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The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Continue Reading »

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. Continue Reading »

Cybersecurity and software names have sold off heavily in recent weeks as investors fretted about potential disruption from artificial intelligence. Continue Reading »

JPMorgan, the world's biggest bank by market cap, has the industry's largest annual tech budget at nearly $20 billion, and it has outlined an ambitious AI plan. Continue Reading »

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The collaboration will help boost demand for Elon Musk's space company, which has contracts with the Defense Department and NASA. Continue Reading »

Apple is expanding a facility in Houston as part of a $600 billion commitment to U.S. manufacturing. Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP "Le statu quo n'est pas une option viable" et reviendrait à abandonner "les idéaux républicains, le progrès social et la construction renouvelée de la paix sur le territoire", a déclaré mardi Sébastien Lecornu en ouverture de l'examen de la réforme constitutionnelle sur l'avenir institutionnel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.Défendant au Sénat un texte qui serait le "point de départ" d'une sortie de crise durable, le Premier ministre a averti les sénateurs que, s'il était rejeté, ce serait "la première fois que le Parlement refuserait d'être le notaire d'un accord conclu entre les parties calédoniennes". Fichier vidéo Le gouvernement espère convaincre le Parlement de voter ce texte, qui retranscrit deux accords conclus avec la majorité des forces politiques calédoniennes, celui de Bougival (juillet 2025) et celui de l'Elysée-Oudinot, signé en janvier 2026 sous l'égide d'Emmanuel Macron.Ces accords prévoient notamment la création d'un État calédonien inscrit dans la Constitution française, doté ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de Paris a fini en légère hausse mardi, au terme d'une séance marquée par les interrogations sur l'intelligence artificielle, avant les résultats très attendus de Nvidia.Le CAC 40 a pris 0,26%, à 8.519,21 points, en hausse de 22,04 points. La veille, l'indice vedette parisien avait perdu 0,22%, à 8.497,17 points.Dans l'ensemble, "la séance du jour" a été "calme, on attend Nvidia", explique à l'AFP Matéis Mouflet, analyste de marché chez XTB France.Les résultats annuels du mastodonte des puces électroniques et championne de l'intelligence artificielle Nvidia, première capitalisation mondiale, doivent être publiés mercredi soir après la fermeture de la Bourse."Comme à l'accoutumée, il faudra des résultats démesurés pour rassurer les marchés", estime Matéis Mouflet.D'autant que les investisseurs s'interrogent sur la rentabilité des dépenses colossales des géants de la tech dans l'intelligence artificielle - qui profitent à Nvidia - et que ces entreprises financent de plus en plus en s'endettant.Ils s'inquiètent aussi des conséquences du développement de cette nouvelle technologie dans l'économie."Jusque là, les investisseurs estimaient que l'IA serait majoritairement positive. Désormais, on s'inquiète de ses effets récessifs et de la baisse de la consommation si le chômage grimpe", selon Matéis Mouflet, analyste ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE LOUP BUREAU TV5 JWPlayer Field Il y a exactement 4 ans, la Russie lançait une invasion à grande échelle de l'Ukraine. Le nombre total de soldats tués des deux côtés se compte par centaines de milliers. L'ONU déplore la mort d'au moins 15 000 civils ukrainiens. Continue Reading »

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Valdo Calocane, a mental patient who killed three people in 2023, was not isolated due to racism concerns, an inquiry in the UK has heard Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The future of the region is being written east of Brussels – and Marco Rubio’s tour confirmed exactly what Brussels fears most Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland has reportedly attempted suicide after being charged with corruption over ties to Epstein Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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По словам главного тренера СКА, участники переговоров признали, что Россия является частью большой хоккейной семьи Continue Reading »

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POLL: 61% say Trump growing more erratic... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Appears in FOX ad flogging $100k watches...TONIGHT: Bruised and Unpopular, Turns to State of the Union for Reset...May Be Trial for 'Barely Invited' Justices... Continue Reading »

If Warner’s board changes course and deems Paramount’s latest offer superior, Netflix will be able to revise its bid. Continue Reading »

Generations of refugees in Aden endure poverty, lack identity, and cling to fading memories of Somalia's distant shores. Continue Reading »

Ex-UK ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson was arrested for alleged misconduct tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue Reading »

Shows of solidarity and moments of mourning marked yet another anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Continue Reading »

The Jogokariyan Mosque in Indonesia distributes thousands of free meals each night of Ramadan. Continue Reading »

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The former prince travelled the globe as the UK's trade representative between 2001 and 2011. Continue Reading »

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Christopher Trybus denies the manslaughter of his wife Tarryn Baird who took her own life in 2017. Continue Reading »

The legislation’s advocates say a close call between two private planes near Teterboro, N.J., on Feb. 13 underscores the need for more collision prevention technology. Continue Reading »

President Trump has demanded President Claudia Sheinbaum confront the cartels. The killing of El Mencho suggests it might be working — but could come at a cost. Continue Reading »

Other criminal groups in Mexico may try to take advantage of the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, who ran the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Continue Reading »

A wave of unrest after the killing of a cartel leader has rattled tourists in Mexico, prompting travelers to reconsider their plans. Here’s what to know. Continue Reading »

President Trump will speak to a legislative body that has ceded much of its power to him but has recently pushed back gently, and where partisan divides are deeper than ever ahead of the midterm elections. 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 »

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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 »

After President Donald Trump called the men's Olympic hockey team to congratulate them on their gold medal, he received criticism for what's been deemed by some as disrespect toward the women's team that had the same fate. Three days before Jack Hughes' golden goal, Megan Keller did the same thing to Canada in the women's gold medal contest... Continue Reading »

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has previewed President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump's guests, as well as the key agenda items the president will focus on during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. "The first lady will have two great children with her as part of her Fostering the Future initiative," Leavitt told Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. "The president himself has invited some extraordinary guests this year who, again, truly exemplify what it means to be a patriotic American. Men and women who have served in our United States military."... Continue Reading »

Looking up above Ukraine's snaking front lines, some drones zip toward far-away targets while others hover lower— buzzing right above the heads of soldiers on the contact line, searching for their next target. "There is constant activity in the air almost everywhere," says one Ukrainian soldier on the front line. He declined to provide his name or any details about where he's been deployed, as he was not authorized to speak... Continue Reading »

Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) on Tuesday said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem agreed to halt plans to build an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the Granite State. Ayotte said Noem agreed after she met with her in Washington, D.C., last week... Continue Reading »

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Last July at a Turning Point USA summit, Charlie Kirk and Megyn Kelly suggested that Jeffrey Epstein could have been a spy for "MI6, Saudi or Mossad," the intelligence services of Britain, Saudi Arabia and Israel, respectively. Last November, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told reporters that Epstein "had close ties to our own intelligence agencies and Israel's intelligence agencies" and "that's why there's so much effort in trying to stop this."... Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court ruling that nullified global tariffs from United States President Donald Trump has created renewed uncertainty for many of its major trade partners – and a clear vindication for its biggest economic rival: China. The dramatic rebuke to the US president's trade agenda comes weeks before Trump is set to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a crucial three-day summit in Beijing to discuss high-priority topics such as trade, technology and Taiwan. Continue Reading »

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump acted illegally when he imposed new tariffs on nearly all countries exporting goods to the United States. Trump argued that he had reviewed every trade agreement the U.S. had with other nations. He concluded that they were disproportionately favorable to our trade partners and harmful to American interests. He wanted swiftly to rectify this imbalance. Continue Reading »

A headline from Bloomberg on Thursday was indicative of legacy media's response to new trade data released by the Commerce Department. It declared, "U.S Notches One of Its Biggest Annual Trade Gaps Since 1960." So, were the mainstream economists and political pundits right? Should we begin to doubt that President Trump's tariffs are having any effect at all? Can tariffs actually rebalance trade? That, of course, is precisely the reaction the headlines are intended to evoke. Continue Reading »

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President Donald Trump's new global tariffs took effect at 10 percent at midnight on Feb. 24 despite his weekend social media post stating he would raise them to 15 percent. The Supreme Court ruled last week that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act—also known as IEEPA—did not grant him the power to impose tariffs on U.S. trading partners. This decision overturned a large swath of import duties, particularly the reciprocal tariffs spotlighted in April 2025. Continue Reading »

On Friday, after the Supreme Court struck down most of Trump's tariff agenda, he announced that he would quickly implement a 10% flat tariff for all trading partners using a different trade law. One day later, Trump posted on Truth Social that "effective immediately" he would be "raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff ... to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level." Under the trade law the administration is now turning to, called Section 122, tariffs of up to 15% can be quickly applied, but only for up to 150 days. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed a 10 percent tariff on all goods not covered by current exemptions, returning to the global rate first announced by President Trump after the Supreme Court struck a blow to the bulk of his emergency import taxes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a notice on Monday night showing imports would "be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of 10%," despite Trump suggesting on Saturday that the rate would increase to 15 percent. The notice cites Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to enact tariffs to address "large and serious United States balance-of-payment deficits," U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer previously said Friday. Any levies issued under Section 122 last up to 150 days and are limited to 15 percent of the product's estimated value. Congress must approve on extending these tariffs. Continue Reading »

FedEx is suing the U.S. government for a tariff refund, making it one of the first major American companies to do so since the Supreme Court overturned many of President Trump's levies. The lawsuit will most likely give other big companies cover to sue, too. We go inside the discussions happening in boardrooms across the nation. Continue Reading »

Tuesday marks the four-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowing his country will stay unified as the war continues. "Our people did not raise a white flag — they defended the blue and yellow one," Zelensky said in an address to his people. "And the occupiers, who thought they would be met here with crowds waving flowers, saw lines at the recruitment centers instead. Our people chose resistance." Continue Reading »

Hungary vowed to block the European Union's next batch of anti-Russia sanctions unless Ukraine immediately restarts oil pipeline shipments, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Feb. 23. Brussels wants to pass what will be the 20th package of sanctions against Moscow on Feb. 23, but the 27-nation bloc requires unanimity to do so. Speaking before a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in the Belgian capital, Szijjarto threw a wrench into those plans, saying Kyiv had blocked the shipments through the Druzhba pipeline for purely political reasons. Continue Reading »

Supporters of the "Make America Healthy Again" strategy have long railed against pesticides, making opposition to them a pillar of the movement. But an executive order issued by President Donald Trump last week collides with that long-held stance. The order states that glyphosate — an herbicide found in Roundup, the world's most widely used weed killer — is "central to American economic and national security" and calls for an adequate domestic supply. Glyphosate inhibits protein synthesis in plants and microorganisms, leading to their death. Scientists can genetically modify corn, soybeans and cotton — three field crops that account for the vast majority of glyphosate use in the United States — to choose which crops survive and which die after glyphosate treatment. Continue Reading »

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced backlash for saying that identification was needed for an emergency program to shovel snow as a winter storm hit the city. Over the weekend, Mamdani requested New Yorkers sign up to become emergency snow shovelers, but paperwork would be required. "For those who want to do more to help your neighbors and earn some extra cash, you too can become an emergency snow shoveler," Mamdani said during a news briefing on Saturday. "Just show up at your local sanitation garage with your paperwork which is accessible online." Continue Reading »

FedEx sued the U.S. government Monday, seeking a full refund of tariffs assessed under President Donald Trump's order targeting imports. The lawsuit is one of the highest-profile moves by a major American company following the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling Friday, which determined that the president did not have the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose such tariffs. Continue Reading »

Meta said on Tuesday that it would purchase billions of dollars worth of semiconductors from Advanced Micro Devices to develop artificial intelligence technologies and power new data centers. As part of the multiyear deal, Meta is buying a volume of chips equivalent to up to six gigawatts of electricity, enough to power more than five million homes. The social media giant can also take a financial stake of up to 10 percent of the chip developer, the two companies announced. AMD's chief executive, Lisa Su, is using creative deal making to elbow her company's way into an A.I. chips market that has been dominated by Nvidia, the world's most valuable company. In October, AMD struck a similar deal with OpenAI to provide chips and a financial stake in exchange for an agreement to buy its chips. Continue Reading »

FedEx Seeks Tariff Refund With Lawsuit Against US Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, FedEx is suing the United States Feb. 23, seeking a full refund on President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) lacked authorization. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, seeks to recoup all duties paid by FedEx as a result of IEEPA orders and any interest accrued, plus attorney’s fees. The Tennessee-based shipping giant focused its lawsuit mainly on the emergency tariffs imposed on Mexico, Canada, and China, and the 10 percent baseline tariff on all imports to the United States, which went into effect on April 5, 2025. In the Learning Resources v. Trump case, the Supreme Court ruled Feb. 20 that Trump’s tariffs violated the emergency powers law he invoked last year to impose levies on China, Canada, Mexico, and other countries. Tariffs enacted under other laws were not affected by the ruling. The president declared a national emergency under IEEPA starting on Feb. 1, 2025, to address the flow of illicit drugs across the northern and southern borders, and ... Continue Reading »

5 Things To Watch At Trump's State Of The Union Address Tonight President Trump is set to deliver his first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24, when he is expected to highlight his administration’s accomplishments and seize the moment to shore up support for Republicans ahead of the critical 2026 elections. Historically, the president’s party almost always suffers midterm losses, and the House appears especially vulnerable this year. Trump, eager to reverse the trend, is set to deliver a lengthy speech promoting the policy wins over the past year. “It’s going to be a long speech, because we have so much to talk about,” the president said during an event at the White House on Feb. 23. In fact, as Polymarket odds show, his speech is expected to last 95 minutes... The address is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET and will be Trump’s second to Congress since returning to office. He previously spoke to a joint session of Congress on March 4 last year. While it was not an official State of the Union address, the speech was the longest on record, lasting nearly 1 hour and 40 ... Continue Reading »

As Epstein Brokered Rothschild Bank Deals, DEA Ran Secret Probe Into $50M Laundering Scheme A newly uncovered DEA document from the DOJ's Jeffrey Epstein files release reveals that Epstein was the subject of a secret, 5-year investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on suspicions of laundering approximately $50 million through a web of illicit drug and prostitution networks - yet federal prosecutors pursuing his 2019 trafficking case had no idea.  The DEA investigation, code-named "Chain Reaction," was launched by the DEA's New York office on December 17, 2010, and targette4d Epstein (listed as "Target 4") - as well as 14 other individuals whose names have been redacted. Chain Reaction focused on "illegitimate wire transfers" suspected of funding "illicit drug and/or prostitution activities" in New York City and the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned his notorious Little St. James island.  Drawing from a multi-agency dragnet - including the DEA, FBI, ICE, CBP, FinCEN, and others - the memo compiles biographical data, border crossings, criminal histories, and financial red flags. It reveals roughly $50 million in suspicious transactions from 2010 to 2015, routed through accounts in Switzerland, France, the Cayman Islands, and New York. Epstein himself was flagged in seven Unified Suspicious Activity ... Continue Reading »

AI Is An 'Orchestration' Layer, Not 'Displacement': Anthropic Event Leaves Deutsche Doubting Software's Imminent Demise After watching Anthropic's Enterprise Agents briefing event, Deutsche Bank's Software research team have even greater conviction that model providers are unlikely to displace software incumbents and are instead positioning themselves and their agents to be an orchestration layer on top of existing and incumbent systems. Various partnership announcements (detailed below) earlier in the day (including Intuit) along with mentioning the importance of data and context that live in the various systems of record and engagement suggest that it remains very difficult to replicate or displace much of the knowledge, metadata, and workflows incumbent systems have amassed ("Claude is only as useful as the data it connects to"). This is consistent with Deutsche Bank's previous thoughts, where they see the risk of AI is less vibe coding or replacing existing systems. With stocks continuing to embed this risk in current multiples, Deutsche see today's event as an incremental positive for the software sector. With that said, we still acknowledge other risks around the costs of software development compressing along with the potential for change in the interaction layer ... Continue Reading »

Huge Number Of US Allied Forces Exit Erbil Airbase, Fearing Iran Retaliation Via Middle East Eye A few days ago, amidst heightened US-Iran tensions, a military helicopter landed at the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Although Western troops are rarely seen on the city’s streets, Erbil Air Base is heavily staffed with soldiers, and military helicopters fly overhead every day. Now, this airport could potentially become a target for Iran if the situation escalates. Since 2018, the Kurdistan region, including Erbil's airport, has come under attack by drones, rockets and ballistic missiles from Iran and its proxies. In July last year, a suicide drone was shot down above the airport amidst attacks on oil fields in the region. On January 21, a drone also targeted an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, killing one Kurdish fighter. "There are foreign forces here, including Americans, and the Kurdistan region traditionally has good relations with western countries and America," Ziryan Rojhelati, the director of Rudaw Research Center, told Middle East Eye. "In this last year, we witnessed how a militia group targeted the Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan region. So many people think that in a possible war between Iran and ... Continue Reading »

USS Gerald Ford Carrier Hit By 'Sewage Crisis' As Record Deployment Endures The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is traversing the Mediterranean, reportedly set to dock in Israel's port of Haifa next, following a prior stop in Crete early this week, after having been ordered from the Caribbean to the Middle East area as the US threatens Iran. Coming off Venezuela operations and being ordered to the Central Command (CENTCOM) has meant its deployment is being extended. The Ford and its some 4,500+ personnel on board have already surpassed 240 days at sea, ranking this deployment is among the longest in modern naval history. via AFP But this significantly extended stint has witnessed some major internal problems - most especially centering on the supercarrier's strained infrastructure a mere decade after its commissioning.  The Navy's flagship carrier is reportedly beset by chronic sewage system failures, various reports which stretch back to January have found. According to the highly reputable military news source 19fortyfive, "While the carrier projects unmatched power, internal reports reveal a fleet under duress: sailors are missing major life events, and the ship's complex vacuum sewage system is suffering daily clogs." The Wall Street Journal was able ... Continue Reading »

Home Depot Posts Biggest EPS Beat In 16 Quarters As Big Remodeling Projects Sidelined Shares of Home Depot are up 3.5% in early U.S. trading after the home-improvement retailer reported what Goldman consumer expert Scott Feiler called the "biggest EPS beat in 16 quarters." Feiler explained: We had positioning marked as just a 3 out of 10 in our pre-EPS positioning scorecard. That compared to LOW at a 5. Historically, we rarely have HD below a 5. A small sales miss was expected and instead, we got a beat. This was also the first time they beat operating margins in the last 5 quarters and led to their biggest EPS beat in 16 quarters. The upside was driven by gross margins, so we will need to hear if that's sustainable. Is this a thesis changer? No. However, it removes some of the recent near-term concerns that had begun to be more discussed (margin misses, small top-line miss/negative comps had been expected and no current buyback to support EPS upside). Fourth quarter details: 4Q EPS of $2.72 vs. Consensus $2.53, with revenues ~30 bps ahead and comp sales of +0.4% vs. Consensus -0.4% (think bogey was ... Continue Reading »

Iran 'Ready' For 'Any Step' To Achieve US Deal, Oil Slides Ahead Of Trump SOTU Tonight, when President Donald Trump will step into the House chamber to deliver his State of the Union address, it will undoubtedly be overshadowed by the prospect of coming conflict with Iran.  Tehran will be up late (or early), carefully scrutinizing every word of the US leader, anticipating the what's next at a moment of massive Pentagon build-up in the region, including no less than two carrier groups. Iranian leadership, looking toward the big Trump speech tonight, has just offered that it's ready to do anything necessary to reach a deal to stave off an attack. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi has declared Tuesday that his country is "ready to take any necessary step to reach a deal with the US" but coupled with a warning that "a strike on Iran is a real gamble." This momentary or rhetorical 'concession' sent oil prices sliding... Crude Oil Futures Price (WTI) The big question tonight is whether President Trump will signal if he's still betting on diplomacy in the days ahead, or if he'll prepare the American public for full military action ... Continue Reading »

Yen Tumbles After Japan's PM Voices Concerns About Further Rate Hikes To BOJ The yen was already sliding on Monday after Nikkei Asia reported that the sharp swing we saw in USDJPY in January was initiated by FX intervention from US Treasury Secretary Bessent not Tokyo, even if Washington, D.C. is open to coordinated forex moves if requested by Japan. FX traders took this as evidence that, contrary to previous conventional wisdom, Japanese authorities were prepared to allow the USDJPY to continue climbing on Jan. 23 and it was only US action which prevented a print at 160, or higher. At the time, investors were leaning toward the upcoming Japanese election as a reason for intransigence, but this report made it seem more like benign neglect of the currency. Then yen then dropped some more after China added 20 Japanese firms - including affiliates of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - to an export control blacklist, escalating the dispute between the two nations.  But it was the third drop that was the biggest, and sent the USDJPY above 156, after Japan's Mainichi daily reported that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed reservations about additional interest rate hikes ... Continue Reading »

After Four Years Of War, Zelensky Wants All Land Back Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Tuesday marks four years since Russia first launched its invasion of Ukraine, and, despite President Trump promising to end the war quickly, there's no end in sight to the conflict as Russian and Ukrainian leadership haven't budged on their core demands for a peace deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed in an interview with the BBC over the weekend that he wouldn’t cede the territory Ukraine still controls in the eastern Donbas region and defined "victory" as Ukraine regaining all of the land it has lost to Russia since February 2022. Zelensky awarding a medal to a Ukrainian soldier on February 23, 2026 Source: Office of the President of Ukraine. Ukraine ceding the Donbas is a key Russian demand to end the war, and President Trump has repeatedly called for Zelensky to do so, arguing that Ukraine will likely lose the territory in bloody battles in the coming months and years. When asked by the BBC interviewer if he thought it was a “reasonable request” for a ceasefire, Zelensky said he didn’t agree. "I see this differently. I don’t look at ... Continue Reading »

Former Norway PM Attempts Suicide After Epstein-Linked Raid, Corruption Charges: Report Norway's former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized a week ago after a failed suicide attempt, days after he was charged with "gross corruption" after a police probe into his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, local outlet iNyheter reports.  Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway, in Oslo February 12th.  Jagland, 75, who gave Barack Obama a Nobel peace price less than nine months into his presidency, was charged on February 12 after police carried out an extensive search of his properties - including apartments in Oslo and in Risør. The man who shockingly awarded the newly elected Barack Obama the Nobel peace prize in 2009, and who was chair of the Nobel Committee from 2009 to 2015, was an Epstein Island regular pic.twitter.com/ObuEO3pB5C — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 4, 2026 According to the report, Norway's Økokrim - which investigates economic and environmental crimes - took the serious step of sending a letter to the Council of Europe requesting that Jagland's immunity be lifted. It was revoked one day before the raids took place. In the letter, Økokrim says that Jagland and his immediate family used Epstein's private apartments ... Continue Reading »

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 And 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 By Michael Every of Rabobank Depressingly, today marks the start of the fifth year of the Ukraine War: a battered Ukraine is still standing against a bruised Russia; the US is still aiming for a peace deal so it can pivot to Asia; and Europe --even as it knows it has to look after both Ukraine and its own conventional defenses after decades of having this provided for it-- is still trying to get its act together. Despite its rhetoric, with a few notable exceptions European rearmament isn’t happening with appropriate scale and speed. Is Ukraine supposed to hold on until 2035, when EU defense budgets will be at the promised 3.5% of GDP?  EU ministers also just failed to agree their 20th sanctions package on Russia, and Hungary is blocking the €90bn loan to Ukraine the EU had thrashed out. As such, the EU’s Kallas is reopening the controversial Russian frozen assets option shelved in December, which Belgium refused to go along with it. That’s as the UK Telegraph reports that “Kremlin spies” are acquiring ‘Trojan horse’ networks of sites ... Continue Reading »

Despite Crazy Revisions, Consumer Confidence Rebounds From January's Doom After Boomers and Gen X dragged The Conference Board Confidence measure down to eight month lows to end 2025, expectations were for a rebound to start 2026. Instead, January was a bloodbath with all the cohorts tumbling. Today sees February's data released with expectations for a rebound, particularly in expectations... and the consensus was right. The headline Consumer Confidence print rose from 84.5 (revised dramatically up to 89.0) to 91.2 (better than the 87.1 expected) Under the hood it was kind of crazy with the dismal Present Situation print for January of 113.7 dramatically revised up to 121.8, which meant the 120.0 print for February was actually a decline MoM (but better than expected). The Expectations sub-index rose from a revised 67.2 to 72.0 (also better than expected). So, overall, confidence ticked up in February after falling in January, as consumers’ pessimistic expectations for the future eased somewhat. “Comments about prices, inflation, and the cost of goods remained at the top of consumers’ minds,” Dana Peterson, chief economist at the Conference Board, said in a statement. “Mentions of trade and politics also increased in February.” With Expectations at their ... Continue Reading »

Moscow Claims NATO Nuke Smuggling Plot Into Ukraine - UK Denounces 'Heinous' Charge It's hard to know what's true amid the fog of war, but when Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) comes out with whatever new accusation it lodges against Ukraine it usually 'goes big'. That's true of the latest statement Tuesday, which happens to mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Ukraine invasion of 2022. The SVR is newly alleging that France and the UK are plotting to secretly arm Ukraine with a nuclear weapon. French M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile. Photo credits: Marine Nationale According to the agency, British and French officials are considering the "covert transfer of relevant European-made components, equipment, and technologies to Ukraine" - and are in parallel laying the groundwork for an information campaign that would misrepresent the nuclear capacity as domestically developed. Russian sources and state media strongly suggest their belief that this is still just in planning stages, and that several options are being considered, including that Ukraine could be provided with a French TN 75 warhead, currently in the the French Navy's submarine-launched ballistic missiles. There's also the option of Western assistance to help Kiev build a 'dirty bomb' ... Continue Reading »

Rogue AI Just Yeeted $250,000 Into the Void Solana’s memecoin casino has seen its fair share of rug pulls, pump-and-dumps, and surrealist performance art. But this weekend, it got something new: an AI agent that appears to have fumbled a quarter-million dollars in tokens while trying to tip a stranger 4 SOL. The agent, dubbed Lobstar Wilde, was built by Nik Pash - an OpenAI employee and former head of AI at the coding agent startup Cline (fired for saying 'imagine the smell' regarding Indians). On Thursday, Pash posted on X that he had given his bot a crypto wallet loaded with roughly $50,000 worth of SOL and told it to “make no mistakes.” He planned to spin up a dedicated account so the bot could “share his journey to becoming a millionaire.” Three days later, the journey took a detour. Boomers can scroll to find out what happened in English... The $4 Tip That Wasn’t An X user going by “treasure David” replied to one of Lobstar Wilde’s posts with a wallet address and a plea for 4 SOL, citing a medical emergency involving an uncle and tetanus. Instead of transferring roughly $500 ... Continue Reading »

Novo Nordisk Extends Slide After Announcing Price-Cuts For Blockbuster Obesity Drugs Novo Nordisk shares in Copenhagen can't catch a bid. The liquidation is accelerating again after a Bloomberg headline on Tuesday morning: the Danish drugmaker will slash U.S. list prices for Wegovy and Ozempic next year. The move suggests that the new CEO is pursuing market share amid intensifying competition in the GLP-1 space. Jamey Millar, Novo's head of U.S. operations, was quoted by Bloomberg as saying the company set a monthly price of $675 for its family of semaglutide drugs, a reduction of up to 50%. The new pricing regime is set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Millar said Novo had to announce the new cuts now to allow time to adjust ahead of next year's rollout. Meanwhile, Zepbound, Eli Lilly's competing obesity drug, currently has a list price of around $1,086. Bloomberg pointed out: "The price drop will apply to the wholesale acquisition cost, a published price that doesn't reflect the complex system of rebates in the US market. On commercial insurance, both Zepbound and Wegovy can cost patients as little as $25 a month." "I'm confident that payers will ... Continue Reading »

Despite Rise In December, US Home Prices Saw Weakest Full-Year Gain Since 2011 For the fifth straight month, US home prices across its 20 largest cities rose in December (according to the admittedly lagged and smoothed Case-Shiller data released today). The 0.47% MoM rise is down very mopdestly from the upwardly revised +0.53% MoM in November Source: Bloomberg However, "national home prices grew just 1.3% for the year - the weakest full-year gain since 2011," according to Nicholas Godec, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, Head of Fixed Income Tradables & Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Two structural forces have reshaped the market over recent years: mortgage rates and inflation,” Godec continued. "The 30-year mortgage rate closed 2025 at 6.2%, well above the 4.8% 10-year average and a sharp contrast to the 3.9% average that prevailed from 2016 through 2020. Meanwhile, annual inflation for 2025 came in at 2.7% — modestly below the 3.1% 10-year average — but still outpaced home price appreciation by 1.4 percentage points, effectively eroding real home values for most owners. This marks a notable reversal: Over the prior decade, national home prices outpaced inflation by 3.7 percentage points annually, a dynamic that ... Continue Reading »

Female British Cop Defends Freedom Of Speech In "Muslim Area" Of London Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Metropolitan Police has so far not commented on the viral video of a female police officer defending freedom of speech surrounded by a crowd of angry Muslim men in Whitechapel but it has questions to answer. The Mail ran the video yesterday. This is fundamentally a Christian country. We will not tolerate “Muslim areas”. Credit to this brave police officer. She was defending a Christian’s right to free speech after being told it was a Muslim area. pic.twitter.com/dQChwP3Ecz — Sarah Pochin MP (@SarahForRuncorn) February 23, 2026 🚨🇬🇧 “The Risk is they could be assaulted - The fact it’s a very heavily Muslim orientated community” “There are cameras everywhere and this is already a well patrolled area” Wow - this is the second half of the viral Police Officer in London - dealing with a crowd of Muslims… pic.twitter.com/sAzjISECWO — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 20, 2026 This is the moment a police officer defends a Christian preacher in Whitechapel and is told: “This is a Muslim area.” The confrontation sees a female Met Police officer being surrounded by males and telling them: “In this country, we have ... Continue Reading »

Jittery Futures Erase Gains Amid AI Doomsday Fears A short rebound in stocks fizzled after Monday's drop, as worries about the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence continued to unsettle markets which digested yesterday’s AI scare, and await today’s Claude / Anthropic presentation, while preparing for tonight’s State of the Union address (“SOTU”). Some have suggested that Trump may attack power generation risks during SOTU as he deals with affordability.As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures traded unchanged, erasing an earlier 0.3% gain. The benchmark fell 1% in the previous session following a sharp drop in dealer gamma and a report that rehashes well-known fears about AI. Nasdaq 100 contracts climbed 0.1%, as AMD soared 11% on a $100 billion deal with Meta for data-center gear and a minority investment in the chipmaker. Other Mag7 are all mostly higher while an ETF tracking software firms was flat. IBM remained little changed following a 13% tumble. Nvidia Corp. fell 1.2% ahead of its results on Wednesday. Sentiment was also dented after Jamie Dimon said he’s starting to see parallels with the pre-financial crisis era, when a rush to make loans ended disastrously. At midnight, the US's 10% blanket tariff went ... Continue Reading »

Early Tax Refunds Are Showing A 14% Increase, IRS Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The average tax refund for American taxpayers has increased on a year-over-year basis, the IRS said in a Feb. 20 update. The average refund amount increased 14.2 percent in 2026 to $2,476 as of Feb. 13, according to the agency. Last year, the average refund for the same time period was $2,169. Meanwhile, the average direct deposit refund amount for taxpayers is up 13.1 percent year over year, from $2,252 in 2025 to $2,548 in 2026. The IRS added that the total number of tax returns that the agency has received and processed is down slightly year over year. About 32,175,000 tax returns have been filed as of Feb. 13, a 2.6 percent decrease year over year. For the same time period last year, 33,040,000 tax returns were filed, the agency said. The total number of returns processed by the IRS paints a similar picture. Some 31,795,000 tax returns have been processed as of Feb. 13, a year-over-year decline of 3.1 percent. “Average refund amounts are strong,” the IRS said in its update, adding that the agency ... Continue Reading »