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- Major geopolitical tensions continue to escalate with Houthis targeting Saudi vessels and ongoing conflicts involving Iran and its proxies, alongside discussions of military action and potential regime change.
- Wildfires rage across Europe and North America, exacerbated by heatwaves and climate change, leading to significant evacuations and environmental concerns.
- The tech industry faces turmoil with Nvidia's Taipei office raided amidst AI chip smuggling investigations, and significant stock market downturns in Asia, particularly in South Korea and Taiwan.
- Regulatory bodies like FERC are issuing warnings and proposing reforms for energy markets, while the US DOJ is involved in legal action concerning in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.
- Developments in global health include ongoing Ebola outbreaks and a UN report highlighting the unaffordable cost of healthy diets for a significant portion of the world's population.
ZeroHedge
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Bombshell Report Exposes Lefty NGOs Funding A Children's Charity Tied To Terror Network
33 minutes ago
by Tyler Durden
Bombshell Report Exposes Lefty NGOs Funding A Children's Charity Tied To Terror Network After years of pro-Hamas protests and riots, including efforts by radical-left revolutionaries to blockade highways, bridges, and other economic chokepoints, as well as unrest across Ivy League campuses, investigators are finally examining the financial infrastructure behind the Marxist movement that increasingly appears less about Palestine and more about toppling the US empire. At the center of the investigation is a left-wing nonprofit that may have served as a bridge, connecting major progressive foundations and revolutionary-left activist networks to organizations linked to foreign terrorist groups . This revelation
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Houthis Fire On Saudi Vessel, More Ships Make U-Turns, After 'MoU Revival' Hype Returns
43 minutes ago
by Tyler Durden
Houthis Fire On Saudi Vessel, More Ships Make U-Turns, After 'MoU Revival' Hype Returns Summary Hormuz indirect talks continue amid reports of a possible resurrected MoU deal. Shipping remains stalled with virtually no tanker traffic through Hormuz. Iran insists Hormuz stays closed unless its terms are accepted. Houthis escalate attacks, prompting more ships to avoid the Red Sea. Shipping Latest: Bab El Mandeb & Hormuz Iran has reaffirmed that if Oman does not agree to its terms for the Strait of Hormuz, the the vital oil transit waterway will remain closed, per Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister. This also as things
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FERC Will Impose Reforms If PJM Fails To Adopt Changes By September, Chairman Warns
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
FERC Will Impose Reforms If PJM Fails To Adopt Changes By September, Chairman Warns By Ethan Howland of UtilityDi ve The PJM Interconnection has until the end of September to agree to governance and stakeholder reforms or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will impose them, the agency’s chairman, Laura Swett, said Thursday. “ PJM is facing a grave legitimacy crisis ,” Swett said at a technical conference FERC held on the grid operator’s governance issues. “ Some transmission owners are openly discussing leaving the RTO altogether. Put plainly, market participants have lost confidence in PJM’s decision-making abilities.” With PJM failing
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DOJ Sues Colorado For Offering In-State Tuition Aid To Illegal Immigrants
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
DOJ Sues Colorado For Offering In-State Tuition Aid To Illegal Immigrants Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times , The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Colorado on Thursday over state regulations that provide in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Ecuador and other nationalities at a door on the border wall waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2023. Paul Ratje/Reuters The July 23 lawsuit , filed with the District Court for the District of Colorado, accused Colorado of ignoring Title 8 of the
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Nvidia's Taipei Office Raided As Taiwan's AI Chip-Smuggling Dragnet Results In Arrests
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Nvidia's Taipei Office Raided As Taiwan's AI Chip-Smuggling Dragnet Results In Arrests Taiwanese prosecutors have detained an Nvidia employee and searched the chipmaker's Taipei office , the first time the island's criminal investigation into the diversion of restricted AI hardware to China has reached inside the company whose processors sit at the center of it. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office said Tuesday it had detained a man surnamed Chang on suspicion of falsifying business documents under the Criminal Code, after investigators searched his home and his workplace on July 24. Prosecutors said Chang is "strongly suspected of having committed the
The Guardian
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Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger
2 days ago
by Samuel Okiror
Global development, Uganda, Hunger, Africa, World news, Yoweri Museveni, Drought, Environment, Water, Aid, Food security, Malnutrition, Climate crisisGovernment move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country. A crisis has been building in the Karamoja region of Uganda as crops have failed without the season’s expected rains, leaving the region’s 1.5 million people facing acute food shortages and rising malnutrition. Continue reading...
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Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying
5 days ago
by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies
Angola, Human rights, Africa, Russia, World newsThe men were convicted over alleged plan to stage coup and organise deadly demonstrations over fuel prices last year Two Russian men have been found guilty by an Angolan court of terrorism and spying after being accused of planning a coup and helping to organise deadly demonstrations in the southern African country last year. Lev Lakshtanov and Igor Ratchin were sentenced to eight and 11 years in jail respectively. They had denied the charges, claiming they were in Angola for cultural and business activities. Continue reading...
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MoD cancels army training in Kenya over powers to prosecute British soldiers
5 days ago
by Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
British army, UK news, Military, World news, Kenya, Africa, Ministry of DefenceSeptember exercise called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offences The British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement. While the UK government wanted to renew the existing agreement, Kenyan lawmakers had sought changes to give local authorities greater powers to hold British soldiers accountable for any offences committed in the country. Continue reading...
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Health worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital after working in DRC
7 days ago
by Nadeem Badshah
Ebola, London, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World news, UK news, Health, AfricaUK resident was evacuated from Democratic Republic of the Congo where there is an outbreak of the disease A humanitarian worker is being monitored at a specialist hospital in London after potential exposure to the Ebola virus. The UK resident was medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the worker had been treating patients with the disease, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Continue reading...
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Healthy diet too expensive for one in three people globally, UN report finds
7 days ago
by Kat Lay Global health correspondent
Global development, Hunger, Poverty, United Nations, Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, World Health Organization, Health, Food poverty, World newsGlobal hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well One in three people cannot afford to eat a healthy diet, a new report has found, prompting calls for urgent action on food affordability. There are 2.69 billion people unable to afford a diverse diet that meets their energy and nutrient needs, and it will take “immense” amounts of work to achieve the global target of zero hunger by 2030, the annual report from
South China Morning Post
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Keiko Fujimori sworn in as president of Peru following narrow election victory
23 minutes ago
by Agencies
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June’s run-off by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. Fujimori, the daughter of a former president jailed for human rights abuses, will become Peru’s ninth president in a decade. The 51-year-old is hoping to stabilise the country’s turbulent politics. Over the past decade, only three of Peru’s...
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Trump shows irritation with Netanyahu before White House talks on Iran
an hour ago
by Reuters
US President Donald Trump voiced irritation with Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of their White House meeting on Tuesday, complaining that details of the Israeli prime minister’s planned talking points on Iran had surfaced publicly, in a fresh sign of strain between the two leaders. Asked about reports that Netanyahu wanted to talk to him about Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep underground near one of Iran’s main nuclear sites, Trump said, using Netanyahu’s nickname. “I don’t need...
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Zelensky has a ‘good meeting’ with Trump as he seeks more cooperation with US
2 hours ago
by Associated Press
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met on Tuesday ahead of Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral, with the two leaders discussing ways for Ukraine to produce its own powerful weapons and “other ideas that could help” in its continuing war against Russia. The sit-down in the Oval Office, which was closed to the media, followed a consequential meeting at the Nato summit earlier this month in Ankara, Turkey, where Trump announced that the US will give Ukraine a licence...
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France, Spain make headway against wildfires but new heatwave looms
3 hours ago
by Reuters
Firefighters raced on Tuesday to subdue huge wildfires that have forced unprecedented evacuations of tens of thousands of people across France and Spain, as western Europe braced for another heatwave. The fires have torn through a region already battered by a blisteringly hot and dry summer. Crews were seeking to capitalise on more favourable weather before a new wave of higher temperatures settled in from Wednesday. In the Bordeaux region of France, firefighters contained the forest blaze...
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Lindsey Graham eulogised as an ‘American original’ at memorial service
3 hours ago
by Associated Press
Senator Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation’s more influential US politicians at home and abroad, was being eulogised Tuesday as a “swashbuckling” public servant and “true American original” during memorial services in Washington. Graham’s remains arrived at the US Capitol, where the Republican served for more than 30 years as an indefatigable deal maker who talked and laughed and badgered his colleagues into action. His flag-draped casket was...
New York Times
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As U.S. Pauses Strikes, Iran Is No Rush to Resume Cease-Fire Talks
an hour ago
by Yeganeh Torbati
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Iran-Israel War (2025- ), War and Armed Conflicts, International Relations, Defense and Military Forces, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, internal-open-access-from-nlAmid a reprieve in the fighting, Iran’s leaders are betting that they can endure more pain than President Trump can, and they have leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say.
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The Iran War Just Put Another Key Oil Route at Risk
2 hours ago
by Rebecca F. Elliott, Paul Abowd, Nikolay Nikolov, Nour Idriss, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster, Lauren Pruitt, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Samuel Granados and Leanne Abraham
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, War and Armed Conflicts, International Trade and World Market, Houthis, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz, YemenAttacks in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war have led Saudi Arabia to rely on an alternative route for exporting oil. Our reporter Rebecca F. Elliott explains how that route is now threatened by the Houthis, a Yemeni militia supported by Iran.
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Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer
an hour ago
by Constant Méheut and Qasim Nauman
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Araghchi, Abbas, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Caspian Sea, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Drones (Pilotless Planes), War and Armed Conflicts, Defense and Military Forces, International Relations, United StatesThe attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.
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What to Know About the Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan
2 hours ago
by Johnny Diaz
Earthquakes, Japan, Kumamoto (Japan), Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan), Rescues, Deaths (Fatalities), internal-eafsAt least one person who was found in a collapsed house was killed, and about 50 others were injured on Tuesday in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto.
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Trump Loved Graham, Not So Much His Beloved Senate
an hour ago
by Carl Hulse
United States Politics and Government, Republican Party, Senate, Graham, Lindsey, Trump, Donald JThe South Carolinian relished serving as a “bridge” between the institution he revered and the president, but now that bridge is gone.