Russia, China, France Block UN Push to Authorize Force in Strait of Hormuz

Russia, China, and France moved Thursday to block an Arab-backed drive at the UN Security Council to authorize military force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the three veto powers opposing any language permitting the use of force. The vote, originally expected Friday, is now set for Saturday after diplomats confirmed Friday is a […]
UPDATED: US Reportedly Rescues Second F-15E Crew Member in Iran After Intense Firefight

US forces have successfully rescued the second crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran, following a heavy firefight, a government official repirtedly confirmed to Al Jazeera. The rescue marks a critical development in the ongoing conflict as tensions with Iran continue to spiral. UPDATE: Al Jazeera is now reporting that the […]
Tucker Carlson Claims Canada Oppresses Citizens, Hints at ‘Regime Change’

In a recent segment that has sparked significant debate, commentator Tucker Carlson offered a provocative assessment of Canada’s current political state, suggesting that the United States’ northern neighbor is ripe for “regime change.” During the discussion, Carlson argued that Canada, once a stable ally, has devolved into a “police state” that is actively harming its […]
UPDATED 2: Trump Sparks Health Speculation on Social Media Over Weekend; Active on Truth Social Following Day

President Donald Trump’s absence from the public eye has ignited widespread speculation about his health and location, with social media abuzz over claims he may be at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House called a ‘lid’ at 11:08 a.m. on Saturday, signaling no further public appearances for the day, intensifying rumors amid […]
Zoltan Pozsar Called It in 2022: The world did not run out of money. It ran out of trust, protection, and cheap certainty.

Back in 2022, when most of the financial class was still pretending the world could be understood through CPI prints, Fed dot plots, and whatever nonsense was coming out of Jackson Hole, Zoltan Pozsar was talking about something far more important.
UPDATED: Germany’s New Peacetime Registry is Raising Eyebrows

For the last 48 hours, social media has been buzzing with headlines suggesting that Germany has effectively “locked down” its borders for men aged 17 to 45. While the word “ban” is being thrown around in viral threads, the reality is more subtle—but in many ways, more significant. We aren’t looking at a travel restriction […]
Alberta Exempts Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Valley Data Centre from Environmental Review

Alberta’s government has exempted Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Valley data centre near Grand Prairie from a provincial environmental impact assessment, a decision that clears a major regulatory hurdle for the project billed as the world’s largest AI data centre industrial park. The exemption, outlined in a letter from the province’s environment ministry dated this week, raises […]
Emirates Global Aluminium Faces Year-Long Recovery After Iranian Attack on Abu Dhabi Smelter

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the Middle East’s largest aluminum producer, warned it could take up to 12 months to fully restore production at its Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi after a devastating Iranian missile and drone attack last week. The facility, one of the world’s biggest with an annual output of 1.6 million tons […]
French General Mocks Trump’s Iran War Pitch: Cheap Titanic Ticket After Hitting The Iceberg

Retired French three-star general Michel Yakovleff emerged as one of the clearest public faces of allied skepticism toward President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy after ridiculing the idea of Europe joining a US-led operation that he argued lacked a coherent structure, clear political purpose, and credible military design. Yakovleff, a former senior NATO officer and former […]
Leaked Transcripts Show Indigenous Leaders Torch Eby Over DRIPA Suspension

BC Premier David Eby’s proposed suspension of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) has detonated into a political and legal crisis after a leaked transcript showed Indigenous leaders accusing him of “absolute betrayal,” colonialism, and deliberately fracturing the province’s relationship with First Nations. The nearly 17,000-word transcript covers […]