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  • Geopolitical tensions are escalating in the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran imposing stringent demands for its reopening and engaging in rhetoric that suggests a potential deal with Oman, while US officials indicate an imminent agreement that could lead to the lifting of blockades.
  • The Americas are experiencing a significant right-wing political shift, exemplified by the rise of Trump-backed 'El Tigre' in Colombia and the US promising substantial security aid to the nation amidst ongoing internal conflicts with guerrilla groups.
  • The WNBA is navigating controversy and internal discussion following statements by former NBA stars identifying as women and declaring for the draft, prompting 'listening sessions' to address evolving gender identity discussions within sports.
  • The economic landscape is marked by student loan payments spiking after July 1st, and concerns about the sustainability of energy infrastructure for data centers, with existing power plants being highlighted as crucial assets.
  • Global security is further challenged by an increase in drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, alongside Ukrainian drone strikes near vital gas pipelines and advancements in US military laser technology to counter swarming threats.

ZeroHedge

  • Turkey Restricts Black Sea Traffic As Drone Attacks On Commercial Vessels Spike an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Turkey Restricts Black Sea Traffic As Drone Attacks On Commercial Vessels Spike Via The Cradle Turkey has begun restricting commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea amid a surge in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian vessels, Bloomberg reported Saturday. Turkiye's Directorate General of Coastal Safety has informed several ships heading to Novorossiysk, an important Russian oil and grain export port, that it is not issuing transit permits at this time and requires more time to review passage applications through the Dardanelles. via Reuters The sources told Bloomberg that Turkish authorities had provided no explanation for the move. Some vessels

  • The Trojan Horse Inside Your Head: How Government Propaganda Is Quietly Dismantling Free Thought 9 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The Trojan Horse Inside Your Head: How Government Propaganda Is Quietly Dismantling Free Thought Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker , Ignore the bureaucrats; listen to the free thinkers... If the Trojan War were being fought today, the Greeks would not need to hide inside of a big, wooden horse and hope to be dragged inside Troy’s city gates. They’d simply disseminate all kinds of lies on social media and wait for the Trojan people to fight each other. Such is the power of corrosive ideas: They can destroy a civilization before its defenders understand that they are under

  • Diarrhea-Gate: One Sinaloa Farm, 345 Sick, And Two Restaurant Chains Down Double Digits 9 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Diarrhea-Gate: One Sinaloa Farm, 345 Sick, And Two Restaurant Chains Down Double Digits The FDA has finished tracing a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Javiana back to its source - a single grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, which entered the U.S. through Coast Citrus Distributors, a California importer that supplies restaurant customers. In this file photo, a shopper checks the firmness of a fresh jalapeño pepper at a produce stand in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) The agency asked Coast Citrus to recall the product. The company says has done so, and is no longer buying

  • Iran's Mehr Releases Video Of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei For 'First Time' - Except It's Old 9 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Iran's Mehr Releases Video Of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei For 'First Time' - Except It's Old Update(2210ET) : Iran's state Mehr has purported to release video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for the 'first time' since the start of the war, and since he was wounded in a US-Israeli airstrike in the opening days of the attacks of over five months ago. The state-released footage is titled "First Images of the Leader" - and shows the Ayatollah addressing students, after months of speculation over his status, or whether he is even alive. He has not been seen or heard from

  • The Rarest Asset In A Fourth Turning: The Freedom To Act 10 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The Rarest Asset In A Fourth Turning: The Freedom To Act Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, The Fourth Turning does not end with a return to the prior equilibrium. It ends with a new order - better or worse, depending on which forces prevail in the decisive battles of the crisis era. Those battles are being fought now, across domains: monetary (the BRICS challenge to dollar hegemony, the rise of non-dollar settlement, the emergence of digital currencies), geopolitical (the realignment of the Middle East, the unravelling of the post-Cold War security architecture), and epistemic (the collapse of institutional trust,


The Guardian

  • Spain to introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy 2 days ago by Agence France-Presse
    Spain, Italy, Morocco, Migration, Africa, Europe, Middle East and north Africa

    Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to Ceuta Spain has announced it will introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass rush of people from Morocco into Ceuta. The checks, which come “amid the persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy, will start at midnight on Saturday and last until 7 September, Spain’s interior ministry said in a statement. Continue reading...

  • Judge approves Trump effort to end South Sudan TPS protections 2 days ago by Maya Yang and agency
    US immigration, South Sudan, World news, US news, Africa, US politics

    Decision follows supreme court ruling that allowed US government to strip protections for Haitians and Syrians Temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of South Sudanese nationals in the United States is set to end after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can move forward with stripping their protections. On Friday, US district judge Patti Saris of the district of Massachusetts rejected an attempt by immigrant rights organizations including the New York-based African Communities Together to keep TPS for South Sudanese nationals living in the US. Continue reading...

  • Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say 3 days ago by Kat Lay Global health correspondent
    Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, World news, Global health

    Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000. Africa’s public health watchdog said the time for incremental action was over as they announced plans to scale up every aspect of the response and go “door to door” looking for patients. Continue reading...

  • US to shut five consulates as critics fear China could fill diplomatic vacuum 3 days ago by Robert Tait in Washington
    US foreign policy, US news, China, Cameroon, Indonesia, Japan, Grenada, Canada, World news, Caribbean, Asia Pacific, Americas, Africa, Democrats, US politics, Marco Rubio

    State department informs Congress of planned closures in Canada, Grenada, Japan, Indonesia and Cameroon The US state department is to shut five foreign consulates and missions across Asia, Africa, North America and the Caribbean, drawing criticism that it is leaving a diplomatic vacuum at risk of being filled by China. The US Congress has been served notice of the impending closures, which are being justified on cost grounds and follow a reassessment of the US’s bilateral relationships with a range of countries since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. Continue reading...

  • Top Ugandan footballer killed by robbers armed with paving stones 3 days ago by Carlos Mureithi
    Football, Sport, Uganda, Africa, World news

    David Owori, who played for the national team, died in hospital after he tried to stop robbers taking his phone The Ugandan football community is in mourning after the death of a player who was fatally injured during a robbery in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday night. David Owori, who captained Sports Club Villa, a Uganda Premier League club, and represented the national team, was attacked after resisting an attempt to steal his mobile phone and other belongings near his home in Makindye division. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • How Saudi Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan defence pact acts as ‘insurance’ over US disengagement 4 hours ago by Tom Hussain

    A defence pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan appears to be aimed at deterring Iran and Israel from tearing up the Middle East with their conflict amid Washington’s inability to guarantee regional security, observers say. Under the terms of the deal signed on Friday in Mecca by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, an armed attack against any one of the three states “shall be regarded as an attack...

  • German arms giant boss says no ‘chickening out’ amid alleged Russian threats 7 hours ago by dpa

    The head of German arms giant Rheinmetall is refusing to be intimidated despite round-the-clock security due to a litany of threats to his safety. On Sunday, Armin Papperger said “chickening out” was not an option in his field. “These jobs must be done and anyone that can’t take the pressure doesn’t belong in this job,” Papperger said. The 63-year-old is under police protection due to alleged Russian murder plots and has bodyguards at his side at all times, even in Rheinmetall’s Dusseldorf...

  • Privacy fears drive ‘patriotic Americans’ to destroy licence plate cameras 8 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 licence plate reader cameras across the United States. But a grass-roots movement upset over privacy concerns is fighting back – even going so far as systematically vandalising the equipment. The first time he decided to trash one of the cameras, a self-styled vigilante wearing all black and known as Nomark, says he was “super nervous”. Now, after disabling about 30 of the devices near his home in the...

  • Joe Biden’s prostate cancer is spreading and causing him pain, son Hunter says 14 hours ago by Associated Press

    Former US president Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late on Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father’s condition, describing it as very sad to watch. “The cancer has spread, metastasised into his bones and further,” he said. “It’s very painful and it’s very debilitating in many...

  • 1,500 couples tie the knot at mass wedding in Nigeria 14 hours ago by dpa

    In northern Nigeria, 1,500 couples have tied the knot at a mass wedding organised by the state. The two-day ceremony in Kano State was aimed at people who, for financial reasons, would otherwise struggle to afford a wedding. According to the regional government, each bride received a dowry of 200,000 naira (US$147) as well as support to set up a small business. The couples were also given household items such as beds, mattresses and blankets. Before the wedding, the couples underwent screening...


New York Times

  • Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags 3 hours ago by Russ Buettner
    United States Politics and Government, Virtual Currency, Money Laundering, World Liberty Financial, Trump, Donald J, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), London (England), Clark, Wesley K, Witkoff, Zach, Witkoff, Alex, Guren Bobby Zhou

    The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.

  • The Lonely Crew at the Kennedy Center Will Miss Its…Mice 3 hours ago by Elizabeth Williamson
    Mice, Culture (Arts), Kennedy, John F, Center for the Performing Arts, National Symphony Orchestra, Smithsonian Institution, Trump, Donald J, Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, United States Politics and Government, Carrara (Italy), internal-open-access-from-nl

    Employees say the performing arts center’s quirky-looking mice have an exotic back story. Do they?

  • Senate Bows to Reality, Leaving Trump’s Voting Bill Undone 16 hours ago by Michael Gold
    United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), Voting Rights, Registration and Requirements, Republican Party, Senate, Trump, Donald J, Thune, John R, Murkowski, Lisa, Husted, Jon A (1967- ), United States

    The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority.

  • Inside the War on Hezbollah’s Finances 3 hours ago by Euan Ward, Eric Schmitt, Ronen Bergman and Hwaida Saad
    Defense and Military Forces, War and Armed Conflicts, International Relations, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Hezbollah, Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon, Israel

    Israel and the United States aren’t just targeting the Lebanese militant group’s weapons. They’re going after its money.

  • The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note. 16 hours ago by Anton Troianovski, Jonathan Swan, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Defense and Military Forces, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), United States International Relations, Stockpiling, Missiles and Missile Defense Systems, War and Armed Conflicts, Defense Department, Caine, John Daniel (1968- ), Crow, Jason, Trump, Donald J, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Biden, Joseph R Jr, China, Europe, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine

    The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say.


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