Global Inflation Scare: Chinese Exporters Hike Prices As Iran War Triggers Ethane Shortage, Plastics Crunch Chinese exporters are finally passing on the pain – right as they’re experiencing a major shortage of a key industrial material. After years of cutting prices amid overcapacity and cutthroat competition, manufacturers are now raising prices on everything from swimsuits and ski suits to medical syringes and air conditioners. […]

EU Ministers Fail To Suspend EU-Israeli Cooperation Agreement; Germany Calls ‘Inappropriate’ Via Remix News, A move to end the EU-Israel Association Agreement has been struck down, led by objections from Germany, Austria, and Italy. The accord, in existence since 2000, has served as the framework for EU-Israeli relations pertaining to both trade and foreign policy, with a key pillar being Israel’s access to the markets of EU […]

Interceptor-Drone Arms-Race Emerges The next type of aerial system likely to be stockpiled at scale by militaries worldwide is the interceptor drone. We’ve already seen early evidence of this across Eurasia, with Ukraine selling its interceptor drones to the highest bidder. The Russia-Ukraine war accelerated the development of cheap one-way attack drones. Early in the war, missile interceptors used by Ukraine were too costly and […]

The EU ‘Democracy Shield’ Is The End Of Freedom In Europe Via Remix News, The year 2026 will go down in the history of European integration as a special moment. The European Union, under the banner of protecting democracy, has begun systematically restricting freedom of speech and real political pluralism. Thus, it embarks on the well-trodden historical paths of every authoritarian regime, resorting to violence and censorship as […]

Where Homosexuality Is Still Punishable By Death The latest data from ILGA – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, a global federation that monitors laws and rights affecting LGBT people – show that consensual same‑sex relations remain criminalized in a significant number of countries, with a small but deadly minority still prescribing the death penalty. You will find more infographics at […]

UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028 Finally a practical use of AI. In a world swimming in debt and overrun by government bloat and corruption, Dubai is taking a big step into the future. On Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced that in two years, 50% of UAE’s government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, arguably the best use […]

Muted Demand During India’s Second-Biggest Gold-Buying Festival, After Prices Surge Gold demand during one of India’s key buying festivals stayed muted on Sunday as record prices curbed jewellery purchases, ​offsetting a modest uptick in investment demand, according to Reuters.  Indians celebrated Akshaya Tritiya, the ‌second-biggest gold-buying festival after Dhanteras, when purchasing precious metals is considered […]

Google Deepens Anthropic Bet With Up To $40 Billion Investment The AI funding frenzy continues, with Google planning to invest $10 billion in Anthropic at a $350 billion valuation, deepening its relationship with the San Francisco-based AI company best known for building Claude. Bloomberg reports that Google’s deal with Anthropic includes an initial $10 billion investment at a $350 billion valuation, with the potential for another […]

Pentagon Email Seeks Ways To Suspend Spain From NATO, Brussels Says Not Possible Washington is eyeing how to pressure Spain out of the NATO alliance, after the Spanish government has taken firm anti-Israel positions, as well as come out strongly against Trump’s Iran war, even disallowing some base and logistics access to the US armed forces. An internal Pentagon email lays out options for the United States to […]

Trump Administration Seeks Pause Of Lawsuit Challenging Vaccine Recommendations Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Trump administration lawyers on April 23 said they are still considering whether to appeal a ruling that blocked the rollback of guidance on some vaccines. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The lawyers said […]

FDA Grants Quick Review Psychedelic Drugs, First Approvals Could Come As Soon As Summer The FDA announced new steps to speed up research on psychedelic treatments for serious mental health conditions, following an executive order from President Donald Trump directing agencies to expand access to emerging therapies, CNBC and NBC reported this morning: In a press release Friday, FDA commissioner Marty Makary said the medications […]

A Bottle Of Water Is $4.25: Walt Disney World Might Be The ‘Most Expensive On Earth’ Authored by Stephen Silver via 19fortyfive.com, “Water is $4.50 for a basic Desani. Smartwater is $6.25. Food is almost unaffordable, and people bring their own food now. Soon, we might as well call Walt Disney World here in Florida the Most Expensive Place on Earth.”  That’s what the Editor-In-Chief, Harry J. Kazianis, an avid Disney fan, […]

Oklo, NVIDIA, And Los Alamos Working On Plutonium-Powered AI  Oklo announced an agreement with NVIDIA and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to advance critical nuclear infrastructure, AI-enabled research, and nuclear fuel R&D at Los Alamos.  The partnership aligns Oklo’s advanced reactor platform, NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, and LANL’s deep expertise in materials science and nuclear fuels. Together, the trio aims […]

US Sanctions Cambodian Senator Linked To Crypto Romance Scam Centers Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States on April 23 imposed sanctions on a wealthy Cambodian senator, Kok An, who allegedly ran crypto-romance scam centers that stole millions of dollars from U.S. citizens. Thai soldiers stand outside an abandoned scam center in O’Smach town on the border between Thailand and Cambodia on […]

Video Game Triggers Leftist Mob With Story Of Man Protecting A Child The political left has proven time and time again that they hate inherent masculine traits, almost as much as they hate the nuclear family and healthy population growth in the west.  Positive portrayals of the heterosexual nuclear family are in steep decline.  Children are rarely seen in media, with a disturbing uptick in adults acting like children while […]

‘Lying Scumbag’: Schumer Blasted After Saying ‘Nobody Respects’ Border Patrol And ICE On Senate Floor Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ignited an intense political firestorm Thursday, after disparaging the nation’s top immigration enforcement agencies on the Senate floor. During a debate over a Republican-led $70 billion funding plan for the agencies, Schumer […]

TerraPower Commences Construction of Utility-Scale Advanced Reactor TerraPower has officially broken ground on Kemmerer Unit 1 in Wyoming, set to become America’s first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant. A new chapter for advanced nuclear energy🔧 We marked the start of construction on our first Natrium® plant, Kemmerer Unit 1. As the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the US, Kemmerer Unit 1 will […]

The Pope’s True Loyalty Is To Globalism, Not Christianity Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us They used to call it the “new world order” – A partially public and partially covert agenda to dismantle western civilization. Its purpose is to upend the global financial system, destroy liberty minded movements and eventually erase nations and borders to produce a single communist-like central government ruled by the […]

Why Did China Reserve A Vast Offshore Airspace For 40 Days Without Explanation? Authored by via The Epoch Times, China has imposed a 40-day offshore airspace restriction larger than Taiwan without explanation, signaling a potential shift toward sustained military readiness near Japan and U.S. allies. China filed Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) reserving offshore airspace in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May […]

IRGC Seizes Ship With Witkoff-Kushner Team En Route To Pakistan; US Sanctions Chinese Refinery, Iran Shadow Fleet Summary IRGC seizes a ship it says ‘collaborated with US’ in provocative move ahead of Pakistan talks; Iran FM preparing written proposal for US side. President Trump is sending two envoys – Steve Witkoff and Jared Jushner – for talks with Iran in Pakistan, CNN reported, while Tehran sounded a more pessimistic […]

Israeli Media Says IDF Soldiers Looting ‘On A Crazy Scale’ In Lebanon Authored by Brett Wilkins While media coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon mainly focuses on the slaughter of hundreds of Lebanese civilians and destruction of entire villages, Israel Defense Forces commanders are tacitly condoning widespread looting by their troops in Lebanon, according to reporting Thursday. Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, […]

Fusion Energy: Why America Needs To Own Its Technology Authored by Lawrence Kadish via The Gatestone Institute, For decades, fusion energy has been the great scientific pursuit – clean, limitless power drawn from the same physics that powers the sun. Enormous progress has been made in the technology required to harness nuclear fusion and significant investment is now being made by private companies and President Donald J. Trump’s […]

Ilhan Omar Accused Of Trying To Steer $1.4M To Nonprofit With Somali Restaurant For Address U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is facing fresh accusations after Republicans flagged her reported push to direct more than $1 million in federal taxpayer funds to a small Somali-led nonprofit whose listed project address matches a Minneapolis restaurant. The nonprofit, Generation Hope MN, describes itself as providing addiction recovery […]

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy To Treat Deafness Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal regulators on Thursday approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing, just two months after the therapy’s maker formally requested a license. Dr. Marty Makary, the Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner, in an undated file photograph. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Food and Drug […]

Race To Refill U.S. Weapons Stockpiles Will Supercharge War Economy The U.S. military’s 55-day war with Iran has alarmingly drawn down several categories of high-end air-delivered munitions, forcing the Department of War to draw from critical stockpiles in Asia and Europe. The drawdown of these weapons only suggests a possible readiness problem and helps explain why President Trump’s war economy is set to accelerate, with expected […]