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

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

The Trump administration's growing portfolio of direct investments is unprecedented outside an economic crisis or wartime. Continue Reading »

Automakers are largely sitting on the advertising sidelines during this year's Super Bowl amid broader uncertainty in the U.S. automotive industry. Continue Reading »

American Airlines made $111 million last year, while rivals Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, brought in $5 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump on Saturday expressed support for Nexstar's bid for Tegna, which would significantly expand the network's reach. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk's net worth soared past $800 billion this week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE AFP Au Ghana, pour soigner les maladies mentales, pas d'hôpital ou de psychologue mais des prières. En bordure d'Accra, la capitale, la petite forêt de 360 hectares d'Achimota abrite de véritables camps de prières pour des personnes atteintes de troubles psychiques. Au Ghana, pour soigner les maladies mentales, pas d'hôpital ou de psychologue mais des prières. En bordure d'Accra, la capitale, la petite forêt de 360 hectares d'Achimota abrite de véritables camps de prières pour des personnes atteintes de troubles psychiques.Lors d'une matinée ordinaire, des dizaines de personnes affluent dans ce bois. Des femmes serrent leurs Bibles contre elles, accompagnées d'enfants qui avancent en silence. Le calme à l'entrée de la forêt contraste avec les chants, les prières, les claquements de mains et les lamentations qui résonnent au milieu de la clairière. Certains fidèles s'effondrent au sol, comme saisis par des forces invisibles. ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Ryad et Damas ont signé samedi des nouveaux accords d'investissement pour relancer l'économie dévastée de la Syrie, incluant la création d'une compagnie aérienne commune et un projet d'un milliard de dollars de développement des télécommunications. Les nouvelles autorités syriennes s'emploient à attirer des investissements pour reconstruire le pays, après une guerre civile de plus de 13 ans. Elles ont déjà signé une série d'accords avec des pays du Golfe, dont l'Arabie saoudite, devenue une alliée d'Ahmad al-Chareh, le président de transition islamiste qui a renversé le dirigeant syrien Bachar al-Assad en décembre 2024.Talal al-Hilali, chef de l'Autorité syrienne d'investissement, a annoncé samedi à Damas devant la presse cinq accords entre les deux pays, dont l'un pour la création d'"une compagnie aérienne low-cost syro-saoudienne" baptisée "Nas Syria".Il comprend aussi la construction d'un nouvel aéroport à Alep (nord de la Syrie) d'une capacité de 12 millions de passagers, ainsi que des travaux dans l'aéroport existant.Un projet baptisé SilkLink vise à développer "les infrastructures de télécommunications et la connectivité numérique" en Syrie, a-t-il encore détaillé. Il est doté d'une enveloppe "d'environ 1 milliard de dollars", a indiqué le ministre syrien des Télécommunications, Abdulsalam Haykal.Un autre accord ... Continue Reading »

Par Philippine de Clermont-Tonnerre TV5 JWPlayer Field La Russie continue de viser les infrastructures énergétiques de l'Ukraine et plonge le pays dans le noir et le froid. Continue Reading »

Par Luc Oerthel TV5 JWPlayer Field Jack Lang va t il rester à la tête de l'Institut du monde arabe ? Cité dans les documents de l'affaire Epstein avec sa fille, l'ancien ministre est désormais visé par une enquête pour blanchiment de fraude fiscale aggravée. Ce soir il annonce avoir "proposé" sa démission au ministre des Affaires étrangères français. Continue Reading »

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The EU’s sanctions against Russia are harming the bloc itself, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi has reiterated her intent to reach a formal post-WWII peace settlement with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Заместитель директора инвестиционного департамента КРДВ Мария Бадмацыренова сообщила, что в год 80-летия Победы регионы Дальнего Востока и Арктики готовы также предложить патриотические туры Continue Reading »

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Elaf fund will finance projects with buy-in from Saudi investors committing $2bn for two airports in Aleppo city. Continue Reading »

Journalist Chris Hedges speaks to Marc Lamont Hill on Trump’s first year and the future of US democracy. Continue Reading »

Under constitution Italy cannot join because power would be wielded by one leader standing above other members. Continue Reading »

India recover from 77-6 as captain Suryakumar Yadav hits an unbeaten 84 in 29-run World Cup win against United States. Continue Reading »

The football game will bring as much as $630m in local economic impact to the San Francisco Bay Area. Continue Reading »

Gordon Brown says Sir Keir may have been "too slow to do the right things" but backed him to "clean up the system". Continue Reading »

Many Labour insiders say Sir Keir may not be the man to take them to the next election, writes Laura Kuenssberg. Continue Reading »

Police say they are investigating three incidents targeting rail infrastructure that caused travel delays. Continue Reading »

Some parts of the UK have already seen more rain than they'd normally expect in the whole of February - so when will the wet weather end? Continue Reading »

The Ukrainian leader says difficult issues remain, as Russia carries out further strikes on energy facilities. Continue Reading »

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil. Continue Reading »

Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases. Continue Reading »

Ties between the exchange and the president’s company, World Liberty Financial, have only strengthened since the president pardoned Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao. Continue Reading »

The video clip that President Trump posted in a late-night flurry of social media activity caused an unusually strong and public outcry from members of his own party. Continue Reading »

The post appeared to describe the president’s rationale for deleting a racist video about the Obamas that he had shared. 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 »

Gus Kenworthy, a British-American Olympic skier who is set to compete for Great Britain in freestyle skiing, posted a graphic anti-ICE message on his social media as opening ceremonies were set to begin for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday. Continue Reading »

The Winter Olympic Games are just beginning, but some athletes are already speaking out against the Trump administration and its immigration enforcement tactics. Continue Reading »

Some members of Team USA at the Winter Olympics in Milan have spoken out about the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) back home, saying that representing their country brings up "mixed emotions." Continue Reading »

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The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks are heading for a showdown in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday. While the Super Bowl is all about competition and elite athleticism, for many of the players, it's also about honoring God on a personal level. Players on both sides have been speaking out in the lead-up to the big game, giving glory to their Maker. CBN Sports went behind the scenes to hear their testimonies about God's blessings and the true purpose only He can give... Continue Reading »

The Justice Department informed Congress on Friday that lawmakers will be given access to unredacted versions of the Epstein files, starting next week. Beginning Monday, congressional members will be able to view unredacted versions of over 3 million pages of publicly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis wrote in a letter to lawmakers. Many of the files released in spades to the public in recent months have been heavily redacted, in what the Trump administration says is an effort to protect around 1,000 victims who have accused Epstein and his associates of sexual harassment or abuse... Continue Reading »

With the United States and Iran engaging in their first round of nuclear talks since coming to direct blows over the summer, Saudi Arabia occupies an influential position on the course of discussions that may be the difference between diplomacy and conflict in the Middle East. Much attention has been focused on fellow regional players Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, each of which is working to support negotiations in the latest U.S. attempt to forge an agreement regarding Iran's nuclear program—and potentially other issues—after President Donald Trump abandoned the last deal during his first administration in 2018. Iran has since ramped up uranium enrichment and other activities, drawing regional concern despite the Islamic Republic's consistent vows against the production of weapons of mass destruction... Continue Reading »

A notable number of Republican lawmakers broke sharply with the White House on Friday after President Trump posted — and later deleted — a video on social media that included a clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Republicans have generally been careful about voicing criticisms of Trump, and Friday's episode began with a more typical partisan line, with Democrats quick to condemn the video as racist... Continue Reading »

What we know - Six days into the search for the mother of "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, no suspects or persons of interest have been identified, authorities said. - Officials yesterday offered a timeline of the hours after Nancy Guthrie, 84, was dropped off by family at her home outside Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday night and when she was reported missing about noon Sunday. - The FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department this afternoon said it is aware of a "new message regarding Nancy Guthrie. It's not clear what kind of message it is and if it is connected to previously reported ransom notes. Continue Reading »

The far-right influencer and US Senate candidate Jake Lang has been arrested after recording himself damaging an anti-ICE sculpture at Minnesota's capitol amid the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's crackdown there. On 5 February, Lang, who received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump over his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, posted a video on X of himself kicking down the sculpture, which was made from ice – as in, frozen water. His efforts changed it from reading "Prosecute ICE" to "Pro... Continue Reading »

North Korea is said to be publicly executing children for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-pop music. In new testimonies gathered by the human rights organisation Amnesty International, North Koreans who fled the authoritarian country said that consuming globally popular South Korean media and pop culture can lead to extreme punishments - like being sent to labour camps or being publicly humiliated - and even death. Defectors described a climate of fear in which South Korean culture is treated as a serious crime, while wealthier families can sometimes avoid punishment by paying bribes to corrupt officials... Continue Reading »

North Korea is carrying out arbitrary and brutally disproportionate punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television and other foreign media, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says. Based on interviews with 25 North Korean escapees, the report documents a system in which secret consumption of South Korean dramas and films is widespread but the consequences, ranging from public humiliation and years in labor camps to execution, vary depending on wealth and connections... Continue Reading »

Schoolchildren are being executed by North Korea for watching K-pop dramas and TV shows, including Netflix's Squid Game, according to harrowing new testimony shared with Amnesty International. The group included 25 individual in-depth interviews with North Koreans, including 11 who fled the country between 2009 and 2020. Most of the interviewees were aged between 15 and 25 at the time of fleeing. Watching South Korean dramas such as Crash Landing on You, Descendants of the Sun and Squid Game, or listening to K-pop, led to severe and humiliating punishments, including death in the most extreme instances, according to the escapees... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump shared a racist video on his social media platform Thursday night that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, then removed it hours later amid bipartisan outrage, including from a close ally. Continue Reading »

The White House removed a post from President Donald Trump's Truth Social account showing former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys, blaming its posting on a White House staffer. "I can tell you firsthand that the president had not seen that video before it was posted," a source close to the president told the Washington Examiner. The White House said Friday that a staffer "erroneously" posted the video overnight. It was up for about 12 hours before being deleted. Continue Reading »

US President Donald Trump has removed a social media video which included a racist clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The clip - set to the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight - was at the end of a 62-second video containing claims about voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Republican Senator Tim Scott - who is black - had called for the president to remove the post, describing it as "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House". Continue Reading »

The Trump administration finally has unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website for consumers to find discounts on brand-name drugs if they pay cash instead of using their health insurance. It launched Thursday evening with 43 drugs from five companies that made deals with the Trump administration: AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer. Discounts from the other 11 companies that made agreements with the administration will be available in the coming months, the White House said. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a new government-backed website aimed at giving Americans access to discounted prescription drugs. Speaking at the website launch Thursday evening at the White House, Trump argued that Americans have long paid far more for prescription drugs than consumers in other countries and called the price differences unprecedented. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the launch of TrumpRx — a direct-to-consumer website that is key to his administration's efforts to lower prescription drug costs in the U.S. The president said millions of Americans would save money through the platform. But it's still unclear if all patients — particularly those with insurance coverage — will see more cost savings from using that site to buy their medicines than they would through existing methods. TrumpRx targets people who are willing to pay with cash and forgo insurance, which suggests that patients without or with limited coverage may benefit the most. Continue Reading »

Four former senior federal tax officials have warned that President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) threatens the integrity of the courts because he "effectively controls both sides of the case." Continue Reading »

All Is Well... Or Is It? Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “If you depreciate the money, it makes everything look like it’s going up.” – Ray Dalio “People don’t realize how hard it is to speak the truth to a world full of people who don’t realize they’re living a lie” – Edward Snowden My government overlords and their legacy media propaganda outlets tell me the economy is booming because GDP is between 4% and 5%, the stock market is near all-time highs, inflation is declining, unemployment is low, and AI is going to transform our world for the better. According to their narrative, All is Well. Meanwhile, all hell is breaking loose in every facet of our everyday lives. We are seeing 6 sigma (once in 500 million) events in multiple markets (gold, silver, JPY bonds) within one week. Well functioning non-manipulated markets based on price discovery do not crash by 40% in one day, like silver did last week. Government shutdowns, ICE shootings, massive welfare program fraud, passing more bloated spending bills, fake staged shutdowns, violent upheaval in Democrat run urban shitholes, uncovering and ignoring the 2020 election fraud, Democrats (with RINO ... Continue Reading »

Cuba Shutters Beach Resorts As Fuel Crisis Spreads Economy-Wide President Trump's pressure campaign on Cuba is gaining serious momentum as the Caribbean island's energy crisis deepens, unleashing rampant fuel shortages and prolonged power blackouts. The government rolled out new conservation measures late Friday to preserve energy, but large parts of the economy are already imploding. Bloomberg reports that Trump's move to curb fuel shipments to Cuba is spilling over into the tourism sector, with energy shortages forcing two large beach resorts to shut down as early as this weekend. Here's more from the outlet: At least two large beach resorts on Cayo Coco, on the northern coast of the Caribbean nation, will be closing as soon as this weekend due to gasoline shortages, employees reported Friday. A worker at Mojito Cayo Coco said the resort was shutting down because there wasn't enough fuel for employees to get to work. Instead, about 200 guests will be transferred to Sol Cayo Coco about 30 miles away. The worker, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation, blamed Trump's sanctions and said many of his colleagues were losing their jobs. In more than two decades ... Continue Reading »

HIMS Halts Copycat GLP-1 Pill After FDA Warns Of "Swift Action" Update (Saturday): The official Hims & Hers Health X account, "Hims & Hers Comms," revealed in the early afternoon (a very convenient time to drop news) that its newly launched $49 a month copycat GLP-1 pill, positioned against Novo Nordisk's $149 a month Wegovy pill, will no longer be offered. *HIMS & HERS TO STOP OFFERING WEIGHT LOSS PILL https://t.co/tiQoqBHf0K — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 7, 2026 "Since launching the compounded semaglutide pill on our platform, we've had constructive conversations with stakeholders across the industry," HIMS wrote on X. It continued, "As a result, we have decided to stop offering access to this treatment. We remain committed to the millions of Americans who depend on us for access to safe, affordable, and personalized care." Since launching the compounded semaglutide pill on our platform, we’ve had constructive conversations with stakeholders across the industry. As a result, we have decided to stop offering access to this treatment. We remain committed to the millions of Americans who depend on us… — Hims & Hers Comms (@HimsHersComms) February 7, 2026 HIMS' decision to pull the $49 a month copycat GLP-1 ... Continue Reading »

Zelenskyy Says US Gave Ukraine And Russia A June Deadline To End War Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Feb. 6 that the United States has given both Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, adding that Washington is likely to increase pressure on both sides if fighting continues beyond that point. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said U.S. officials have outlined a timeline aimed at securing an end to hostilities by early summer, as the Trump administration steps up diplomatic efforts to halt Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. “The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer,” Zelenskyy said, according to remarks embargoed until Feb. 7. He added that Washington wants “a clear schedule of all events” and would likely apply pressure “precisely according to this schedule” if progress stalls. Zelenskyy said U.S. officials have made clear they intend to “do everything” to bring the war to an end by June. He did not specify what form pressure might take or whether it would apply equally ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX's New Order Of Operations: Moon Mission First, Mars On Hold Elon Musk's SpaceX is apparently reorienting its near-term space roadmap, pushing back a planned 2026 uncrewed Mars mission and focusing efforts on NASA's Artemis program, with Starship's uncrewed moon mission targeted for early next year. According to Wall Street Journal sources, the rocket company told investors this week that Musk will prioritize a moon mission, with a Mars mission to follow. The lunar landing with a Starship rocket is slated for March 2027. The person noted that the moon mission will be uncrewed and will not include humanoid or wheeled ground-based robots. The space pivot comes after SpaceX acquired Musk's AI company, xAI, earlier this week, combining his rocket and satellite business with his artificial intelligence startup to accelerate plans for a fleet of low-Earth-orbit data centers. The deal gives SpaceX a valuation of $1 trillion, and xAI a value of $250 billion. The combined company's valuation of $1.25 trillion was announced to employees in a memo on Monday, with an IPO slated for later this year that could raise as much as $50 billion. Kardashev II civilization or bust. Starship will get ... Continue Reading »

Rickards: A Geopolitical Earthquake Authored by James Rickards via the Daily Reckoning, Our specialty is forecasting. We use multiple branches of science in our predictive analytic models including complexity theory, behavioral psychology, Bayes Theorem, neural networks (a form of artificial intelligence or AI), inference, subject matter expertise and good old-fashioned intuition to arrive at the market and geopolitical predictions we offer our readers. Our track record speaks for itself. We predicted Brexit when polls gave it only a 25% chance. We predicted Trump’s 2016 victory when polls gave it only a 5% chance. We were the only publication in the world to predict the exact number of Trump’s electoral votes in the 2024 election (312 votes; no one else predicted he would win all seven swing states). There are many other examples. Our forecasts on gold and silver prices are followed all over the world. But science and applied mathematics are not the only ways to do forecasting. There’s ample room for imagination and creative fiction. In fact, all forms of forecasting are fiction because the events predicted haven’t happened yet. They only become “true” when the forecast plays out. In this genre, ... Continue Reading »

Kiev Left With Few Hours Of Power Per Day In Subzero Temps Ukraine and Russia have just wrapped up a second round of US-mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi, but overnight Ukrainian cities were hit with another massive aerial attack on the national power grid. "Russia is carrying out another massive attack on the Ukrainian power grid facilities," grid operator Ukrenergo said on Saturday. "Due to the damage caused by the enemy, emergency outages have been applied in most regions." via AFP Ukrenergo said in its Telegram statement, "Currently, the attack is still ongoing. Restoration work will begin as soon as the security situation allows." Dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones were unleashed, in what has become an almost nightly reality. Already rolling emergency blackouts have impacted towns and cities across Ukraine, but this fresh assault resulted in more blackouts. According to some specifics in the NY Times: The overnight strikes hit high-voltage transmission lines that are used to transmit electricity nationwide and that form the backbone of Ukraine’s power grid, as well as power plants and substations, said Denys Shmyhal, the country’s energy minister. The damage prompted Kyiv to request emergency electricity assistance from Poland, Mr. ... Continue Reading »

The Reflation Narrative Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmnentAdvice.com, The market got off to a strong start in 2026, with investors chasing industrials, materials, and commodity-related stocks as the reflation narrative gained traction. The “reflation narrative” is the belief that a range of policies will boost the rate of economic growth in the U.S. without triggering inflation. As I discussed at our recent 2026 Investment Summit, the markets are banking on the effects of the passage of the OBBBA, tax cuts, and deregulation to fuel earnings and profit growth in 2026. Furthermore, the markets are focused on the Federal Reserve with expectations of further rate cuts and easing of monetary policy. All of these actions aim to increase consumption, investment, and employment, which in turn will increase wages and corporate revenues. Over the last few months, the reflation narrative has re-emerged. After years of tightening by global central banks to tame post-pandemic inflation, the focus has started to shift. Inflation has moderated in the U.S., and growth remains positive, albeit soft in some sectors. Policymakers and market participants are watching for signs that rate cuts could soon be back on the table, particularly as ... Continue Reading »

Goldman Finds Consumer Trends Remain Solid Amid K-Shaped Economy Fears Goldman analysts Scott Feiler and Eric Mihelc updated clients this week with the latest read on consumer health. The key takeaway: spending trends remain resilient heading into spring, even as the K-shaped economy narrative dominates the news cycle and the Trump administration continues to push affordability measures. "It seems like consumer trends are still solid. It's not a clean sweep, but we're seeing January growth as strong, or stronger than December for most companies we have heard from," Feiler said. There was good news earlier this morning: University of Michigan consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly to a six-month high, driven largely by higher-income households benefiting from stock market gains. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a reading of 55, but the index came in at 57.3. The report also suggests that tariff-linked inflation fears have eased among Democratic-leaning respondents (read the report). Back to Feiler's note, where the key takeaway is that consumption trends remain solid: I wanted to briefly highlight the conversations we are having, inbounds we are getting from investors and stocks in focus on the back of these themes. 1. Health of the ... Continue Reading »

US Retains Right To 'Militarily Secure' Chagos Air Base, Trump Says Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 5  he retained the right to “militarily secure” the U.S.–UK Diego Garcia air base in the Chagos Islands, if future arrangements threatened American access. Trump has criticized the UK’s decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, calling it an “act of total weakness” last month. Under the agreement, signed in October 2025, the Diego Garcia military base would remain under UK control for at least 99 years, ensuring continued access for U.S. forces. Trump said in a Feb. 5 post on Truth Social that he held “productive discussions” with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the issue. “I understand that the deal Prime Minister Starmer has made, according to many, the best he could make,” he said. “However, if the lease deal, sometime in the future, ever falls apart, or anyone threatens or endangers U.S. operations and forces at our base, I retain the right to militarily secure and reinforce the American presence in Diego Garcia.” The base is regarded by the United States as ... Continue Reading »

Guac Relief: Avocado Prices Tumble Ahead Of Super Bowl Guacamole, wings, pizza, chips, and beer dominate the typical Super Bowl menu, as the weekend becomes one of the world's highest food-consumption sporting events. We have good news for consumers. First, as we reported earlier, PepsiCo announced it will slash prices by 15% on snack brands such as Lay's and Doritos. The second piece of good news is on the avocado front. Prices in Mexico have plunged, down more than 19% from a year earlier as of the end of December. Bloomberg reports a bumper Mexican harvest after heavy rainfall has driven record US imports ahead of the Super Bowl, pushing supplies higher while driving prices lower, a perfect mix for millennials in the K-shaped economy. The US sources nearly 90% of its avocados from Mexico, mostly Hass, with current retail prices ranging from 70 cents to $1.50 each, well below Covid-era highs. "That has never happened before," said Alvaro Luque, president and chief executive officer of Avocados from Mexico. "Last year we had great rain, so the fruit not only was abundant, but the sizing of the fruit was very good," Luque added. Demand has ... Continue Reading »

Soros Praises Spain's Sánchez For Mass Amnesty Of 500,000 Illegals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Alex Soros, son of billionaire George Soros, has lavished praise on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for granting legal status to up to 500,000 illegal migrants, stating that Sánchez shows “what real leadership looks like” by confronting issues with policies that are “both principled and pragmatic.” Soros added, “We need more elected leaders like him!” This endorsement comes amid widespread backlash against Sánchez’s open-borders agenda, which critics slam as a betrayal of Spanish citizens. In a post on X, Alex Soros highlighted Sánchez’s approach, quoting the prime minister’s own words: “They care for aging parents, work in small and large companies, and harvest the food on our tables. On weekends, they walk in our parks and play on the local amateur soccer team….” Soros praised the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, for granting legal status to 500,000 illegal aliens, says "we need more elected leaders like him" pic.twitter.com/5wHXPTJUHL — Daily Romania (@daily_romania) February 6, 2026 The amnesty, implemented via a royal decree bypassing parliament, targets undocumented migrants who arrived before the end of 2025 and can prove at least ... Continue Reading »

HSBC Encouraging Departures By Offering "Little To Zero" Bonuses For Underperformers HSBC is preparing to award little or no bonuses to some bankers as it adopts a tougher, performance-driven pay model similar to its US rivals, according to Bloomberg. Underperforming staff in investment banking and wealth management — including some managing directors — may be encouraged to leave after bonuses are paid in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. Final decisions have not yet been made. The move reflects the strategy of CEO Georges Elhedery, who has pushed to align HSBC’s compensation practices with those of Wall Street firms. Since taking over in late 2024, he has led a major restructuring, shutting down much of the bank’s US and European deals and equity underwriting operations and merging commercial and investment banking. Several senior executives have exited as part of the overhaul. According to Bloomberg, HSBC said it remains committed to rewarding employees competitively, with pay linked closely to performance. The bank’s 2024 bonus pool remained flat at $3.8 billion, defying an industry trend toward higher payouts. Some staff, particularly in corporate and institutional banking, were warned to expect ... Continue Reading »

Trump Endorses Orbán As Budapest Warns Brussels "Keep Your Hands Off Our Elections" Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, U.S President Donald Trump has endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for re-election ahead of Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary election, praising him as “a truly strong and powerful leader” and saying he has his “complete and total” backing. In the message posted Thursday on Trump’s Truth Social account, Trump credited Orbán with improving bilateral ties and framed him as a law-and-order nationalist leader. “Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán,” Trump wrote. “I was proud to endorse Viktor for re-election in 2022, and am honored to do so again,” he added. Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 12:51 PM EST 02.05.26 Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and… pic.twitter.com/rnz1AIIuyW — Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 5, 2026 Praise between the two leaders stretches back years. In ... Continue Reading »

Year Two Of The Largest Ever Global LNG Supply Wave Is Hitting Markets Roughly two and a half months after Goldman's head of Global Commodities Research, Samantha Dart, laid out a timeline for what she called the "largest ever" LNG supply wave to hit global markets, she published a new client note late this week reiterating that the "supply wave is still on track." "2025 was year one of what we see as the largest ever global LNG supply wave, lasting seven years," Dart began the note, warning that "this wave is the main driver of a lengthy bearish cycle for European natural gas (TTF) and LNG (JKM), which we expect to bottom in 2028/29." Dart forecasts that TTF and JKM will average below $5/mmBtu by the end of the decade, around 2028-29, compared with current TTF prices of around $41/mmBtu. Here is Dart's update on the global LNG supply wave that is in year two, hitting markets: We see realized 2025 and forecasted 2026 LNG supply largely in line with our previous expectations, despite the recent US disruptions and recent delays to liquefaction capacity starts. Specifically, 2025 global LNG supply averaged 431 ... Continue Reading »

Watch: Comedy Writer Testifies Before US Congress On UK's Chilling Free Speech Crackdown Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer, testified before the US House Judiciary Committee, detailing how Britain’s authorities hounded him over online posts challenging trans ideology—exposing the chilling grip of censorship under Keir Starmer’s government. His appearance underscores America’s growing scrutiny of Europe’s speech-stifling laws, with Linehan urging lawmakers to push back against policies that silence women and crush free expression. The hearing, titled “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation,” examined how regulations like the EU’s Digital Services Act and the UK’s Online Safety Act enable government overreach, forcing platforms to censor content globally and punishing dissenters. Chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, it highlighted arrests for online speech, including Linehan’s own ordeal, as threats spilling over to US shores. ???British police arrested a non-UK citizen arriving from the United States for his online speech Graham Linehan is an Irish comedy writer who tweeted jokes critical of transgender ideology while in the United States. When he flew to London, Linehan was arrested at Heathrow… pic.twitter.com/p7vi5t7AOY — House Judiciary GOP ?????? (@JudiciaryGOP) February 4, 2026 Linehan opened his testimony by recounting ... Continue Reading »

Is Narrative Warfare Driving Washington's UN Pullback? Authored by Charles Davis via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary On a gray morning in Geneva, a human-rights advocate walks into the Palais des Nations and scans the room the way you’d scan a street corner for gang members in a hard neighborhood. Not for gangbangers, though; for “civil society.” For the suited delegates with NGO badges who film speakers a little too closely, who echo embassy talking points a little too faithfully, who make the room feel—subtly, persistently—less safe for anyone bringing evidence that embarrasses Beijing. Investigators have documented this pattern: government-linked “NGOs” using U.N. access to disrupt, intimidate, and drown out criticism. A bird flies above a flag of the United Nations at the 'Palais des Nations' (Palace of Nations), which houses the United Nations offices in Geneva on Dec. 9, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Cancel culture is alive and well in the groups and committees of the U.N. and that scene matters because it sits beneath the most consequential line in the White House’s new withdrawal memorandum: the United States will “take immediate steps” to exit a list of international ... Continue Reading »

These Are The World's 12 Largest Impact Craters A single asteroid strike can reshape a planet, and Earth’s history is marked by several cataclysmic impacts. This map by Julie Peasley for Visual Capitalist uses data from the Earth Impact Database to showcase the 12 largest confirmed impact craters on Earth, ranging from massive basin-forming events to relatively recent collisions. The World’s Largest Craters by Diameter The following table ranks the top 12 confirmed impact craters based on their estimated rim-to-rim diameter: While Vredefort in South Africa ranks first at 99 miles (160 km), it formed over 2 billion years ago and has been significantly eroded. In contrast, the second-ranked Chicxulub crater in Mexico retains a clearer structure and is famous for its role in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that wiped out most dinosaurs. Extinction Events and Impact Size Interestingly, larger crater size doesn’t always mean greater devastation. As scientists have noted, factors like impact velocity, angle, and composition can be just as important. The Chicxulub impactor likely released over 100 million megatons of TNT-equivalent energy, triggering firestorms, tsunamis, and a global winter. In contrast, older impacts like Morokweng or Sudbury were equally massive but occurred long before complex life had evolved, so they did not cause any known mass ... Continue Reading »

How A Bad Night's Sleep Affects The Brain's Cleaning System Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Most of us have experienced this: You stayed up a bit too late the night before, and although your body turned up to work, your mind was elsewhere. CLIPAREA l Custom media/Shutterstock Blanking out during the day is common for the sleep-deprived, and now researchers have found out why it happens. When people experience attention lapses after poor sleep, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain. During sleep, cerebrospinal fluid—part of the brain’s cleaning system—flushes away waste products, but sleep deprivation forces this process to activate during waking hours. “If you don’t sleep, the [cerebrospinal fluid] CSF waves start to intrude into wakefulness where normally you wouldn’t see them,” senior study author Laura Lewis, an associate professor at MIT, said in a press statement. “They come with an attentional tradeoff, where attention fails during the moments that you have this wave of fluid flow.” The Body Signals Before the Brain Crashes The study, published in October 2025 in Nature Neuroscience, included 26 volunteers. The volunteers were tested twice—once after a night of sleep deprivation and ... Continue Reading »

This Is Where Birth Rates Are Highest In The US Birth rates in the U.S. have been declining for decades, but that decline has hit some states faster than others. The projections in this visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, are from SmartAsset, who analyzed results from U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 1-Year American Community Survey. The number shown for each state represents births per 1,000 people, and is based on most recent fertility rate data and state demographics. Utah’s Demographic Advantage Utah ranks first in the nation, with an estimated 9.7 babies born per 1,000 people each year. The state’s relatively young population plays a major role, as younger adults are more likely to be in childbearing years. Cultural and religious influences also contribute, with larger family sizes remaining more common than in many other states. Large States, Strong Numbers Texas and California rank near the top both in absolute and relative terms. California is projected to see more than 340,000 births per year, while Texas exceeds 278,000. On a per-capita basis, both states are driven by younger populations and higher shares of immigrants. Where Birth Rates Lag States in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest tend to rank lower. Maine, ... Continue Reading »