their prices in a machine-readable file so patients can find and compare the cost of services beforehand. Continue Reading »

Flávio Bolsonaro's first-round presidential victory in Brazil could offer a post-2028 parallel for his ally Donald Trump, a Latin American analyst told Newsweek. Bolsonaro, son of the disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro, won 47 percent of the vote in Sunday's ballot, ahead of incumbent left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ensuring a second-round showdown on October 25. Continue Reading »

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Latino voters are swinging away from President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, according to new polling from NBC News and Telemundo. The poll surveyed 800 registered Latino voters across the U.S. from Sept. 21-28, finding that 69% say they disapprove of Trump's performance, compared to just 27% who approve. Meanwhile, roughly 66% say Trump's deportation policies have gone too far, and 75% say Trump has mishandled the economy and cost of living, the poll found... Continue Reading »

President Trump's support among Hispanic voters has plummeted from 2024, according to a new poll. Just 27 percent of 800 Hispanic respondents to the NBC News/Telemundo survey approved of Trump, while 69 percent disapproved of the president. Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic voters disapproved of Trump's handling of border security, and almost 7 in 10 disapproved of his handling of both immigration and foreign policy... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump made major gains among Latino voters in 2024. Now, those same voters might cost Republicans control of Congress. Fifty-nine percent of Latino registered voters prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress, compared with 35% who favor Republican control, according to a new NBC News/Telemundo poll released Sunday. That 24-point gap for Democrats is twice the party's lead compared to the September 2024 version of the poll... Continue Reading »

Massive energy companies are funding both sides of multibillion-dollar climate litigation because the high-dollar law firms conducting their defense also support their legal adversaries. Major litigation using climate activists' strategy reaches the Supreme Court Monday morning in Suncor v. Boulder. That case concerns whether climate activists can use anti-Constitution courts as a national superlegislature to decommission the reliable energy that undergirds the U.S. economy. The plaintiffs seek to pillage reliable energy companies by blaming them for alleged global emissions that allegedly damage the far-left city of Boulder, Colorado... Continue Reading »

Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, joining Fox News for an interview, reflected on the risks certain responses to the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the rights guaranteed to Americans by the United States Constitution. In preparation for the Oct. 6 release of his new book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country," Alito spoke with "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream to discuss some of the cases in his career and the application of his jurisprudence... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is closely watching reports of a suspected fatal plague infection in Russia and is urging Moscow to be transparent, officials said Sunday night. The Moscow Times reported this weekend that health officials in Siberia's Irkutsk region placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from the plague... Continue Reading »

When the "One Big Beautiful Bill" passed in July 2025, officials warned some of the cuts within the bill could devastate rural hospitals. Those cuts are set to hit after the midterm election this fall, and some members of Congress are working to offset them. A total of about $1.3 trillion is set to be cut from Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to the Commonwealth Fund... Continue Reading »

A married couple was convicted of orchestrating a nationwide scheme to steal millions of dollars in federal program funds intended to benefit elderly, disabled and homeless Americans, the Department of Justice announced. The funding was administered through programs managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, federal officials said. "These convictions send a clear message that those who exploit federal programs for personal gain will be held fully accountable," said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division... Continue Reading »

I am begging for a more analog life. It was maybe in an allergist's waiting room, when I was handed a tablet and instructed to fill out pages and pages of relevant medical history, that I finally snapped. As I sat there, using my index finger to type full sentences, I thought of all the times we as a society were promised that technology would make our lives easier. Or it was maybe when I had to schedule 15 parent-teacher conferences across three schools using three different apps that I broke... Continue Reading »

A recent study on the use of borgs at U.S. college campuses suggests that the trend could be fueling particularly harmful drinking behaviors, despite some users believing it to be less risky. Borgs (an acronym for "black-out rage gallons") are essentially large homemade cocktails made from liquor, water, vitamin or electrolyte supplements, and flavorings. Partygoers carry their own personal borgs to parties or tailgates — usually in repurposed milk jug — for sipping throughout the day... Continue Reading »

Latino voters, whose dramatic shift toward President Trump helped power his 2024 victory, are moving sharply back toward Democrats ahead of the midterms, two new national polls show. Why it matters: Republicans built pieces of their 2026 strategy, including newly drawn House districts in Texas and Florida, around the assumption that Trump's historic Latino gains would endure. A reversal is complicating... Continue Reading »

California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president's son, officials say Read more about California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president's son, officials say Continue Reading »

The White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a "Fuck Joe Biden" T-shirt and holding a rifle. Beni Rae Harmony, the new assistant White House press secretary, revealed on Friday that she was going to work for Donald Trump just days after covering him as a correspondent for Real America's Voice, a partisan rightwing outlet originally created as a video podcast platform for the president's former adviser Steve Bannon... Continue Reading »

Watch: UK Police Clear Streets Of Entire Town So Migrant Boat Can Offload Residents of Gosport, the Royal Navy harbor town across the water from Portsmouth, spent Sunday under police orders that let officers direct people to leave town, as a migrant boat from France made its way toward their coastline. The migrants were brought into Gosport onboard an RNLI boat (AOL)Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary imposed a Section 34 dispersal order covering the entire town under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, running until 7am Tuesday. It lets officers order people to leave an area and not return, and refusing is a criminal offense. Police stacked several more restrictions on top: Protesters were confined to a single designated area inside the Walpole car park under Section 14 of the Public Order Act. Face coverings at protests were banned across both Gosport and Portsmouth. Haslar Bridge was closed. The boat left Normandy, near Utah Beach, on Sunday morning. Late Sunday evening, two RNLI lifeboats brought 149 people ashore in Gosport, who were then put on coaches to Kent for processing, health, security and biometric checks. It was the third crossing headed ... Continue Reading »

Trump Plans To Ease Off-Road Diesel Restrictions Ahead Of Midterms Bloomberg reported late Monday afternoon that the Trump administration is preparing to loosen restrictions on tax-exempt dyed diesel, seeking to ease costs for the industrial fuel that powers the economy amid a global refining crisis. The report cites people familiar with the matter, and the new policy could be announced as soon as today. The plan would allow broader use of dyed diesel, better known as off-road diesel, which is mostly used in farm machinery, construction equipment and other off-road applications. This move would allow for savings of 24 cents per gallon because the fuel is exempt from federal excise tax. "While the move wouldn't directly lower operational costs for harvesters, tractors, excavators and other off-road equipment that already runs on tax-exempt red diesel, it is seen as potentially cutting the expense to run pickup trucks and other on-road vehicles," the outlet said. As of Monday, US retail diesel prices averaged around $6.32 a gallon at the pump, down from September's record $6.53 but roughly 68% above the $3.76 recorded before the US-Iran conflict began in late February. Ukraine's bombardment of Russian refineries and ... Continue Reading »

Over 250,000 Visas Revoked During Trump's Second Term Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The State Department said on Oct. 1 that it has revoked more than 250,000 visas since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott announced in a post on X that the administration has been working to identify and revoke visas held by noncitizens who were found to "commit crimes, support terrorism, or defraud Americans." On Sept. 28, Pigott said the department imposed visa restrictions on 27 officials from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru over allegations of corruption and ties to drug-trafficking activities. The officials included Bolivia's Attorney General Roger Mariaca, whom the department accused of soliciting and accepting bribes to enable drug-trafficking and helping violent criminals evade punishment. The restrictions also applied to those people's family members. Pigott said the visa limits were imposed under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows the government to bar a person's entry into the country if the Secretary of State determines the person's presence would have potentially serious negative consequences. "This is a durable mechanism that allows the United States to act quickly, ... Continue Reading »

Pentagon Backs Ambitious Plan To Beam Solar Power From Space By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com Space-based solar power just got another powerful vote of confidence. The United States Department of Defense just inked a contract with solar energy company Overview Energy to “design, build, and test a homing beacon that will enable its space-based solar energy system to accurately beam power from orbit to receiving solar arrays on Earth,” according to a brand new report from Interesting Engineering. The idea is that solar panels would orbit the Earth, collecting sunlight straight from the source and then beaming it back down to Earth either through powerful lasers or microwave beams, depending on the technology being applied. Putting solar panels into outer space would yield a litany of benefits. Critically, unlike terrestrial models, the sun would never set on these solar panels, allowing them to generate clean energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This would solve an enormous issue in the clean energy sector, which is seeing increasing instances of wasted energy and even negative energy prices as peak production hours and peak demand hours are inevitably misaligned, and energy storage ... Continue Reading »

Fuel Price Shock Pushes Gas Cars Under 50% Of Global New-Auto Sales For First Time By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward EVs outside China. A few years ago, China blew past the threshold of 50% of all car sales being hybrids and EVs, and the share is now about 55%. But the rest of the world didn’t follow until the Iran war disrupted the fuel markets. Global sales shares of EVs are far from the Chinese numbers, but the shift toward electric vehicles has been remarkably fast amid spiking gasoline and diesel prices, which pushed many consumers to choose EVs. The surge in gasoline prices this year led to the first dip in the share of gasoline-fueled cars below 50%, ever, according to data by automotive data and analytics provider Mobility Global cited by Nikkei Asia. Between January and June, sales of gas-powered vehicles, excluding hybrids, slumped by 10% from a year earlier, to 20.25 million cars, and their share of total ... Continue Reading »

Massive Fires Along Saudi Oil Export Pipeline, Regional Outlet Says Update(1015ET): The news outlet of pro-Iranian factions in Iraq, Sabereen News, has cited new satellite imagery to report "massive fires in the Saudi oil export pipeline." The outlet posted the following image on its official Telegram channel. Newsquawk, which picked up the Sabereen report, has noted that it remains unclear whether this is a new incident or is damage stemming from the earlier reported Sunday attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline (detailed below): The same platform reviews: Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline pumping reportedly halted after a new attack, AFP reports citing sources; "There was big damage and the pipeline stopped again" Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline is flowing as normal, Bloomberg reports citing sources Modest upside seen in the energy benchmarks following this. And more: Yemeni Houthis hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery (550k BPD) with missiles, Sabereen reports Some other open source regional watchers have similarly observed: Pumping Station No. 2 east of Riyadh appears to have been hit again. Oct 4 satellite imagery shows smoke stretching 50km from the site. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline was still recovering from September. @SoarAtlas https://t.co/s35nauXeBV — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October ... Continue Reading »

Houthis Seize Parliament Speaker’s Home, While Govt Forces Claim Mocha Captured With Saudi Air Support Summary Saudi-backed forces launch major counteroffensive with roughly 100 Saudi fighter jets supporting attacks along the Red Sea coast. Mocha's status remains disputed: Government forces claim to have retaken the strategic port, while Houthis deny the loss. Houthis advance around Taiz, capturing key positions and threatening the Taiz-Aden supply route. Houthi fighters reportedly seize homes of senior government figures, including Parliament Speaker Sultan al-Barakani's mansion. Bab el-Mandeb is increasingly at risk, raising concerns for Red Sea shipping and the wider Suez trade route. Pakistan military action against Yemen by October 31, 2026? Yes 29% · No 91%View full market & trade on Polymarket Saudi Coalition Fighting to Retake Mocha, Bab al-Mandab Strait Region Yemeni Saudi-backed forces have announced the takeover Mocha city, west of Taiz province, according to government-affiliated Saba news. While as yet unconfirmed, this would be a significant reversal as the Saudi-coalition seeks to regain the Red Sea coast, with air support from some 100 Saudi coalition warplanes operating overhead. Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki said 324 “high-value targets” had been destroyed since the operation began. “100 fighter jets participated ... Continue Reading »

Key Events This Week: FOMC Minutes, Umich, And FOMC Speakers Galore Given the high stress and high alert in bond markets, which has pushed global 10Y yields to the highest level since 2022 and with Europe finding itself on the verge of another sovereign debt crisis... ... the main focus in the week ahead will be on central banks, with the minutes from the September FOMC meeting on Wednesday and the ECB’s account of its latest meeting on Thursday. There is also a busy run of central-bank speakers, while the data calendar includes US ISM services today and the University of Michigan survey on Friday, a run of German activity data through the week, and Japanese wages on Wednesday.   In the US, the week begins in the shadow of Friday’s important September employment report. Headline payrolls rose just +29k, compared with +133k expected, while private payrolls increased +46k versus +127k expected. There were also 60k of downward revisions to headline payrolls over the previous two months, and average hourly earnings rose only +0.1% against +0.3% expected. Nevertheless, DB's US economists think the details still point to a broadly stable labor market. ... Continue Reading »

Education Department Calls For Transparency And Tolerance... Teacher Unions Cry Foul Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, The decline of higher education into an ideological echo chamber has been widely discussed on this and other sites. Polls show record lows in the public trust in our universities and colleges as revenues decline and closures increase. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon responded to this meltdown with a common-sense call for greater transparency and tolerance. The response from teacher unions has been nothing short of hysteria, led by Randi Weingarten at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Todd Wolfson at the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) - two of the most polarizing and political figures in teaching. Secretary McMahon released a policy statement titled "National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards." I encourage you to read it. Few Americans would disagree with the call for universities to post policies on how they can achieve greater intellectual diversity and openness in both admissions and hiring. Not surprisingly, the AFT and AAUP went into a full cardiac arrest at the notion that universities would adopt such policies, let alone work to restore ... Continue Reading »

Cambridge University Declares Free Speech Should Be 'Restricted' Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Gonville and Caius College, one of Cambridge's oldest foundations, is compelling its undergraduates to attend mandatory "inclusivity training" from the start of term. The 90-minute sessions are being delivered by Stop Hate UK, a 'charity' activist organisation whose own materials tell students their free speech rights may be restricted, that "Islamophobia is a crime", and that a facial expression can count as harm. The order lands in the same university that spent the better part of two years investigating a philosopher for lawful speech, and in the same education system that has spent 2026 drilling children in white privilege, "racism requires power", and compulsory hijabs. Students in at least one college of Cambridge University will be forced to take mandatory 'inclusivity training' from the start of the new term next week, The Spectator has learned. The 90-minute sessions are being delivered by Stop Hate UK. This group has published a video... pic.twitter.com/0zBC85IMFX — The Spectator (@spectator) September 30, 2026 According to an email from the college's education and tutorial office, seen by The Spectator, "attendance by undergraduate students is mandatory. It is ... Continue Reading »

Aramco Cuts Asia Oil Prices To Six-Year Low, Warns Global Oil Supply Buffer "Scarily Thin" Saudi Aramco has raised oil prices for European-bound cargoes in November but has cut prices for Asian buyers to the lowest in six years as Persian Gulf producers race for market share with flows through the Strait of Hormuz increasing.  The state-owned firm will offer Arab Light crude to buyers in Asia to $5 a barrel less than the Dubai/Oman benchmark for November, according to Bloomberg citing a list from the producer. That compared with a discount of $2 a barrel for this month. Traders and refiners had expected a $5 increase from October, a Bloomberg survey shows.  The unexpected cut amounted to $3 per barrel - which is the lowest since June 2020, not long after crude hit negative prices for the first and only time in history - is a signal the world’s largest oil exporter may be trying to boost sales to Asia, along with other Persian Gulf producers. Aramco raised November prices to Europe by $3 a barrel, and left those to the US unchanged from this month. For European buyers, on the other hand, ... Continue Reading »

Lingering Iranian Diplomats In New York 'Kicked Out' By Rubio The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly took place September 22–29 in New York City, with the Iranian delegation being allowed into the country (even as the delegation of the Palestinian Authority was blocked). President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the UNGA without any problems, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi engaged in talks with the US on the sidelines and via mediators. Both top officials exited the country, after safety concerns were voiced in Iranian outlets - given the US is engaged in an active war with the Islamic Republic. But apparently a couple of Iranian diplomats that traveled with the delegation lingered behind and are now being "kicked out" - according to Axios reporting on Sunday. A US official described to the outlet the the Iranian officials stayed in New York for multiple days after the Trump administration ordered the Iranian delegation out of the country. "Secretary Rubio means business. Two more members of the Iranian delegation were found still in New York long after the U.N. General Assembly had passed. They have now been kicked out of the country," a US official said. But the two ... Continue Reading »

Key Roles Over Payrolls By Michael Every of Rabobank Friday’s US payrolls were weaker than expected at 29K, another random walk which helped walk soaring bond yields back from the edge of the cliff, at least temporarily. However, far more important things are happening than that report, much as it’s a markets catechism to repeat it. Europe agreed to US demands to release 50m barrels of its diesel reserves over the next two months, which saw prices dip, also helping yields fall. However, those reserves are not from a government-owned facility but private stocks and were reportedly already available for sale, but Europe is instead opting to buy cheaper US flows. So, the EU move was serious, showing who still asks, ‘How many barrels?’ when the White House asks for a jump in output, yet performative in that truly cheap diesel will remain in short supply. Which geopolitics, not payrolls, will also tell you. Yemen’s government launched a Saudi-backed offensive to seize all areas held by the Iran-backed Houthis – that means a war and instability around the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb. Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan called on Ethiopia to ... Continue Reading »

We May Finally Be Rid Of Jack Smith Authored by Susan Quinn via American Thinker, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn wants to make sure that Special Counsel Jack Smith never practices law again. It's about time. Jack Smith tried to lay waste to Donald Trump, his administration, and other Republicans by practicing lawfare, and Sen. Hagerty reported him to the Tennessee Supreme Court's Board of Professional Responsibility. Smith's actions were blatantly partisan, seriously questionable, and dishonest: he not only issued subpoenas to phone companies for phone toll records of GOP officials, but he added non-disclosure agreements to prevent the legislators from being notified of these actions. Not only were Smith's actions illegal, but he lied to Chief Judge James Boasberga in withholding the explanation that the data sought belonged to members of Congress: Smith violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by seeking and obtaining a nondisclosure order from a federal district court without advising the court of critical facts and law. The impact of his lack of candor was a violation of federal law, and an invasion of the very constitutional privileges that ensure a fully free legislative process. Sen. Hagerty states that Smith drafted ... Continue Reading »

Tech Leads Strong Growth Signals From US Services Sector Surveys; But Prices Are Soaring After last weeks impressive moves in Manufacturing survey data (though burdened with the baggage of a surge in Prices Paid), all eyes are on the Services side of the US economy with mixed results expected (S&P up, ISM small down). S&P Global US Services September slightly better than expected (58.8 vs 58.7 exp/flash vs 56.5 prior) - strongest in five years ISM US Services slightly worse than expected (54.9 vs 55.0 exp vs 55.4 prior) Quite a divergence... “September has seen US business growth surge to its highest for over five years," said Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, "with rising demand and improved optimism encouraging firms to take on workers at a pace not seen for over four years. Combined with the encouragingly solid manufacturing PMI, the strong service sector expansion points to economic growth of around 4% in the third quarter and 5% in September alone, the latter hinting at accelerating momentum into the fourth quarter. This also leaves the US economy by far the strongest in the world... New orders and backlogs of work are rising at increased ... Continue Reading »

84% Of Gen Z Democrats Back Socialism; New Poll Finds Authored by Pedro Rodriguez via The Daily Signal, A groundbreaking new poll conducted ahead of November's midterm elections has uncovered that over 30% of Americans have a favorable view of socialism. According to the OnMessage poll, which surveyed 800 American voters from July 12-16, 35% of respondents identified as Democrats, 84% of whom identified as Gen Z. "Embracing socialism is no longer a fringe talking point for Democratic voters. Our data shows that a majority of Democrats of all ages hold favorable views of socialism, including 84% of Gen Z Democrats," Henry Parkhurst, the OnMessage pollster who carried out the survey, told the Daily Signal. The findings confirm that the Democratic Party's claim that socialism is a "fringe issue" is no longer true, and that socialism has spread into the party's core. Marxist Utopia Debunked by Survivors of Communism The Daily Signal's Journalism Fellow, Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez, and the Manhattan Institute's Policy Fellow, Daniel Di Martino, draw on their experiences under Marxist rule to debunk the communist talking points pushed by… pic.twitter.com/FdIJJmDb1e — Daily Signal (@DailySignal) August 9, 2026 "While the national Democratic Party may claim to ... Continue Reading »

UBS Says Watch Beaten-Down Consumer Stocks, But Is "Reluctant To Call Outright Bottom" The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index has fallen to its lowest level since April 2014, but UBS equity trader Mark Paski is watching closely for signs of a bottom in beaten-down consumer stocks. Paski explained: Some of the US consumer sector's biggest laggards are beginning to outperform despite little improvement in the underlying data, a potential sign that prices may be bottoming before fundamentals. The sector remains deeply unloved, with investors heavily underweight, tax-loss selling still dominating conversations and expectations reset sharply lower over recent months. Lower rates, easing energy prices and quarter-end positioning helped fuel a bid in discretionary stocks this week, particularly across retail, restaurants and housing-related names. The strongest moves have come in areas where bearish positioning had become most stretched, suggesting flows and positioning are starting to matter more than deteriorating fundamentals. Investors remain reluctant to call an outright bottom, but there is growing interest in owning select consumer names if confidence in the backdrop improves. That leaves Q4 as a key test.  While the macro picture remains challenging, the focus increasingly appears to be shifting ... Continue Reading »

Supreme Court To Hear Pivotal Climate Case With Billions At Stake Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 5 regarding a lawsuit from Boulder, Colorado, demanding compensation from energy companies for local weather damage allegedly caused by global greenhouse gas emissions. The question before the court, however, is not whether global warming theories hold water. It's whether local courts throughout the United States should have the authority to extract billions of dollars from energy companies for damage allegedly caused by global emissions. The energy companies argue that giving such power to local courts would allow municipalities to effectively impose a massive nationwide carbon tax with the potential to bankrupt the U.S. energy industry. Experts say the court's decision in this case could have a dramatic impact, both on U.S. energy production and on what Americans pay for oil, gas, and electricity. "It is actually bigger than climate change," O.H. Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, told reporters at a pre-hearing conference. "It's about [climate activists'] overall ability to weaponize courts to accomplish policy goals that are sweeping, that are multi-billion dollars in ... Continue Reading »

Russian Lab Worker's Abrupt Death Sparks Plague Crisis Concerns; Trump Team "Monitoring Outbreak" With wars in Eastern Europe and the Gulf already sending the world down a dangerous trajectory toward worsening instability ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter (see the global refining crisis), a suspected plague case at a Russian research institute has added a potential public health crisis to that risk landscape. Axios reports that a laboratory worker's death in Siberia's Irkutsk region has prompted medical observation of nearly 200 potential contacts. The Trump administration "is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," the outlet said, citing an administration official. .@SecRubio on the possible Russia plague outbreak: "We're watching and monitoring it closely. I don't think it's cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus." https://t.co/pWbvfmV6uE — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 5, 2026 Last week, a 28-year-old worker of the Anti-Plague Institute died of severe pneumonia. Local Russian media outlets reported that the worker may have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for pneumonic plague after breaking a test tube. BREAKING: 5 hospitals have been closed for quarantines in Siberia due to a possible plague outbreak. The 28-year-old lab technician Darya ... Continue Reading »

Stock Futures Drift As Attention Turns To European Debt Crisis Futures are lower to start the week and global markets struggle for direction, as political upheaval and mounting concern over Europe’s public finances dampened risk sentiment and sent the euro to a 17-month low against the dollar while the US yield curve twists steeper and USD appreciates. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures are down 0.1% and Nasdaq futures slip 0.2% from their record close on Friday, as most Mag 7 stocks are lower although Nvidia climbs another 0.6% after partner Hon Hai Precision Industry reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, pointing to sustained and elevated spending on AI infrastructure. In premarket trading, tech is lower with Semis / Memory lagging, Mag7 and Software flat. Intel tumbles 4% after a report on discussions of a potential collaboration between Taiwanese chip giant TSMC and Elon Musk’s Terafab, which Intel joined in April. Cyclicals ex-Energy are flat to Defensives with the market looking to broadening if yields stabilize. Brazil-related names are higher following preliminary election results which show Bolsonaro defeating Lula, and EWZ +11.9% pre-market. The CAC 40 in Paris was the main weak spot in Europe. ... Continue Reading »