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Rioting, looting and vandalism has gripped France over the weekend after protests spiralled out of control across the country. Continue Reading »

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The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault. Continue Reading »

Serhii Beskrestnov says there has not been enough time to warn people about incoming missile attacks. The White House said there had been no changes to intelligence sharing. Continue Reading »

Investors are hopeful that last week's pullback was a clearing event for equities, but lingering concerns remain. Continue Reading »

Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco. Continue Reading »

Tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy have steadily risen in recent weeks, while Russia, which invaded Ukraine, has received multiple breaks from the U.S. Continue Reading »

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Par TV5MONDE avec agences Réfugié en Ouganda, Robert Kabera, un ancien sous-officier de l'armée rwandaise devenu un ardent critique du gouvernement de Paul Kagame a été retrouvé décapité, près de la capitale Kampala, a annoncé ce lundi 19 octobre la police ougandaise. Réfugié en Ouganda, Robert Kabera, un ancien sous-officier de l'armée rwandaise devenu un ardent critique du gouvernement de Paul Kagame a été retrouvé décapité, près de la capitale Kampala, a annoncé ce lundi 19 octobre la police ougandaise.Robert Kabera, 50 ans, ancien sergent rwandais, avait fui en novembre 2020 accusé d'agression sexuelle ce qu'il a toujours nié, rapporte la BBC. Il avait demandé l'asile à l'Ouganda voisin où il était enregistré comme réfugié, a indiqué son frère Victor Agaba à l'AFP.Le porte-parole de la police ougandaise Kituuma Rusoke a déclaré lors d'un point presse ce lundi 19 cotobre que l'on n'avait pas retrouvé sa tête. "Ses proches ont identifié M. Robert Kabera", a-t-il poursuivi, ajoutant que des ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de New York a terminé globalement en hausse lundi, portée par la bonne forme des valeurs liées au secteur de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) après la mauvaise passe des dernières séances, en attendant les résultats de plusieurs grands noms technologiques.L'indice Nasdaq a pris 1,11% et l'indice élargi S&P 500 s'est octroyé 0,41%. Seul le Dow Jones est resté pratiquement stable (-0,07%)."On dirait un rebond après une phase de vente un peu excessive", observe auprès de l'AFP Art Hogan, du gestionnaire de fortune B. Riley Wealth Management.Les investisseurs se sont massivement débarrassés des actions liées à l'IA la semaine passée en raison d'un cocktail d'incertitudes portant sur la valorisation jugée excessive de ces entreprises, leur niveau d'endettement et la crainte d'une concurrence chinoise accrue.Le Nasdaq avait alors perdu plus environ 4,5% sur la période hebdomadaire.Lundi, "la tech s'est reprise, les investisseurs étant attirés par des valorisations plus attractives", note Jose Torres, analyste pour la plateforme Interactive Brokers.Première capitalisation mondiale, le spécialiste des puces électroniques Nvidia a gagné 1,38%. Ses concurrents Broadcom (+1,78%), AMD (+1,76%), Intel (+2,43%) et Marvell Technology (+4,06%) ont tous terminé dans le vert.CoreWeave, au coeur des préoccupations des investisseurs, a ... Continue Reading »

Par Elena Lionnet avec agences Avec un chiffre d'affaires de 400 millions de dollars par an, le jeune oligarque russe Pavel Prigojine, le fils du défunt fondateur de Wagner, continue de faire prospérer le groupe paramilitaire russe en Centrafrique grâce au soutien du pouvoir à Bangui et en diversifiant ses activités dans la criminalité organisée, selon une enquête du Wall Street Journal.  Avec un chiffre d'affaires de 400 millions de dollars par an, le jeune oligarque russe Pavel Prigojine, le fils du défunt fondateur de Wagner, continue de faire prospérer le groupe paramilitaire russe en Centrafrique grâce au soutien du pouvoir à Bangui et en diversifiant ses activités dans la criminalité organisée, selon une enquête du Wall Street Journal. Lorsque Evgueni Prigojine est mort dans l’explosion de son avion le 23 août 2023, son fils Pavel, alors âgé de 25 ans, s’est retrouvé à la tête du groupe Wagner - un empire composé de combattants, de trafiquants d’or et de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Déborah CLAUDE © 2026 AFP L'un, à Marseille, a été obligé d'appeler le président de la République pour avoir du renfort policier. L'autre, à Limoges, a regardé le beffroi de son hôtel de ville se consumer. Après les violences du 17 octobre, les maires des villes touchées réclament de la "transparence" et "une réponse politique". "Nous avons eu pour la première fois, le sentiment que des pans entiers de nos villes avaient été laissés sans protection", écrivent les maires de gauche de Paris, Marseille et Lyon dans une tribune publiée lundi par le quotidien Libération. Dans la journée de dimanche, ceux-ci ont demandé à être reçus par le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu, qui en a accepté le principe sans calendrier pour l'instant. "Ces attaques graves portées contre les institutions démocratiques constituent un vrai risque pour toute la Nation", a prévenu de son côté l'association des maires de France (AMF), une attaque contre "la paix civile et nos libertés publiques fondamentales". À Paris, où pendant que 110.000 personnes, selon la police, manifestaient dans le calme samedi, de nombreux casseurs et pilleurs s'en sont pris à du mobilier urbain et ont dévasté et dévalisé des magasins dans des ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Jean DECOTTE avec les bureaux et correspondants de l'AFP © 2026 AFP "Nous devons faire bloc"... Des milliers d'élus et de citoyens se sont réunis lundi devant des mairies partout en France, témoignant de leur "peur", de leur solidarité et de leur désir d'"ordre" face aux violences de la mobilisation du 17 octobre.À l'appel de l'Association des maires de France (AMF), quelque 2.000 personnes se sont rassemblées à Cannes, selon cette municipalité dont le maire David Lisnard préside l'AMF. Il s'était déplacé dimanche soir à Limoges, sa ville natale, dont l'hôtel de ville historique a été incendié.Un millier de personnes ont répondu présent à Brest, quelques centaines à Bordeaux, Angers, Nice ou Toulouse, une centaine à Lille et Paris et quelques dizaines à Nantes, Strasbourg ou Lyon, pour dénoncer affrontements, pillages et incendies de bâtiments publics. "Je suis désemparée, anéantie. Il est important pour moi de montrer qu'il y a des citoyens qui aiment la France, sans faire de politique", a déclaré à l'AFP Sandrine Marais, une enseignante bordelaise de 57 ans."Je suis d'accord pour manifester mais ... Continue Reading »

British literary editor Martin Ivens has suggested Dostoevsky would appear on RT today. What would the Russian literary giant have to say? Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Florida has issued an arrest warrant for former Cuban President Raul Castro over a 1996 shooting down of a plane Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Israel is threatening to make its occupation of southern Lebanon permanent while implementing the so-called ‘Gaza model,’ RT reports Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Lithuania has reportedly lost a right to host a Modern Pentathlon World Cup Stage next year over is refusal to allow Russians to compete Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

As anti-government riots rage in Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama has tried to blame the unrest on Russia and Iran Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Министр обороны отметил, что специалисты эффективно выполняют задачи по обеспечению устойчивой связи во время СВО Continue Reading »

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Это снизило бы давление на стоимость, заявил министр энергетики США Крис Райт Continue Reading »

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Toxic mix of urban rebellion, political drift, economic crisis... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron twilight months...Far Right Seizes Moment...Rioter desperately tries to pull off pants engulfed in flames... Continue Reading »

Far Right Seizes Moment... (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron twilight months...Toxic mix of urban rebellion, political drift, economic crisis...Rioter desperately tries to pull off pants engulfed in flames... Continue Reading »

Rioter desperately tries to pull off pants engulfed in flames... (Top headline, 4th story, link) Related stories:France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron twilight months...Toxic mix of urban rebellion, political drift, economic crisis...Far Right Seizes Moment... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

ITALY DISPATCHES 500 TROOPS TO 'DEFEND MILAN' (Main headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:PROTESTS AND LOOTING Continue Reading »

Israeli police released a video they say shows the arrest of 10 suspects over weekend settler violence. Continue Reading »

Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democrats leading by 12 points in generic US congressional ballot surveys against Republicans. Continue Reading »

The Ukrainian army says it has carried out the world’s first drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from the front line. Continue Reading »

The leader of a Kenyan cult who instructed followers to starve themselves to death to reach heaven has been found guilty Continue Reading »

First Lady Melania Trump has championed the executive action as a 'transformative moment' for US women's health. Continue Reading »

Defense Minister Israel Katz seeks to extend emergency powers until November 3, beyond the October 27 election, amid warnings that civilians could be targeted; no restrictions are currently in effect, and Knesset committee approval is still required Continue Reading »

A 49-year-old man dies at Soroka Medical Center a day after the blast at Intel's Kiryat Gat facility; a gas technician was killed Wednesday and a third victim remains hospitalized in serious condition, while investigators suspect a gas cylinder exploded during truck unloading Continue Reading »

Former US president acknowledges Jewish persecution but says Jews seeking refuge took land from others, drawing criticism over his portrayal of Israel's creation; he also urges Israelis to rethink their strategy and Palestinians to reject violence Continue Reading »

Egyptian president rejects suggestions of territorial ambitions and reaffirms the peace treaty with Israel after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned that Egypt would lose Sinai if it attacked Israel; Cairo questions whether some Israelis harbor unfounded fears Continue Reading »

New US strike plans include possible attacks on Iranian infrastructure and nuclear sites, but military sources question whether the massive bomb could change the course of the war Continue Reading »

The president’s swing is taking him to states including South Carolina and Kansas that were not seen as competitive just a few months ago. Continue Reading »

Our White House correspondent Tyler Pager traveled with President Trump as he campaigned across the country ahead of the midterms. As the president touted his record, political drama mounted in Washington. Continue Reading »

Only a small fraction of recent G.O.P. broadcast and streaming ads mention the president, according to a Times analysis of ad data. Continue Reading »

The interior minister acknowledged that the police were underprepared for the scale of the riots. But Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended their efforts and pledged to restore order. Continue Reading »

The police’s treatment of the student last month sheds light on how a wave of school unrest evolved into national protests that spilled into widespread riots on Saturday. 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 »

Echelon Insights’ Patrick Ruffini told POLITICO he thinks polling is overstating Democrats’ chances of flipping Senate races in historically deep-red territory. Continue Reading »

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Democrats’ main super PAC is dark in Georgia this week. And both sides didn’t spend last week either. Continue Reading »

Bobby Pulido is trying to flip a district that’s slipped from Democrats. The Tejano singer might be the answer to winning culturally conservative Latino voters. Continue Reading »

Warnock is testing a “new kind of Southern strategy” for the Democratic Party. Continue Reading »

The move is an apparent attempt to hurt Democrat Sherrod Brown, who’s locked in a tight battle with GOP Sen. Jon Husted in the Senate battleground. Continue Reading »

One big concern is at the staffing level: getting people with a deep understanding of the technology around rank-and-file members. Continue Reading »

Lawmakers need “someone in the room” to help them understand the rapidly evolving technology, one expert says. Continue Reading »

Rep. Mark Amodei told POLITICO in an interview that his once safely red Nevada district, which has never elected a Democrat, is “at risk” this year because of the GOP candidate. Continue Reading »

Rep. Mike Lawler is walking a fine line on immigration in an attempt to hold onto his seat. Continue Reading »

The president is touting billions in pipeline investment and other benefits as Republicans try to keep Sen. Dan Sullivan’s seat, seen as key to maintaining Senate control. Continue Reading »

No one counts on Trump for message discipline, but some had hoped that he or his staff would at least limit the distractions in the final weeks of the campaign. Continue Reading »

The decision has left some of the party’s longtime Russia hawks at odds with the president. Continue Reading »

Ultraprocessed foods are an enemy of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement. Continue Reading »

Anthony Scaramucci, communications director for about 10 days, took to social media after losing his title as the White House’s shortest-lived punchline. Continue Reading »

U.S. military strikes on Iran could rapidly intensify soon, a senior military official exclusively told the Daily Caller News Foundation. While American strikes on Iran appear to have reduced in frequency and intensity as the Trump administration braces for midterms, that could quickly change, a senior military official familiar with the matter granted anonymity to speak told the DCNF. To that point, the U.S. military is currently conducting a massive force buildup in the region. Continue Reading »

The violent riots rocking France are a dark harbinger of what could happen in the United States if Democrats win the midterms, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is warning. The top leader in the House of Representatives compared the far-left groups plunging France into chaos to the socialist insurgency that's gripped the Democratic Party. And the coming election, he argued, is the best way to prevent the same scenes from playing out in the U.S. "France is descending into chaos because they wanted OPEN BORDERS — just like the socialist Democrats in America," Johnson posted on X. "What we are witnessing is a chilling warning for all Americans of what happens if the radical Marxist insurgent left gets their way." Continue Reading »

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University demonstrator who became a flashpoint in the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian foreign students, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up his case, his lawyers said. Khalil was jailed for months last year, and he has long asserted his detention was retaliation for his protected speech. Continue Reading »

The online mapping service MapQuest will now show users the locations of surveillance cameras, including license plate readers from the company Flock Safety. MapQuest is best known for its 1990s website that allowed users to print out driving directions. It was largely forgotten amid the proliferation of GPS devices and then as Google and Apple put sophisticated mapping apps on smartphones. Continue Reading »

A bizarre rant from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) included slamming "transgender witches" as out of touch with "regular, ordinary Americans." Cruz has recently been campaigning across Alaska for incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in his race against Mary Peltola (D). His rant came during a Fox News interview, during which he sat beside Sullivan and proclaimed, "This happens a lot in midterms, where the party out of power, they're usually ticked off." Continue Reading »

Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to "every kid in America" next year. The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new "public benefit" fund. In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote, "I recommend giving the shares directly to the public." Continue Reading »

There ought to be a rule: Anyone wishing to work in major-league news media must first spend a semester abroad in the Midwest learning what the other half of the country thinks about, well, anything. Because the ignorance that certain members of the press have for anyone outside their immediate ideological bubble really is scandalous. The New York Times published an essay recently bearing the none-too-subtle headline: "Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It." The article is more than 1,500 words long, so here's a brief summary: Public schools are good even when they're failing because they're diverse and equitable; school choice, which is the pet project of religious-fanatic billionaires, is bad. Continue Reading »

"I've been voting Republican my whole life. I'm superconservative," the Pine Tree superintendent, Steve Clugston, tells the camera in an Instagram reel. "I'm going to tell you what: When Greg Abbott sold us out to the billionaires and sold out our schools, I'm done with his leadership." In the Texas governor's race, Clugston is voting for Abbott's Democratic opponent, State Representative Gina Hinojosa. The Pine Tree public school district is in the bright red small city of Longview in East Texas, between the big cities of Dallas and Shreveport, La. A majority of its 4,400 students are economically disadvantaged. When I caught up with Clugston on Friday, hours before the Pine Tree football team trounced its opponents under the lights, he was at his farm. "My wife's a teacher. My daughter's a teacher. My son-in-law's a teacher. Both my sisters are teachers. My brother-in-law's a retired superintendent. So I'd say education's kind of in our blood," he told me over the phone. Continue Reading »

Part of a seven-part series exploring what 100+ independently written letters from America’s business community reveal about the country and its people at 250. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, said that he would give away one share of SpaceX, his rocket and artificial intelligence company, to "every kid in America" next year, in a social media post in the early hours of Monday. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk said he would gift every child in America one SpaceX SPCX 1.97%increase; green up pointing triangle share, following pledges by rival Anthropic and other high-profile billionaires to give away some of the immense wealth accumulating during the artificial-intelligence boom. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk has pledged to give every child in America one share of SpaceX next year, signaling that the planned giveaway could be the first of several. Continue Reading »

“Shut up, he explained.” The above quote is an age-old joke from the early 20th century American humorist Ring Lardner, satirizing a tense conversation between an inquisitive child and their irritated father. Just last week, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson updated Lardner’s one-liner in a less comical fashion, as he rebutted his Republican opponent Susan Collins for suggesting that a heckler who interrupted their debate was a Jackson supporter. Continue Reading »

In order for democracy to work, people must have balanced, reliable information, and we must be able to talk honestly with each other, especially when we disagree. Continue Reading »

Recent reports of sexual assault, such as the so-called Cornell 7's assault of Jane Doe, have rightly renewed calls to action in changing the cultures and social structures that perpetuate sexual violence. Responses have largely concentrated on the need to prosecute perpetrators so they carry the responsibility for their vile and violent acts, rather than blaming victims. We have also seen calls to teach boys how to respect women and to hold systems accountable when they fail to facilitate the aforementioned. Continue Reading »

Consensual hookup culture often feels predatory to women because... it is. It preys on women's desire for monogamy and coupling and love, which many believe there's a chance of receiving even after casual sex. Frat bros around America are indebted to Alex Cooper for trying to convince so many women they can and should have sex like men. It's led to men having a lot more casual sex because women choose to have it. That norm is great for dudes, but women often end up feeling preyed upon and exploited because they experience sex differently and just can't — on average — have casual hookups so easily. Continue Reading »

Hookup culture is corrupting an entire generation, or so I'm told. Emotional apathy, fleeting connection, the collapse of commitment: All roads lead back to casual sex. It's the favorite villain of hand-wringing adults, who point to noncommittal hookups as evidence that young people have traded traditional courtship for instant gratification. Even among students themselves, casual sex has become a scapegoat — the reason someone can't find love, the explanation for why the dating scene feels so bleak, the easiest excuse when a situationship goes up in flames. Continue Reading »

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President Donald Trump waived sweeping new sanctions against Russia passed by Congress, arguing in an executive order Friday that the move "is in the national interests of the United States." Trump had signed the legislation, named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., just last month. The bill took aim at Russia's largest buyers of oil and gas, allowing the president to impose tariffs on goods from those countries, which may include China and India. Continue Reading »

Donald Trump has blocked numerous sanctions on Russia two days before they were due to take effect, as a row with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky deepens. The sanctions were passed by the US Congress and signed into law by the US president in September. Continue Reading »

Houthis Target More Saudi Airports, Aramco Sites As US Issues Urgent Alert For 12 Mideast States Embassies in the Middle East - and broadly the State Department - have issued warnings that the Iran and Yemen conflicts may soon escalate unpredictably, including a blanket new travel alert covering for no less than a dozen regional countries. More missiles were launched on Saudi Arabia Monday: "Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday they carried out attacks on Saudi energy, airport, and military targets including an Aramco facility ‌in Yanbu, the Shaybah oilfield, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and Abha airport," reports Al Jazeera. The Saudi government has yet to confirm that there were strikes on these locations, however. AFP/Getty ImagesAlso, active fighting between Iranian and US forces could erupt once again at any moment. An Iranian official has freshly put US allied states across the region on notice. According to an update in regional media: An adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Iran will respond with attacks against numerous US allies in the Middle East if it’s attacked again. Conservative politician Mohammad Mokhber said Iran would strike “nine countries” if Iranian military bases or “petrochemical” facilities are ... Continue Reading »

44% Of Americans Have Trouble Paying For Basic Necessities As Lifetime Cost Of The American Dream Tops $5 Million Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse Blog, How did we get to a point where nearly half of the entire population is struggling to even pay for the most basic necessities? A lot of people talk about "economic collapse" as something that will occur someday in the future. The truth is that "economic collapse" has been slowly happening for decades as the middle class has been systematically eviscerated. It now takes 5.3 million dollars to live the American Dream over the course of a lifetime. Who can afford that? Most Americans aren't even going to come close to making 5.3 million dollars during their working years. Of course in this economic environment, much of the population is just concerned with trying to survive from month to month. The cost of living crisis that has been raging for this entire decade is absolutely crushing millions upon millions of U.S. households, and now we just learned that the official inflation rate has gone up again. If financial stress has become a major ... Continue Reading »

Trump Admin, US Businesses 'Need To Be Wary' Of AI Espionage, Intelligence Chief Warns Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned that both the Trump administration and American companies "need to be wary" of foreign espionage with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), which the government now refers to as super intelligence. Clayton, who leads the Trump administration's Super Intelligence Force, told CNBC in a Friday interview that maintaining U.S. leadership in the AI race is critical in the face of potential foreign espionage. He noted that while AI platforms and capabilities can be used for "very good purposes," they can also be used for "nefarious purposes." The intelligence chief's comments came after President Donald Trump's Super Intelligence Force held its first meeting at the White House on Thursday. Clayton told CNBC that the meeting was "very good" and that it built on the voluntary accord signed by Trump and multiple technology industry leaders at the White House on Sept. 29. Asked whether Americans should be concerned about foreign espionage with AI companies, Clayton said Friday that both commercial and state-sponsored espionage are a reality ... Continue Reading »

Geothermal Just Undercut Solar-Plus-Storage In Sunny Nevada Geothermal has long been the clean, firm power source that was always a few breakthroughs away from being cheap enough to matter. Numbers buried in a Nevada utility filing suggest that day may have arrived. Joel Edwards, co-founder and CTO of geothermal developer Zanskar, put it bluntly earlier this month: "to all the geothermal believers out there, the flippening has come." to all the geothermal believers out there, the flippening has come in NV Energy’s 2026 filing, 3 geothermal offers came in at $105–107/MWh, below the ~$114/MWh capacity-weighted average for 11 solar + bess offers in Nevada, of all the sunny places the 3 solar + bess projects NV Energy put forward in 2024 averaged ~$94/MWh, but this 2026 slate is pricier, e.g., Boulder Solar III’s levelized price jumped from ~$85/MWh to ~$125/MWh after permitting delays, land carrying costs, higher financing costs, and, of course, big, bad tariffs. could geothermal pull off a solar + wind circa 2010 move and scale faster to come down the cost curve? it now has a much longer tax-credit runway than new solar + wind projects (oh how ... Continue Reading »

AI CapEx And Earnings: What Happens When Growth Slows Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, AI capex and earnings are now so tightly tied that spending doesn't have to fall to hurt profits. It only has to stop accelerating. Almost half of the S&P 500's earnings growth this year traces back to one activity: companies buying chips, servers, power gear, and concrete to build artificial intelligence. That's the estimate Goldman Sachs published on September 23. It's also the clearest statement yet of how tightly AI capex and earnings are now linked.1 Most investors read it as a story about the spenders. I think they're looking at the wrong side of the ledger. Capex leaves one company's bank account and appears on another company's income statement, so the "AI earnings boom" depends less on how much is spent than on whether spending continues to grow. Every Dollar Of Capex Is Someone Else's Revenue When a hyperscaler commits $10 billion to a data center, that money doesn't vanish into a building. It goes to chip designers and memory makers, to the firms making transformers and cooling systems, and to contractors, electricians, and the local utility. ... Continue Reading »

Kylie Jenner Sparks Backlash Over $50 Million Bra At Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Kylie Jenner is facing backlash from fans after making her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut in a staggering $50 million diamond-encrusted bra as furious viewers accused the lingerie giant of snubbing veteran supermodels in favor of the reality television star. Getty ImagesThe 29-year-old beauty mogul stunned audiences Sunday night when she appeared on the runway in Culver City, California, wearing the brand's legendary Fantasy Bra, marking its highly anticipated return after an eight-year absence. Kylie Jenner makes her Victoria's Secret fashion show debut. 🪽 📷 Getty Images pic.twitter.com/4JKT5o54Lf — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 19, 2026 Timothée Chalamet reacts to Kylie Jenner walking for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. pic.twitter.com/9qT7wrEhjy — Timothée Nation (@timotheenation) October 19, 2026 However, what was supposed to be a glamorous comeback quickly erupted into controversy. The extravagant creation, designed by luxury jeweler Jacob & Co., features 4,410 natural diamonds and a massive 75.54-carat yellow diamond centerpiece reportedly valued at $22 million. The dazzling garment required more than 1,000 hours of craftsmanship and weighings approximately four pounds. Yet, critics were less concerned about the diamonds than the woman chosen to wear them. "Kylie ... Continue Reading »

House Panel Warns Singham-Linked Nonprofits Of Possible Depositions Over Subpoenas Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Three U.S. tax-exempt organizations linked to Shanghai-based businessman Neville Roy Singham have until Oct. 20 to comply with congressional subpoenas or face further action, including possible depositions of 21 officials and staff members, as lawmakers investigate alleged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence through American nonprofits. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 10, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times   House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) issued the warning on Oct. 13 to The People's Forum, BreakThrough News, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, accusing them of refusing to provide documents concerning their finances and connections to Singham. "Either these organizations turn over the documents, or their leaders will answer the Committee's questions under oath," Smith said. The committee said potential deposition subpoenas would cover eight people at The People's Forum, seven at BreakThrough News, and six at Tricontinental. Singham Funding Network Under Scrutiny Singham, an American technology entrepreneur living in Shanghai, has financed left-wing advocacy and media organizations through a network ... Continue Reading »

Uber Warns Proposed DC Rules Could Spark Driver Exodus And Fare Spike More regulation means higher prices for consumers, and Washington, DC's newly proposed rideshare regulations could soon do just that. Axios reports that Uber warns proposed DC regulations could push fares up another 10% in the first year. With rides already expensive, that increase would make the ride-hailing service even more unaffordable for lower-income users. Progressive Councilmember Brianne Nadeau said the new ride-hailing bill would bring "international best practices" to the metro area. These new regulations include more insurance coverage for drivers, reduced wait times for wheelchair-accessible vehicles, and a ban on surveillance-based fare discrimination. Uber told the outlet that the new requirements could make driving less attractive or make it harder to qualify as a driver in the metro area, potentially pushing fares higher. In prepared testimony, Uber representative LaVita Gardner will argue that more regulation could force some drivers off the platform and that additional regulatory costs could flow directly to consumers. "Based on data from states that have onerous onboarding restrictions, we expect that thousands of drivers would leave the platform," Gardner said in prepared testimony for Monday's hearing. Nadeau has ... Continue Reading »

France Slaps 8PM Curfews On Cities As Interior Minister Admits Police 'Lost Control'; Macron Flees To The Gulf France moved Monday to put riot-hit cities under curfew after Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted that authorities had lost control of the streets in several major cities over the weekend. President Emmanuel Macron refused Nuñez's offer to resign and then left for a Gulf tour to secure fuel supplies. Protesters vandalize a retail store during a demonstration near Place de la République in Paris. Carl Court/Getty Images Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told prefects to impose "very limited" and "localized" curfews. According to France 24's live coverage, Lecornu ruled out a full curfew for Paris. He said a state of emergency could be declared "if necessary," but that curfews seemed better suited, adding: "I am absolutely determined to restore order." Marseille's prefect banned protests and gatherings from noon to 8 p.m. By Monday evening, Lecornu's office had named the first towns, all in the northern Nord department. Lille, Douai, Wattignies and Denain will be under curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday nights, with each mayor's agreement, according to Franceinfo. ... Continue Reading »

Musk Pledges A SpaceX Share To "Every Kid In America" After Anthropic Unveils Murky Public Benefit Fund Elon Musk said Monday that he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the United States next year. "Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America," he wrote in an Oct. 19 post on X, adding, "This will be the first of many," the Epoch Times reported. Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2026 Close to 73 million children under 18 lived in the US as of July 2025 - so at around $147 a share, that comes to close to $11 billion of stock, about 1.5 percent of the roughly 4.8 billion SpaceX shares Musk owns, or 6.4 billion counting options and unvested awards, by the outlet's count. Musk did not say how the shares would be distributed or whether every child would be eligible. SpaceX, which went public in June, is valued at about $2 trillion, according to the Epoch Times. The Treasury ... Continue Reading »

Secret Service Deputy Director Quits Amid Questions Over Ties To Drone-Defense Maker Fortem Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Deputy Director Matt Quinn announced his resignation from the Secret Service in an internal agency email Friday amid questions about his conflicts of interest over the agency's counter-drone technology. Quinn served 23 years as a Secret Service agent before retiring in 2021. He then went to work at drone-manufacturer Fortem Technologies, which sells the DroneHunter product, as a senior vice president for three years before returning to the agency last year to serve as deputy director. His last day will be Nov. 7. As RealClearPolitics first reported, Quinn was criticized by several current and former Secret Service agents for admitting during a mostly softball Sunday CBS News "60 Minutes" interview that the Secret Service was not prepared for an attack by a drone swarm. The piece featured a DroneHunter demonstration without mentioning several technical problems the platform has experienced. RealClearPolitics over the last 48 hours submitted detailed questions to the Secret Service about some of the statements made during the "60 Minutes" interview about the drone technology, its effectiveness, whether the DroneHunter's purchases were ... Continue Reading »

Communism, Berlin Edition: Adler Bonds Crash To Record Low As Left Coalition Plans To Socialize 152,000 Apartments Five years after Berliners voted to expropriate their landlords, the German capital finally has a government willing to do it. On Saturday, Die Linke, the Greens and the SPD presented the 30-page exploratory paper that will underpin their coalition agreement for the next Berlin Senate, and buried among the usual promises sits a plan to socialize, under Article 15 of the German constitution, every apartment a private landlord owns in Berlin above the first 10,000. The compensation for this act of municipal generosity: a hard cap of €16 billion which works out to about €105K per unit, or 58% of book value... and even that cap is conditional on "fiscal sustainability." The bond market did the rest: Adler Group's 10% notes due 2029 plunged 20 points on Monday to a record low around 59 cents on the euro (they dropped as 53 earlier in the session), as creditors scrambled to price in the possibility that 43% of Adler's yielding Berlin portfolio is about to be bought by the state at a 42% to 48% ... Continue Reading »

Marc Elias' Legal Team Threatens Media With Lawsuit For Questioning Roy Cooper's Health Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley, Marc Elias has long been at the center of controversial election tactics, including criminal investigations. If lawyers had to take an oath to first do no harm, the court-sanctioned Democratic lawyer would leave Hippocrates gobsmacked. Well, Elias is back and his legal team is threatening the media with what appears an entirely meritless defamation lawsuit on behalf of former Gov. Roy Cooper, the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate. This seems to be an effort to deter the media from raising the issue of the health of Cooper, who is 69 years old. Such health related issues have been much in the news for politicians ranging from former President Joe Biden to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). It is obviously a legitimate matter for media inquiry and the threat seems designed to deter others from raising the issue before the midterm elections. In typical Elias fashion, it is a smash-mouth approach that only generated national coverage of the issue - working against the interests of his client. The North State Journal reported that ... Continue Reading »

China's iPhone Flippers Face Losses Before Apple's Foldable Even Launches Apple's first foldable iPhone, the Duo, launches in mainland China and the United States this Friday, following an October 16 preorder opening. Yet days before the first handsets even ship, Chinese speculators who lined up to flip launch-day units are already watching their expected profits evaporate. apple.comBecause the phones have not been delivered yet, this gray-market action is playing out entirely in advance resale agreements. Dealers lock in first-batch allocations during preorders and line up buyers ahead of time, with final payment and physical handoff scheduled for launch day on October 23, according to Dahe Daily. For some middlemen, the math is already turning upside down. According to an October 19 MyDrivers report, Zhengzhou dealer Xu Shan put down a 25,000 yuan ($3,740) deposit to secure 50 iPhone Duo handsets at a total contract value of 999,950 yuan (about $149,700). Xu agreed to pay 4,000 yuan ($600) above retail per phone and planned to flip them at a 6,000 yuan ($900) markup - pocketing 2,000 yuan ($300) apiece for a target profit of 100,000 yuan ($14,970). By October 17, however, that spread had vanished. ... Continue Reading »

This Is Perhaps The Most Dystopian Thing Ever... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, France's streets burned, shops were looted and stripped bare and a historic town hall collapsed under arson. Yet the most striking images from Saturday night were not the fires. They were the people who carried on as if nothing was happening. One woman jogged straight through thick black smoke past a burning barricade, treating the chaos like an outdoor treadmill session. Groups of French boomers kept dancing while buildings were torched around them, and a tour guide was filmed continuing her routine for visitors, smiling and pointing out landmarks while flames literally engulfed the city right in front of tourists. ?French locals prefer to keep dancing while watching their country being fully destroyed… ?? meanwhile! French President Macron joins a Celine Dion concert .. ?FRANCE IS DONE !?#France #Macron #NotreDame pic.twitter.com/sQw9zr81Ku — TruthTrencherX (@TruthTrencher) October 18, 2026 Meanwhile, the so called leader of France President Emmanuel Macron was filmed at a Celine Dion concert. The most dystopian fitness video on the internet just dropped. ?? Paris is literally burning, protesters are shutting down the streets, and this woman is casually jogging past a burning barricade ... Continue Reading »

Trump Dangles $100 Million Kentucky Pharma Investment, But Only If Republicans Win Midterms Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced plans for the Department of War to invest $100 million to support a pharmaceutical company, with the offer conditional on Republicans winning the midterm elections next month. President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Truist Arena on the campus of North Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Ky., on Oct. 17, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch TimesAntheia would receive the funds to boost production of ingredients used in medications at a facility in Winchester, Kentucky. "That's a big revitalization project," Trump said during a rally in the Truist Arena at Northern Kentucky University. "But, if the Democrats win ... they wouldn't be able to do it. They wouldn't even know what you're talking about." Details about the investment are limited. The Epoch Times reached out to the Department of War for clarification but did not receive a response prior to publication. Trump also mentioned a billion-dollar investment between GE Appliances and the IUE-CWA union to boost manufacturing in the company's Kentucky operations, announced in September. The president urged supporters to vote ... Continue Reading »

Putin's Hometown: Biggest Ukrainian Attack On St. Petersburg Since War's Start St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, came under heavy drone attack early Sunday - resulting in huge fires over what is also the second most important civic center after Moscow. An oil depot and oil export facility suffered direct hits, despite President Trump multiple times making it known that he's vehemently opposed to such attacks, given the diesel supply crisis. Via AFPOne person was killed and at least five more were injured in this latest long-range drone wave, Aleksandr Beglov, the governor of St. Petersburg, announced on Telegram. He also added that a dozen apartment buildings and two private residences suffered damage in the attack. A large bridge was also targeted. Extensive blazes have been observed at the Petersburg oil terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot, and industrial warehouses in the Kolpinsky District. Some 20,000 residents in the area were also left without power after a pair of electrical substations were hit. State media later updated the number of injuries to at least ten. The Wall Street Journal underscores the symbolism of a major Ukrainian attack on "Putin's hometown" in the following: Ukrainian drones unleashed early ... Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia Cancels In-Person 'Davos In The Desert' Event Amid Houthi Attacks Update(11:13ET): Saudi Arabia, having come under nearly daily ballistic missile attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, will not hold its 'Davos in the Desert' flagship investor conference in-person next week. Instead it looks to merely be an online event.  "Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative, a marquee showcase for foreign investment, was to gather the global financial elite in Riyadh beginning Oct. 26," The Wall Street Journal reports. "Organizers decided Monday that if the conference goes ahead, its sessions will be held virtually rather than in person, the people said," WSJ continues. "The kingdom is expected to make a decision Tuesday or earlier whether to postpone the event, they said. Postponement is the most likely outcome, some of the people said." SAUDI ARABIA POSTPONES FII INVESTMENT EVENT TO 2027 Major airports, including Riyadh's international airport, remain shuttered after several attacks out of Yemen, and as the war there grinds on. A series of events have been canceled or delayed which were to be hosted in the kingdom, which we've outlined below. *  *  * Houthi ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia have become almost daily at ... Continue Reading »

Cook Case Tests The Limits Of Fed Independence Authored by Alexander W. Salter via The Daily Economy, President Trump has renewed his effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board. Whether he has a legitimate reason to fire her is another matter. The White House announced a three-person "committee of inquiry" to investigate whether Cook made false statements on mortgage applications, and whether that is sufficient cause to remove her from her post. Next month, the committee will question her at a White House hearing. This is Trump's second attempt. In June, the Supreme Court blocked the first one. As I wrote at the time, the ruling carved out a special exemption for the Fed. That same morning, the justices ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that agency heads who wield executive power answer to the president. Then immediately, they shielded the most powerful agency of all from the impact of that ruling. But the June decision was narrow: Cook was entitled to notice and an opportunity to respond before removal for cause. The White House is now complying with both requirements. Cook's lawyers maintain that the alleged infraction - designating ... Continue Reading »

Zelensky Knows Peace Deal Would End Him, Lavrov Says Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is currently in the Gulf region. On Sunday he visited Bahrain, which was hit frequently by Iranian drone and missile attacks earlier in the US-Iran war. On Monday, the top Russian diplomat is meeting with senior Iranian officials in Tehran, where top of the agenda is the ongoing conflict with the US as well Iran-Russia relations. This marks Lavrov's first visit to the Islamic Republic since February 2025, and so is very significant. But he also issued stern comments related to Russia's own 'special military operation'. Getty ImagesIn Bahrain, Lavrov gave some remarks before a press conference in which some interesting things were said about the Ukraine war. He reiterated the familiar Kremlin refrain that the Zelensky government and its backers are not actually interested in peace, and are actually trying to derail Trump-led efforts. That's when he said that Ukrainian President Zelensky knows that a comprehensive peace deal with Moscow would spell the end of his regime, according to Russian state media. "It is obvious that Zelensky has no desire to even move toward reaching agreements," Lavrov said. "Presumably, this ... Continue Reading »