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- Global investments in nuclear fusion have surged by 69% to $4.5 billion, indicating a significant acceleration in research and development within the clean energy sector.
- Netflix experienced a significant downturn, hitting a two-year low following widespread forecast misses, signaling potential challenges in subscriber growth and revenue generation for streaming services.
- Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated with renewed strikes and threats of infrastructure-for-infrastructure warfare, impacting global energy markets and raising concerns about a broader regional conflict.
- Canada's wildfire management failures have led to severe air quality issues affecting millions in the US, highlighting the transboundary environmental impacts of climate change and resource management.
- The global PC market is facing headwinds, with a slashed forecast by Goldman Sachs due to a memory chip crunch disrupting upgrade cycles, suggesting broader supply chain vulnerabilities in the tech industry.
ZeroHedge
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What To Know About Iran's Pickaxe Mountain
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
What To Know About Iran's Pickaxe Mountain Authord by the Institute for Science and International Safety ( view PDF ) On July 13, President Trump made it clear that the nuclear-related Pickaxe mountain facility is on the U.S. target list. In an interview on the Hugh Hewitt show, the President stated, “ We have eyes on it and Pickaxe mountain is a possible target for a nice big fat shot right in the front door…We’re watching Pickaxe Mountain very closely. We don’t see any activity there.” Trump finished the interview with a more definitive statement: “We're going to take out
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Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
Canada's Wildfire Management Failures Choke Millions Of Americans With Toxic Smoke Canada's wildfire management policies are once again falling short , as toxic smoke plumes blanket much of the northeastern US and drive air pollution to dangerously high levels. Another wave of dense wildfire smoke is forecast to reach New York and New England on Thursday afternoon and evening before it surges into the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday night. Thick, unhealthy smoke is expected in D.C. on Friday, with some reaching Virginia and North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/ZDqDEYAgQq — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) July 16, 2026 Air quality readings in cities including Detroit, Milwaukee,
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Netflix & Spill: Streamer Smashed To 2 Year Low After Forecast Misses Across The Board
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Netflix & Spill: Streamer Smashed To 2 Year Low After Forecast Misses Across The Board It has been a brutal year for NFLX longs, who have seen their favorite stock slide in a straight line since last summer, erasing almost 50% from the July 2025 all time high of $134. And unfortunately for them, it appears this brutality isn't going to end any time soon after the company mangled its Q2 earnings moments ago, reporting mediocre earnings, but more importantly, projecting numbers that missed consensus estimates for both Q3 and and the full year. First, looking at the historicals, we
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Watch Live: All Eyes On SpaceX's First Starship Launch Since Its IPO
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Watch Live: All Eyes On SpaceX's First Starship Launch Since Its IPO SpaceX is scheduled to launch the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday evening, marking the first mission since the company completed its blockbuster public debut in June, according to ABC News . Liftoff is scheduled from the company's Starbase facility in Texas, with a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:45 p.m. ET. As always, weather or technical issues could delay the attempt. The mission will be the second flight of Starship Version 3, a significantly redesigned vehicle that SpaceX believes represents a major leap forward.
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The Odyssey Hullabaloo
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
The Odyssey Hullabaloo Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness , Acclaimed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan's ( The Dark Knight , Oppenheimer ) newest film, The Odyssey , opens this week in the United States. But controversy has already surrounded Nolan's adaptation of Homer's 2,700-year-old epic poem about Odysseus's 10-year struggle to return home after the Achaian victory in the decade-long Trojan War. Some of the film's actresses have suggested that Nolan is offering a more feminist - and long-overdue - take on the ancient poem. Actress Lupita Nyong'o, in particular, has criticized Homer's purported sexism. Perhaps her misreading
The Guardian
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UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
7 hours 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
11 hours 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...
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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
18 hours ago
by Sam Jones, José Bautista and Hicham Mansouri
Morocco, World news, Africa, Middle East and north Africa, Software, Hacking, Technology, Computing, Malware, EspionageWhistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet ministers and police officers. Pegasus, which is manufactured by the Israel-based NSO Group, allows its operator to access everything on a target’s mobile phone, including emails, text messages and photographs. It can also activate the phone’s recorder and camera, turning it into a listening device.
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How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands
a day ago
by Damien Gayle
Extreme weather, Flooding, Africa, Climate crisis, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, World news, Togo, Nigeria, Environment, LiberiaAdaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warn Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month. Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather event into a climate catastrophe. Continue reading...
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New US Ebola patient arrives in Germany for treatment
2 days ago
by AFP and Reuters
Ebola, US news, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Trump administration, Germany, Africa, US politics, Europe, Health, World newsAid worker flown to Berlin as Trump administration bars Americans from traveling to US on commercial flights A US national who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin said on Monday, weeks after another American infected with Ebola in the DRC was treated in Berlin. Meanwhile, the Trump administration on Monday said it was blocking American citizens in the DRC from traveling to the US on commercial flights, Reuters reported, citing a White House official. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Italian police raid luxury brands Bulgari and Chanel over exploitation of Chinese workers
3 hours ago
by Agencies
Italian police raided the offices of several luxury brands including Bulgari and Chanel over suspicions they used subcontractors employing Chinese workers, a prosecutor said Thursday. The other luxury brands included Brunello Cucinelli, Etro, Goyard Italie, Jacob Cohen Company, Moncler, and Stefano Ricci, Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari said, confirming information published by business daily Il Sole 24 Ore. None of the nine companies is under investigation, and prosecutors have not sought...
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Trump’s teleprompter operator allegedly made US$90,000 betting on his speeches
4 hours ago
by Reuters
A teleprompter operator for Donald Trump has been suspended over allegations he placed bets with a prediction market on the content of the US president’s speeches, the White House said on Friday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the teleprompter operator was put on unpaid administrative leave on the orders of the president. Leavitt later added that he would no longer be working at the White House. Gabriel Perez is under investigation by federal regulators over potential...
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Italian court sentences ex-highway chief to 12 years’ jail over Genoa bridge disaster
9 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia to 12 years for his role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago. Giovanni Castellucci was found guilty of vehicle homicide and negligence related to the collapse of the bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in one of the country’s worst infrastructure disasters. The courtroom was packed with relatives of those who plunged to their deaths when the Morandi Bridge – part of a key highway...
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UK court jails young hackers for massive London transport cyberattack
10 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
A UK court on Thursday jailed two young men for a 2024 cyberattack on London’s public transport operator that exposed the details of millions of customers, in one of Britain’s biggest data breaches. Thalha Jubair, 20, from East London, and 18-year-old Owen Flowers from England’s West Midlands were each handed five-and-a-half-year sentences at London’s Woolwich Crown Court. The pair pleaded guilty last month to hacking Transport for London’s (TfL) network between August 31 and September 3, 2024,...
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4 Greek MPs charged over multimillion EU farm fraud scandal
11 hours ago
by Reuters
Four acting members of Greece’s parliament were among 22 people indicted on Thursday by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) over an investigation into alleged farm fraud that has rocked the country’s government. Last year, European prosecutors charged dozens of Greek stockbreeders with faking ownership of grazing land and exaggerating the number of animals on farms to claim EU subsidies with the alleged help of state employees and conservative politicians. Some people receiving...
New York Times
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Wildfires Continue in Ontario as Officials Brace for More Evacuations
5 hours ago
by Ephrat Livni and Vjosa Isai
Wildfires, Evacuations and Evacuees, Fires and Firefighters, Canada, Ontario (Canada), Thunder Bay (Ontario), Yukon Territory, New York State, Ford, Doug Jr (1964- ), Walz, Tim, Environment CanadaOntario’s minister for emergency preparedness has asked the federal government for help, including potentially deploying Canadian soldiers to the affected regions.
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National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
4 hours ago
by Raymond Zhong
Global Warming, Weather, Research, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, attribution scienceAttribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
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White House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review
6 hours ago
by Tony Romm
United States Politics and Government, Federal Aid (US), Federal-State Relations (US), Foreign Aid, Federal Budget (US), Budgets and Budgeting, Office of Management and Budget (US), Trump, Donald J, Vought, Russell TAcademics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.
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Republican Senator Thom Tillis Demands Todd Blanche Meet With Epstein Survivors
6 hours ago
by Devlin Barrett
United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Attorneys General, Sex Crimes, Blanche, Todd (Attorney), Epstein, Jeffrey E (1953- ), Tillis, Thomas R, Senate Committee on the JudiciarySenator Thom Tillis of North Carolina made the stipulation during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday for witnesses to discuss Mr. Blanche’s nomination.
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Ukraine Was on a Roll. Then a Clash Over War Strategy Exploded Into View.
3 hours ago
by Andrew E. Kramer
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Defense and Military Forces, Politics and Government, Fedorov, Mykhailo, Zelensky, Volodymyr, UkraineFrom an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.