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- The global defense industry is witnessing a significant procurement supercycle, particularly in drone technology, with the US Navy conducting live-fire tests of drone sailboats equipped with missile launchers, while experts anticipate a surge in industry acquisitions.
- A significant trade dispute has erupted between the US and Canada, with the US imposing 50% tariffs on approximately US$20 billion of Canadian goods, prompting Canada to retaliate with its own tariffs, escalating economic tensions.
- The IRS has announced a 7 percent interest rate for both overpayments and underpayments, impacting financial strategies for individuals and businesses, alongside broader concerns about normal interest rates and the debt panic.
- Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly essential for higher education institutions to embrace, with Nvidia customers already being notified of AI-related price increases exceeding 15%, indicating a burgeoning AI market.
- Geopolitical tensions remain high, with Iran condemning US sanctions as a 'declaration of war' and urging global revolt, while also facing cyber-attacks attributed to Iran-linked hackers that shut down a UK power plant.
ZeroHedge
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Spain's Pools Hit By Disgusting 'Brown Challenge' TikTok Filth
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Spain's Pools Hit By Disgusting 'Brown Challenge' TikTok Filth Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News , Spain's peak summer season has been disrupted once again by a revolting viral trend that has forced the closure of swimming pools and waterparks across the country, leaving families stranded and facilities scrubbed clean at public expense. At PortAventura World's Caribe Aquatic Park on the Costa Dorada this week, lifeguards evacuated both the adult and children's pools after detecting human faeces in the water. The incident, reported on a Tuesday afternoon and allegedly repeated the next day, left the popular resort's aquatic areas
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Escobar: How Trump Tried To Bribe The Head Of The IRGC
9 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Escobar: How Trump Tried To Bribe The Head Of The IRGC Authored by Pepe Escobar, Empire of Chaos, Lies, Plunder, Piracy. And bribes. Mike Pompeo, former aspiring Tony Soprano, admitted: “We lie, we cheat, we steal.” And we bribe. A Transition Protocol source, as we revealed live , is unequivocal: The President of the United States – despite having “won” the war on Iran countless times, at least in the Vociferation stakes – made a major attempt to induce IRGC Commander-in-Chief Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and senior Iranian military leadership to break with the government in Tehran through enormous financial inducements.
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Visualizing Every US State's Economy Matched To A Country
9 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Visualizing Every US State's Economy Matched To A Country America’s largest state economies rank alongside some of the biggest economies in the world. Even further down the list, many individual states produce hundreds of billions of dollars in economic output each year. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, pairs each U.S. state with the country closest to it in nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the IMF’s World Economic Outlook . The Big Four State Economies At $4.3 trillion, California would rank among the world’s five largest economies if
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When The Rule Of Law Fails
10 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
When The Rule Of Law Fails Authored by Madge Waggy , What follows emerges from seventeen months of examination into procedural collapses, constitutional erosions, and institutional betrayals that have accelerated beyond the capacity of conventional reportage to capture. Sources include former jurists who resigned rather than participate in predetermined outcomes, law enforcement officials who documented unlawful commands, and archival materials that reveal pattern precedents for contemporary ruptures. We present this analysis not to provoke despair, but to examine the anatomy of dissolution while recognition might still permit response. The reader is advised that the trajectory described has proceeded beyond the
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Inside America's Drone Arms Race: What Industry Experts See Ahead Of Procurement Supercycle
10 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Inside America's Drone Arms Race: What Industry Experts See Ahead Of Procurement Supercycle Our coverage of America's Group 1 to Group 3 drone industry has centered on Unusual Machines and Ondas , two companies positioned to reap the benefits from what could become a historic procurement cycle next year. The catalyst is the Department of War's Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, which is preparing to direct $55 billion toward autonomous systems. If that spending materializes as planned, companies offering NDAA-compliant drones and drone components, scalable manufacturing capacity, and field-ready platforms should be best positioned to capture the coming flood of orders
The Guardian
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US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal
3 days ago
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington and agencies
US immigration, Trump administration, Liberia, US politics, US news, Africa, World newsAgreement is among largest third-country deportations driven by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown Twenty deportees from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, as part of a new agreement that will see the west African country receive as many as 1,200 people under the Trump administration ’s immigration crackdown. The group arrived at the Roberts international airport outside the capital, Monrovia. The Liberia-US agreement is one of the largest third-country deportation arrangements pursued by the administration since Trump returned to office last year. Continue reading...
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More than 100 dead after goldmine collapses in Central African Republic
3 days ago
by Eromo Egbejule in Cotonou and news agencies
Central African Republic, Mining, Africa, CameroonThe collapse was caused by a landslide, while local officials say the death toll is likely to rise as recovery efforts continue More than 100 people have died after an artisanal goldmine at a small village in western Central African Republic (CAR) caved in due to a landslide, local officials and aid workers said on Wednesday. The landslide happened on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Zamboye, about 50km (31 miles) from the town of Baboua and close to the border of Cameroon. Footage on social media appeared to show an avalanche of sand descend on a group of people,
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Five Americans among seven killed in safari helicopter crash in Kenya
4 days ago
by Associated Press
Kenya, US news, World news, AfricaOfficials say all seven people onboard killed, including Telemundo executive and Ecuador intelligence chief Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department. Among the dead were an executive with Telemundo, the US-based Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, and the director of Ecuador’s national intelligence service. Continue reading...
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Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
4 days ago
by Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
Spain, Europe, World news, European Union, Morocco, Migration, Africa, Refugees, Middle East and north AfricaMadrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered territory illegally would be sent back Europe live – latest updates The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland. The majority of the estimated 70,000 people who crossed into Ceuta – a Spanish territory on the coast of north Africa – on 30 July have returned to Morocco. However, under Spanish law, the state has a duty of care to young, unaccompanied migrants until they reach the age of 18. Continue reading...
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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history
6 days ago
by Nadeem Badshah and Rachel Savage
Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, World Health Organization, Global health, World newsAt least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history, with at least 2,325 people dead, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the 2018-20 outbreak. The DRC’s public health institute said confirmed cases had risen to 4,945, including 101 detected in the previous 24 hours. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Asia is reaching for the open road that Chinese AI offers
4 hours ago
by Chenjie Song,Minghao Sun
At a recent Apec digital technology and AI forum in Chengdu, ministers across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum issued a statement in support of open-source artificial intelligence models – a rare point of agreement in a debate often framed as a zero-sum US-China contest. It pointed towards an AI order that cuts against the assumption of a contest with a single winner, an assumption that still shapes Washington’s alarm over every Chinese AI breakthrough. Across Asia, governments are...
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Why Trump’s economic pain could spark more Iranian attacks on Gulf nations
5 hours ago
by Bloomberg
President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran’s trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on US terms. But like other US efforts to force Iran into capitulation, there is one main problem: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has claimed control of the vital Strait of Hormuz and sent volleys of attack drones across the Gulf, may be...
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Canada’s Carney refuses to take Trump’s ‘bait’, confronting US in trade war
10 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Siding with Canadians weary of provocations from Washington, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood up to US President Donald Trump, rejecting what he called an “unfair” trade deal – a gamble that could prove economically risky. “We will not allow any nation to determine our future. We will set our own course to keep building Canada strong for all,” Carney said on Friday, as negotiations for a bilateral trade deal were crumbling. After weeks of talks with US officials in an effort to avoid punitive...
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Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fuelled drought
13 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific said on Thursday. From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Canal Authority said. It will drop to 32 from September 15 on, the agency said. Central America is in...
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Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15%
14 hours ago
by Bloomberg
Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips are going up more than 15 per cent in many cases with memory chip costs soaring. The price rises will go into effect on systems shipped early next year and will impact systems including those with the flagship Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, according to people familiar with the process, who asked not to be identified commenting on communications that have not yet been...
New York Times
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The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
3 hours ago
by Shane Goldmacher
United States Politics and Government, Data Centers, Midterm Elections (2026), Political Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Polls and Public Opinion, Elections, Governors, Elections, Senate, Electric Light and Power, Abbott, Gregory W (1957- ), Donalds, Byron (1978- )With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
3 hours ago
by Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), Democratic Party, House of Representatives, Jeffries, Hakeem, Kushner, Jared, New York City, Cost of Living and Affordability, Trump, Donald J, Wiles, SusiePresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again
3 hours ago
by Carl Hulse
United States Politics and Government, Midterm Elections (2026), US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Ethics and Official Misconduct, Elections, House of Representatives, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Party, House of Representatives, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party, Senate, Bush, George W, Emanuel, Rahm, Foley, Mark A, Schumer, Charles E, Pelosi, NancyWith an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.
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What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
2 hours ago
by Ian Austen
International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Carney, Mark J, Trump, Donald J, Canada, United States, Shopping and Retail, Coats and JacketsBuoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers.
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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Rejected
13 hours ago
by Ana Swanson
International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff), United States Politics and Government, Carney, Mark J, Greer, Jamieson LIn an interview, Jamieson Greer, President’s Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of what the United States offered to Canada before talks crumbled.