Brent Initially Slides After Russia Restarts Key Novorossiysk Port After Drone Attack  Brent crude prices were initially lower, and are now flat, after operations resumed at Russia’s key Black Sea export hub, Novorossiysk. This follows last Friday’s Ukrainian drone strike on the export hub, which had sent prices soaring. Satellite images confirm major damage to the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk after a combined […]

Container Imports Drop 17.6% In October At Busiest US Port By Stuart Chrils of FreightWaves. The Port of Long Beach is moving containerized cargo ahead of the cumulative record-setting pace achieved in 2024 despite weaker demand that saw October volumes drop by nearly 20% from a year ago. The hub, which along with the Port of Los Angeles forms the San Pedro port complex, the nation’s busiest, moved a total 839,671 twenty foot […]

“I Feel Safer Holding Gold”: Vietnamese Govt Cracks Down On Hoarding In the sweltering chaos of Hanoi, 67-year-old Le Thi Minh Tam is waging a desperate guerrilla war against vanishing stockpiles – scrambling from one gold shop to the next, only to find Soviet-style queues where the shiny salvation sells out faster than a central banker’s excuses. “I’m getting worried, as I still don’t have enough,” she tells Bloomberg, the weight […]

“Catholic Church Is Wrong” On Illegal Immigration, Homan Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Catholic Church’s criticism of the Trump administration’s policies regarding illegal immigration is “wrong,” border czar Tom Homan told reporters on Nov. 14. “Secure border saves lives. I wish the Catholic Church would understand that. We have the right to secure our borders like they have the right to […]

Visualizing The World’s $111 Trillion In Government Debt In One Giant Chart While global public debt is lower than pandemic highs in real terms, it remains stubbornly elevated at $111 trillion. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows world debt by country in 2025, based on data from the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook. A Closer Look at World Debt by Country Below, we break down government debt around […]

Taiwan’s Central Bank To Explore Bitcoin Reserves, Pilot BTC Holdings Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Taiwan’s Premier and Central Bank have reportedly agreed to study Bitcoin as a strategic reserve, draft pro-Bitcoin regulations, and pilot Bitcoin treasury holdings, starting with seized Bitcoin that is ‘awaiting auction.’   The initiative is led by legislator Dr. Ju-chun Ko and supported by Samson […]

Electricity Prices Extend Rise, Regulators Rein In Data Centers There is very little good news this week for those hoping to see relief in electricity prices next year, and more states took steps to put guardrails on data center development. At the same time, new renewable generation projects continue to face delays and cancellations.  Here’s the story the data told this week in the electric power sector. By the Numbers […]

Britain’s Waste Mafia: Foreign Investors, Environmental Disaster, And Political Corruption Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In Oxfordshire, England, along the River Cherwell, a massive illegal landfill has been discovered. Over a stretch of 150 meters, tons of waste have accumulated, posing a serious environmental threat. This is not an isolated incident in England, which now faces the mafia-like structures of its waste and water […]

Where Trust In Government Is Highest & Lowest A new report sheds light on the level of trust – or in many cases distrust – in governments around the world. As Statista’s Anna Fleck breaks down below, according to the latest Edelman Trust Barometer, Saudi Arabia came first for government credibility among the public in 2024.  You will find more infographics at Statista Germany is towards the opposite end of the scale, […]

Germany Caps Power Prices To Save Its Industrial Base By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Germany has agreed to subsidize electricity for its heavy industries, capping prices at about €0.05 per kilowatt-hour from 2026 through 2028—a major policy move aimed at keeping its industrial base from eroding under the weight of Europe’s soaring energy costs. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that Berlin’s coalition partners […]

Visualizing How The Cost Of Living Differs Around The World How does the cost of living differ around the world? To find out, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized the results of Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index, which measures the price of goods, services, and rent relative to New York City (baseline of 100). If a country has a value of 80, for example, it indicates that prices are 20% lower than they are in New York City. […]

The EU’s New Censorship Machine Authored by Thomas Fazi via UnHerd.com, The EU loves talking about freedom. Just look at one of its recent press releases, launching something called the European Democracy Shield, which promises to protect everything from “free people” to “free elections” to — this being Brussels — “a vibrant civil society”. All admirable stuff, perhaps, at least on paper. In reality, though, […]

The Convenience Culture Crisis: How Second-Wave Feminism Helped Make America Sick Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There is a version of my life that could have existed, and for a long time it looked like the path I was on. I was a successful restaurateur, financially independent, living a neat and polished life that most people would label as accomplishment. I could have stayed that woman. A single […]

In Surprise Reversal, Trump Now Supports GOP Release Of Epstein Files Less than 24 hours Days after President Donald Trump called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a traitor and mocked Thomas Massie’s dead wife – because they were among four Republicans pushing for a House floor vote to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files, Trump – likely sensing he dun goofed, big time, reversed course Sunday night and now supports their […]

Could A Small Venezuelan Island Be The Real Reason Behind the U.S. Military’s Caribbean Buildup Recent reporting highlights a sustained U.S. military buildup across the Caribbean, coinciding with briefings to President Trump in which senior Pentagon officials outlined potential operational scenarios against Venezuela. This activity has raised questions among observers about regime change operations.  Public justification and the […]

‘Freak Accident’: 13 Injured In Aussie Demolition Derby Crash Via AAP, A pall has been cast over a small country town after 13 people were injured when a demolition derby car ploughed into spectators in a “freak accident.” Emergency services descended on Walcha’s showgrounds, 90km from Tamworth in NSW, after a crash at the weekend Walcha Motorcycle Rally. An on-track collision in the demolition derby sent a speedway car […]

4 Dead After Suspected Migrant Boat Capsizes Off San Diego A wooden boat suspected to have been ferrying migrants toward the United States capsized in this week’s storm near San Diego, leaving at least four dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard announced Saturday.  A capsized boat, off the coast of Imperial Beach, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2025. Petty Officer 3rd Class Roberto Nieves/Defense Visual Information Distribution Service […]

Iran Says No Uranium Enrichment Happening At Any Nuclear Facility In The Country Iran, having seen its key nuclear facilities blown up by the Israeli and US surprise attacks of last June, and having long been under Washington and Western-led sanctions, could now be signaling a major olive branch. It is telling the West that there is nothing to worry about in terms of allegations of uranium enrichment or that it is striving toward a […]

Loomered: Trump Withdraws Nominee For Top IRS Lawyer President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew the nomination of veteran tax attorney Donald L. Korb to serve as the top lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), right as the Senate was preparing to vote on his nomination for assistant general counsel – which provides legal advice and support to departmental officials, including how the government interprets tax codes and […]

Japan Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Online Threats Against Prime Minister Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Japan has demanded action from Beijing over violent threats made by a Chinese envoy against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as the Chinese regime ramps up pressure and threats against Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) answers a question during a session of the House of […]

Corporate Bankruptcies On Pace For 15-Year High As More “Isolated Incidents” To Occur  First came the spectacular implosions of subprime auto lender Tricolor and auto-parts supplier First Brands. Then came the regional-bank fiasco, prompting JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to warn that more late-cycle accidents may be ahead. Add in signs that lower-income consumers are tapped out, frothy valuations across the AI equity sphere, and even […]

After Tucker Carlson Exposé, FBI Director Patel Says Trump Rally Shooter Thomas Crooks Acted Alone The same day that Tucker Carlson told America more than the FBI has about Donald Trump’s attempted assassin, Thomas Crooks, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that Crooks ‘acted alone’ in planning and conducting the attack.  FBI director Kash Patel (L) and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (R) speak during a press […]

US Debt Rose By $620 Billion During The Government Shutdown By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “This package demonstrates that we can govern without surrendering to big spending or letting Democrats dictate priorities,” wrote the House Freedom Caucus in some talking points released to the media. “We successfully stiff-armed a massive omnibus spending bill; locked in disciplined, flat spending levels; […]

US Installed Nearly 26 GW Of New Generating Capacity From January To August By Meris Lutz of UtilityDive Summary The U.S. installed nearly 26 GW of new generation capacity between January and August 2025, up slightly from the approximately 23 GW installed over the same period last year, according to the most recent monthly infrastructure report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As it has for most of the past […]

ICE & Border Patrol Begin Sweeping Deportation Raids On Criminal Illegals In Charlotte Federal officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out large-scale raids across Charlotte on Saturday as part of President Trump’s push to deport criminal illegal aliens.  Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Mecklenburg County Board Chair Mark Jerrell, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg […]