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Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Croate Donna Vekic a réussi l'exploit de remporter le tournoi du Queen's dimanche à Londres en tant que "lucky loser", c'est-à-dire après avoir été repêchée en qualification, ce qui n'était plus arrivée depuis trois ans sur le circuit WTA.Vekic, 79e mondiale, a battu en finale la Britannique Emma Raducanu (42e) en deux sets 6-0, 7-6 (8/6).C'est le cinquième trophée de la carrière de Vekic, 29 ans, et aussi le plus beau puisque le Queen's, épreuve sur gazon préparatoire à Wimbledon, est son premier de la catégorie WTA 500. La Croate n'avait plus gagné de tournoi depuis mars 2023 à Monterrey, au Mexique.Au Queen's, elle avait d'abord perdu en qualification contre la 105e mondiale, la Russe Anna Blinkova, avant d'être intégrée dans le tableau final grâce au forfait de l'Ukrainienne Marta Kostyuk.C'est seulement la sixième fois dans l'histoire de la WTA qu'une lucky loser remporte un tournoi, le dernier exemple datant de 2023.Vekic s'est montrée expéditive sur ses jeux de service et impitoyable sur ses balles de break (3/3 dans le premier set) pour s'adjuger la première manche en moins d'une demi-heure, comme en demi-finale samedi face à Katie Boulter (73e).Elle est revenue ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le Mexicain Isaac Del Toro a remporté le Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ex-Dauphiné) dimanche sur le plateau de Solaison en s'adjugeant la huitième et dernière étape lors de laquelle Paul Seixas a abandonnée.À trois semaines du Tour de France, où il sera le principal lieutenant de Tadej Pogacar, le coureur d'UAE a frappé fort en s'imposant en solitaire au sommet de cette montée vertigineuse de Haute-Savoie après avoir déjà gagné la veille au Grand Colombier.Le jeune Mexicain de 22 ans, qui comptait 49 secondes de retard sur l'Australien Luke Tuckwell au général en début de journée, s'est envolé à neuf kilomètres de l'arrivée pour rapidement combler son retard, avaler les derniers échappés et se diriger seul vers la victoireAu classement général final, il devance Tuckwell, révélation de cette 78e édition, de 54 secondes et l'Espagnol Juan Ayuso, deuxième de l'étape, qui complète le podium à 1:17 du vainqueur.C’est déjà la troisième course d'une semaine World Tour que le jeune "El Toriti" remporte cette année après Tirreno-Adriatico et le Tour des Emirats arabes unis.Il faisait sa rentrée au Tour Aura après avoir été victime d'une déchirure à la cuisse qui l'avait contraint à l'abandon au Tour ... Continue Reading »

Par Maya Elboudrari Une conférence internationale s'est tenue à Paris le 12 juin pour relancer le soutien à une solution à deux États, entre Israéliens et Palestiniens. Mais trente ans après les accords d'Oslo et leur échec, après la guerre dévastatrice à Gaza et l'accélération exponentielle de la colonisation en Cisjordanie, que reste-t-il de cet horizon ? Le chercheur Thomas Vescovi souligne à cet égard le manque de cohérence de la France et de l'Europe. Une conférence internationale s'est tenue à Paris le 12 juin pour relancer le soutien à une solution à deux États, entre Israéliens et Palestiniens. Mais trente ans après les accords d'Oslo et leur échec, après la guerre dévastatrice à Gaza et l'accélération exponentielle de la colonisation en Cisjordanie, que reste-t-il de cet horizon ? Le chercheur Thomas Vescovi souligne à cet égard le manque de cohérence de la France et de l'Europe.« La fenêtre d'opportunité pour une solution demeure, mais elle se rétrécit. Ce ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La pouliche irlandaise de trois ans Diamond Necklace, grandissime favorite, montée par l'Anglais Ryan Lee Moore a remporté avec autorité dimanche à Chantilly (Oise) le Prix de Diane, la course la plus glamour de l'année hippique, devenant la nouvelle Championne d'Europe sur 2.100 mètres.Le Joyau de l'écurie d'Aidan O'Brien reste invaincue en 5 sorties et réalise un rare triplé : Prix Marcel Boussac - Poule d'Essai des Pouliches - Prix de Diane, à l'instar de la légendaire Allez France, la première à avoir réalisé cet exploit (1972-1973).Diamond Necklace a galopé en 5e position attentiste. Ryan Lee Moore lui a demandé d'accélérer en pleine piste à 350 mètres du but. Elle a repoussé l'attaque finale dans les 50 derniers mètres de Pink Panthera."Je suis très chanceux. Je suis très content qu'elle ait gagné!" a déclaré Ryan-Lee Moore, au micro d'Equidia de retour aux balances, qui remporte son premier Prix de Diane. Avec ce nouveau succès, le jockey de 42 ans, Ryan-Lee Moore a désormais gagné toutes les courses classiques en Europe.De son côté, Aidan O'Brien ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le Britannique Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) a créé la surprise en remportant sa première victoire avec la Scuderia lors du Grand Prix de Catalogne, dimanche sur le circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya à Montmelo.Sous une forte chaleur, le septuple champion du monde, qui s'était élancé en deuxième position sur la grille, a devancé ses compatriotes George Russell (Mercedes) et Lando Norris (McLaren).L'Italien Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), leader du championnat qui avait remporté les cinq derniers Grands Prix, a abandonné à cinq tours de la fin en raison d'un problème moteur alors qu'il venait de dépasser son coéquipier pour s'emparer de la deuxième place.Hamilton (41 ans) décroche ainsi le 106e succès de sa carrière en F1, le premier depuis celui obtenu sur tapis vert en Belgique en juillet 2024 après la disqualification de Russell. La dernière fois qu'il s'était imposé en franchissant la ligne en premier, c'était trois semaines plus tôt, devant son public à Silverstone.Après cette victoire et le zéro pointé d'Antonelli dimanche, Hamilton revient à 41 points de l'Italien, qui devance désormais Russell de 50 longueurs.Parfois critiqué pour ses erreurs de stratégie, la Scuderia a cette fois déroulé sa partition à merveille et a bénéficié d'un ... Continue Reading »

Physical pain and prolonged frontline deployments are fueling the use of psycho-stimulants and opioids among Ukrainian troops, DW reports Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russian President Vladimir Putin has wished his US counterpart, Donald Trump, a happy 80th birthday during a phone call Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Marco Rubio has reiterated that Washington will enforce its Strait of Hormuz blockade despite India’s protest over a deadly US strike Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Проблемные моменты проекта "Сила Сибири 2" будут решены. В этом заверил председатель российской части Российско-Китайского Комитета дружбы, мира и развития (РККДМР), спецпредставитель президента России по связям с международными организациями для достижения целей устойчивого развития Борис Титов. Об этом, а также об ожиданиях американского бизнеса на российском рынке, вопросах деятельности трудовых мигрантов в РФ, Титов рассказал в интервью ТАСС Continue Reading »

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Demonstrators denounce event promoting Israeli settlement land and property sales as a violation of international law. Continue Reading »

British armed forces intercepted an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet. Continue Reading »

Trump picks Mike Collins over Derek Dooley in race to determine who will face Democrat Jon Ossoff in November midterms. Continue Reading »

Donald Trump says there should be 'no more attacks' by Israel or Hezbollah on 'special day' when deal could be signed. Continue Reading »

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Carney faces backlash for appointing Omar Alghabra to a federal antisemitism panel over past Hezbollah lobbying and comments on Hamas and other terror groups; 'I’m not sure he’s the right guy to combat antisemitism,' says opposition leader Poilievre Continue Reading »

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Iranian media report draft deal would set a 60-day ceasefire, reopen Hormuz, ease sanctions and release frozen funds, while excluding missiles and proxy groups Continue Reading »

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PM tells ministers Trump asked whether Iranian fire had killed Israelis; IDF chief says Israel can strike Iran alone but prefers to preserve US partnership Continue Reading »

Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation. Continue Reading »

Britain’s Defense Ministry said it was the first time that British forces had acted alone to stop a ship in the fleet, a collection of vessels that Russia uses to move fuel and evade sanctions. Continue Reading »

At long last, the team that New York City cares about the most has loved it back. Continue Reading »

Even for a president known for imposing his own reality on every situation, Mr. Trump has not outrun scrutiny over his age. Continue Reading »

The F.B.I. director, following a strategy from President Trump, has filed six defamation lawsuits against news media companies and commentators in nearly seven years. 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 »

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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 »

Here's what new analysis from Public First reveals about the ways British and American voters respond to their frustration with politicians. Continue Reading »

Super PACs that don’t disclose donors until after voters cast ballots have spent $48 million on House and Senate primaries so far this cycle. Continue Reading »

Los Angeles County's health department is collecting match-day wastewater to monitor for potential outbreaks. Continue Reading »

Mayor Jim Ross doesn't need Dallas or Fort Worth. Arlington has three stadiums, roller coasters, and a parade of rowdy Dutch fans to manage. Continue Reading »

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has an official obligation to root for two World Cup competitors, and a soft spot for a third. Continue Reading »

Dershowitz, the criminal defense lawyer who once represented Jeffery Epstein, said he’d be open to answering the committee’s questions. Continue Reading »

It’s the latest example of the outgoing Texas Republican beginning to speak more of his mind. Continue Reading »

The Senate Democratic leader says AI has "tremendous benefits" but "we also have to have guardrails." Continue Reading »

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The Florida Republican had blocked promotions amid a dispute involving a Florida shipbuilder. Continue Reading »

A series of tense calls between Anthropic’s CEO and administration officials on Friday underscore how the White House is wrestling with advanced AI models. Continue Reading »

The White House, until now, had not confirmed whether the U.S. president had accepted the French president’s invitation. Continue Reading »

The war in the Middle East rattled oil markets, disrupted energy supplies and fueled global inflationary pressures Continue Reading »

The senior US official put the chance of success for a near-term deal at 80 to 85 percent but said the nuclear details will take months to materialize. Continue Reading »

Stopping the event, scheduled for Sunday, would carry enormous costs, the judge noted. Continue Reading »

The father of Austin Metcalf believes his son might still be alive if he and Karmelo Anthony acted differently. Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering Metcalf following an altercation at a Texas track meet in 2025. Continue Reading »

The Kennedy Center has fully removed President Donald Trump's name from its building, following a court's orders to reverse the center's name change before an extended deadline, Executive Director Matt Floca told a judge in court documents Saturday A judge had granted the Kennedy Center's request for additional time to fully remove Trump's name from the building, giving the arts center until noon Saturday after the organization missed an 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline. Continue Reading »

The United States has already lost this World Cup. The U.S. men's national team could make a historically deep run and the tournament could be filled with wondrous goals and compelling games. It will not change the fact that we have shown ourselves to be a hateful and greedy nation, one where leaders are only willing to welcome a world as they want to see it rather than as it exists, and the love of the game is exploited for top dollar. That will be the legacy, and the shame, of this World Cup. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to showcase the best of the United States and embrace the joy that soccer brings the rest of the world and, instead, we chose to be ugly Americans. Continue Reading »

An anonymous European tourist wasn't the hero we asked for. But he was the hero we desperately needed in a time when America's 250th anniversary party feels increasingly like it's about to fall flat on its face. His name is "Freddy." He is German. And he absolutely loves the American South. As he documents his travels through states like Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida, Freddy has even been described as the modern-day Alexis de Tocqueville, the great Frenchman who wrote of his travels to and observations of America during the 1800s. Although I wouldn't go that far, Freddy is nevertheless reminding Americans that the true greatness of our country can be found in the most unexpected places, such as a gas station or a winding country road. Continue Reading »

A federal judge ruled on Friday that the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a legal advocacy group's request to block organizers from using the White House lawn as the venue for Sunday's planned UFC mixed martial arts event. Continue Reading »

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, rejected an attempt to block Sunday's Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) card at the White House. A lawsuit over the event was filed on June 6 by activists Susan Douglas and Paul Romano against the National Park Service and other federal defendants, arguing that it is "deeply corrupt." They alleged that the UFC and its commercial partners are being allowed to profit from access to some of the nation's most iconic federal sites. Continue Reading »

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for UFC Freedom 250 to proceed at the White House and Lincoln Memorial this weekend, rejecting a last-minute court challenge just days before the high-profile event. U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta, an Obama appointee, denied an emergency request by two Washington-area residents to halt the mixed martial arts showdown, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to sue in the first place and had not demonstrated a sufficient injury. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk just became the first trillionaire in world history. SpaceX's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Friday at $150 per share and closed at $160.95 per share. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk's SpaceX began trading at $150 a share on Friday, above its listing price of $135 a share, making him the world's first-ever trillionaire following the IPO. Continue Reading »

With SpaceX shares soaring 20 percent on their first day of trading, the world's richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits. Continue Reading »

On foreign policy, the political spectrum is not as simple as left versus right, interventionist versus isolationist, or militarism versus diplomacy. Continue Reading »

The Trump Administration suspended the embattled Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority from receiving federal funds Thursday, citing repeated financial mismanagement and lack of control over conflict of interest safeguards. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County's main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds while it investigates the agency's alleged "wanton mismanagement of public funds." Continue Reading »

A top Trump agency is cutting off funding to the Los Angeles agency responsible for coordinating billions in homelessness spending after accusing it of "obvious fraud," "wanton mismanagement" and repeated failures to safeguard taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned. Continue Reading »

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Paramount bought CBS last year and installed “radical centrist” Bari Weiss as the editor-in-chief of CBS News. Firings and editorial controversies have been grabbing headlines ever since. Continue Reading »

Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing short of racist thuggery, ‌Britain's minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water cannon and plastic bullets to tackle rioters for a second night. Continue Reading »

A brutal beheading attempt in Belfast that left a man with catastrophic injuries has sparked waves of unrest across Northern Ireland, renewing a fierce debate over mass migration and public safety that is also resonating in the United States. Continue Reading »

Two stabbings have fueled violent protests in England and Northern Ireland in the last 10 days, fanned online by right-wing voices. In Britain and across Europe, it's a grim pattern. Continue Reading »

Daniel Darling has undeniably Red roots. Continue Reading »

Swiss Voters Reject Proposal To Cap Population At 10 Million Summary: Swiss Voters Reject Population Cap of Ten Million Propsal  The initiative "No 10 Million Switzerland" (population cap of 10 million) is being voted on by the Swiss and is likely to be rejected at the ballot box New Projection by research institute GFS Bern, commissioned by SRG SSR, 1 pm local time Final Vote In a national vote, Swiss voters rejected the proposed 10-million-person cap, with 54% voting against the measure and 46% backing the initiative. Public broadcaster SRF wrote: Some had expected a close vote on the "No 10-Million-Switzerland" initiative. But shortly after noon – with the first projection showing 55 percent voting against – it became increasingly clear: the initiative would not find a majority among the Swiss electorate. The relief among the broad political opposition was correspondingly great. The Social Democratic Party (SP) wrote in a statement: "The clear result sends a signal to the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and right-wing populist forces: The population no longer wants any new Schwarzenbach initiatives." Furthermore, the population supports stable relations with the EU. "This gives momentum to the upcoming debates on the Bilateral Agreements III," the SP continued. The ... Continue Reading »

Iran Says New Israeli Attack On Beirut 'Won't Go Unanswered' As Tenuous US-Iran Deal At Goal-Line  On Sunday the spokesman for the Iranian parliament's National Security Commission again warned against pursuing a deal with the United States without first restraining Israel. Iran has tried to force a 'red line' on Washington - essentially making clear that if it doesn't get Israel under control in Lebanon, it can kiss an Iran and Hormuz Strait reopening peace deal goodbye.  "One must not fall into a calculation error. Even if you seek agreement or understanding, its path is disciplining the Zionist regime. If this rabid dog is not controlled the ink of an agreement not yet dry will bite our own foot," the influential Ebrahim Rezaei wrote on X. The site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, via AFP. The warning came immediately on the heels of the Israeli military having hit Beirut hard on Sunday morning, with airstrikes on what the IDF called Hezbollah infrastructure, in response to recent attacks on northern Israel.  Iranian officials have in turn repeated their threat that they could respond with military action. Just as President ... Continue Reading »

Strategy's New Math: Dilution Equals Accretion? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Strategy’s Bitcoin is worth roughly $12 billion less than the company paid for it, yet Michael Saylor’s message last week was simple: “Business is Good.” But today’s article isn’t really about unrealized losses. It’s about whether Strategy is changing the way it measures shareholder accretion and company performance on the fly — also known as “moving the goalposts”. As a short seller, I’ve watched innumerable companies “move the goalposts” and try and focus the market on new metrics when old ones aren’t showing the story they want them to anymore. Sometimes, companies outright delete key performance indicators (KPIs) and use new ones. Strategy has taught investors that the objective was to increase Bitcoin ownership on a per-share basis. The company created “BTC Yield” as a KPI specifically to measure whether capital raises and Bitcoin purchases were benefiting existing shareholders. Strategy repeatedly argued that traditional accounting metrics were largely irrelevant and that what mattered was how much Bitcoin each share represented. For example, from the Q1 2026 earnings call: “Our ultimate objective is for our common to outperform Bitcoin by accreting Bitcoin per share…” - Strategy CEO Phong ... Continue Reading »

Iran Reveals Draft Of Trump-Touted MoU To Be Signed Sunday: $25BN Asset Unfreeze, Enriched Uranium Dilution On The Table Iran Weighs In on Anticipated MoU Signing Details, Potential Unresolved Issues Bloomberg and Reuters are reporting Sunday some fresh details on Iran's version of what the MoU to be signed - which President Trump says will happen today (albeit remotely) will inlcude. "A draft of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding included diluting highly enriched uranium within Iran and the release of $25b of Iran’s frozen assets, Reuters reports citing a senior Iran official it didn’t identify," writes Bloomberg in the latest. This includes: Final deal to be discussed in the 60 days following agreement by the two sides Also includes Iran immediately reopening Hormuz Strait to all commercial vessels and US lifting its naval blockade Tehran in draft agrees ⁠that will neither produce nor acquire nuclear weapons To maintain the nuclear status quo until final deal is ⁠reached, including by not enriching uranium and not expanding nuclear facilities One potential major complication to the two sides actually signing is what's happening in the Beirut suburbs, which the Israeli Air Force has just struck for the first time ... Continue Reading »

Talking Across The Divide Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, How we see politics reveals a lot about who we are. But it is less akin to a Rorschach ink blot than one of those reversible images, like the drawing that is both a rabbit and a duck. As messy as society might be, it is not some blob open to any interpretation (at least not yet, anyway). The patterns are there. But where we see one clear thing clearly, our pal may see another just as sharply. The difference is that we can ultimately resolve the artistic conflict - yes, I see both my wife and my mother-in-law in the drawing; when it comes to politics, we tend to dig in our heels and insist on our single reading. I felt as if I was peering at a reversible image the other day while talking with a progressive friend about the major challenges confronting the U.S. Surveying the American landscape, he saw a nation in peril largely because of a handful of billionaire "oligarchs" who use their tremendous influence to shape policy while resisting efforts to pay their "fair share." ... Continue Reading »

Former UK Prime Minister Admits Mass Migration Is Being Weaponized To Undermine Western Civilization Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, In the space of hours, Britain endured yet more random barbaric violence. A 17-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck on a quiet residential street in Burnley, Lancashire, and a 21-year-old man was murdered in Central Park, Chelmsford, Essex. These incidents form part of a relentless pattern of attacks that former Prime Minister Liz Truss directly links to mass migration policies and the deliberate undermining of British society. Truss described institutions corrupted by leftist ideology that suppress facts about the root cause - mass migration - while left-wing politicians weaponise immigration to erode the nation state itself. The public is livid. The official response under Keir Starmer has been to target those exposing the problem rather than the problem itself. On Friday afternoon, a 17-year-old girl was walking alone on a street in Burnley, a small town in northern England, when a man approached from behind and stabbed her in the back of the neck. Armed police responded swiftly. The victim was treated in hospital; her injuries were miraculously not life-threatening. A ... Continue Reading »

Sweden Sees Russia-NATO Conflict In 'Relatively Near Future' Russia could test the NATO alliance's unity and its "all-for-one" collective defense commitments in the "relatively near future," Sweden’s Defense Commission has said, sounding the alarm in a fresh report issued Friday. In the blunt interim report cited by Radio Sweden, the commission made it clear that Moscow's 'aggression' against the West is no longer a distant threat, but that "An armed attack against Sweden or our allies cannot be ruled out." Getty Images So far throughout the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year, it has been Baltic countries and the UK being the most out front in terms of claiming that Russia's aims are expansionist - a charge Moscow has vehemently and consistently denied. But now it seems Sweden is hyping the supposed 'Russia will invade Europe' narrative, long a favored assumption among the more hawkish of European officials. President Putin himself has denied repeatedly that his ordered 'special military operation' will go beyond Ukraine. While Europe sees Russia aims as based on aggression and going on the offensive, the Kremlin ironically enough sees its actions as fundamentally defensive.  For example, Putin in a fresh address to Russian ... Continue Reading »

Indigenous Nonsense Authored by Spyridon Andrews via American Greatness, When the dust settles hundreds of years from now and people begin to assess the hows and whys of Western decline, the issue of colonialism will figure prominently. We are traveling from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende with “The Professor,” a San Miguel resident who makes extra money by driving tourists from Mexico City to San Miguel. The title of professor is honorary. He is a self-taught scholar, a writer, and a highly intelligent man who works odd jobs around San Miguel to earn a living. The Professor is sharing tales of the Aztec Empire with us as we drive northward, stopped only briefly by the friendly Mexican police who take their usual bribe of around $200 as insurance against being arrested for more serious crimes, real or fictitious. The Professor goes on to tell us that all the horrible atrocities allegedly committed by the Aztecs were lies, all lies. Native American culture is burned into the mental DNA of Central Mexico. Children assemble on holidays dressed like little Aztec warriors for parades. There is pride in their Aztec heritage. On the way ... Continue Reading »

Somaliland Opens Diplomatic Office In Taiwan Despite Strong Objections From Beijing Via The Cradle The breakaway African territory of Somaliland opened a new representative office in Taiwan on Friday, saying it had the right to establish diplomatic relations despite objections from Somalia. "We have the right to choose who we have relationships with. It's our prerogative, and so it hasn't been successful as far as pressure tactics," stated Mahmoud Adam Jama ​Galaal, Somaliland's representative to Taiwan, at a press conference to mark the office opening. Rti photo Taiwan's Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu also spoke, saying, "Taiwan and Somaliland are both beacons of democracy, freedom, and rule of law." Located on the strategic Horn of Africa, Somaliland has functioned as a de facto state since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, with its own governing institutions and security structures – despite receiving no recognition from any UN member state until Israel recognized it in December.  Galaal added that Taiwan, which also lacks international recognition, is a "very important ally." Somaliland and Taiwan first established representative offices in each ⁠other's capitals in 2020. Taiwan separated from China after the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when the defeated Nationalist government ... Continue Reading »

Which States Are Leading America's Economy? America’s biggest economies aren’t always its strongest. While California, Texas, and New York dominate in economic size, long-term competitiveness depends on a broader mix of factors, from business creation and labor market strength to innovation and investment. This 2026 analysis by WalletHub evaluates all 50 states and Washington, D.C. across 28 indicators of economic activity, economic health, and innovation potential. This ranking, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, highlights the states that are building the foundations for future growth. Where Every State Ranks in 2026 The ranking below evaluates the economic strength of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in 2026: Rank State Total State Economy Score 2026 1 Massachusetts 69.4 2 Washington 67.3 3 Utah 65.9 4 California 65.0 5 Delaware 63.0 6 North Carolina 60.3 7 New York 57.6 8 Texas 57.0 9 Colorado 56.4 10 Florida 54.3 11 Idaho 53.4 12 Georgia 53.1 13 New Hampshire 52.9 14 Virginia 51.2 15 Arizona 51.1 16 Connecticut 51.0 17 Tennessee 50.8 18 South Carolina 49.3 19 Montana 48.9 20 Maryland 48.7 21 Minnesota 48.1 22 Indiana 47.4 23 Kansas 47.3 24 Oregon 47.1 25 New Jersey 46.2 26 New Mexico 45.7 27 Michigan 44.6 28 Alabama 44.4 29 Vermont 44.4 30 Pennsylvania 44.2 31 Wisconsin 43.5 32 Alaska 42.9 33 District of Columbia 42.1 34 Nebraska 41.7 35 Nevada 41.1 36 Arkansas 40.3 37 Illinois 40.1 38 Ohio 39.8 39 Iowa 39.3 40 North Dakota 38.8 41 South Dakota 38.7 42 Missouri 38.4 43 Oklahoma 38.3 44 Hawaii 38.3 45 Mississippi 36.2 46 Wyoming 35.9 47 Rhode Island 35.4 48 Maine 33.8 49 Louisiana 33.2 50 Kentucky 32.4 51 West Virginia 25.4 Why Massachusetts Leads the Ranking Massachusetts outperformed larger states including California, Texas, and New York thanks to its combination of innovation output, STEM talent, and business formation. It is also home to many of the nation’s fastest-growing tech companies, with business creation propelled by its innovation-driven economy and world-class universities. Despite being the nation’s 15th-most populous state, Massachusetts is well-positioned to drive innovation and economic growth as technology rapidly accelerates. Innovation Is the Biggest Separator The 10 highest-ranking states differ significantly in ... Continue Reading »

China's New AI Agent Risks Trapping Western Tech In Rights Abuses: Analysts Authored by Jarvis Lim via The Epoch Times, China's new state-backed artificial intelligence (AI) platform threatens to stifle domestic tech innovation through forced ideological compliance, and in the West, it could also be used to cover up the regime's human rights abuses, analysts warn. A screen advertising Xinhua News Agency in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, on March 2, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Xinhua, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will spend more than 1.1 billion yuan ($162.38 million) to launch an AI agent to propagate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's thinking, according to a feasibility study published on its website on June 5. Dubbed "Xinhua Yudian," the platform positions itself as an indispensable tool for journalists, a practical asset for party cadres, and a trusted information source for the general public, the study showed. "Through 'Q&A on Xi's Words' and 'Xi Study Guide,' it presents the core essence and practical requirements of the general secretary's important discourses," the report said. In 2023, China passed the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services," prohibiting ... Continue Reading »

North Korea Rips Fresh Western Criticism Of Expanding Moscow Relationship North Korea fired back on Saturday and lashed out at the Washington-Seoul alliance, tearing into a fresh South Korea-EU joint statement that condemned Pyongyang's deepening military alliance with Russia. North Korea has increasingly over the past acknowledge a significant number of troops sacrificed in support of Russia and in the context of the brutal and grinding Ukraine war. The Western-aligned statement, inked Wednesday during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's high-profile trip to Brussels, took direct aim at the "illegal military cooperation" fueling the war in Ukraine. "We condemn support by third parties, in particular the DPRK, which enables Russia to sustain its war of aggression against Ukraine," the statement said. A fully anticipated, North Korea's foreign ministry quickly hit back through the state-run Korean Central News Agency, framing its axis with Moscow as a mere "exercise of sovereign rights." Russia and North Korea under Presidents Putin and Kim have even signed a defense, technology and economic cooperation pact relatively recently. The ministry didn't mince words, calling the joint condemnation a "clear infringement on the sovereignty of our state and a grave hostile act," while ... Continue Reading »

Why The Millionaire Next Door Drives A Used Car - And What That Teaches About Real Wealth Authored by Peter Daisyme via Due, The wealthiest person I know personally drives a 2018 Toyota Camry. He owns three rental properties, has over $2 million in investment accounts, and could buy any car on any lot without blinking. He chooses not to, and his explanation is both simple and profound: "A car is a tool that takes you from one place to another. Everything beyond that is a payment for other people's perception of you." Income alone doesn't create wealth. The key is the gap between what you earn and what you spend. Morakod1977/Shutterstock That conversation rearranged how I think about money, status, and the difference between looking wealthy and actually being wealthy. And the more I studied the habits of genuinely rich people - not the Instagram version of rich, but the people with real, substantial, enduring wealth - the more I found that his approach was the rule, not the exception. The Wealth Illusion We live in a culture that equates visible consumption with financial success. A nice car, a big house, designer clothes, ... Continue Reading »

"Tell Him He's A Piece Of Shit": Employee Hijacks Meta Meeting In AI Revolt Earlier this week, a routine livestreamed Meta meeting descended into open revolt. During a presentation open to thousands of employees, one participant suddenly interrupted the speakers with a profanity-laced outburst, according to WIRED. The employee declared they felt like "the company's bitch" and demanded that the people leading the call write to a specific Meta AI executive and "tell him that he's a piece of shit." One presenter reportedly covered their face with their hands. Moderators asked everyone to mute. The technical discussion eventually continued, but the moment - which employees in the chat described as "spicy" - revealed something much deeper: widespread anger and disillusionment inside Meta's newly formed Applied AI unit. "It's literally the gulag. You have zero purpose in life all of a sudden, you barely interact with anyone, you just have these tasks every week," one current employee told WIRED on condition of anonymity.  A Rapid, Painful Reorganization That unit, formed in March 2026 to support researchers at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, now employs roughly 6,500 engineers and product managers. Many were reassigned with little warning. Their new ... Continue Reading »

Discs, Orbs, 'Heavenly' Phenomena, & More Revealed In 3rd Batch Of Declassified UFO Files Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Americans living in the northeastern United States witnessed “brilliant and beautiful” glowing red and white orbs in their backyard, which they caught on video, the Pentagon’s third release of declassified UFO files on June 12 showed. The new documents contained encounters from around the world, such as reports of a “disc-like” object in Zimbabwe, a “potato shaped” craft in Colorado, and “heavenly” phenomena moving at speeds of 12,000 kilometers per hour in Hungary. The third batch adds to the previous two document dumps of UFO and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files released by the Pentagon on May 8 and May 22. Those batches also detailed stunning encounters, including Apollo 11 astronauts seeing a “sizable” object near the moon and a UAP being shot down over the Great Lakes. Here are some key highlights from a partial review of the newly released files. ‘Brilliant Red Sphere’ The FBI interviewed U.S. citizens in February about their firsthand accounts of potential UAPs in their backyard. The documents were partially redacted and did not disclose when or where ... Continue Reading »

Hillary Clinton Fears "Revolution" Preventing The US From Becoming A "Rainbow Nation" The word "Democracy" is thrown around frequently within progressive circles as a call to arms; a rallying cry based on a fraudulent narrative of patriotic duty.  Throughout the entirety of Joe Biden's first and last term, the political left painted conservatives as a threat to democracy.  Anyone who opposed pandemic mandates, compelled vaccination, open borders, mass immigration, gender ideology in public schools etc., was labeled a danger to society.   The inherent fallacy being that leftists (and by extension Democrats) represent the majority of the nation.  However, this notion has been consistently debunked by multiple elections, polls and the fact that the vast majority of liberal movements have been exposed as astroturf funded by NGOs. If Democrats actually cared about democracy, they would listen to the actual American majority, instead of waging a propaganda war on the majority in order to manufacture a false consensus.  And, the majority of Americans do not support multicultural or "intersectional" ideology.  The liberal vision is on the decline and that's a good thing. Not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton disagrees.  At the first Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference since ... Continue Reading »

AI's Core Flaw: "Mass Regurgitation Of Misinformation" Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, These immense hidden costs will not show up in GDP until they collapse the entire house of speculative gambling cards propping up the global economy. I approach all AI topics with several things in mind. One is the nature of problems, which implicitly define what qualifies as solutions, and the resulting incentive to define the "problem" such that the "solution" happens to be the one we own and control. So the "problem" AI solves is "corporate profits are too low," and so the "solution" is to replace costly human labor (made costlier by SickCare insurance and taxes on labor) with "cheaper" AI (cheaper because the full costs are hidden or subsidized). My other lens: the economic, social and cultural consequences of AI as it is and AI hype, a topic I've explored most recently in Is AI Reversing Anti-Progress or Is It Accelerating It?, AI Data Centers Are Not the Railroads of Today and Inequality, AI and Digital Life Are Undermining Society. Correspondent Mike Fasano recently submitted a succinct and telling summary of AI's insurmountable structural flaw: AI's inability to discern the difference between truth and falsehood, be it ... Continue Reading »

What's In A Name? Alaska GOP Succeeds In Stopping Democrats From Stealing The Senate Election Alaska's election officials may have just saved a U.S. Senate seat from one of the more brazen ballot schemes in recent memory. The state's Division of Elections issued a preliminary ruling this week that Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg is ineligible to appear on the 2026 Senate ballot, dealing a significant blow to Democrats - in what Republicans have characterized as a coordinated Democratic effort to siphon votes from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan through deliberate name confusion. US Senator Dan Sullivan (R) Dan J. Sullivan is a 69-year-old retired teacher who filed to run as a Republican for the U.S. Senate mere days before the late-May filing deadline. Not only is his name virtually identical to the incumbent senator's, but he's also recycled the incumbent's former campaign slogan, and is using a logo similar to the senator's own branding. The attempt to deceive voters is obvious, and under Alaska's ranked-choice voting system, where ballot position and name recognition carry outsized weight, the potential for voter confusion was significant and consequential According to a report from the Anchorage ... Continue Reading »

Bitcoin & The Clash Of Two Inexorable Realities Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, Two inexorable realities have come into sharpened focus over the last month or so. Both are themes we have been exploring and monitoring – one, since practically the very beginning of this service, the other, over the last year or so. The first is the unsustainable nature of the global monetary system: we are not unique in calling that out – it’s practically a trope and has been for a long time. The other is the existential necessity to win the new arms race – which is less about kinetic weapons now and more about computation, information and 5GW. In the past, when the Soviet Union put as astronaut into space before NASA, it was a humiliation and a psychological defeat – but the USA arguably still held strategic advantage where it counted at the time, which was here on earth, with more nuclear missiles, tanks and military bases than the USSR. The US space program kicked into overdrive, and NASA was able to slingshot past the Russians, and over time and across more dimensions, the Soviets never caught back up or retook the lead – in ... Continue Reading »

Canadian Mother Sues OpenAI, Alleging Chatbot Encouraged Daughter's Suicide Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, A Canadian mother is suing OpenAI after its popular ChatGPT chatbot allegedly encouraged her daughter to continue engaging with the app after she revealed suicidal thoughts. A screen showing the ChatGPT app. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Instead of terminating these discussions or flagging her account for safety concerns, ChatGPT allegedly escalated the exchanges in the days before the woman ultimately took her life, according to a press release. The Social Media Victims Law Center, Tech Justice Law, and the firm Susman Godfrey filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI on June 11 on behalf of Kristie Carrier. Her daughter, Alice Carrier, 24, committed suicide on July 2, 2025. After reviewing her daughter's devices, Kristie Carrier said she had found extensive conversations with ChatGPT in which her daughter expressed thoughts of self-harm in the months before her death. In the exchanges, her daughter allegedly told the chatbot that she was feeling isolated and discussed possible suicide methods. The lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of escalating these conversations in the days before the woman's suicide, rather than terminating ... Continue Reading »