US Wants Government-Wide NDAs for Federal Workers in Bid to Crack Down on Press Leaks
The Office of Personnel Management posted a draft notice to the Federal Register on Tuesday proposing a government-wide nondisclosure agreement for federal workers, aimed at preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists. The draft will be formally published on Wednesday and open for a 30-day public comment period. The NDA would bar employees from […]
SpaceX Pressures Pentagon Into Fivefold Starlink Markup on Suicide Drone Fleet, Says Reuters
SpaceX has reportedly been using its competitive advantage to juice revenue from one of it’s largest customers: the US government. Reuters has reported that the company, in the weeks following the start of the Iran War, increased pricing fivefold for the Department of Defense. That pricing relates to the use of Starlink terminals, which are […]
Guilbeault Caucus Exit Threat Raises Cost Of Carney’s Ottawa-Alberta Deal
Mark Carney’s Alberta energy deal is beginning to show the political carrying cost of turning regulatory relief into an investment strategy. CTV News, citing unnamed federal government sources, reported that former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault may leave the Liberal caucus within days. The possible move has not been publicly confirmed by Guilbeault or the Prime […]
Canada’s Debt Problem Is Regional Now: $2.44T
Canada’s debt burden is turning into a postcode problem, as new Fraser Institute estimates show households in different provinces facing sharply different combined fiscal exposure even before Ottawa’s next wave of borrowing is added. The report estimates combined federal and provincial net debt will reach $2.44 trillion in 2025/26, the highest it has reached in […]
US Denies Claim That Navy Has Resumed Project Freedom Gulf Escorts
The United States Navy has not restarted its Persian Gulf shipping escort programme, according to an official that spoke to i24NEWS, directly contradicting a Wall Street Journal report that American warships had guided a Greek-owned supertanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil out of the waterway under a revived Project Freedom. The Journal had […]
How Are Bolivia’s Protests Hitting Mines And Markets
Bolivia’s protest crisis has become a nationwide supply-chain shock, with roadblocks and shortages now testing whether President Rodrigo Paz can restore movement across the country before the political standoff hardens into an economic shutdown. The unrest, now in its fourth week, has disrupted transport routes, tightened access to food, fuel, and medicine, and pushed demonstrators […]
CALB’s €2B Plant Could Contribute Up To 4% Of Portugal’s GDP
A Chinese battery maker is building something on Portugal’s Atlantic coast that goes well beyond a factory. CALB’s planned Sines gigafactory, backed by roughly €2 billion in total investment, is projected to represent more than 4% of Portugal’s national GDP once it hits full production — a figure that would make it one of the […]
US to Pull All Submarines, Slash Fighter Jets From NATO
A top Pentagon envoy walked into NATO headquarters in Brussels last week and told allied officials what many had feared: the United States is pulling all of its submarines from NATO commitments, cutting its fighter jet contributions by a third, and halving its strategic bomber pledges. The briefing, reported by SPIEGEL, was the most concrete […]
Tanker Hit With Explosion Near Waterline Off Oman Coast After US strikes Iran
A tanker took an external explosion to its waterline in the Gulf of Oman on May 26, roughly 60 nautical miles east of Muscat — the latest direct hit on a commercial vessel in a shipping corridor that has been under sustained assault for months. The blast struck the port side aft at around 09:45 […]
Canadian Insolvencies Hit 17-Year High as Homeowner Filings Surge 11% in a Quarter
Canadian insolvencies climbed to their highest level since 2009 in the first quarter, rising 18.8% year-over-year, according to Equifax Canada’s Q1 market pulse report on consumer credit. The numbers land as mortgage renewals continue pushing households into rates they never planned for — and the stress is sharpest among the people with the most to […]