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  • The U.S. Department of Justice has warned Don Lemon regarding allegations of his participation in a protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • The Department of Energy is actively investing in the commercial development of nuclear fusion technology, aiming for significant market transitions by the mid-2030s.
  • U.S. natural gas futures surged due to a severe cold front impacting the eastern U.S., affecting weather patterns and energy demands significantly.
  • Bayer's stock prices have seen an uptick following a Supreme Court decision to hear its appeal concerning Roundup-related lawsuits, raising hopes among investors about the potential for legal relief.
  • Donald Trump's recent tariff threats against European nations regarding Greenland have sparked significant backlash, with EU leaders coordinating a united front in response to the proposed measures.

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  • "You Are On Notice": DOJ Warns Don Lemon After Alleged Involvement In Left-Wing Mob Storming Church 36 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    "You Are On Notice": DOJ Warns Don Lemon After Alleged Involvement In Left-Wing Mob Storming Church Washed-up former CNN host Don Lemon has been put on notice by the U.S. Department of Justice over claims that he joined a far-left group of anti-ICE protesters who stormed a Sunday church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. "A house of worship is not a public forum for your protest! It is a space protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws! Nor does the First Amendment protect your pseudo journalism of disrupting a prayer service," Harmeet Dhillon, the DoJ's assistant attorney general

  • Where The Department of Energy Is Investing an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Where The Department of Energy Is Investing Submitted by Tight Spreads The DOE has been flooding their sites with white-papers and latest Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap (FS&T Roadmap) are not just a scientific plan, but an industrial policy designed to transition fusion from the laboratory to the commercial market by the mid-2030s. The DOE has prioritized its actions to align with the aggressive “fast-track” development cycles of nuclear fission and fusion companies: Near-Term (Next 2-3 Years): Digitalization & Infrastructure Prep * AI-Fusion Convergence: Launch the AI-Fusion Digital Convergence Platform to use machine learning to speed up materials discovery and predict plasma behavior.

  • NatGas Futs Erupt As Arctic Air Invasion Penetrates Deep Into US South an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    NatGas Futs Erupt As Arctic Air Invasion Penetrates Deep Into US South US natural gas futures erupted Monday morning as some of the coldest Arctic air of the Northern Hemisphere winter season poured into the eastern half of the Lower 48. Snow threats across the region are increasing through the end of the month. Average temperatures across Washington, DC, are plunging and could average around 10°F by the weekend. This cold blast is far more extreme than the one in the first half of December. Notably, this period typically coincides with the most intense part of winter. "DANGEROUS COLD is likely on Saturday

  • Greenland Is Very Nice... 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Greenland Is Very Nice... By Benjamin Picton, senior markets strategist at Rabobank If Mighty Ducks 2 taught me anything it’s that “Greenland is covered with ice, and Iceland is very nice.” While that might be a handy geographic mnemonic, for the purposes of US national security policy it is, in fact, Greenland that is very nice.. Over the weekend President Trump announced additional tariffs of 10% from February 1st – rising to 25% from the 1st of June – for eight European countries resisting US efforts to acquire Greenland. The affected countries are Denmark, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and

  • Putin Offered Seat On Trump's Gaza Peace Board, Kremlin Says 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Putin Offered Seat On Trump's Gaza Peace Board, Kremlin Says Russia has been invited to take part in the new US-backed 'Peace Board' put forward by President Donald Trump to oversee post-conflict governance and reconstruction in Gaza, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced, in a somewhat surprising and hugely symbolic diplomatic move and overture. Peskov told reporters Monday that President Vladimir Putin had received an invitation through diplomatic channels. "We are studying the details of the proposal. We hope to hold contacts with the US side to clarify all the nuances," he said, but did not disclose any additional details. Source: Expresso The Putin


The Guardian

  • ‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam 17 hours ago by Kaamil Ahmed
    Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, Oxfam, Protest, World news, Global economy, Economics, Business, Social exclusion, Rich lists, Kenya, Nepal, US political lobbying, Africa, US news, South and central Asia, Society

    Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger. Oxfam’s annual survey of global inequality has revealed that the number of billionaires surpassed 3,000 for the first time during 2025. Since 2020, their collective wealth grew by 81%, or $8.2tn, which the charity claims would be enough to eradicate global poverty 26 times over. Continue reading...

  • Uganda’s president calls opponents 'terrorists' in victory speech a day ago by Agence France-Presse
    Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine, Africa, World news

    Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn the election results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72% of the vote, but the poll was criticised by African election observers and rights groups due to the heavy repression of the opposition and an internet blackout. Continue reading...

  • Yoweri Museveni wins Ugandan election as opponent condemns ‘fake result’ 2 days ago by William Christou
    Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Africa, World news

    Museveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called for peaceful protests Yoweri Museveni, has won the Ugandan election and his seventh term with more than 70% of the vote, state election authorities have said, amid an internet shutdown and claims of fraud by his opponent. His opponent, a youthful musician known as Bobi Wine, condemned what he called “fake results” and alleged that members of polling staff were kidnapped, among other election irregularities. He called for peaceful protests to pressure the authorities to release what he called the “rightful results”. Continue reading...

  • Confidence runs high in London’s Little Morocco as Afcon glory beckons 2 days ago by Matthew Weaver
    London, Morocco, Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Senegal, Football, Africa, Sport, UK news, Africa Cup of Nations, Middle East and north Africa

    Atlas Lions face Senegal in final of Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and Moroccan diaspora scents victory London’s Little Morocco is brimming with pride and anticipation. The Moroccan diaspora in North Kensington is in no doubt that on Sunday the Atlas Lions will triumph against Senegal in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. “There’s not just an excitement, it has completely taken over everything else,” said Souad Talsi, who runs the Al-Hasaniya Moroccan women’s centre at the base of 31-storey Trellick Tower, at the north end of Golborne Road. Continue reading...

  • Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas 2 days ago by Patrick Greenfield
    Endangered species, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Animals, Conservation, Wildlife, World news, Africa, Primatology, Science, Environment

    Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas. Cradled in the arms of their mother, Mafuko, the tiny twins clung to her body for warmth in the forest clearing in Virunga national park, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Katutu, head of gorilla monitoring in Virunga, has seen dozens of newborns in his 15 years as a ranger. But, he tells the Guardian, even he was touched by the sight of the fragile infant


South China Morning Post

  • 13 children killed in South Africa as minibus collides with truck near Johannesburg 4 hours ago by Reuters,Associated Press

    South Africa mourned the deaths on Monday of 13 schoolchildren who died when their minibus collided with a truck, ⁠local officials said in a statement, in an incident that put the spotlight on the country’s dismal road safety record. The private vehicle was transporting students to various primary schools and high schools in the southwest of Johannesburg when the incident occurred around 7am, according to authorities. Parents were seen weeping uncontrollably at the scene of the accident, while...

  • Putin invited to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ on Gaza and global conflict, Kremlin says 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” aimed at resolving conflicts globally and overseeing governance and reconstruction in Gaza, the Kremlin said on Monday. Moscow for years tried to balance relations with all major players in the Middle East – including Israel and the Palestinians. But since the Israel-Gaza war and Russia’s assault on Ukraine, Putin has moved away from Israel, boosting ties with its foes like Iran. Moscow has...

  • Why China-Canada trade and global cooperation are now ripe for progress 5 hours ago by Wang Huiyao

    The global landscape is undergoing profound rupture. The United States has blatantly interfered in the internal affairs of Venezuela through direct military action and openly covets Greenland. US President Donald Trump has called Canada the “51st state” of his country and threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal. The US is undermining the core assumptions that have underpinned the Western alliance system. Against this backdrop, Canada’s policy community broadly and Prime Minister Mark Carney...

  • Trump abandons ‘peace’ focus after Nobel snub in message to Norway PM: ‘World is not secure’ 7 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    Donald Trump no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel prize, the US president said in comments published on Monday, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland. Trump has put the transatlantic alliance to the test with threats to take over Greenland “one way or the other”, with European countries closing ranks against Washington’s designs on the vast Danish territory. German and French leaders denounced as “blackmail” weekend threats by...

  • The energy transition’s next big challenge is systems integration 9 hours ago by Roberto Bocca

    For much of the past decade, the energy transition debate has largely revolved around one question: can clean technologies work at scale? That is increasingly being answered. Solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles (EVs) have moved into the mainstream as key technologies become more cost-effective, efficient and faster to deploy. In many markets, these energy sources are no longer the future of energy; they are the present. The challenge is no longer simply proving that more...


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