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- The global energy sector is navigating complex geopolitical landscapes, with the Houthis announcing a blockade on Saudi shipping and threatening attacks, while the Western nuclear industry sees a resurgence with progress in both small and large reactor designs.
- Financial markets are experiencing volatility, evidenced by soaring egg prices in China, record monthly payments for buyers trading in vehicles with negative equity, and a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reaching its highest level in nearly a year in the US.
- Geopolitical tensions are escalating, particularly in the Middle East, with reports of US military deaths in Iran-related incidents, Iran declaring a 'full-scale war' with the US, and ongoing conflicts and attacks impacting shipping in critical chokepoints like Hormuz.
- Technological and regulatory developments are shaping industries, including the EU fining AliExpress for illegal products, advancements in AI leading to a flood of 'vibecoded' apps in Apple's store, and uncertainty surrounding stablecoin regulation following US agencies missing a deadline.
- Political developments and legal challenges are prominent, with a federal judge ruling a former FEMA CFO's firing unlawful, the RNC suing to stop non-residents from voting, and significant legal scrutiny on entities like Guggenheim and its insurers.
ZeroHedge
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Federal Prosecutors Probe Guggenheim, Billionaire Dem Donor Walter's Insurers
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Federal Prosecutors Probe Guggenheim, Billionaire Dem Donor Walter's Insurers Federal investigators are taking a closer look at billionaire Mark Walter's financial empire, with criminal and regulatory inquiries now spanning Guggenheim Partners and two life insurance companies under his control, according to Bloomberg . The investigation, which began last year, initially focused on Guggenheim's $362 billion asset management business before expanding to Delaware Life Insurance Co. and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Co., according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg writes that both insurers revealed in recent regulatory filings that they were served with grand jury subpoenas in February. Prosecutors
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Trump Orders Review Related To Climate Guidance For Federal Judges
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Trump Orders Review Related To Climate Guidance For Federal Judges Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times , President Donald Trump has ordered federal officials to review conduct related to climate guidance included in a scientific reference manual for federal judges , which he described as politically biased and based on discredited science. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on July 6, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images "These Manuals have been totally discredited," Trump said in a June 19 post on Truth Social. He was referring to a February decision by the U.S. federal judiciary to
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Biden-Appointed Judge Rules Former FEMA CFO's Firing Over Luxury Hotels For Illegals Was Unlawful
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Biden-Appointed Judge Rules Former FEMA CFO's Firing Over Luxury Hotels For Illegals Was Unlawful Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on Friday that a former FEMA chief financial officer was illegally fired by the Trump administration over what it claimed were millions spent by the agency on luxury hotels for illegal immigrants in New York City. Mary Comans’s termination in February 2025 amidd allegations of misused funds had been amplified by then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Biden-appointed District Judge Michael Nachmanoff decided
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30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Reaches Highest Level In Almost A Year
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Reaches Highest Level In Almost A Year Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times , The average weekly rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is at its highest level in nearly a year, contributing to elevated housing costs and dampening buyer interest. A home for sale in Alhambra, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images For the most recent week, the mortgage rate was at 6.55 percent, according to a July 16 statement by Freddie Mac. This is the highest level since the week ending Aug. 27, 2025 , when the rate
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FBI Calls Incendiary Attack On Manhattan Federal Building An "Anti-Government Attack"
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
FBI Calls Incendiary Attack On Manhattan Federal Building An "Anti-Government Attack" Summary: FBI Calls incident " anti-government attack on a federal facility " Suspect had " ICE Off Our Streets " Sign Suspect Arrested FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident FBI tells Fox News "an individual deployed an incendiary device " Immigration agents and FBI rushed out, guns drawn, and FPS apprehended the suspect Explosion Hits Outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan For years, left-wing political violence in the US was often treated as isolated and/or a non-issue. The Trump administration is now calling
The Guardian
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São Tomé and Príncipe heads to polls in tense presidential election
2 days ago
by Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
Sao Tome and Principe, Africa, World newsIncumbent Carlos Vila Nova hopes to defeat his former party and secure second term as independent Voters in São Tomé and Príncipe go to the polls for a presidential election on Sunday as one of Africa’s least populous countries seeks to burnish its democratic credentials. According to the National Election Commission, about 142,000 people are registered to vote in the tiny African state’s elections, approximately 15% of whom live in the diaspora. Continue reading...
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‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art
3 days ago
by Carlos Mureithi in Greater Accra
Ghana, Film, Art, Africa, Culture, Art and design, World newsHand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull. Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected for a horror film. Instead, it
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Seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban, says aid group
3 days ago
by Reuters
US news, Kenya, Ebola, Africa, World newsAid workers are first known people to quarantine at facility, which sparked huge opposition in Kenya Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the US government introduced travel restrictions, the head of a US charity employing them told Reuters. The aid workers are the first known people to quarantine at the facility, which has sparked huge opposition in Kenya and is at the heart of a legal case in which a court has ordered the work to be suspended. Construction continued, however, according
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UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
4 days ago
by Heather Stewart
Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Aid, Politics, Labour, Charities, Society, UK news, Africa, World newsCritics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’ Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show. The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years. Continue reading...
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Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged
4 days ago
by John Musenze in Kampala
Global health, Ebola, Global development, Uganda, Africa, World news, Infectious diseases, Medical researchCountry begins 42-day countdown to outbreak being declared officially over, as numbers continue to rise in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda has started lobbying countries to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions after discharging its last confirmed Ebola patient from hospital. The discharge of a Congolese national from the Mulago national referral hospital’s isolation centre in Kampala on Thursday triggered the start of a 42-day countdown required by the World Health Organization before Uganda can officially be declared Ebola-free, provided no new infections are detected. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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China’s Li congratulates Andy Burnham on becoming Britain’s new prime minister
2 hours ago
by Agencies
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday extended congratulations to Andy Burnham on becoming Britain’s new prime minister. Strengthening dialogue and cooperation between China and Britain will benefit the two countries and “inject stability into global peace”, Li said in his message, Reuters reported. “I am willing to work with the prime minister to strengthen exchanges, enhance mutual trust, promote communication and cooperation, and advance the long-term, stable comprehensive...
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Man charged with murdering former British MP Ann Widdecombe
2 hours ago
by Reuters
British prosecutors said on Monday that a 28-year-old man had been charged with murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was found dead at her home earlier this month. Widdecombe, 78, who was a prominent member of Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK, was found at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 after sustaining what police described as serious injuries. She stood down from parliament in 2010. Joshua Kerry, a white British national from northern England, has been...
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Hungary investigates deal with China’s BYD after ex-foreign minister takes job there
4 hours ago
by Associated Press
Hungary’s government announced an investigation on Monday into a large foreign investment by Chinese carmaker BYD negotiated by a former foreign minister who last week resigned from parliament to take an executive position at the company. Peter Szijjarto’s announcement last Wednesday that he would take the job at the world’s top electric carmaker prompted accusations of a conflict of interest and criticism over his role in organising substantial government subsidies to the company while in...
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US jails Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Mayo’ for life
5 hours ago
by Reuters
Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced on Monday to life in prison in the US, after a plea deal last year in which he admitted to shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine over decades as leader of the violent Sinaloa Cartel. US District Judge Brian Cogan handed down the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Zambada is one of the most high-profile Mexican drug traffickers to be sentenced in a US court since fellow Sinaloa leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was...
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Can Europe win a trade war with China? It may depend on how victory is defined
7 hours ago
by Finbarr Bermingham
As trade tensions with China reach boiling point, EU officials are ramping up engagement with Beijing in search of an off-ramp. Quietly behind the scenes, though, Europe is preparing for a trade war. In Brussels, a steely determination has set in to ensure the bloc’s manufacturing heartlands are not deindustrialised by the “China Shock 2.0”. With some industries already haemorrhaging jobs, the EU’s resilience-building and de-risking plans are now laced with deterrents as Brussels looks to...
New York Times
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G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress
2 hours ago
by Robert Jimison
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Politics and Government, War Powers Act (1973), United States Defense and Military Forces, Federal Budget (US), Defense Department, House of Representatives, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Senate, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Iran, Johnson, Mike (1972- )Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
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Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War
5 hours ago
by Eric Schmitt
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, Military Bases and Installations, Trump, Donald J, Jordan, Iran, Middle East, United States Politics and Government, Defense Department, United States Central Command, Hegseth, PeteCentral Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.
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Inside the Deadly U.S. Airstrike on a Shadow Fleet Tanker
2 hours ago
by Pranav Baskar, Pragati K.B. and Eric Schmitt
Ships and Shipping, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), United States Defense and Military Forces, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Civilian Casualties, Deaths (Fatalities), Maritime Accidents and Safety, International Relations, Embargoes and Sanctions, Gulf of Oman, India, United States, United Against Nuclear Iran, United States NavyEvidence suggests the ship on which three Indian sailors died was not moving when it was struck in the Gulf of Oman, but it had been engaged in risky offshore transfers of oil.
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How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web
2 hours ago
by Kate Conger
Computers and the Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Search Engines, Google Inc, TheVerge.com, Wikipedia, Berners-Lee, Tim, Page, LarryAs Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.
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A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store
7 hours ago
by Kalley Huang
Mobile Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, Anthropic AI LLC, OpenAI Labs, Apple IncMobile apps are easy to make with artificial intelligence. That doesn’t mean people are excited to use them.