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AI Summary
- Amazon is reportedly exploring the sale of its proprietary Trainium AI chips, signaling a significant move to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI hardware market.
- The United States is advancing fusion energy technology with approval for the world's first fusion power plant to be built in Washington, potentially revolutionizing energy production.
- Global oil markets are experiencing disruption as Asian refiners face soaring tanker rates, with over 60 million barrels of oil exiting the Strait of Hormuz, although naval blockades have reportedly ended.
- The US Federal Reserve is implementing new customer identification rules to close stablecoin loopholes, aiming to enhance regulatory oversight in the digital currency space.
- SpaceX is preparing for a substantial bond offering valued at $20 billion, following a record IPO, indicating significant growth and financial activity for the aerospace giant.
ZeroHedge
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Amazon Plans $10B Missouri Data Center Campus
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Amazon Plans $10B Missouri Data Center Campus By Sebastian Obando of ConstructionDive Amazon will invest $10 billion to build a data center campus in Montgomery County, Missouri, Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Monday. In addition to facility construction, the development includes roads and water infrastructure improvements, such as a new bridge over theNorfolk Southern Railway and a water system Amazon plans to transfer to the local utility after construction, according to the tech giant. The announcement adds yet another multibillion-dollar data center project to the construction pipeline, a sign the data center construction boom has room to run. Representational image of
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US Security Chief Says One Suspected Terrorist Is Arrested At Canadian Border 'Almost Weekly'
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
US Security Chief Says One Suspected Terrorist Is Arrested At Canadian Border 'Almost Weekly' Authored by Paul Rowan Brian via The Epoch Times , U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says American authorities apprehend a suspected or wanted terrorist at the Canada-U.S. border "almost weekly," while warning that "fracturing" relations between the two countries could leave both more vulnerable to criminal organizations, fentanyl traffickers, and other threats. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security in Washington on June 3, 2026. AP Photo/Cliff Owen Mullin made the remarks June 17 during a fireside
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Infant Mortality Drops To All-Time Low In United States
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Infant Mortality Drops To All-Time Low In United States Infant mortality has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded in the United States, according to new preliminary data from the CDC - though it's still higher than in some other countries. According to the data, 5.36 infants per 1,000 live births died , down from 5.54 in 2024 and 5.63 in 2023. The results are based on death and birth certificates. A baby in a hospital in a file photograph. Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images Infants is defined as children who have not yet reached their first birthday. According to
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More Gunmakers Relocate To GOP States
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
More Gunmakers Relocate To GOP States Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times , Firearms manufacturers Ruger and Rideout Arsenal are heading south, continuing a trend of firearms companies leaving Democrat-run states. On June 10, Virginia-based Rideout Arsenal, a firearms designer and manufacturer, announced that it would invest $22 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Georgia. The investment would create 120 new jobs over the next several years, the company said. " This relocation was not something we originally planned to pursue, " Rideout founders Travis and Kelsey Rideout said in a statement . "The reality
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Bad News Overload? News Avoidance On The Rise
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Bad News Overload? News Avoidance On The Rise These days more than ever, it often feels like there’s no end to bad news. In the age of social media and constant exposure to news, doom scrolling can take a heavy toll on people’s mental wellbeing. As a consequence, more and more people actively try to avoid the news or at least limit their exposure to it. As Statista's Felix Richter shows in the chart below, according to the Reuters Institute’s latest Digital News Report , an average of 42 percent of respondents from 48 countries included in the survey said
The Guardian
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CDC to tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola response in DRC and Uganda
7 hours ago
by Jessica Glenza
Trump administration, Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Infectious diseases, Health, US news, AfricaNumber of people infected now tops 1,000 though health officials say the global risk remains low Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) and Uganda , officials said on Thursday. The continued Ebola outbreak in the DRC comes as Canada, Mexico and the US jointly host the Fifa World Cup , attracting visitors from around the world. The officials said the outbreak, now the third largest on record, required “strong
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Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations
8 hours ago
by Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent
World news, Caribbean, Barbados, Americas, Reparations and reparative justice, Race, AfricaUpdated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countries Barbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement. Mottley was speaking at a “historic” conference in Ghana to advance the push for reparatory justice after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Continue reading...
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South African men sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino horn trafficking case
10 hours ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies
South Africa, Illegal wildlife trade, Animals, Wildlife, Conservation, Environment, Africa, World news‘Mastermind’ Dawie Groenewald given fine of 2m rand or four-year jail term almost 16 years after arrest Two traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world’s largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga. Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus had faced more than 1,700 charges ranging from illegally hunting and dehorning rhinos to racketeering and money laundering. Continue reading...
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Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk
2 days ago
by Mohamed Gabobe in Mogadishu and Mark Townsend
Somalia, US foreign policy, Africa, US news, World news, Global developmentAbdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US denies civilians were hurt they face no hope of compensation Read more: Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes? A seven-year-old boy who was riddled with shrapnel during a deadly US airstrike in Somalia faces losing his ability to walk unless he has a £750 emergency operation. But Abdiqadir Salah’s family cannot afford the surgery and the US – which refuses to admit that any civilians were killed or injured during its attack six
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Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms
2 days ago
by Sarah Johnson
Global development, Female genital mutilation (FGM), Women's rights and gender equality, Violence against women and girls, Health, Society, Sierra Leone, Africa, World news, Global healthExclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maada Bio, who denies supporting the practice The first lady of Sierra Leone has denied that she supports female genital mutilation amid rising anger around her perceived approval of the practice. But in an exclusive response to the Guardian, Fatima Maada Bio, the wife of President Julius Maada Bio, also said she would not openly condemn FGM until she saw “reliable data” that the practice was harmful. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Netanyahu rules out Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon
2 hours ago
by dpa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ruled out a withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon for the foreseeable future. In a speech, Netanyahu described the “security zone” established by the Israeli military as a barrier between the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon and civilians and communities in northern Israel. Israel would not withdraw as long as its security needs required a military presence there, he said. The Lebanese government, however, considers the area...
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Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms
4 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Cuba on Thursday unveiled nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis aggravated by a US oil blockade. In a landmark speech to the National Assembly, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero detailed 176 measures aimed at rolling back the state’s role in the economy and attracting investment in everything from banking to tourism and agriculture. These huge changes also come as the United States exerts strong pressure on Cuba aside from the oil...
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World Cup puts Ebola outbreak and pandemic lessons to the test
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by Mark Magnier
Alex Doran, a 28-year-old corporate strategist, is cheering for the US national team and was pleasantly surprised by the size of its initial win against Paraguay last week, while acknowledging that his team is unlikely to go all the way. While he does not expect to attend a match in person involving tickets costing thousands of US dollars, he has been watching avidly online and hopes to see some matches at fan zones set up around Washington. “I’m a little uncomfortable with large crowds because...
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10 steps Hong Kong can take to make the most of its 5-year plan
5 hours ago
by Andrew Leung
Under Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s leadership, Hong Kong is drawing up its first five-year plan to complement Beijing’s 2026-30 blueprint. A two-month public consultation exercise has just started. But what is the nation’s 15th five-year plan, why is it important and what’s Hong Kong’s role? China’s five-year plan responds to “great changes unseen in a century”, prescient words used by President Xi Jinping since 2018. Chinese policymakers have anticipated headwinds in the world system,...
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Vance calls Iran deal a ‘win-win’ as Trump lashes out at ‘fools’ who oppose it
5 hours ago
by Mark Magnier,Dewey Sim
Vice-President J.D. Vance went on the offensive on Thursday to defend the “win-win” US-Iran agreement as critics slammed its vague provisions, even as others welcomed the apparent end to an expensive and unpopular war, no matter how potentially flawed the deal might be. “We have all the cards,” Vance told reporters at the White House. “Have a little bit of faith in the president of the United States. The idea that he is going to strike a deal that’s been bad for the American people, it’s...
New York Times
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Vance’s Defense of Iran Deal Rests on Vague and Misleading Claims
3 hours ago
by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Rebecca F. Elliott and Erica L. Green
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, Vance, J D, Iran, Missiles and Missile Defense Systems, Nuclear Weapons, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Trump, Donald J, Netanyahu, Benjamin, internal-open-access-from-nlThe vice president said the United States had leverage to dictate the outcome of the next round of negotiations. But he claimed incorrectly that Iran got no new benefit from the lifting of oil sanctions.
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Iran and the U.S. Have an Understanding. Will It Lead to a Deal?
10 hours ago
by Steven Erlanger
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Nuclear Weapons, International Atomic Energy Agency, Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament, Uranium, Trump, Donald J, Iran, EuropeEurope and the larger world will be watching carefully to see if talks produce a lasting agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Vance Issues a Blunt Warning to Israel
4 hours ago
by Matthew Cullen
Also, Ukraine launches a major assault on Moscow. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Ukraine Strikes Moscow Refinery in Large-Scale Drone Attack
2 hours ago
by Paul Sonne and Nataliya Vasilyeva
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Moscow (Russia), Russia, Ukraine, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Drones (Pilotless Planes), Sobyanin, Sergei S, internal-open-access-from-nlThe attack, which shut down the capital’s airports for several hours, was part of an escalating campaign to bring the conflict home to Russians.
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A Twist in Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Is ‘Really Hurting the Russians’
2 days ago
by Marc Santora
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Drones (Pilotless Planes), Russia, Ukraine, Defense and Military Forces, Bombs and ExplosivesMidrange attacks, using upgraded drones that Ukraine produces in huge numbers, are causing fuel shortages and complicating troop rotations.