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title: EPA Targets Engine Start-Stop Systems In Cars... That Everyone Hates
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EPA Targets Engine Start-Stop Systems In Cars... That Everyone Hates</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/epa-targets-engine-start-stop-systems-in-cars-5856617?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p><strong>The Trump administration is taking aim at automatic engine start-stop systems</strong>—technology installed in millions of U.S. vehicles to reduce fuel use and emissions—with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin signaling plans to roll back incentives for the feature that he says drivers despise.</p>
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<p>“<strong>Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy</strong>,” Zeldin <a href="https://x.com/epaleezeldin/status/1921894994769575972">wrote</a> in a May 12 post on social media. “EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it.”</p>

<p>Zeldin’s announcement comes amid a broader shift under President Donald Trump, whose administration has moved aggressively to dismantle a range of environmental rules it says put pointless burdens on energy producers, manufacturers, and consumers.</p>

<p><strong>While the EPA doesn’t require start-stop systems, it has granted automakers fuel economy credits for adopting the technology.</strong> Zeldin’s post suggests the agency may eliminate or revise those incentives, though officials have yet to announce formal policy changes.</p>

<p>The EPA declined to provide details of any plans to revise or eliminate existing incentives in response to an inquiry from The Epoch Times.</p>

<p><strong>Start-stop systems are designed to automatically shut off a vehicle’s engine when it stops—at a red light, for example—and restart it when the driver releases the brake.</strong> Proponents say the technology helps reduce emissions and saves drivers money at the pump by improving fuel economy. Critics say that it’s annoying, unnecessary, and sometimes difficult to disable. In most vehicles, drivers must press a button to turn the feature off each time they start the car.</p>

<p>The feature became increasingly common under fuel efficiency <a href="https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/final-rule-model-year-2017-and-later-light-duty-vehicle?utm_source=chatgpt.com">rules</a> implemented during the Obama administration, expanding from fewer than 1 percent of new vehicles in 2012 to about 45 percent in model year 2021, according to EPA data. The agency <a href="https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/advanced-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles">notes</a> on its website that start-stop systems can improve fuel economy by up to 5 percent, with the biggest benefits under stop-and-go city driving.</p>

<p>An Obama-era regulatory impact <a href="https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P100EZI1.PDF?Dockey=P100EZI1.PDF">analysis</a> from 2012 estimated that start-stop systems can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.8 percent to 2.4 percent, depending on vehicle type and size, compared with baseline models. The systems have <a href="https://batterycouncil.org/news/article/start-stop-reduces-auto-emissions/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">helped</a> cut nearly 10 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, <a href="https://batterycouncil.org/news/article/start-stop-reduces-auto-emissions/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">according to</a> The Battery Council International.</p>

<p><strong>Zeldin’s remarks come as the Trump administration pursues a sweeping deregulatory agenda across multiple agencies.</strong></p>

<p>On May 9, Trump directed agencies to rescind federal water efficiency standards for household appliances such as showerheads, toilets, dishwashers, and washing machines—calling them relics of a “radical green agenda” that reduced performance and increased costs.</p>

<p>“<strong>The federal government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers’ lives worse</strong>,” Trump wrote in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/rescission-of-useless-water-pressure-standards/">memo</a>, saying the rules made appliances less useful, more prone to failure, and costlier to fix.</p>

<p>The Department of Energy has <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/energy-department-revokes-biden-era-rules-on-outdoor-heaters-decorative-hearths-5852650">also</a> begun rolling back efficiency rules for outdoor heaters, decorative hearth products, and other miscellaneous appliances. In each case, the administration says it is eliminating unnecessary regulations and restoring consumer choice, while environmental advocates say the changes could undermine years of progress on conservation and fighting climate change.</p>

<p>“Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Energy is returning to common sense–and that means giving the American people the ability to choose which heaters they use in their own backyards,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a May 2 <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-lifts-regulations-miscellaneous-gas-products">statement</a>. “To date, rescinding or delaying unnecessary consumer regulations such as this have saved the taxpayers nearly $24 billion–and we’re just getting started.”</p>

<p>The EPA’s expected rollback of incentives for start-stop systems would mark another high-profile pivot away from the climate policies of previous administrations.</p>
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title: How China Is Reusing Its Dying EV Batteries And Solar Panels
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">How China Is Reusing Its Dying EV Batteries And Solar Panels</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>China is ramping up efforts to build a circular economy around its booming clean energy sector, as retired batteries and solar panels pile up and global trade tensions make critical minerals harder to source, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3309074/chinas-dying-ev-batteries-solar-cells-are-powering-circular-economy-new-energy-era?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=cm&amp;utm_campaign=enlz-chinaeconomicupdate&amp;utm_content=20250506&amp;tpcc=enlz-chinaeconomicupdate&amp;UUID=403513fb-bc58-440f-9d18-5088b7f47b84&amp;tc=12">according to the South China Morning Post</a>.</p>

<p>“There is huge potential in the business of new-energy waste, because new energy is where China and the world are going,” said Ma Long, sales manager at a Henan Hairui Intelligent Technology subsidiary. His company already generates 70% of its business from battery and solar panel recycling equipment.</p>

<p>China’s rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and solar power is driving this trend. After a decade of EV growth, the country is now facing a “large-scale retirement of car batteries,” with retired batteries expected to exceed 4 million tonnes annually by 2028 and generate over 280 billion yuan (US$38.5 billion) in industry output, according to state estimates. Retired photovoltaic modules are also set to surge in the next five years.</p>

<p>“The recycling of minerals is largely for the sake of resource security,” said Du Huanzheng, a circular economy expert at Tongji University. He noted that China’s recycling push, once focused on pollution control, is now also about boosting economic growth and cutting reliance on imported minerals amid rising tensions with the U.S. and its allies.</p>

<p>A Beijing-based professor of environmental economics warned that China is “facing more difficulty in buying from allies of the US, such as Australia and Canada,” while other suppliers like Congo and Chile could be pressured by U.S. trade policy. “Business with other [mineral] suppliers may also be affected,” he added.</p>

<p>In response, China has created the state-owned China Resources Recycling Group to build a nationwide recycling network for products from electronics to retired wind and solar equipment.</p>

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<p>The SCMP article <a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3309074/chinas-dying-ev-batteries-solar-cells-are-powering-circular-economy-new-energy-era?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=cm&amp;utm_campaign=enlz-chinaeconomicupdate&amp;utm_content=20250506&amp;tpcc=enlz-chinaeconomicupdate&amp;UUID=403513fb-bc58-440f-9d18-5088b7f47b84&amp;tc=12">says</a> that big players like CATL and BYD are leading the way in battery recycling, but smaller companies are rushing in. Yu Zhongkai, senior manager at Tianli Technology, said a quarter of his company’s business now comes from battery-recycling equipment. “But we’re still experimenting, because there are no industry-wide standards yet, and the market is still unclear,” he admitted.</p>

<p>China’s recycling industry remains in its infancy, though its complete industrial chain and massive market give it an edge over global competitors. Du cautioned that despite investor enthusiasm, “large-scale recycling has yet to come, and a mature recycling system has yet to be formed.”</p>

<p>The government is tightening regulations, with 156 companies on a white list to standardize battery recycling and prevent safety and environmental risks. In February, the State Council passed an action plan to improve car battery recycling, following a December directive mandating stronger quality assurance and product traceability.</p>

<p>Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology, a CATL subsidiary, claims it can recover over 99% of key metals from retired batteries. “It ensures that the batteries go where they came from, and it improves the resilience of the new-energy industry’s supply chain,” said CEO Li Changdong.</p>

<p>However, challenges remain. Many retired batteries end up in illegal workshops, and rural households are starting to discard old solar panels directly into trash bins, warned environmental activist Chen Liwen.</p>

<p>For now, legal recyclers face overcapacity as waste collection lags behind, but Ma expects the situation to improve as regulations tighten and battery retirements surge.</p>

<p>“So, overall, this is a big track to follow in the next few decades,” he said.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Supreme Court Chief Justice: Critique Our Rulings, Not Our Justices</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-chief-justice-critique-our-rulings-not-our-justices-5856667?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by Jack Philips via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p><strong>The U.S. Supreme Court’s chief justice on Monday told an event that criticism of the court should be relegated to its decisions and not the nine justices themselves.</strong></p>
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<p>While speaking at Washington’s Georgetown University, Chief Justice John Roberts said that<strong> the Supreme Court “has obviously made mistakes throughout its history, and those should be criticized, so long as it is in terms of the decision.”</strong></p>

<p>Roberts said that criticism of the highest court should not be based on “ad hominem” arguments or attacks “against the justices” themselves, referring to the logical fallacy where an argument is dismissed based on the character or background of the individual making that claim.</p>

<p><strong>“I just think that doesn’t do any good. </strong>The harshest critics are usually colleagues, if it’s the sort of thing where there are dissents. So it’s something we’re used to,” he continued. “And again, it’s a good thing. We’re not immune from any criticism. And there are many, many instances in our history where it’s been effective over time in leading to a better result.”</p>

<p>The comment from Roberts marks the third time in nearly as many months in response to criticism about the Supreme Court.</p>

<p>In a rare written <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chief-justice-roberts-issues-rare-statement-after-trump-calls-for-judges-impeachment-5827498">statement</a> in March, Roberts appeared to respond to President Donald Trump’s public suggestion to impeach a federal judge who had blocked his administration’s deportations of accused Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.</p>

<p>“<strong>For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision</strong>,” Roberts said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times at the time. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”</p>

<p>Following U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s initial ruling against the administration’s use of the 1798 law to deport accused gang members, Trump wrote that the judge wasn’t elected as president.</p>

<p>A senior adviser to Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk, also commented on the judge’s stymying the administration’s agenda. In a post on Feb. 25, <strong>Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1894529307524923512">wrote</a> that the only way to allow the agenda to move forward is to “impeach judges,” responding to an article that said El Salvador’s president did the same starting in 2021.</strong></p>

<p>Trump hasn’t been critical of the Supreme Court and has indicated that he will follow orders from any court. Since the start of his administration, numerous lawsuits have been filed against his administration, particularly in relation to his immigration enforcement, spending cuts, and efforts to downsize and reshape the federal government.</p>

<p>And last week, Roberts <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chief-justice-roberts-says-judicial-independence-is-key-to-checking-congress-and-the-president-5853949">said</a> during an event in Buffalo, New York, that the judiciary needs to maintain its independence in order to check executive or congressional power.</p>

<p>The judicial branch’s independence is “the only real political-science innovation in our Constitution,” Roberts said. Elaborating, he said that “in our Constitution … the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law and strike down … acts of Congress or acts of the president.”</p>

<p>“<strong>And that innovation doesn’t work if … the judiciary is not independent. Its job is to … check the excesses of Congress or of the executive, and that does require a degree of independence</strong>,” he said.</p>

<p>In his recent remarks and written statement, Roberts did not mention Trump, nor did he mention any other elected official.</p>
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<p>This lecture will introduce the international chemistry shaping the events of 1776-1783 and 1862-1869 with a focus on the ironic fact of Russia’s saving the USA in both moments of crisis.</p>
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title: In Memory of Dr. Edward Lozansky
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<figcaption data-sanitized-class="wp-element-caption">Dr. Edward Lozansky (1941-2025)</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>I am terribly saddened to announce that my dear friend and ally Dr. Edward Lozansky passed away this week.</p>
<p>Cynthia and I have been working with Ed since 2019 and were inspired by his consistent courage to fight against all odds and threats for the cause of peace – first as a freedom-loving Soviet dissident in the 1970s and 1980s, then as a high level back channel diplomat working to end the Cold War in the early 1990s, followed by his last stint as an unrelenting anti-war activist who organized dozens of congressional conferences on such topics as avoiding nuclear war, building up the Bering Strait railway in the Arctic and establishing a just economic architecture founded upon national sovereignty, cooperation and peace.</p>
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<p>For those interested in the incredible details of this man’s life, h<a href="https://canadianpatriot.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Building-US-Russia-Bridges-by-Ed-Lozansky-2.pdf">ere is a free download link to his short 60 page memoire</a> “Building US-Russia Bridges’ which I helped him format back in 2020…</p>
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<p>In 2023, Ed, Jason Dahl and I collaborated on a short film called <a href="https://youtu.be/uNDnHL40lo4?si=MaCIoiEX8zaoRh6o">‘The Other America’</a> which also showcases the beautiful vision which animated Ed’s entire life:</p>
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</figure><p>I was especially honored that Ed asked me to participate in his beloved American University in Moscow which gave us the opportunity to organize dozens of events from 2021-present, and when he asked me to co-host the bi-monthly Peace Roundtable sessions in September of last year, I couldn’t say no. (All of those archived sessions <strong><a href="https://risingtidefoundation.net/international-peace-roundtables/">can be watched freely here.</a>)</strong></p>
<p>Upon discovering that Ed passed on, I wasn’t sure whether or not I should continue these roundtable sessions, but with the world still sitting on the brink of chaos, and with Victory Day just around the corner, it became clear to me that Ed would want these events to continue.</p>
<p>So in honor of the great man’s memory, and in hopes for the better angels of our nature to win the day amidst the storms falling onto civilization, I would like to invite everyone to attend this coming Peace Roundtable <strong>on May 11 at 11am Eastern Time </strong>where friends and allies of Ed will share their thoughts both about the world situation, and their memories of Ed Lozansky- nuclear scientist, peace activist, <a href="https://youtu.be/AUX3IsY76Mo?si=XhsJUaa465lOdzIK">classical composer</a> and friend.</p>
<p>I also invite everyone to read Martin Sieff’s amazing memorial to Ed published in Pluralia: <em><strong><a href="https://pluralia.com/en/a/remembering-edward-lozansky-towering-prophet-of-sanity-decency-and-peace/">Remembering Edward Lozansky, Towering Prophet of Sanity, Decency and Peace</a></strong></em></p>
<p>– Matthew Ehret</p>
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<p><strong><em>Sta ora alla Russia comprendere il gioco ed evitare la trappola tesale dalla Casa Bianca. L’obiettivo di Trump è concedere una vittoria tattica ma limitata alla Russia per mantenerla poi sotto pressione strategica della NATO.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em></span> <a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p>Appena terminate le celebrazioni per l’ottantesimo anniversario della Vittoria nella Grande Guerra Patriottica, Vladimir Putin ha tenuto una conferenza stampa notturna per denunciare la violazione della tregua da parte di Kiev, annunciando però la disponibilità di Mosca a trattare direttamente il 15 maggio a Istanbul per arrivare ad un accordo di pace generale sull’Ucraina.</p>
<p>Nei giorni scorsi, dopo aver ripreso la fornitura di armi a Kiev in cambio dell’accordo sui minerali, Washington ha acconsentito alla proposta europea per un cessate il fuoco di 30 giorni in Ucraina che, se rifiutata, li porterebbe a imporre congiuntamente nuove sanzioni alla Russia.</p>
<p>Contemporaneamente, una coalizione internazionale di quasi 40 Stati ha formalmente approvato la creazione di un Tribunale speciale per il crimine di aggressione contro l’Ucraina durante un evento a Leopoli; tale Tribunale, secondo il comunicato stampa della Commissione Europea, “avrà il potere di indagare, perseguire e giudicare i leader politici e militari russi maggiormente responsabili dell’aggressione contro l’Ucraina”.</p>
<p>La spavalderia di Bruxelles, nonostante un conflitto evidentemente perso, non nasce casualmente ma viene nutrito costantemente dall’atteggiamento ambivalente degli U.S.A. che se da una parte “giocano” a fare da mediatori dall’altra minacciano costantemente la Russia su una possibile escalation economica e bellica, mandando avanti inglesi, francesi, polacchi e tedeschi (gli italiani, come sempre, si aggiungerebbero a giochi fatti).</p>
<p>Il Pentagono ha le idee chiare e le ha espresse recentemente in due documenti ufficiali.</p>
<p>Il 3 aprile 2025, il Generale statunitense Christopher G. Cavoli a capo del comando militare europeo degli Stati Uniti d’America, in una audizione presso la Commissione Forze Armate del Senato U.S.A., ribadiva che: “La Russia sta conducendo attivamente una campagna di destabilizzazione in Europa volta a creare dilemmi strategici per gli Stati Uniti. Inoltre, il continuo sforzo della Russia per sviluppare un esercito più numeroso di quello prebellico, combinato con la sua propensione ad assorbire costi militari, politici ed economici per raggiungere i suoi obiettivi strategici, indica che la Russia rappresenta una minaccia duratura per gli Stati Uniti, i nostri alleati della NATO e la sicurezza globale … La Russia continua a perseguire obiettivi strategici che indeboliscono gli Stati Uniti. Mentre la guerra in Ucraina è stata al centro dell’attenzione della Russia e il segno più visibile delle ambizioni di grande potenza di Mosca, gli obiettivi strategici della Russia sono incentrati sul raggiungimento di un’influenza senza ostacoli nel suo potere internazionale più vicino e più ampio, riducendo al contempo la leadership e l’influenza degli Stati Uniti … Infine, USEUCOM (Comando Militare Statunitense in Europa) scoraggia l’aggressione russa contro la NATO. Una deterrenza credibile richiede la presenza di forze in grado di combattere e una presenza di forze sufficiente a convincere la Russia che qualsiasi azione militare lesiva degli interessi degli Stati Uniti verrà affrontata con la forza. Pertanto, USEUCOM deve preparare le forze assegnate a combattere e vincere e sviluppare infrastrutture chiave in tutto il teatro operativo per supportare la prontezza operativa e le operazioni … La NATO, incluso USEUCOM, deve essere posizionata in modo da smorzare la capacità della Russia di ammassare rapidamente forze terrestri numericamente superiori. Per consentire la letalità aerospaziale, USEUCOM continua a collaborare con i nostri alleati e partner per implementare il concetto di Agile Combat Employment (ACE) dell’Aeronautica Militare statunitense. Una volta pienamente realizzato, ACE è concepito per supportare gli aerei americani e alleati con infrastrutture condivise in diverse località in tutta Europa, consentendo alle nostre forze aeree di diventare più dinamiche e resistenti alle capacità di difesa aerea e antiaerea dei nostri avversari. Ciò include l’integrazione delle strutture di comando e controllo statunitensi e della NATO che forniscono allerta precoce e rilevamento contro le forze convenzionali e nucleari russe. Se la Russia mobilitasse le sue forze convenzionali, la NATO sarebbe in grado di attivare i suoi piani di difesa e rispondere con forza. Se il sistema di allerta della NATO rilevasse attività nucleare russa, USEUCOM fornirebbe una componente essenziale dell’ombrello nucleare statunitense che contribuisce a garantire la sicurezza dei nostri alleati. Le Forze per le Operazioni Speciali (SOF) dell’USEUCOM mantengono una presenza costante in 28 Paesi europei. Queste forze si concentrano su compiti volti a rafforzare la deterrenza e a creare le condizioni per prevalere nei conflitti, ampliando di recente le nostre relazioni con le nazioni nordiche. Inoltre, lo Special Operations Command Europe e il NATO Allied Special Operations Forces Command si sono recentemente fusi sotto il comando statunitense, il che migliora la capacità delle SOF europee sotto la guida di un unico comandante generale statunitense.</p>
<p>Le OAI (Operations, Activities, and Investments) dell’USEUCOM inviano un messaggio di deterrenza chiaro e credibile alla Russia e agli altri avversari statunitensi: gli Stati Uniti sono pronti, disposti e in grado di difendere i propri interessi nell’area euro-atlantica. Le nostre OAI non si limitano a scoraggiare gli avversari e a promuovere la stabilità, ma anche rassicurare i nostri alleati e partner sull’impegno degli Stati Uniti per la sicurezza. Questo impegno è globale … La guerra in corso di Mosca in Ucraina, la campagna di destabilizzazione contro l’Occidente, la mobilitazione sociale per la guerra e le crescenti partnership strategiche con i nostri avversari indicano che la Russia continuerà a minacciare la sicurezza e gli interessi economici degli Stati Uniti per lungo tempo. Pertanto, gli Stati Uniti e la NATO devono continuare a prepararsi ad affrontare questa minaccia. USEUCOM sta contribuendo <a href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/general_cavoli_opening_statements.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawKOgMZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBqajFPYnNtT1hmVHRaT1NVAR72CV38uZU6SnoqoNxZVVoyzcS9jpJzmvmeW2Y0GFw34tYuuhavIyDn_cjRCA_aem_4KOnkGdVOcQs8OaihMr0jQ">a preparare</a> l’Alleanza aumentando la responsabilità europea della sicurezza europea; dando priorità al combattimento in tutto ciò che facciamo; e rafforzando la prontezza per eseguire i piani di difesa …”.</p>
<p>Alla faccia del disimpegno statunitense e dell’appeasement russo-americano.</p>
<p>Se il discorso di Cavoli non risultasse sufficiente, pochi giorni dopo (10 aprile) ci ha pensato il Colonnello Michael Weisman, portavoce dell’Esercito degli Stati Uniti in Europa, con un comunicato stampa collettivo a sgombrare il campo da ogni dubbio. I funzionari dell’esercito statunitense in Europa e in Africa e del Quartier generale supremo delle potenze alleate in Europa della NATO hanno affermato che il previsto riposizionamento delle truppe in Polonia, annunciato dal comando degli U.S.A., non avrà ripercussioni sul sostegno all’Ucraina:</p>
<p>“Stiamo continuando a fornire lo stesso livello di supporto alle Forze Armate ucraine, in linea con le indicazioni del Comando Europeo degli Stati Uniti, e siamo ancora in Polonia. Le strutture di Jasionka erano temporanee e lo spostamento di operazioni come l’approvvigionamento, l’immagazzinamento e il trasporto in sedi permanenti in altre parti del Paese, dotate di infrastrutture più permanenti, facilita ulteriormente tali operazioni.”</p>
<p>Il Colonnello dell’Esercito degli Stati Uniti Martin O’Donnell, portavoce del Quartier Generale Supremo delle Potenze Alleate in Europa ha aggiunto: “Nessuna delle due azioni influirà sulla capacità degli Stati Uniti o della NATO di fornire assistenza alla sicurezza all’Ucraina, che è anch’essa in corso … Il consolidamento e l’ottimizzazione delle sedi da cui USAREUR-AF fornisce supporto alle Forze armate dell’Ucraina sono stati il ​​risultato di mesi di pianificazione collaborativa, in coordinamento con i partner ucraini, il Ministero della difesa nazionale polacco e altri alleati e partner che utilizzano anch’essi il sito di Jasionka. In diversi casi, specifiche capacità di manutenzione trasferite a Jasionka per fornire assistenza alla manutenzione delle forze armate ucraine su attrezzature fornite dagli Stati Uniti vengono ora eseguite dalle stesse forze ucraine all’interno dell’Ucraina, senza l’assistenza delle forze statunitensi.”</p>
<p>Il comunicato continua: “L’aeroporto di Jasionka e l’area circostante hanno rappresentato un’eccellente posizione strategica per gli Stati Uniti e i loro alleati a supporto dell’Ucraina negli ultimi tre anni, grazie all’eccezionale ospitalità del nostro alleato polacco, sia militare che civile”, gli ha fatto eco il colonnello William Laase, vicedirettore della logistica presso l’US Army Europe and Africa, che ha sottolineato: “Tuttavia, stiamo passando ad altre basi operative più permanenti in Polonia, più adatte a soddisfare le esigenze dell’Ucraina e a utilizzare le infrastrutture che attualmente supportano le nostre attività.  L’USAREUR-AF continua a fornire e coordinare l’addestramento e l’equipaggiamento per supportare le forze armate dell’Ucraina attraverso una serie di sforzi persistenti, tra cui, a titolo esemplificativo ma non esaustivo, il Security Assistance Group – Ucraina con sede a Wiesbaden e il Joint Multinational Training Group – Ucraina <a href="https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/ArticleViewPressRelease/Article/4151311/news-release-support-to-ukraine-unaffected-by-coordinated-troop-repositioning/">presso</a> il Grafenwoehr Training Center, che continua ad addestrare migliaia di militari ucraini dopo il trasferimento dall’Ucraina occidentale nel 2022”.</p>
<p>Insomma, non vi è alcuna contraddizione tra l’attuale Amministrazione statunitense e la NATO, soltanto un po’ di scenografia da parte di Trump che vuole strappare maggiori concessioni ai propri vassalli europei, conscio che questi ultimi non andranno mai a “strappare” dalla loro eterna dipendenza politico-militare da Washington e dal Pentagono.</p>
<p>Se, infatti, qualche politico europeo volesse davvero implementare un processo di indipendenza del Vecchio Continente dall’Alleanza Atlantica, l’Amministrazione Trump non esiterebbe un minuto ad intervenire per stopparlo.</p>
<p>Anche l’attuale processo di riarmo proclamato da Bruxelles all’insegna dell’imminente minaccia russa non avrà che due conseguenze: l’acquisto di armi dagli Stati Uniti (per evitarlo l’Europa dovrebbe avere a disposizione anni di preparazione) e la creazione di debito nazionale da parte dei singoli Stati europei che andranno ad indebitarsi con le omologhe istituzioni finanziarie nordamericane (non a caso, il capofila di questo processo d’indebitamento, il leader tedesco Friedrich Merz, è un ex uomo di Blackrock).</p>
<p>Sta ora alla Russia comprendere il gioco ed evitare la trappola tesale dalla Casa Bianca. L’obiettivo di Trump è concedere una vittoria tattica ma limitata alla Russia per mantenerla poi sotto pressione strategica della NATO, affermare nell’opinione pubblica internazionale la capacità statunitense di risolvere i conflitti, alleggerire il proprio impegno in Europa e concentrare le forze nel “teatro dell’Indo-Pacifico”. Un piano che a Mosca, sul lungo periodo, non conviene.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Heavy Fighting Again Erupts In Capital Of Fractured Libya</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deadly-clashes-rock-libyas-capital-after-militia-leader-killed"><em>Via Middle East Eye</em></a></p>

<p>Clashes between heavily armed militias erupted across the Libyan capital late on Monday night,<strong> killing at least six people and plunging Tripoli into renewed violence and fear</strong>. The fighting, which continued into the early hours of Tuesday, was triggered by the killing of Abdelghani al-Kikli, a powerful militia commander known as "Gheniwa," who led the Stability Support Authority (SSA), one of Tripoli’s most influential armed factions.</p>

<p>Heavy gunfire and explosions were reported in several neighbourhoods, particularly Abu Salim, a densely populated southern district. Residents told Reuters they heard intense gun battles. "Six bodies have been retrieved from the sites of clashes around Abu Salim," Libya's Emergency Medicine and Support Center confirmed.</p>
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<p>The health ministry also said that emergency crews helped evacuate families trapped by the violence and called on hospitals and medical centers “to raise their level of preparedness and ensure maximum readiness to deal with any emergency”.</p>

<p>In the wake of the clashes, the interior ministry of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU)<strong> issued an emergency alert urging residents to stay indoors</strong>.</p>

<p>Schools and universities suspended classes, exams and all administrative activities. The education ministry cited the “deteriorating security situation,” while the University of Tripoli announced a full closure “until further notice”.</p>

<p><strong>Death of a warlord</strong></p>

<p>Al-Kikli was allegedly ambushed on Monday evening in a facility run by the 444 Brigade, a rival militia led by Mahmoud Hamza, an influential commander allied with GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.</p>

<p>While the exact circumstances of his killing remain murky, a nephew of al-Kikli said in a Facebook post that he had been lured under the pretence of negotiations, an invitation that turned out to be a calculated hit. “For many years, Abdelghani 'Ghnewa' al-Kikli was arguably one of the most resilient, most successful armed group leaders in Tripoli when it came to extending militia influence beyond hard security,” Jalel Harchaoui, an analyst focusing on Libyan security and political economy, <a href="https://x.com/JMJalel_H/status/1922029321629077520" target="_blank">said </a>in a post on X.</p>

<p>“His primary strength lay not in military might - though his territorial holdings did expand - but in his ability to outmaneuver Prime Minister Dbeibah. Today, however, that winning streak looks [like] it has come to an end.”</p>

<p>Al-Kikli had long been a controversial figure in Libya’s volatile security landscape. Amnesty International previously accused him of war crimes and human rights violations, including<strong> torture, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killings</strong>.</p>

<p>The SSA had become one of the most powerful militias in western Libya, with deep entrenchment in state institutions. As Harchaoui noted, al-Kikli had successfully “installed loyalists in key positions across the banking, telecom and administrative oversight sectors, and even within top diplomatic functions”.</p>

<p><strong>A fractured state, again on edge</strong></p>

<p>By early Tuesday morning, authorities said the situation was under control. The GNU said its forces carried out a "military operation" to restore security and reassert state authority in Abu Salim.</p>

<p>“What was accomplished today shows that official institutions are capable of protecting the homeland and preserving the dignity of its citizens,” Dbeibah wrote on X, praising the operation as “a decisive step” against "irregular" armed factions.</p>

<p>The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed grave concern over the fighting, calling for an immediate ceasefire and the protection of civilians. “UNSMIL is alarmed by the unfolding security situation in Tripoli, with <strong>intense fighting with heavy weaponry in densely populated civilian areas</strong>,” it said on X. “Attacks on civilians and civilian objects may amount to war crimes.”</p>

<p>The UNSMIL warned that unless armed groups were held accountable, violence would remain a constant threat to Libyans caught in the crossfire.</p>

<p>The North African country has been divided between rival governments in the west and east since the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that overthrew and killed longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. The internationally recognized GNU governs from Tripoli in the west, while a rival administration under Prime Minister Osama Hammad operates from Benghazi in the east with backing from General Khalifa Haftar’s forces.</p>

<p>Despite a 2020 ceasefire and several diplomatic efforts to unify the country, Libya remains fractured, with heavily armed factions vying for power, influence and control of lucrative oil and gas resources.</p>

<p>The latest clashes are the deadliest since August 2023, when rival factions in Tripoli battled for control, leaving 55 people dead.</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">LIBYA | 🇱🇾 Remember in 2011 how the US, their Allies and NATO planned to "bring democracy" in Libya but had to assassinate Gaddafi first? Well, this was Libya last night. Terrorists are fighting with the Army. It's horrific. Military vehicles were burnt; people broke into grocery… <a href="https://t.co/y9YiiwTH17">pic.twitter.com/y9YiiwTH17</a></p>
— Evaluator. (@_AfricanSoil) <a href="https://twitter.com/_AfricanSoil/status/1922362396682629609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Anas El Gomati, founder and director of the Tripoli-based Sadeq Institute, <a href="https://x.com/AGomati/status/1922037580398301551" target="_blank">said </a>on X that al-Kikli’s “elimination leaves Dbeibah as the dominant power broker in western Libya, having systematically neutralised or co-opted potential rivals.</p>

<p>“The timing is particularly significant, coming as US-led negotiations explore the possibility of a unified military council between rival eastern and western factions,” Gomati added. Harchaoui warned that <strong>"what is about to follow won’t be smooth sailing</strong>.<strong>"</strong></p>

<p>“Tripoli faces a territorial reshuffle as Dbeibah’s camp moves to seize SSA-held areas,” he said, adding that clashes may flare, but the real impact is institutional, with both the Central Bank and Libyan Foreign Bank set to be affected by the collapse of al-Kikli’s network.</p>
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<img src="https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67656300005f1fc64c6dbede910be68591e4f7" width="300" height="300"><br><br>International Peace Coalition #101Friday May 9, 11am ET/5pm CETThis week marks the 80th anniversary of the defeat of fascism. Join us with Larry Johnson, Glenn Diesen, Mossi Raz and others for an intense discussion. We invite you and your organizations on. Please share reports and initiatives for the agenda.RSVP Here: https://schillerinstitute.nationbuild...Friends of the International Peace Coalition,Thursday and Friday of this week mark an occasion of special significance.This May 8, the United States officially celebrates the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, when in 1945 Germany formally surrendered to the Allied Powers, putting an end to World War II. On May 9, Russia also officially celebrates Victory Day in what they call the Great Patriotic War, when Germany’s surrender was formally signed in Berlin. Heads of state and government of 29 nations—including BRICS members China, Brazil and Egypt—are gathered in Moscow this week for the Victory Parade and related activities.In the weeks leading up to May 9, Russia’s top leadership have singled out, with pinpoint accuracy, the role of Great Britain as the force behind the rise of Nazi Germany and the power that urged them to drive east into Russia, in sharp contrast to the role played by the United States in defense of democracy and sovereignty—noting, as well, that this is the crucial lesson to be drawn for today. In recent weeks, Sergey Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council; Nikolay Patrushev, former Secretary of the Russian Security Council and now personal aide to President Vladimir Putin; and Sergey Naryshkin’s SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service) have all struck that same theme: that the United States of Lincoln and FDR is Russia’s natural ally, just as it was in the past, in the war against British-created fascism today.Mankind is once again staring at the ugly face of fascism: in the followers of Hitler-ally Stepan Bandera who today rule Kiev; in the followers of Vladimir Ze’ev Jabotinsky, whom Ben-Gurion called "Vladimir Hitler" for his open defense of the Nazis, who today run Israel’s Netanyahu government and are engaged in the extermination of Gaza and its people; in the use of blind terrorism to spark geopolitical regional wars, such as in the Indian subcontinent.That is because the British-centered financial interests have once again revived the policies of Schacht—rearmament for war, combined with a bailout of the bankrupt financial system—to try to salvage their world order.In her weekly webcast dialogue today, "Three Dangerous Hot Spots, One Solution," Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche pointed directly to the problem—and its solution."We see worldwide a whole pattern of attacks against every single BRICS country… [On the current India-Pakistan crisis] the first thing to do is to reinstate the [Indus] Waters treaty between India and Pakistan, because that is a very serious question. Otherwise, [they should] really get involved in the New Paradigm, because there is a move for settling all of these questions—if you agree on principles of cooperation. Given that the BRICS countries are intending to use the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, as well as the UN Charter, that is already a framework. So, if you agree that that is what you want to uphold as your basic principles, then you can sit down and discuss all the tricky questions in a separate way, as was done in the Peace of Westphalia."I think an approach like that should be taken, and I think Russia and China and other countries—like Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa many other countries—could be part of such an approach."Join the International Peace Coalition this Friday at 11am EDT/5pm CET with Larry Johnson, Glenn Diesen, Mossi Raz and others for an intense discussion. We invite you and your organizations on. Please share reports and initiatives for the agenda<br><br><span>(Feed generated with <a href="https://fetchrss.com/feedLink?w=67af770b1916a673960ab842" target="_blank">FetchRSS</a>)</span>


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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Asians <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/6565/work-from-home-and-remote-work/">work from home</a> the least in a global comparison, <strong>while college-educated workers from English-speaking countries and Africa do so more frequently. </strong></p>

<p>These are the results from a new survey by the Ifo Institute and Stanford University.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/34438/average-days-worked-remotely-by-region/">Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports </a>that while all Asians respondents only worked an average of approximately 1.1 days a week from home, this was around 1.2 days in Europe, 1.25 in Latin America, 1.4 days in Africa and 1.6 days in English-speaking countries. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.statista.com/chart/34438/average-days-worked-remotely-by-region/" title="Infographic: Asians Work From Home the Least | Statista"><img alt="Infographic: Asians Work From Home the Least | Statista" height="500" src="https://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/34438.jpeg" width="500"></a> </p>

<p><em>You will find more infographics at <a href="https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/">Statista</a></em></p>

<p><strong>Women tend to work from home more than men - except for in Europe</strong> - tied to mothers expressing a high desire to work remotely in the survey. </p>

<p>The countries which saw the most work from home days were Canada, the United Kingdom and Finland, while the least were observed in South Korea, China, Greece and Japan.</p>

<p><strong>In general, people expressed a <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/11703/return-to-office-vs-working-from-home/">higher desire to work from home</a> than they actually did</strong>, led by mothers who on average said they would like to be present remotely 2.66 days a week, followed by childless men at 2.62 days and fathers at 2.57 days.</p>

<p>In 2024, the people in the survey actually worked from home only 1.27 days a week.</p>
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title: Pop Star Ed Sheeran Admits "Every Area Of London" Is Dangerous Now
author: ;Tyler Durden
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Pop Star Ed Sheeran Admits "Every Area Of London" Is Dangerous Now</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://modernity.news/2025/05/12/pop-star-ed-sheeran-says-every-area-of-london-is-dangerous-now"><em>Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news,</em></a></p>

<p><strong>According to British pop star Ed Sheeran, “every area” of London is “dangerous” now, including the supposedly nice ones.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/120525sheeran.jpg?itok=Ab3Hcwow" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/120525sheeran.jpg?itok=Ab3Hcwow"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4912653c-24e4-4954-b9f1-6c4dcf1c759c" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/120525sheeran.jpg?itok=Ab3Hcwow" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>During an appearance on Theo Von’s podcast, Sheeran was asked by the host, “What’s the most dangerous place to be around here?”</p>

<p><em><strong>“I’d say every area of London, literally every area is sketchy,”</strong></em> the singer responded.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Ed Sheeran says "every area of London" is the most dangerous place to be while interviewing on the Theo Von Podcast. <a href="https://t.co/fElxLxzJFn">pic.twitter.com/fElxLxzJFn</a></p>
— Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasMHern/status/1921745835974353335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>“The nice areas are sketchy, the bad areas are sketchy, but you just have to not do stupid shit,” he added.</p>

<p>Presumably, by “stupid shit,” Sheeran means things like not attaching your mobile phone to your body in case it gets swiped.</p>

<p>The crime has reached an “industrial level” in the English capital, with criminals stealing 70,137 devices last year alone, an average of 192 a day.</p>

<p>Compare that to as recently as 2020, when 20,000 phones were reported stolen.</p>

<p>In the supposedly “nice” areas Sheeran references, wealthier people have stopped wearing expensive watches and jewelry due to the risk of having it snatched by criminals on mopeds.</p>

<p>So-called “follow home” robberies, where thieves track victims from luxury shopping districts before striking, are also commonplace in London.</p>

<p>Figures released earlier this year also show that knife crime continues to be a major problem, rising 18 per cent since 2022.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, take a look at how Manchester has been turned into a dystopian hellscape, mirroring virtually every other major British city, as well as many of the smaller ones.</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="381" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7sr4liKZaBE" title="Manchester is a Sh*thole" width="677" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

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title: Les aliments ultra-transformés affectent la santé, et une étude veut comprendre pourquoi
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<p>Les chercheurs de l'étude Nova tentent d'éclaircir les mécanismes d'action des produits ultra-transformés.</p>

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title: La chute du prix du pétrole met en péril le budget « équilibré » saskatchewanais
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<p>À chaque baisse de 1 $ US du prix du baril de pétrole, la Saskatchewan perd 17,9 millions de dollars.</p>

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title: Analyse | Cabinet Carney : existe-t-il vraiment une recette « parfaite »?
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title: Visualizing The Size Of Each Country's Shadow Economy
author: ;Tyler Durden
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Visualizing The Size Of Each Country's Shadow Economy</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>The global shadow economy generates trillions in revenue each year, driven by criminal activity and other unreported transactions.</strong></p>

<p>In low income countries, shadow activity makes up a larger slice of GDP, standing at an estimated 42.4% share. In comparison, this drops to 5.9% of GDP in rich countries, with the UAE seeing the smallest share overall.</p>

<p>This graphic,<a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/size-of-the-shadow-economy-by-country/"> via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld,</a> <strong>shows the size of each country’s shadow economy,</strong> based on analysis from the Ernst &amp; Young <a href="https://www.ey.com/content/dam/ey-unified-site/ey-com/en-gl/insights/tax/documents/ey-gl-shadow-economy-report-02-2025.pdf">Global Shadow Economy Report 2025</a>.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/03_Shadow_Economy_Percentage_by.jpg?itok=NeqBEIyM" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/03_Shadow_Economy_Percentage_by.jpg?itok=NeqBEIyM"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c24c46c3-30e0-47cf-b1c8-913e1dd8a104" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="652" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/03_Shadow_Economy_Percentage_by.jpg?itok=NeqBEIyM" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<h2>Defining the Shadow Economy</h2>

<p>To start, the shadow economy includes unreported or untaxed activity, making it difficult for authorities to monitor.</p>

<p>This includes illegal enterprises, drug trafficking, street vendors, or cash transactions made off the books. While measuring the informal economy is hard to quantify, it has shrunk from 17.7% of world GDP in 2000 to 11.8% in 2023.</p>

<h2>Breaking Down the Shadow Economy by Country</h2>

<p>Here are countries with the largest shadow economies as a share of GDP:</p>

<table data-sanitized-id="tablepress-5648" data-sanitized-class="tablepress tablepress-id-5648"><thead><tr data-sanitized-class="row-1"><th data-sanitized-class="column-1">Rank</th>
			<th data-sanitized-class="column-2">Country</th>
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			% of GDP in 2023</th>
			<th data-sanitized-class="column-4">Shadow Economy Value</th>
			<th data-sanitized-class="column-5">GDP 2023</th>
		</tr></thead><tbody data-sanitized-class="row-striping row-hover"><tr data-sanitized-class="row-2"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇱 Sierra Leone</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">64.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$6.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-3"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇪 Niger</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">56.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$16.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-4"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇵 Nepal</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">51.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$20.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$40.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-5"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇪🇹 Ethiopia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">50.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$80.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$159.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-6"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇮 Burundi</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">49.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$2.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$4.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-7"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇱 Mali</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">46.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$20.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-8"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇿 Tanzania</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">44.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$35.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$79.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-9"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇫 Burkina Faso</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">43.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$8.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$20.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-10"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇩 DRC</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">42.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$28.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$66.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-11"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">10</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇿 Mozambique</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">39.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$8.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$21.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-12"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">11</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇰🇪 Kenya</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">38.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$41.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$108.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-13"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">12</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇲 Myanmar</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">37.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$24.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$64.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-14"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">13</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇿🇲 Zambia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">35.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$28.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-15"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">14</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇰 Pakistan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">35.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$118.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$337.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-16"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">15</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇩 Sudan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">34.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$13.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$38.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-17"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">16</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇲 Cameroon</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">33.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$16.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$49.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-18"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">17</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇯 Tajikistan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">33.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$11.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-19"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">18</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇯 Benin</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">32.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$6.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$19.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-20"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">19</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇬 Congo</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">32.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$14.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-21"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">20</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇴 Bolivia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">32.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$14.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$45.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-22"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">21</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">31.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$30.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-23"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">22</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇺🇬 Uganda</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">31.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$15.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$48.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-24"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">23</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇸 Lesotho</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">30.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$0.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$2.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-25"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">24</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇼 Malawi</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">30.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$3.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$12.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-26"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">25</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇮 Nicaragua</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">30.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$5.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$17.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-27"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">26</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇴 Angola</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">30.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$25.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$84.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-28"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">27</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇬 Nigeria</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">30.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$109.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$363.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-29"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">28</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇩 Bangladesh</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">29.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$126.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$437.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-30"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">29</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">28.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$22.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$78.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-31"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">30</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇬 Togo</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">28.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$2.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$9.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-32"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">31</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇱 Albania</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">27.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$6.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$23.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-33"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">32</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇪 Peru</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">27.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$72.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$267.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-34"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">33</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇦 Morocco</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">27.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$39.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$144.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-35"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">34</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇭 Ghana</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$20.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$76.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-36"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">35</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇭🇳 Honduras</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$34.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-37"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">36</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇪🇨 Ecuador</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$31.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$118.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-38"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">37</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇰🇭 Cambodia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$11.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$42.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-39"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">38</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇿🇦 South Africa</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$100.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$380.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-40"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">39</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇳 India</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">26.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$931.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$3,567.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-41"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">40</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇻🇳 Vietnam</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">25.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$107.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$429.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-42"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">41</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇶 Iraq</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">24.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$62.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$250.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-43"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">42</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇺🇿 Uzbekistan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">24.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$24.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$101.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-44"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">43</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇹 Guatemala</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">24.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$25.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$104.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-45"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">44</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇩🇿 Algeria</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">24.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$59.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$247.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-46"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">45</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇭 Thailand</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">24.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$123.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$515.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-47"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">46</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇩 Indonesia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">23.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$326.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,371.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-48"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">47</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇦 Gabon</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">23.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$19.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-49"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">48</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇷 Iran</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">22.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$91.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$404.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-50"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">49</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇪 Georgia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">22.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$6.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$30.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-51"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">50</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇪🇬 Egypt</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">21.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$84.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$396.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-52"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">51</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇳 Tunisia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">21.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$48.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-53"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">52</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇴 Colombia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$76.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$363.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-54"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">53</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇾 Paraguay</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$43.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-55"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">54</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇭 Philippines</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$90.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$437.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-56"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">55</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇷 Brazil</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$447.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$2,173.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-57"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">56</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇳 China</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$3,612.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$17,794.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-58"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">57</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇰 SriLanka</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">20.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$17.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$84.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-59"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">58</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇻 El Salvador</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">19.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$6.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$34.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-60"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">59</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇲 Turkmenistan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">19.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$11.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$60.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-61"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">60</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇧 Lebanon</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">19.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">N/A</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">N/A</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-62"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">61</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇺🇦 Ukraine</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">19.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$34.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$178.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-63"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">62</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇲 Armenia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">18.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$24.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-64"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">63</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">18.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$5.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$27.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-65"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">64</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇾 Belarus</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">18.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$13.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$71.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-66"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">65</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇯🇴 Jordan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">18.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$9.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$51.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-67"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">66</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇽 Mexico</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">17.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$320.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,789.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-68"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">67</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇷 Argentina</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">17.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$115.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$646.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-69"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">68</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇿 Azerbaijan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">17.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$12.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$72.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-70"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">69</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇷🇸 Serbia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">17.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$14.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$81.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-71"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">70</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇼 Botswana</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">17.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$3.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$19.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-72"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">71</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇰 North Macedonia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">16.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$2.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$15.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-73"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">72</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇾 Libya</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">16.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$7.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$45.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-74"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">73</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇩🇴 Dominican Republic</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">16.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$19.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$121.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-75"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">74</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇹🇷 Türkiye</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">16.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$180.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,118.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-76"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">75</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇷 Costa Rica</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">13.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$11.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$86.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-77"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">76</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇪 Montenegro</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">13.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$7.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-78"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">77</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇺🇾 Uruguay</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">13.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$77.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-79"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">78</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇷🇴 Romania</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">13.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$46.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$350.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-80"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">79</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇷🇺 Russia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">13.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$264.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$2,021.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-81"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">80</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇾 Malaysia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">12.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$49.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$399.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-82"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">81</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇦 Panama</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">12.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$83.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-83"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">82</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇷 Greece</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">12.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$29.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$243.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-84"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">83</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇱 Chile</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">11.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$39.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$335.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-85"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">84</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇾 Guyana</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">11.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$2.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$17.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-86"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">85</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇰🇿 Kazakhstan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">11.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$29.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$262.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-87"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">86</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇺 Mauritius</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">10.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$14.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-88"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">87</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇬 Bulgaria</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">10.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$102.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-89"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">88</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇷 Puerto Rico</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">10.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$12.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$117.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-90"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">89</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇱 Poland</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">9.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$78.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$809.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-91"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">90</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇭🇷 Croatia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">9.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$7.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$84.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-92"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">91</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇻 Latvia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">9.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$3.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$42.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-93"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">92</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇵🇹 Portugal</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">9.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$26.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$289.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-94"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">93</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇭🇺 Hungary</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">9.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$19.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$212.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-95"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">94</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇰 Slovak Republic</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">8.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$11.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$132.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-96"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">95</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇿 New Zealand</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">8.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$20.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$252.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-97"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">96</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇮 Slovenia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">8.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$5.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$69.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-98"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">97</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇹 Italy</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$179.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$2,300.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-99"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">98</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇸 Iceland</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$2.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$31.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-100"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">99</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇰🇷 Korea</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$130.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,712.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-101"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">100</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇲🇹 Malta</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$22.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-102"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">101</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇪🇸 Spain</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$121.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,620.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-103"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">102</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇪🇪 Estonia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$3.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$41.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-104"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">103</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇹 Lithuania</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">7.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$5.9B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$79.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-105"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">104</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇩🇪 Germany</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.8</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$307.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$4,525.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-106"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">105</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇫🇷 France</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$204.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$3,051.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-107"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">106</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇯🇵 Japan</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$281.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$4,204.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-108"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">107</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇪 Sweden</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$39.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$585.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-109"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">108</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇹 Austria</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$33.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$511.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-110"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">109</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇪 Belgium</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$42.6B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$644.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-111"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">110</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇫🇮 Finland</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.6</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$19.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$295.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-112"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">111</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇿 Czechia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$22.3B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$343.2B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-113"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">112</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇴 Norway</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$31.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$485.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-114"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">113</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇴🇲 Oman</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$7.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$108.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-115"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">114</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇳🇱 Netherlands</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$72.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,154.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-116"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">115</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇱🇺 Luxembourg</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">6.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$5.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$85.8B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-117"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">116</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇩🇰 Denmark</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.9</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$24.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$407.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-118"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">117</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇦🇺 Australia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.7</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$98.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,728.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-119"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">118</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇱 Israel</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$28.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$513.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-120"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">119</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇸 Bahamas</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$0.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$14.3B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-121"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">120</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇾 Cyprus</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$33.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-122"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">121</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇬🇧 UK</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.3</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$179.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$3,380.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-123"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">122</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$55.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$1,067.6B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-124"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">123</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇮🇪 Ireland</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$28.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$551.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-125"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">124</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇭 Switzerland</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$45.1B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$884.9B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-126"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">125</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇺🇸 United States</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">5.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1,386.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$27,720.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-127"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">126</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇨🇦 Canada</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">4.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$96.4B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$2,142.5B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-128"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">127</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇰🇼 Kuwait</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">4.0</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$6.5B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$163.7B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-129"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">128</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇸🇬 Singapore</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">3.4</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$17.0B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$501.4B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-130"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">129</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇧🇭 Bahrain</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">2.5</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$1.2B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$46.1B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-131"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">130</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🇶🇦 Qatar</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">2.2</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$4.7B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$213.0B</td>
		</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-132"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">131</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">🏳️ UAE</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">2.1</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-4">$10.8B</td>
			<td data-sanitized-class="column-5">$514.1B</td>
		</tr></tbody></table><p>As we can see, <strong>Sierra Leone</strong> ranks first overall, with its shadow economy equaling 64.5% of GDP.</p>

<p>Like many other sub-Saharan African countries, the informal economy employs millions of workers, including subsistence farmers, street vendors, and small business owners. Underscoring this trend are limited opportunities in the formal sector along with bureaucratic red tape.</p>

<p>In particular, the <strong>DRC</strong> stands out in both the scale of its informal economy and prevalence of <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/organized-crime-hot-spots-around-the-world/">organized crime</a>.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Nepal</strong> ranks third overall, with shadow activity accounting for 51% of GDP. Notably, the agriculture sector employs a substantial share of informal workers. In fact, 85% of Nepal’s labor force participates in the informal economy, making it a vital source of livelihood for many.</p>

<p>In contrast, <strong>America’s</strong> underground economy comprises just 5% of GDP, yet its sheer size—valued at $1.4 trillion—makes it one of the world’s largest.</p>

<p><em>To learn more about this topic from a violent crime perspective, check out this <a href="https://www.voronoiapp.com/politics/The-Highest-Violent-Crime-Rate-by-US-State-1828">graphic</a> on violent crime rates by U.S. state.</em></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Bad Day Sunshine? Climate Dimwits Declare War On The Sun</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/03/bad-day-sunshine-climate-dimwits-declare-war-on-the-sun/"><em>Authored by Thaddeus McCotter via American Greatness,</em></a></p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc">Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s all right</a>” – Wrong, Mr. Harrison!</em></p>

<p><em>“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dC7ILQ_vtE">Good day sunshine</a>” – Not so fast, Mr. Lennon and Mr. McCartney!</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Standing with both hands extended for a £50 million squeeze of the public teat, United Kingdom scientists claim the sun you celebrate in song contributes to “runaway climate change.” </strong></p>

<p>And these white-robed high priests of perfidious Albion’s climate cult have a novel idea to control the weather and forestall the impending apocalypse: dimming the sun.</p>

<p><em>(Apparently, for these climate cult dimwits, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5sbTHMP0Ig">sunshine on their shoulders</a> makes them anything but happy.)</em></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/GettyImages-1213236475.jpg?itok=8YL9C9oU" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/GettyImages-1213236475.jpg?itok=8YL9C9oU"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a2b69ac0-6524-43f4-ab2f-2b184dea9902" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/GettyImages-1213236475.jpg?itok=8YL9C9oU" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Per <a href="https://x.com/sunsimonkent">Simon Kent’s</a> article in <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/23/report-scientists-look-to-dim-the-sun-to-counter-runaway-climate-change/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=daily&amp;utm_campaign=20250423">Breitbart News</a>, <strong>this is not the only harebrained scheme these literal dimwits at Aria (the Advanced Research and Invention Agency) promise for someone else’s money.</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/22/experiments-to-dim-the-sun-get-green-light/">According to the <em>Daily Telegraph</em></a>, a host of possible options for climate control are being considered by scientists with government approval alongside £50 million in taxpayer funds:</p>

<p>Scientists are considering outdoor field trials, which could include injecting aerosols into the atmosphere or brightening clouds to reflect sunshine, as a way to prevent runaway climate change.</p>

<p>Clearly, the old-school itinerant cloud seeders preying upon the angst of drought-riddled farmers and their small towns have nothing on Aria and its siren song of salvation, for they have the entire UK government on board to foot the bill for what should have been named “Operation <a href="https://www.maicar.com/GML/Daedalus.html">Daedalus</a>.”</p>

<p><strong>But though the dimwits will be confronting the sun, they assure us that, unlike the heedless youth in Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun, these climate cultists vow to not go down in flames.</strong></p>

<p>According to Professor Mark Symes, there will be “small controlled outdoor experiments on particular approaches.” The professor then went on to preemptively calm any member of the public who had been traumatized by Mary Shelley’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65XSHM3jlAY"><em>Frankenstein</em></a> and had qualms with a lab-coated, modern Prometheus playing God:</p>

<p><em><strong>“Everything we do is going to be safe by design. We’re absolutely committed to responsible research, including responsible outdoor research… We have strong requirements around the length of time experiments can run for and their reversibility, and we won’t be funding the release of any toxic substances to the environment.” </strong></em></p>

<p><em>(Author’s Note: The professor is not funding anything. The British public is.)</em></p>

<p>See? </p>

<p><strong>The only thing going up in flames is someone else’s money.</strong> Besides, what could go wrong when prospectively using “stratospheric aerosol injection” that “would see scientists launching sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes up 12 miles high?” Unforeseen consequences, you say? Please. Next, you’ll claim that COVID resulted from a lab leak.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, one cannot help but wonder how dimming the sun in that renowned fun-in-the-sun island known as England will prevent climate change. Given the UK’s increasing war on free speech, it is best not to ask or to have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afoIYhgJbI4">“Let the Sunshine In”</a> on your iPod.</p>

<p>Oh, wait. It isn’t just us recalcitrant climate deniers worried about the unforeseen consequences of trying to change the weather?</p>

<p><strong>The <em>Telegraph</em> notes geoengineering projects that seek to artificially alter the climate have proven controversial, with critics arguing they could bring damaging knock-on effects. </strong>This has been noted previously when scientists looked to “dimming the sun” as a way to shield the Earth’s surface.</p>

<p>There is a rich irony in environmental radicals who only eat organic foods, blithely supporting using artificial means to unnaturally diminish sunlight. I guess it is the climate cult’s version of “We have to destroy a village to save it”—perhaps with dimwits crooning, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTAhQIPMOU">I’m blocking out sunshine</a>” to the tune of Katrina and the Waves 1980s hit?</p>

<p>Regardless, the climate cult—starting with the dimwits—refuses to admit how all the diplomas and degrees in the world cannot render <em>anyone</em> infallible. And therein is another more bitter irony: what if a climate apocalypse is manmade—<em>by dimwits like these messing up nature by trying to stop it</em>?</p>

<p>Anyway, “it’s getting near dawn, when lights close their tired eyes,” and mine are glazing over at the climate cult’s toxic imbecility on display. Suffice to say, however the dimwits give us their “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_u1eu6Lpds">dawn surprise</a>,” we can but hope they don’t usher in the next Ice Age—or worse.</p>

<p><strong>Wait! We cannot succumb to our worst fears. That’s what the climate cultists do.</strong> No, Annie is right, “The sun will come up <a href="https://amgreatness.com/Etudes/%E2%80%9CTomorrow%E2%80%9D">tomorrow</a>.” After all, the British public just bet their bottom £50 million on it, right?</p>
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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=330556
title: DEAN CÉITINN: Ireland Needs Hungary’s Veto
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Viktor-e1747212663364.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>“Ugocsa non coronat” is a Latin phrase, meaning “Ugocsa does not crown” first recorded in 1505. It was used by representatives of Hungary’s smallest county, Ugocsa, when they refused to assent to the coronation of Ferdinand I.</strong></p>
<p>The expression was later adopted by Hungary’s Kuruc faction, who opposed the westernisation of the country and championed the preservation of Hungarian particularities and sovereignty. It came to symbolise the idea that Hungary would not accept an Austrian king without unanimous national support.</p>
<p>I’m regularly impressed by how many Hungarians are aware of the historical ties between our two nationalist traditions, both in terms of parallels and direct connections.</p>
<p>Strategies employed by Irish nationalists, such as abstentionism, were inspired by the resistance methods of Hungarian statesman Ferenc Deák. Likewise, Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II likened his campaign for independence from Austria to the Jacobite cause in Ireland. Viktor Orbán is right when he speaks of the “love story between Irish and Hungarian patriots.”</p>
<p>What’s more questionable is whether Micheál Martin counts himself among those patriots. Recently, Martin claimed that Hungary was “exploiting” its use of its veto power in the European Union “unreasonably.” The Taoiseach further stated that he supports using all available instruments to prevent Hungary from exercising this veto.</p>
<p>Orbán responded by saying: “We Hungarians have always regarded Irish patriots as champions of freedom and national independence. For us, Ireland is a symbol of liberty and sovereignty. For this reason, it is always shocking when we see that an Irish patriot chooses to stand on the side of an empire instead of national sovereignty.”</p>
<p>Martin’s concern appears to stem from Ukraine’s potential EU accession. An Taoiseach has advocated for a fast-tracked path to EU membership for Ukraine—however, such accession has serious implications. The estimated cost of Ukraine joining the EU stands at €2.447 trillion, which is 12.7 times the Union’s entire 2025 budget. In addition, Ukraine’s debt amounts to 95% of its GDP, which would increase the EU’s overall debt-to-GDP ratio, weakening monetary cooperation.</p>
<p>Ireland’s agricultural sector would be especially vulnerable in the event of Ukraine joining the European Union. Not only would liberalised trade with Ukraine expose Irish farmers to competition from cheaper imports, but the redistribution of EU agricultural subsidies could see Ireland’s funding cut by up to 20%.</p>
<p>While the return of Ukrainian refugees currently in the EU seems increasingly unlikely, the liberalisation of border laws with Ukraine would significantly extend the EU’s external frontier and likely lead to an increase in Ukrainian migration to western Europe. Compounding this, Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction plans involve importing large numbers of migrant workers from Asia and Africa— weaker borders pose a serious risk of increased illegal migration into Europe.</p>
<p>Thankfully, however, the Taoiseach can afford to call for fast-tracked Ukrainian accession <em>ad absurdum</em> because he knows the adults in the room won’t let it happen. He knows that Hungary will veto the proposal. Ugocsa non coronat.</p>
<p>Hungarian foreign policy is unique—prioritising national interest and strategic connectivity over bloc-based alignment, and aiming to position Hungary as a middle power in an increasingly multipolar world. In contrast, Ireland’s foreign policy is largely directionless, often only discernible through its platitudes. As our geopolitical context becomes more coarse and multipolar, such banalities are rapidly losing currency.</p>
<p>In a recent piece in Politico, Irish officials described being in “despair” as Ireland was snubbed in European Commission appointments. This likely reflects a growing perception of Ireland as a “defence freeloader,” a tax haven, and economically unstable – further marred by its unorthodox foreign policy positions. We can see Ireland’s decline in political capital in cases such as Michael McGrath’s appointment to the relatively minor Democracy, Justice, and Rule of Law portfolio. But we’ve also seen acts of self-sabotage—for example, Phil Hogan’s resignation as EU Trade Commissioner in 2020 over the Golfgate controversy, despite this being a strategically vital portfolio for Ireland.</p>
<p>To compound such missteps, Ireland’s political class has consistently ceded sovereignty to Brussels. Micheál Martin was a TD when Ireland handed over monetary sovereignty to the European Central Bank. He was a minister when Ireland was pressured to “vote again” on the Nice and Lisbon Treaties. He was Tánaiste when Ireland ceded sovereignty over migration policy to the EU. Now, Sean Kelly MEP tells us that 70% of our laws are made in Brussels. But to quote Martin himself: “We want nothing to do with a backward-looking idea of sovereignty.”</p>
<p>Countries like Italy and Hungary demonstrate that smaller nations can exert outsized influence on the world stage and effectively advance their national interests through a dynamic foreign policy. This potential is especially true for Ireland, given the considerable goodwill the country enjoys internationally.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Ireland’s political class remains among the last true believers in the liberal world order. They have tied the state to an ideology that is rapidly going out of vogue—and that actively undermines our ability to pursue a meaningful, independent foreign policy. If the Taoiseach lacks the capacity to speak up for what is in the best interests of the Irish people—even when that’s uncomfortable—then he should at least not bite the hand that shields him. Until then, Irish foreign policy will remain unambitious, and directionless: a mirror to a state that’s lost confidence in itself.</p>
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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=330561
title: PERRINS: We’re all right wing when it comes to Trees
author: ;Laura Perrins
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rsz_shutterstock_1938786364-e1747214130114.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>“It was just a tree,” Adam Carruthers said when voicing his amazement in court that the Sycamore Gap crime had drawn so much media attention.</strong></p>
<p>Both he and his accomplice Daniel Graham were found guilty of criminal damage in felling the tree and are now facing up to ten years in prison. They cut down the tree when Storm Agnes hit in late September 2023.</p>
<p>The Times on Saturday <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/best-friends-sycamore-gap-bl7r6s65j" rel>explains</a>:</p>
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<p><em>“in the late 19th century, a landowner planted a sycamore tree in a gentle dip between two hillocks. John Clayton, a lawyer by trade, had bought up about 20 miles of Hadrian’s Wall in an effort to prevent the destruction of what was once the frontier of the Roman Empire.</em></p>
<p><em>Over the following <strong>150 years</strong>, the ruin would become a world heritage site under the protection of Northumberland national park, while the tree flourished by its side. It attained worldwide fame after featuring in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991, a celebrity cemented in the era of the smartphone thanks to its photogenic setting.</em></p>
<p><em>By September 2023 the sycamore’s roots had grown deep in the public’s imagination, yet it took only <strong>three minutes</strong> on a stormy night for it to come toppling down.”</em></p>
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<p>Carruthers is correct; it was just a tree. And not even an oak tree either. Yet the destruction of the sycamore sparked outrage not only in Britain where they can get funny over things like this – the pointless cutting down of trees or skipping queues – but across the world.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong. I understand the outrage. For I am a conservative. Therefore I understand the blind rage you feel when something that has been built or grown for over 150 years is destroyed by some moron in 3 minutes. Conservatives experience a Sycamore Gap tree moment at least once every single day.</p>
<p>Amazingly, everyone is a conservative when it comes to a tree. And it was just a tree. It just did its thing. It was planted and it grew. That’s what trees do. Sure, it took over 150 years but it did not to my knowledge require the time and energy of hundreds of people over the course of decades to build and cultivate into a thing of beauty or importance.</p>
<p>It wasn’t like the Garrick <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/lauraperrins/p/the-fall-of-the-garrick-club?r=8t2m1&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel>Club</a> for instance that was built over decades and then some feminist comes along and says I don’t like your Garrick club, I want to cut your Garrick Club down by demanding a lot of women join it. And not just the best women like say Laura Perrins – but the really annoying ones, the nagging feminist one. Now some men (I assume none of my readers ) say they cannot understand the male desire to get away from the lady folk for a few hours now and then. Those men are irritating and shouldn’t be let in the Garrick Club either.</p>
<p>Or you have the Sycamore Gap tree known as the Catholic Church. That gem of an institution has been built over 2000 years. And it has some fundamental teachings: anyone can join, you must love your neighbour as yourself, don’t do these 10 things, and also the hierarchy will all be men. Jesus only went with men, so we want to carry on that tradition.</p>
<p>The women can be nuns and saints and run schools and hospitals – all the important stuff. Women can be a Doctor of the Church such as Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieu, which means other men, the priests and cardinals and such, can learn from their great wisdom. But we reserve the priesthood for the men.</p>
<p>And as sure as night follows day you will have some wrecker say former Irish President <a href="https://gript.ie/perrins-spare-me-the-theology-lectures-from-cardinal-mcaleese/" rel>Mary</a> MacAleese who comes along with her big chainsaw and wants to cut the Catholic Church down to size. We need women priests, she demands. No, we really don’t. Truly I tell you there is not much between her and Adam Carruthers.</p>
<p>These chainsaw massacre merchants are everywhere. They come after buildings. Once they wanted to pull down the magnificent St Pancras train station and hotel in London but that was thankfully saved by John Betjeman who headed a campaign to save both buildings. They were Grade 1 listed just days before demolition was due to begin. Now you can sip champagne in that beautiful Victorian station before boarding the Eurostar to Paris, the capital of conserving beautiful buildings.</p>
<p>Works of literature of course provide a veritable treasure trove for the chainsaw massacre merchants. They don’t call it that of course. They call it<em> diversity casting </em>or the work is<em> reimagined for a modern audience</em>. Hence my concern over what Netflix will do to <a href="https://lauraperrins.substack.com/p/netflix-take-on-pride-and-prejudice?r=8t2m1" rel>Pride</a> and Prejudice or what the BBC will do these days to any Dickens remake. One can only hope they don’t go full Hollywood. Their chainsaw never sleeps when it comes to felling Disney classics such as <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/lauraperrins/p/the-vile-snow-white-of-2025?r=8t2m1&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel>Snow</a> White or indeed much beloved 80s films like Ghostbusters.</p>
<p>On and on it goes. Wreckers everywhere – it’s a wonder how I can get up out of bed every morning. It is, as that great philosopher of our time Jerry Maguire once <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/lauraperrins/p/jerry-maguire-29-years-old?r=8t2m1&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel>said</a>, an up at dawn pride swallowing siege. Man, I still love that movie.</p>
<p>The biggest Sycamore Gap Tree of them however is the Nation or indeed our borders. If only they would police our borders as closely as they do trees. Indeed, on the very same day as the tree conviction London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan was running around proposing to build houses on the green belt to ease London’s housing crisis. The same day – <strong>they do it on purpose.</strong></p>
<p>One of the main reasons you have a housing crisis in London is because you have a border crisis and immigration crisis. The Guardian “It marks the first time city hall will support the strategic release of low-quality or inaccessible green belt land near transport links in order to provide hundreds of thousands of new affordable homes.”</p>
<p><em>Strategic, low-quality, inaccessible.</em> Etc. Give me a break. What this means is that they are coming after London’s green spaces. What it means is that there will be a lot more trees cut down than, other than the one up by Hadrian’s Wall. These trees are the lungs of London whether they are accessible by morons like Sir Sadiq Khan or not.</p>
<p>It was Sir Roger Scruton who said <em>“Conservatism starts from a sentiment that all mature people can readily share: the sentiment that good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created.”</em></p>
<p>This is why the destruction of a single tree was a sucker punch; it demonstrates this universal truth to perfection. But it would be best to dry your eyes over that one tree whose felling the authorities are happy for you to cry over.</p>
<p>If you, dear reader, start getting uppity over preserving the green belt or your national identity or your countryside or the great works of literature or even less great works of Hollywood, you will be dismissed as ‘reactionary’ or ‘old-fashioned.’</p>
<p>Conservatives just like good things. Chainsaw massacre merchants do not. It’s that simple.</p>

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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=330559
title: ‘Pfizergate’: ECJ rules on von der Leyen texts
author: ;Maria Maynes
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<p>The post <a href="https://gript.ie/pfizergate-ecj-rules-on-von-der-leyen-texts/">‘Pfizergate’: ECJ rules on von der Leyen texts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gript.ie/">Gript</a>.</p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2164726/reduction-voyages-detroit-windor-peur-trump
title: « Je n’écris rien » : des Canadiens craintifs de se rendre aux États-Unis
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<p>Des résidents du sud-ouest réduisent leurs voyages à Detroit et craignent pour leur sécurité.</p>

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title: The Income Needed To Buy A Home In Every US State
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Income Needed To Buy A Home In Every US State</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As home prices continue to climb and mortgage rates remain elevated, buying a home in the U.S. has become increasingly out of reach for the average household.</p>

<p>In 2025, buyers now need six-figure salaries to afford a median-priced home in all but 15 states.</p>

<p>This visualization, <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-income-needed-to-buy-a-home-in-every-u-s-state">via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti,</a> using data from <a href="https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/family-income-to-buy-home-by-state-map/">Realtor.com</a>, maps the annual income required to purchase a typical three-bedroom home in every state, based on a 10% down payment, a 6.65% interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage, and a 30% income-to-housing cost threshold (which includes taxes and insurance).</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/Income-Needed-to-Buy-a-House_WEB.jpg?itok=SkYxOGst" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Income-Needed-to-Buy-a-House_WEB.jpg?itok=SkYxOGst"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="329b62d3-1a60-4251-910a-75a69b7999dd" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="652" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Income-Needed-to-Buy-a-House_WEB.jpg?itok=SkYxOGst" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<h2>The Growing Gap Between Income and Home Prices</h2>

<p>A recent study found that <a href="https://www.nahb.org/blog/2024/05/housing-affordability-pyramid#:~:text=Share%3A,to%20afford%20a%20%24250%2C000%20home.">nearly 50%</a> of U.S. households cannot afford a home priced at <strong>$250,000.</strong> This is particularly concerning when the median price of a new single-family home nationwide has reached<strong> $495,750</strong>, according to the National Association of Home Builders.</p>

<p><strong>In many states, the income needed to comfortably afford a median-priced home far exceeds what a typical family earns.</strong></p>

<h2>Where Buying a Home Requires the Highest Salaries</h2>

<p>Here are the top five most expensive states for homebuyers in 2025:</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-13_16-08-29.jpg?itok=x_uPAntk" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-05-13_16-08-29.jpg?itok=x_uPAntk"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ad46a81b-7bbb-4ac7-b97e-f6d18c10c1c7" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="122" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-05-13_16-08-29.jpg?itok=x_uPAntk" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Hawaii tops the list, where buying a median three-bedroom home requires an annual income of <strong>$229,000</strong>—the highest in the country. Despite its small population, Montana has climbed into the top five least affordable states, driven by a <a href="https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2024-09-19/montanas-housing-market-named-least-affordable-in-the-country">widening gap</a> between soaring home prices and relatively modest local incomes.</p>

<p>In contrast, in West Virginia a buyer would need a salary of just <strong>$71,000</strong> to afford a median-priced home—well below the state’s median household income of $90,000. Other states with lower thresholds include Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.</p>

<p><em>What’s the cost of a median price in every U.S. state? Find out <a href="https://www.voronoiapp.com/real-estate/Hawaii-Has-The-Highest-Median-House-Price-In-The-US--2835">in this map</a> on Voronoi.</em></p>
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title: LNH : quelles sont les équipes « les plus canadiennes »?
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<p>Les huit équipes encore en lice dans les séries éliminatoires comptent en moyenne 48 % de joueurs canadiens. </p>

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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Florida Troopers Now Federally Credentialed To Arrest Illegal Immigrants On Their Own</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/florida-troopers-now-federally-credentialed-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants-on-their-own-5856604?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>

<p>Florida officials announced that 1,800 state Highway Patrol troopers are the first in the nation to receive federal credentials under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreement <strong>allowing them to arrest illegal immigrants on their own.</strong></p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2828%29_0.jpg?itok=7tpYjgIK" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2828%29_0.jpg?itok=7tpYjgIK"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8244b4c2-dde0-466e-b0c6-7306cac018a4" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="304" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_92%2828%29_0.jpg?itok=7tpYjgIK" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and a local police officer arrest an illegal immigrant in Florida in April 2025. ICE</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference on May 12 that t<strong>he state’s ongoing partnership with ICE included what is known as 287(g) agreements, where state and local law enforcement partner with ICE to help arrest and deport illegal immigrants.</strong></p>

<p>The Florida Highway Patrol entered into a 287(g) task force model that gives them the power to arrest foreign nationals who are in the country illegally and place detainers on them during routine policing, such as traffic stops.</p>

<p>In essence, it allows local law enforcement to operate as an extension of ICE under federal supervision.</p>

<p><strong>DeSantis encouraged other states to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, noting the success of Operation Tidal Wave. The recent joint federal-state operation arrested more than 1,100 illegal immigrants.</strong></p>

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<p>Some of those arrested included members of gangs such as MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, both designated as terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.</p>

<p>Additionally, DeSantis said Florida also swore in 100 troopers as special deputy U.S. marshals, which will allow them to execute federal search warrants and remove dangerous illegal immigrants.</p>

<p>Dave Kerner, director of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, said during the press conference that the Florida troopers are the first fully credentialed law enforcement to be fully operational under the 287(g) task force model.</p>

<p>“<strong>What that means is, if you see a state trooper, he or she has federal authorities to detain, investigate, apprehend, and deport,</strong>” Kerner said. “We have troopers in all 67 counties of this great state that have that authority.”</p>

<p>Kerner told The Epoch Times that troopers serving as U.S. marshals will be able to go into homes to serve warrants, which isn’t part of the 287(g) agreements.</p>

<p>He said that the programs offer flexibility to state and local jurisdictions, allowing them to determine their level of involvement once they sign up for the agreements.</p>

<p>“<strong>It is, by and large, a voluntary effort,” he said. “You can decide how much you want to participate</strong>.”</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2829%29_0.jpg?itok=WV3SK4KB" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2829%29_0.jpg?itok=WV3SK4KB"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="facc0312-c597-4bc6-ada1-88cbbb8c27ca" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_92%2829%29_0.jpg?itok=WV3SK4KB" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Illegal immigrants from Venezuela turn themselves in to Texas state troopers after crossing the border from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, on May 18, 2021. John Moore/Getty Images</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>DeSantis added that there’s a plan on the table that, if approved by the federal government, would allow military judge advocates to act as immigration judges and provide makeshift detention space and transportation for illegal immigrants.</p>

<p>The governor noted that the state’s experience with disaster response, such as during hurricanes, helped the state come up with the plan. He said there are 70,000 to 80,000 illegal immigrants in the state, with final deportation orders issued by a judge.</p>

<p>Getting rid of criminal illegal immigrants helps cut down on crime and save lives, DeSantis said.</p>

<p><strong>“You’re really making a difference in your community,” he said.</strong></p>

<p>Some 11 million illegal immigrants were apprehended at U.S. borders over the past four years, according to Customs and Border Protection data.</p>

<p>Trump campaigned on border security and illegal immigrant deportations. Upon returning to the White House, he has moved to keep that promise through a whole-of-government approach that has included designating several Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal groups as terrorist organizations. As a result, some members of the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gangs have been deported to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT.</p>

<p>As of May 8, ICE statistics show there are 531 <a href="https://www.ice.gov/identify-and-arrest/287g">agreements</a> with state and local agencies throughout the country. Another 105 applications are pending.</p>

<p>Although dozens of states have agreements under the 287(g) program, Florida is the first to have its law enforcement officers credentialed.</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2830%29_0.jpg?itok=dQEwbTTy" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image_92%2830%29_0.jpg?itok=dQEwbTTy"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="200e37ee-36ab-4e03-a9d8-0b9bd3c86df0" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image_92%2830%29_0.jpg?itok=dQEwbTTy" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Office of the President's Press Secretary/Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Law enforcement nationwide has been encouraged to sign up for 287(g) agreements by the Trump administration because there are not enough federal officers to find and process millions of illegal immigrants.</p>

<p><strong>Besides the task force model, the federal government created the jail enforcement model and the warrant service officer model.</strong></p>

<p>The jail enforcement model allows local officers to identify and process removable noncitizens already booked into local jails. The warrant service officer model allows officers to serve and execute administrative warrants on illegal immigrants already in custody.</p>

<p>Florida had 266 agreements that <a href="https://flsheriffs.org/blog/entry/florida-sheriffs-association-announces-287g-compliance-in-all-county-jails/">include</a><a href="https://flsheriffs.org/blog/entry/florida-sheriffs-association-announces-287g-compliance-in-all-county-jails/">d</a> all 67 sheriff’s offices in the state, according to the Florida Sheriffs Association. Texas had the second-highest number of agreements at 77.</p>
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The cost of funding American universities is huge - covering everything from faculty salaries and special departments to laboratories.</p>

<p>Not only that, <strong>government funding for public institutions has fallen substantially over the past 50 years,</strong> making universities rely more heavily on tuition and other sources of revenue. The Trump administration’s freezing of billions in grants and contracts is adding further strain to <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-americas-top-universities-in-2024/">elite academic institutions</a>.</p>

<p>This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's  shows how American public universities are funded, based on data from the <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/SummaryTables/report/1500?templateId=150004&amp;years=2023&amp;expand_by=1&amp;amount_percent=1&amp;tt=aggregate&amp;instType=1&amp;sid=ff54191c-043a-4a4f-93cb-7900379e9abe">National Center for Education Statistics</a>.</p>

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<h2>The Top Sources of Revenue for American Universities</h2>

<p>Below, we break down the $392 billion in revenues generated across 1,592 public American institutions as of 2023:</p>

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<p>State government funding, typically in the form of research grants, contracts, and appropriations, makes up the largest share at 28%.</p>

<p>Overall, New Hampshire ranks last in spending on higher public education spending per student, followed by Vermont. Going further, 25 states spend less than levels seen in 2008, with Nevada, Arizona, and Louisiana spending 30% less in 2023.</p>

<p>In absolute terms, California and Texas spend the most on academic funding, at $22.3 billion and $11.5 billion, respectively in fiscal 2025.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, tuition and fees generated 21% of revenues totaling $80.8 billion. Despite tuition costs more than tripling since 1990, it has struggled to make up the funding losses from state cutbacks. At the same time, university spending has swelled for administrators, construction, and faculty salaries as demand for higher education has increased.</p>

<p>Looking at private sources of revenue, these brought in $51.2 billion, or 13% of the total. Private sources include endowment additions, investment income, and private grants. While universities have massive endowment funds, funding is often tied to specific purposes. For instance, certain donors will designate funds to scholarships or a specific research center over a series of years.</p>

<p><em>To learn more about this topic from a global perspective, check out this <a href="https://www.voronoiapp.com/education/-Zoom-In-The-Best-Non-US-Universities-in-2025-Ranked-4947">graphic</a> on the top universities outside of America.</em></p>
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<p>Preface: this article is a prelude to an academic publication that will soon be edited by myself, the excellent Italian jurist and expert in international law, Vincenzo Pellegrino, and the French-Lebanese lawyer Elie Hatem. Stay tuned, it will be a monumental work.</p>
<p><strong>The current system no longer works</strong></p>
<p>In the context of a world that is increasingly moving towards a multipolar configuration—a reality composed of multiple sovereign decision-making poles, each expressing a distinct civilization and bearing its own value system rooted in its history and culture—the inadequacy of the current international legal system in regulating and harmonizing relations between global actors is becoming increasingly evident.</p>
<p>In fact, what we call “International Law” is the legal configuration that was imposed in New York by the League of Nations, later renamed the UN, based on certain criteria of political supremacy: on the one hand, the U.S., as a British colony, had the guarantee of the largest empire still in force at the beginning of the 20th century; the elite of Ashkenazi and Sephardic high finance gathered in New York, ensuring the long-term administration of the markets; no other country in the world was able to compete on an international level in the same way, so Anglo-American primacy was effectively a strategic advantage.</p>
<p>From this perspective, it is clear that the urgency of developing a new international legal paradigm capable of evolving in step with global transformation has not yet been adequately understood. The current model, which is heavily Western-centric, tends to marginalize other regulatory traditions around the world, granting them little or no recognition. This inevitably generates structural systemic instability, exacerbated by the emergence of multipolarism, leading to a growing number of conflicts and tensions. A reform of international law is therefore essential if it is to truly fulfill its function of guaranteeing peace and promoting global development.</p>
<p>Many civilizations—understood as communities sharing the same spiritual, cultural, historical, and symbolic heritage, recognized consciously by their members, regardless of nationality, social class, or ideology—are today showing a growing interest in emancipating themselves, having long been subjected to the political and economic hegemony of the West, and are beginning to demand genuine autonomy and full dignity on the international stage.</p>
<p>At the same time, the very notion of the state as the main subject of international law is being redefined. The Westphalian order, first, and then the Paris order, are collapsing. Civilization now tends to transcend state borders, taking the form of a “great space” that is becoming increasingly important in international dynamics. However, legal studies that depart from the Western-centric approach are still few and far between and are clearly insufficient to adequately address this transformation, especially given the real risk of a “clash of civilizations,” as predicted by Samuel Huntington. In such a scenario, we could see many governments progressively rejecting the binding authority of international law, which is increasingly perceived as an instrument of Western control.</p>
<p>At the height of its crisis, the West is becoming less and less open to contributions from other parts of the world, seeking to protect what remains of its dominance of meaning. It is clear that the absence of a shared consensus on the rules of coexistence between states risks leading to a renewed resort to force as the only means of resolving disputes.</p>
<p>This has been the practice for a long time: the logic of the strongest as ruler and regulator.</p>
<p>With the rise of civilizations as new supranational actors, fundamental questions arise: the concept of sovereignty, the definition of universal principles common to all civilizations, the relationship between international law and domestic law, the role of international custom in the transition to a multipolar system, the reformulation of the concept of force and the rules governing its use, the legal regulation of relations between great spaces, and, finally, the redefinition of the basis of the binding nature of international law.</p>
<p>One of the most obvious signs of the transition from a unipolar system dominated in the aftermath of the Cold War to a multipolar one is the emergence and strengthening of new regional international organizations. These structures, which already appear to be the future “decision-making poles” of the multipolar world, do not merely represent local interests: they propose alternative approaches to development and international cooperation, often in contrast with the Euro-Atlantic guidelines of the past. The consolidation of these organizations raises questions about their integration into the international cooperation system represented by the United Nations. Surprisingly, the UN system seems to be open to these new actors, admitting some representatives from transnational entities of various kinds, such as the SCO or the Eurasian Economic Community.</p>
<p>In this context, among the new approaches to international law, the contribution of the group of scholars gathered under the acronym TWAIL (Third World Approaches to International Law) deserves attention: this movement proposes a critical re-reading of the history of international law, highlighting its colonial roots and its role, still today, in maintaining Western supremacy.</p>
<p>The first generation of TWAIL jurists were committed to giving a voice to the so-called ‘Third World’ in the context of the new post-UN legal architecture, insisting on the need for a truly universal law that takes into account multiple points of view. The second generation emphasized that the entire structure of modern international law has been marked from its inception by the encounter (or clash) with colonialism. It is in this context that the so-called “dynamics of difference” took shape: first, thanks to the cultural justification of the civilizing mission at the beginning of colonialism, then with the establishment of mandates and trusteeships with state purposes, and finally with the imposition of global economic instruments such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.</p>
<p>There is therefore an urgent need to reinterpret and apply international law from different perspectives through a comparison of the various legal systems of the world, which could bring out points of convergence capable of giving rise to normative meanings more in line with the concrete reality of peoples and their cultures, thus redefining the current Euro-American hegemony in a more equitable and pluralistic sense.</p>
<p><strong>Towards a new paradigm?</strong></p>
<p>The traditional view of international law is based on the idea that it constitutes a system of objective principles and neutral rules, deriving from the will of states, either through formal treaties or through customs.</p>
<p>According to this approach, states are the main subjects of international law, and a legal norm is considered binding only if it passes a rigorous test of legal validity. Extra-legal considerations—economic, social, moral, or political—are generally excluded from the analysis, as are values and purposes. The system is thus conceived as unitary and self-sufficient, capable of always providing a correct legal response to the problems that arise.</p>
<p>This is not a proposal for a complete or definitive theory, but rather the beginning of a journey. And every journey, to be solid, must start with the method. Therefore, the method by which international law as we know it was created should be reviewed. The term ‘method’ derives from the Greek <em>methodos</em>, which combines <em>meta</em> (beyond) and <em>hodos</em> (way), and can be translated as ‘way to go beyond’. It is this ‘beyond’ that our work aims to achieve.</p>
<p>There are many factors that can no longer be ignored. Imperialism has been one of the foundations, whether explicit or hidden, of modern international law. In this regard, it is not superfluous to clarify what is meant by imperialism: it is a formal or informal relationship through which one state exercises control over the effective sovereignty of another political entity. This domination can be exercised through force, political cooperation, or social, economic, or cultural dependencies. In short, imperialism is the politics or process of building and managing an empire.</p>
<p>A critical reading of the founders of international law reveals a deeply imperialist imprint from the very beginning. For a long time (centuries, not years), colonial violence was disguised as humanitarian intervention or defensive action, helping to construct powerful narratives that would permeate the theoretical and practical development of international law. In the 19th century, positivist doctrine and the concept of sovereignty further reinforced the distinction between ‘civilized’ and ‘uncivilized’ countries, justifying the conquest of territories defined as terrae nullius because they were inhabited by peoples ‘devoid’ of civilization. Sovereignty thus became the ultimate measure of civilization. Even today, we hear talk of “peace missions” or “peacekeeping” adopted by the UN and imposed in specific areas of the world, coincidentally those that belonged to the old classification under the heading of “third world,” or peoples lacking that Western value system which, by virtue of the law of the strongest, was considered the best.</p>
<p>The mandate system established by the League of Nations formalized a mechanism of legal administrative control that aimed to produce results functional to the interests of the West. The nation-state paradigm was imposed on a mosaic of diverse communities in the name of Western civilization, and inclusion came at the price of erasing difference. Even when the countries of the global South acquired the formal requirements of statehood, they continued to perceive themselves as “insufficient.” This is the mechanism of the <em>dynamics of difference</em>: the subordinate entity always perceives itself as lagging behind, backward, committed to bridging a “gap” created by the very dichotomy between civilization and barbarism, between development and underdevelopment.</p>
<p>In light of all this, it is clear that current international law, structured on an imperial paradigm, is incompatible with the emerging multipolar logic. Imperialism, in fact, is the antithesis of multipolarism.</p>
<p>The path we intend to follow starts from this recognition. The multipolar world represents a radical alternative to the dominant unipolar order, as it affirms the existence of multiple sovereign and independent decision-making centers capable of exercising strategic influence at the global level. These centers must not submit to the universalism of Western values and norms, nor must they reject Western legal experience outright: rather, they must build a legal order that reflects the plurality of legal cultures on the planet.</p>
<p>A multipolar international law must be based on this plurality, constantly evolving and capable of adapting to the new challenges of the contemporary world. It will be a law that does not start from imposed universalism, but from the recognition of difference, the coexistence of systems, and dialogue between civilizations.</p>
<p><strong>Multipolar sovereignty with civilization-states</strong></p>
<p>Traditionally, sovereignty is understood as the exclusive power of the state to govern internally (jus vitae ac necis) and to exclude external interference (jus excludendi alios). It is historically based on the Westphalian principle, which guarantees each state exclusive jurisdiction over its own territory and places states on an equal legal footing.</p>
<p>However, from the perspective of multipolar international law, this concept is considered outdated. The formal sovereignty of nation states is no longer sufficient if it is not backed by real strategic, political, and economic power. The Westphalian system, although still existing de jure, no longer reflects today’s reality.</p>
<p>The new vision proposes shifting the foundation of sovereignty from the state to the individual, understood as the sole sovereign subject of oneself. In this perspective, it makes no sense to speak of a “transfer” of sovereignty, since it is innate to human beings. Instead, we speak of <em>sharing</em> sovereignty: individuals pool their sovereignty to build an international system based on equality between legal subjects.</p>
<p>This leads to a number of consequences:</p>
<ul>
<li>No state can claim a hegemonic role;</li>
<li>Cultural diversity between civilizations is valued;</li>
<li>The relationship between the state and the individual within each legal civilization changes;</li>
<li>The role of the individual in international law grows.</li>
</ul>
<p>Consequently, every <em>Civilization State</em> has two obligations:</p>
<ol>
<li>To participate actively in the development of the international community for the common good;</li>
<li>To recognize the legitimacy of the form of government of other Civilization States, provided that it does not violate the fundamental principles shared by the general legal order. It is not acceptable to impose standards based on a single culture.</li>
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<p><strong>Remodeling the use of force</strong></p>
<p>The prohibition of the use of force is based on two approaches: an idealistic one, aimed at promoting “universal peace,” and a more pragmatic one, which aims to control conflicts through the limitation of the use of weapons. The principle of non-use of force is seen as a means of preventing the abuse of power by stronger states, but the geopolitical reality often challenges this principle, with great powers seeking to circumvent the prohibition in order to pursue their imperialist interests.</p>
<p>The concept of international wrongdoing is described as the violation of an international norm by a state, without the need to prove fault or damage, but only the infringement of a subjective right of another state. International responsibility entails the obligation for the state that has violated the norm to respond to the consequences of its wrongdoing.</p>
<p>In the context of a multipolar world, international law will have to evolve, not only to limit the use of military force, but also to extend the concept of “force” to include political, economic, and cultural actions that could destabilize or interfere in the internal affairs of other states. The new multipolar system establishes that any intervention in internal or international affairs will be considered a violation. The international community will have to adopt non-violent measures to resolve disputes between states, with the possibility of isolating states involved in a conflict if they do not comply with collective decisions. The only exception would be if a group of states requested help to defend the fundamental principles of the international system. The text therefore proposes a new international paradigm that promotes cooperation and the sharing of sovereignty, rejecting imperialism.</p>
<p><strong>Great spaces must be reconsidered</strong></p>
<p>The concept of ‘great space’ is understood as a coherent operational area, closely linked to a civilisation, which asserts itself in response to changes in the geopolitical and cultural dimension of the contemporary world. In a multipolar vision, where several civilisations coexist and cooperate, these great spaces represent fundamental units of organisation and shared sovereignty, each based on an autonomous internal legal order but open to external collaboration.</p>
<p>To give legal form to this model, it will first be necessary to consider that all civilizations share the same planet and must therefore conceive their legal structures within this common boundary; secondly, that the number of great spaces will necessarily be limited and defined on the basis of cultural, social, and geographical affinities.</p>
<p>There are three cornerstones: the independence of states within each great space; the absolute prohibition of colonization in any form, whether cultural, economic, or military; and the non-intervention of external powers in internal conflicts. Each great space is therefore a protected entity, acting freely according to the will of the civilization-states that compose it.</p>
<p>To ensure a stable and lasting order, the idea of adopting the balance of payments as a fundamental legal principle is put forward. This principle would serve to prevent economic imbalances between states and civilizations, which have historically generated tensions and conflicts. To support this balance, it would also be interesting to create an exclusively interbank currency, without a reserve function, serving only as a unit of account between economies, promoting stability without consolidating power relations—and today, whether we like it or not, cryptocurrencies make this monetary transition very easy.</p>
<p>History has shown that major changes in international law have occurred in the wake of global crises that sought to avoid the repetition of traumatic events. ‘Emergencies’ have accelerated such changes, but in this case, the use of force can no longer be freely resorted to, and therefore reliance is placed on custom, the oldest foundation of international law. Custom, which is based on uniform and binding practices, is seen as the path to a transition to a multipolar international law.</p>
<p>The transition process is already underway. The great work of development is in our hands. It is up to us to decide to become part of it.</p>
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title: A new false tribunal is in the making
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<p><strong><em>The Ukraine Tribunal makes no secret of the fundamental task assigned to it, and in fact it flaunts it.</em></strong></p>
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<p>Kaja Kallas’ <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/ukraine-aggression-tribunal-europe-russia-war-court/a8720174-2cdd-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html">delusional and laughably ill-timed announcement</a>, made the day after Russia’s 9 May Victory Day triumph in Moscow, that European puppet leaders are planning to establish a <a href="https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/international-coalition-agrees-establishment-special-tribunal-crime-aggression-against-ukraine-2025-05-09_en">“special tribunal” within the framework of the Council of Europe</a> to judge Russia for “aggression” and other alleged crimes in Ukraine jogs some memories from the Hague. ICTY, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, is located there, as the new Tribunal Kallas has mentioned will also be. This writer had spent some of the most interesting years of his life there.</p>
<p>An enduring memory is former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who was abducted by the vassal regime installed in his country after the October 2000 colour revolution and sent to the Hague to be put on trial. During his initial appearance in the courtroom, addressing the judges and Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, Milosevic referred to the court as a “false tribunal.”</p>
<p>That phrase stuck in my mind. Milosevic’s English was adequate, but it was not flawless. Hence the picturesque turn of phrase he used. Had he been more fluent in idiomatic English he would have called it a “phony” or “bogus” tribunal. Instead he translated what he meant to say directly from his native Serbian with a result that was more amusing than academically precise. But no harm was done. In fact, under the circumstances the glaringly unidiomatic locution made his profound point even stronger.</p>
<p>Regrettably, Kaja Kallas has not disclosed technical details about the projected Tribunal which should be made available before the credibility of this venture can be properly assessed. There are several parameters that must be established before any such “court” can be taken seriously.</p>
<p>The first of these is a clear definition of the new judicial body’s mandate. It is not enough merely to say that it shall deal with war crimes and crimes against humanity arising from the conflict in the Ukraine since February 2022. Whose crimes will be the subject of the court’s investigation and ultimately judgment? Kallas’ rationale behind the creation of this court raises serious issues in that regard. She refers exclusively to “Russian crimes,” a reference also echoed by EU Commission President Ursula van den Leyen and EU Rule of Law Commissioner Michael McGrath. Has no one else been observed committing crimes in Ukraine during the period under consideration, or perhaps going back a bit further, to 2014? If there are any lingering doubts concerning this matter, which directly impacts the Tribunal’s objectivity, they were settled by the clarification on the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1169">European Commission posted on its website</a>:</p>
<p>“The Tribunal will have the power to investigate, prosecute and try Russian political and military leaders, who bear the greatest responsibility for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.”</p>
<p>The side that Kallas speaks for has called the military operations in the context of which the crimes the Tribunal is preparing to deal with are alleged to have occurred a “full scale” war. Does it appear credible, in a conflict of such broad scope, to a priori confine the commission and adjudication of crimes to only one side, and that even before the court had begun its work and any proper investigation could have taken place? Can such an approach win the trust and respect of the international community for the judicial body which engages in it? By “international community” we mean the world at large, not the relatively tiny portion of it grouped around the leading powers of the collective West. The reaction to the projected court’s proceedings of the international community in that inclusive sense of the term should be of some significance to Ukraine Tribunal’s sponsors and creators. There is a saying that “justice must not only be done, but seen to be done.” The customary judicial theatre, consisting of red robes worn by stern faced judges, no longer impresses anyone. The configuration of the world has changed and the 9 May event in Moscow was a vivid reflection of that transformation. A careless attitude to the appearance of justice would gravely undermine the new Tribunal’s capacity to accomplish its propaganda purpose and would make it stillborn. Have Kaja Kallas and her colleagues thought about that? Common sense dictates that their Tribunal should either pretend that it is judging even-handedly, or refrain from getting involved altogether.</p>
<p>It is unlikely that this Tribunal will follow either of the two courses of action outlined above. It cannot, because unlike the other False Tribunals in the Hague it is being set up in a manner that deliberately disregards even the simulacrum of judicial independence that could possibly fool anyone. It is the product of a treaty concluded between the European Commission and Ukraine, one of the parties in the conflict, which furthermore, at least in the initial stages of the operation, will be supplying the Tribunal with the “evidence” it will require to conduct its business. That arrangement suspiciously resembles what prevailed in the summer of 1943, when under German auspices Katyn victims were exhumed. It was Nazi German authorities that were providing field evidence of the crime to the “international commission” that was specifically set up by Goebbels to establish responsibility for the execution of captured Polish officers. The Goebbels Commission’s conclusions followed the predictable pattern.</p>
<p>Interestingly, the European Commission’s timeline for the formation of the Ukraine Tribunal states that <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_398">the project was launched in March 2022</a>, only a few weeks after the presumed “aggression” commenced, with a mandate to investigate “core international crimes committed in Ukraine.” It would be natural to ask how sufficient crimes of the required gravity and scope could have been committed in such short order to justify the initiation of such a complex undertaking? The answer is suggested further on in the same EC document: “Following the discoveries of atrocities committed in Bucha and other liberated areas of Ukraine, the Commission pledged to support the investigation and prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine.” Doesn’t that give the game away?</p>
<p>It also follows precisely the pattern originally introduced in Bosnia in the early 1990s to manufacture the rationale for establishing ICTY, the Hague Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The Ukraine Tribunal’s antecedents, as clearly admitted in the quoted text, go back to the false flag operation organised immediately following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Bucha in March 2022. As those with an unimpaired memory will recall, the propaganda mechanism used for the establishment of ICTY was also a false flag operation. It was staged in the Vasa Miskin Street in Sarajevo in May 1992, where as in Bucha innocent people were also callously sacrificed for a “higher” political purpose.</p>
<p>There is another highly indicative similarity which links the two fraudulent “Tribunals.” The Ukraine Tribunal makes no secret of the fundamental task assigned to it, and in fact it flaunts it. It is to indict the Russian side before any evidence had even been considered. That obligation necessarily preordains the Tribunal’s future verdicts. During the war in Bosnia, the same geopolitical actors were acting identically. Dubious “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/09/world/cia-report-on-bosnia-blames-serbs-for-90-of-the-war-crimes.html">intelligence assessments</a>” turned up in the hands of Madeleine Albright, who promptly disseminated them at the UN in order to set the stage for ICTY. These bogus findings claimed, without a shred of evidence or any methodological justification, that 90 percent of war crimes in Bosnia were committed by the Serbs, leaving but a tiny fraction that could have been committed by others. As in the present case, then also the designated culprits were marked in advance.</p>
<p>It is evident already, even before the Ukraine Tribunal’s formal inauguration, which is expected to take place in 2026, that it is a faint copy of its infamous predecessor and that nothing of consequence is likely to result from it. Had it been launched earlier, whilst Ukraine mania was still at its height, perhaps it could have had an impact. Since then however, Ukraine fatigue has set in and even some of the project’s major supporters are abandoning it, making the timing for this hare brained venture terrible. It will be a poor and ineffective imitation of a very flawed and largely useless original.</p>
<p>But there is no purpose in telling this to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jdmoNCxSqw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coke-snorting European leaders</a> who have lost whatever creativeness they ever had, sound judgement being an attribute that they never could boast.</p>
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Let’s just get on with the planned Istanbul peace talks on Thursday, whether or not Putin and Zelensky meet

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<p><strong><em>Zelensky should stop playing to the international press gallery in the hope that Russia cancels </em></strong></p>
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<p>As we gear up for the first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since the failed Istanbul talks of March 2022, a complex game of brinkmanship is underway.</p>
<p>Not surprisingly, in my view, President Putin ignored the coalition of the willing’s ultimatum to Russia to embark on an unconditional ceasefire for thirty days or face massive new sanctions. Instead he proposed what the Americans have been pushing for since Trump assumed office, direct bilateral talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday 15 May.</p>
<p>I have long argued that the only route out of the war in Ukraine is through talks. Compromise was offered by both sides in the first round of Istanbul talks in March 2022. Any new negotiations will require compromise from both sides, but the difference today is that the cards are more heavily stacked in Russia’s favour than they were in 2022.</p>
<p>Against this backdrop, President Zelensky has called on President Putin to meet him personally in Istanbul on Thursday. From my perspective, this appears an attempt to call off talks if Putin doesn’t show up.</p>
<p>Usually, when Heads of State meet, officials will have hammered out the negotiation for some time before hand. The leaders can then arrive and either sign on the dotted line or tackle the most difficult issues one on one. It’s now Tuesday 13 May. There is simply no way that Russian and Ukrainian officials will have lined up the framework for a deal for both leaders to sign in Istanbul on Thursday.</p>
<p>Even if Putin showed up on Thursday, Zelensky isn’t going to announce unilaterally that Ukraine is giving up its NATO ambition before the full negotiations have even started. Whether you agree or not, this is self-evidently Russia’s core ‘root cause’ of the war. The new German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul recently repeated the line that Ukraine’s path to NATO is irreversible, even though the Trump administration disagrees.</p>
<p>A form of words on Ukraine’s NATO aspiration that is agreeable to both sides in the war will take time to draft. And there’s a huge list of other detailed points that have to be addressed, including the line of control, the role of military forces from other states, the return of Ukrainian children, the protection of minority languages and so on.</p>
<p>Every statement that Zelensky has made since the war started has emphasised the need for the west to pile more pressure on Russia to ensure ultimate victory. He would meet Putin in Istanbul without the back slapping adulation that he receives in western capitals and with no pressure cards in his back pocket.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean I think a meeting shouldn’t happen, because I do. The image of both war times leaders meeting in Istanbul, however awkward and uncomfortable, could be deeply symbolic in announcing the commencement of long overdue peace talks between officials. They could agree, face to face, to maintain a ceasefire for as long as those peace talks continued.</p>
<p>But no leader likes to turn up to any international meeting without the preparatory ground work in place. There is deep enmity between Putin and Zelensky for obvious reasons. Given Zelensky’s penchant for publicity stunts, the Russian side would want to be absolutely sure that the choreography of any meeting and the deliverables – what they would announce, however limited – had been agreed.</p>
<p>Putin will know that if he does not now turn up to Istanbul that Zelensky will hit the international airwaves calling for massive sanctions. But that if he meets Zelensky and a comprehensive deal isn’t agreed there and then – a frankly impossible feat it seems to me – then the same calls for massive sanctions against Russia will be made.</p>
<p>Of course, Putin will also know that that Europe can’t muster new sanctions massive enough to make a difference at this late stage in the process, having exhausted most avenues since 2014. On Victory Day, Britain unilaterally announced the ‘biggest ever sanctions package’ against Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers. The idea that unseaworthy hulks are carrying illicit Russian oil into Britain is obviously fanciful. But in any case, with the global oil price now close to the G7 oil price cap on Russian oil, the idea of a shadow fleet, delivering oil at its market rate, has fallen away. Britain’s February sanctions package against 107 persons and entities was labelled the largest sanctions package since 2022. Let’s be clear, the biggest sanctions package against Russia was imposed in February 2022, and everything since that time has offered diminishing marginal returns.</p>
<p>But that’s not really the point. By trying to force a showdown in Istanbul, Zelensky may want to continue to paint Russia as the aggressor and to press the case for more military aid, having asked for three million new artillery shells during his recent trip to Prague. However, this war really must now end, having blighted over one million lives already.</p>
<p>Boris Johnson was wrong in March 2022 to discourage Zelensky from accepting the first Istanbul peace deal precisely because he could not back up the promise that he made; to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. Even though Britain continues to pump £4.5bn in yearly military aid into Ukraine, that sum pales against the free aid that the U.S. offered under Joe Biden.</p>
<p>Trump is offering nothing more now than to plunder Ukraine’s resources so that it can buy American weapons, and Europe cannot afford to make up the difference, for as long as it takes. Ukraine is still losing on the battlefield and now, apparently, treating its traumatised troops with ketamine to help them deal with the PTSD.</p>
<p>Despite significant risks around inflation and high interest rates caused by the enormous fiscal splurge on its war economy, Russia is still growing at a respectable rate. Europe is not.</p>
<p>For now, President Putin is keeping his powder dry by not responding to Zelensky’s relentless press stunts. It’s clear to me that Russia’s initiative of a second round of Istanbul peace talks from Thursday is essential in edging both sides closer to a cessation of the killing that should have ended over three years ago. Whether or not both leaders meet at the start or at the end of those negotiations, let’s just please get down to the business of talking.</p>
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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-flags-quantum-computing-as-risk-for-bitcoin-etfs"><em>Authored by Alex O'Donnell via CoinTelgraph.com,</em></a></p>

<p>Emerging technologies, including quantum computing, could potentially render the cryptography securing Bitcoin and other blockchain networks ineffective, asset manager BlackRock said in a regulatory filing. </p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/0193af68-3494-7912-9749-210fa81f.jpg?itok=ggMa9aH6" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/0193af68-3494-7912-9749-210fa81f.jpg?itok=ggMa9aH6"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a5c4bc2f-49f2-46e5-bbbe-81a457c7f3be" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/0193af68-3494-7912-9749-210fa81f.jpg?itok=ggMa9aH6" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>On May 9, BlackRock updated the registration statement for its iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT). The revised version addressed potential risks to the integrity of the Bitcoin network posed by quantum computing, the filing <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1980994/000143774925015853/bit20250418_posam.htm">shows</a>.</p>

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<p><em><strong>“[I]f quantum computing technology is able to advance […] it could potentially undermine the viability of many of the cryptographic algorithms used across the world’s information technology infrastructure, including the cryptographic algorithms used for digital assets like bitcoin,”</strong></em> BlackRock said.</p>
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<p>It is the first time the asset manager has explicitly flagged this risk in its IBIT disclosures. The IBIT ETF is the largest spot Bitcoin ETF, with approximately $64 billion in net assets, according to its website.</p>

<p><strong>Quantum computing is an emergent field that seeks to use the principles of quantum mechanics to greatly enhance computers’ processing capabilities. </strong></p>

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<p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1920962621919924347"><em>James Seyffart/Bloomberg Intelligence</em></a></p>

<h2>Record-breaking inflows</h2>

<p>James Seyffart, an analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, cautioned that risk disclosures such as IBIT’s are required to highlight every possible risk to an asset, even those that are extremely unlikely. </p>

<p>“They are going to highlight any potential thing that can go wrong with any product they list or underlying asset that’s being invested in,” Seyffart said in a May 9 X post. “It's completely standard. And honestly [it] makes complete sense.”</p>

<p>Since launching in January, Bitcoin ETFs have collectively attracted more than $41 billion in net inflows, <a href="https://farside.co.uk/btc/">according</a> to data from Farside Investors. </p>

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<p><em>Bitcoin ETF inflows reached all-time highs on May 8. Source: </em><a href="https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1920879466466996304"><em>Eric Balchunas/Bloomberg Intelligence</em></a></p>

<p>On May 8, Bitcoin ETF net inflows surpassed all-time highs of around $40 billion, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. </p>

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<p><em><strong>“Lifetime net flows is #1 most imp metric to watch IMO, very hard to grow, pure truth, no bs,”</strong> Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas <a href="https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1920879466466996304">said</a> in a May 9 X post. </em></p>

<p><em>“Impressive, they were able to make it to a new high water mark so soon after the world was supposed to end.”</em></p>
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<p>In February, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino predicted that quantum computing would eventually <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/quantum-computing-bitcoin-lost-wallet-threat-tether-ceo">enable hackers to break into inactive Bitcoin wallets</a> and recover the dormant coins. </p>

<p><em><strong>“Any Bitcoin in lost wallets, including Satoshi (if not alive), will be hacked and put back in circulation,” </strong></em>Ardoino <a href="https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1888259298641191049">said</a> in a Feb. 8 X post.</p>
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title: The Dangerous Omission from U.S. Mideast Peace Plan
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title: Nvidia, AMD Secure Saudi AI Data Center Deals During Trump's Gulf States Tour
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Nvidia, AMD Secure Saudi AI Data Center Deals During Trump's Gulf States Tour </span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Several U.S. tech companies announced big AI deals in the Middle East after the White House announced the <strong>kingdom's commitment to invest $600 billion in the U.S.</strong></p>

<p>Among the largest deals, <strong>Nvidia will supply 18,000 of its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to Humain,</strong> an AI startup just launched by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.</p>

<p>Tuesday's announcement comes as part of the White House's Gulf tour, which includes President Trump and top CEOs.</p>

<p>"I am so delighted to be here to help celebrate the grand opening, the beginning of Humain," CEO Jensen Huang told the audience at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday, adding, "It is an incredible vision, indeed, that Saudi Arabia should build the AI infrastructure of your nation so that you could participate and help shape the future of this incredibly transformative technology."</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">A New Chapter of Global Technological Leadership — Born in Riyadh!<br><br>
Today at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaudiUSForum2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaudiUSForum2025</a>, history was made.<br><br>
Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN and Jensen Huang, visionary CEO of NVIDIA, announced a groundbreaking partnership that is setting a new global benchmark: building AI… <a href="https://t.co/Vm6ncjYCrA">pic.twitter.com/Vm6ncjYCrA</a></p>
— Dr Khalid AlShaigi د خالد الشايقي MD MTEI MDI MHI (@K_Alshaigi) <a href="https://twitter.com/K_Alshaigi/status/1922312407038492720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Huang said that AI data centers are power-hungry, and the energy-rich country can use Nvidia's technology to unlock new capabilities. </p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">NEWS: NVIDIA and HUMAIN, an AI subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, announced plans to build AI factories that will transform the country into a global AI leader.<br><br>
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang participated in a state visit today to share how this effort… <a href="https://t.co/4Au6NxvTQ6">pic.twitter.com/4Au6NxvTQ6</a></p>
— NVIDIA Newsroom (@nvidianewsroom) <a href="https://twitter.com/nvidianewsroom/status/1922299087979974742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Humain plans to develop Arabic versions of large language models. CEO Tareq Amin said the startup would build 1.9 gigawatts of data centers by the decade's end. He anticipates Nvidia's technology will power AI factories across the Middle East. </p>

<p>Here are the AI deals that were announced:</p>

<ul><li>
	<p><strong>N<em>vidia</em></strong><em> will supply hundreds of thousands of AI chips to Saudi Arabia, starting with 18,000 Blackwell GPUs for Humain, a newly launched AI firm backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.</em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em><strong>AMD</strong> announced a $10 billion collaboration with Humain to deploy 500 megawatts of AI infrastructure, including CPUs, GPUs, and orchestration software.</em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em><strong>Qualcomm</strong> signed an MoU with Humain to develop server CPUs for future data centers.</em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em>Saudi firm <strong>DataVolt</strong> will invest $20 billion in U.S. AI data centers and energy infrastructure.</em></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p><em><strong>Google, Oracle, Salesforce, AMD, Uber, and DataVolt</strong> will invest $80 billion into transformative technologies across both countries.</em></p>
	</li>
</ul><p>Trump's Gulf tour aims to ramp up trillions of investments between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. </p>

<p>Outside of chips, the White House announced a $142 billion defense deal with the kingdom to provide "state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services from over a dozen U.S. defense firms." This is nearly double Saudi Arabia's 2025 defense budget. </p>

<p><strong>Tuesday's announcement highlights how Nvidia's chips have become a bargaining tool for the Trump administration. </strong></p>

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guid: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/12610/ocean-oeufs-biodiversite-poissons-cb
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<p>Dans la baie Howe, l'état de santé de ce « petit poisson qui fait de grandes choses » est surveillé de près.</p>

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guid: https://gript.ie/?p=330573
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/LIVE-THUMBNAIL-copy-2.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>Dear Reader,</strong></p>
<p>It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a media outlet that blames everything on the “far right” in Ireland, then you don’t have to go far to find one. If, by contrast, you are looking for a media outlet that looks beyond that cheap sloganeering, and tries to understand and report on the real concerns held by ordinary people – and a good few prominent people, albeit privately – then that is what we try to do here.</p>
<p>But we cannot do it without your support, and your subscription.</p>
<p>We reject Government funding, because, in our view, that would be the end of our independence. The moment we did so, we would begin looking over our shoulder, and wondering if our coverage of a particular issue might lead to that money being taken away. In time – not all at once, but slowly and inexorably – we would become just another safe, consensus, state-funded voice.</p>
<p>But there’s a bargain to be struck here: If you value our independence, then you must support it. If you want us to be answerable to you, then you must take a stake in our work.</p>
<p>What we try to do here is to be open, honest, and brave. That does not mean that you will always agree with us. It does mean that there will be times when we will annoy you, and publish things you disagree with: That’s part of the deal. We are independent, not servants of one cause, or another.</p>
<p>That is what media is supposed to be, but too often in Ireland no longer is. We are trying to change that, and we need your help. I am, therefore, asking for it, and would deeply appreciate a subscription at the level you can afford.</p>
<p>With gratitude,</p>
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_7482.jpeg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>Dear Reader,</strong></p>
<p>It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a media outlet that blames everything on the “far right” in Ireland, then you don’t have to go far to find one. If, by contrast, you are looking for a media outlet that looks beyond that cheap sloganeering, and tries to understand and report on the real concerns held by ordinary people – and a good few prominent people, albeit privately – then that is what we try to do here.</p>
<p>But we cannot do it without your support, and your subscription.</p>
<p>We reject Government funding, because, in our view, that would be the end of our independence. The moment we did so, we would begin looking over our shoulder, and wondering if our coverage of a particular issue might lead to that money being taken away. In time – not all at once, but slowly and inexorably – we would become just another safe, consensus, state-funded voice.</p>
<p>But there’s a bargain to be struck here: If you value our independence, then you must support it. If you want us to be answerable to you, then you must take a stake in our work.</p>
<p>What we try to do here is to be open, honest, and brave. That does not mean that you will always agree with us. It does mean that there will be times when we will annoy you, and publish things you disagree with: That’s part of the deal. We are independent, not servants of one cause, or another.</p>
<p>That is what media is supposed to be, but too often in Ireland no longer is. We are trying to change that, and we need your help. I am, therefore, asking for it, and would deeply appreciate a subscription at the level you can afford.</p>
<p>With gratitude,</p>
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title: EPA: Over half of septic tanks fail inspections
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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Septic_tank_Bolduc.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>Dear Reader,</strong></p>
<p>It is a simple statement of fact that if you are looking for diversity of thought in the Irish media, you will struggle to find it. That is why we founded Gript – to serve the gap in the market left by so many of our colleagues, when they decided that the job of journalists was not to challenge consensus thought, but to herd around it, and defend it fiercely.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a media outlet that blames everything on the “far right” in Ireland, then you don’t have to go far to find one. If, by contrast, you are looking for a media outlet that looks beyond that cheap sloganeering, and tries to understand and report on the real concerns held by ordinary people – and a good few prominent people, albeit privately – then that is what we try to do here.</p>
<p>But we cannot do it without your support, and your subscription.</p>
<p>We reject Government funding, because, in our view, that would be the end of our independence. The moment we did so, we would begin looking over our shoulder, and wondering if our coverage of a particular issue might lead to that money being taken away. In time – not all at once, but slowly and inexorably – we would become just another safe, consensus, state-funded voice.</p>
<p>But there’s a bargain to be struck here: If you value our independence, then you must support it. If you want us to be answerable to you, then you must take a stake in our work.</p>
<p>What we try to do here is to be open, honest, and brave. That does not mean that you will always agree with us. It does mean that there will be times when we will annoy you, and publish things you disagree with: That’s part of the deal. We are independent, not servants of one cause, or another.</p>
<p>That is what media is supposed to be, but too often in Ireland no longer is. We are trying to change that, and we need your help. I am, therefore, asking for it, and would deeply appreciate a subscription at the level you can afford.</p>
<p>With gratitude,</p>
<p><strong>John</strong></p>


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<p>L'environnement de travail de la médecin estrienne Marie-Faye Galarneau a mis sa patience à rude épreuve.</p>

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guid: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/?p=138994
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<p>An Example of the Filth that Democrats Elect to Congress</p>
<p><a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1921224863747891595">https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1921224863747891595</a></p>

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https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/05/14/an-example-of-the-filth-that-democrats-elect-to-congress/


guid: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/?p=138996
title: The West Uses Agreements to Deceive Its Opponents
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<p>Peter Koenig tells us that “Most everything we see is not what it appears to be”</p>
<p>President Trump’s tariff war is like a huge TV screen to deviate people’s attention from what happens behind the screen. For example, did you know that the much propagated dissolution of USAID – for so called reasons of corruption and hundreds of billions spent for clandestine regime change preparations around the world, – was actually not dissolved, but discretely transferred to the State Department – where it is safe under Marco Rubio supervision (see Whitney Webb’s analysis, below) .</p>
<p>Thinking about it, wouldn’t it be naïve to imagine that the US / Washington would voluntarily give up such an efficient apparatus like USAID that helped fund the Kiev Maidan Coup in February 2014 – the origin of the current Ukraine – Russia (US-proxy) war (a multi-multi-billion dollar money machine for the war industry on both sides of the Atlantic), and is funding thousands of so-called NGOs, infiltrating governments around the globe,, as spy and regime change prep-agents.</p>
<p>Why would anyone believe the US government would just discard an  efficient clandestine extended arm of the CIA, as was USAID? – Now, the same CIA tool will be more camouflaged, less visible, within the maze of the US State Department which is also funding The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), known for worldwide regime-change operations, and funding of terror groups in countries where the US seeks a reason to invade and “clean up” the terrorists it created.</p>
<p>Such, for example, are the origins of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS – and many, many more – mostly created in  close “cooperation” with the UK (MI6) and the Israeli Mossad – and of course the US-CIA.</p>
<p>One of President Trump’s closest ally, Elon Musk, found that hundreds of billions of dollars could be saved if USAID would disappear. Musk was given the newly invented Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to discover such aberrations. Of course he did. And he may discover many more of such wasteful agencies, discard them on the surface – on the public TV screen – just to continue them behind the screen, disguised in another dress.</p>
<p>Tariff wars and such “aberrations” – useless spending – is what you can see on the “television screen”, keeps your attention fixed on sensation, while behind the screen, behind the curtain – wars are planned and funded and Peace efforts drowned, because they do not serve the profit greed of the war / killing industries.</p>
<p>The Tariff War is really not a worldwide tariff war, but a “confrontation” sought with China, by the Trump Administration. China plays along, as China never seeks and entertains confrontations. It is not in the Chinese DNA. China’s policies and long-term visions are marked by the the thousands of years-old DAO philosophy. Among other mantras it teaches: Never confront an adversary – submit yourself and play along with it – and in the end you will win.</p>
<p>The non-confrontation lesson, is what we should learn in the west.</p>
<p>We – the world – would live in Peace, and we would all win.</p>
<p>peter</p>
<p> </p>
<p>————<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><b>The US-China Tariff War</b> (13 May 2025)</p>
<p><b><i>PressTV Interview on Tariff Negotiations in Geneva (Loose Transcript) </i></b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-china-tariff-war-peter-koenig/5886721">https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-china-tariff-war-peter-koenig/5886721 </a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>President Trump’s tariff war is like a huge TV screen to deviate people’s attention from what happens behind the screen. For example, did you know that the much propagated dissolution of USAID – for so called reasons of corruption and hundreds of billions spent for clandestine regime change preparations around the world, was actually not dissolved, but discretely transferred to the State Department – where it is safe under Marco Rubio supervision.</p>
<p>Thinking about it, wouldn’t it be naïve to imagine that the US / Washington would voluntarily give up such an efficient apparatus like USAID, which helped fund the Kiev Maidan Coup in February 2014 — the origin of the current US-proxy war against Russia in Ukraine–a multi-billion dollar money machine for the war industry on both sides of the Atlantic–and is funding thousands of so-called NGOs, infiltrating governments around the globe as spy and regime change prep-agents.</p>
<p>Why would anyone believe the US government would just discard an  efficient clandestine extended arm of the CIA, as was USAID? – Now, the same CIA tool will be more camouflaged, less visible, within the maze of the US State Department which is also funding The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), known for worldwide regime-change operations, and funding of terror groups in countries where the US seeks a reason to invade and and finds it in the need to “clean up” the terrorists it created.</p>
<p>Such, for example, are the origins of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS – and many, many more – mostly created in  close “cooperation” with the UK (MI6) and the Israeli Mossad – and of course the US-CIA.</p>
<p>One of President Trump’s closest allies, Elon Musk, found that hundreds of billions of dollars could be saved if USAID would disappear. Musk was given the newly invented Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to discover such aberrations. Of course he did. And he may discover many more of such wasteful agencies, discard them on the surface — on the public TV screen — just to continue them behind the screen, disguised in another dress.</p>
<p>Tariff wars and such “aberrations” is what you can see on the “television screen.” It keeps your attention fixed on sensation, while behind the screen, behind the curtain wars are planned and funded and peace efforts drown, because they do not serve the profit greed of the war killing industries.</p>
<p>The Tariff War is really not a worldwide tariff war, but a “confrontation” sought with China, by the Trump Administration. China plays along, as China never seeks and entertains confrontations. It is not in the Chinese DNA. China’s policies and long-term visions are marked by the thousands of years-old DAO philosophy which teaches: Never confront an adversary, submit yourself and play along with it and in the end you will win.</p>
<p>The non-confrontation lesson, is what we should learn in the west. The world would live in Peace, and we would all win.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>————<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><b>The US-China Tariff War</b> (13 May 2025)</p>
<p><b><i>PressTV Interview on Tariff Negotiations in Geneva</i></b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-china-tariff-war-peter-koenig/5886721">https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-us-china-tariff-war-peter-koenig/5886721 </a></p>


guid: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/?p=138998
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<p>Trump envoy reveals NATO troop deployment plans for Ukraine</p>
<p>Paul Craig Roberts<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>I have been wondering if the Trump regime’s peace negotiations are sincere.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The plan revealed by Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg indicates that the negotiations are not sincere.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Putin, Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Shoigu, the former Minister of Defense, have all made it clear that NATO troops in Ukraine are unacceptable and could result in World War III.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>So why has Kellogg supported, or arranged, a joint statement by the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK pledging “robust security guarantees for Ukraine,” consisting of “a coalition of air, land, and maritime reassurance forces that could help create confidence in any future peace and support the regeneration of Ukraine’s armed forces.”<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This is certainly not the de-militarization of Ukraine that the Kremlin requires, and protection by NATO forces is the same as being a member of NATO.</p>
<p>Putin has brought this upon Russia by his and his foreign minister’s continuous bleating for a negotiated settlement. For more than three years Putin has avoided a military victory.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The explanation I offer is that he saw in the conflict what he thought was an opportunity to use it to reach a great power settlement, like the mutual security agreement with the West that he and his foreign minister tried to achieve during December 2021 and February 2022. <span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Putin’s failure to be prepared for conflict with the West in Ukraine and his withholding of military victory has produced a dangerous situation. Putin’s toleration of a never-ending conflict has widened the conflict into missile strikes deep into Russia and the recent closing of all Moscow airports as a result of drone attacks.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This must raise the question among Russians of Putin’s effectiveness as a war leader.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>One result is that the West has so little regard for Putin that despite his dire warning the West is planning to station NATO forces in Ukraine.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>It would have been much better if Putin had gone about the business of winning the war instead of trying to use it to negotiate a settlement with the West.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The result of Putin’s failure to fight to win is likely to be a much wider war.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/617483-nato-europe-troops-ukraine/">https://www.rt.com/news/617483-nato-europe-troops-ukraine/</a><span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Does the Kremlin realize that the purpose of  Washington’s “Ukraine peace negotiations” is to sequence Washington’s wars with Russia and China because Washington doesn’t have the ability to take them on simultaneously? Does the Kremlin realize that the negotiations are not sincere and are being used to extract Washington from the conflict and to substitute NATO in order for Washington to be able to focus on China, regarded as the strongest opponent?  It is clear that Washington regards Russia and China as opponents to be defeated.  Are the “peace negotiations” being used to cause wars, not end them?</p>
<p><span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>

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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Coming "Back To Life": Burberry On Track For Best Weekly Performance Since Early 2009 </span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Burberry's earnings report, released Wednesday, indicates modest but encouraging progress in its strategic turnaround. One Wall Street analyst remarked that the iconic British trench-coat maker is "<strong>showing signs of life</strong>," with early traction visible in brand repositioning efforts. While demand remains soft in key markets like China and the U.S., operational improvements suggest the brand may be approaching an <strong>inflection point</strong> that deserves investors' attention. </p>

<p>Despite a year-over-year decline in revenue and profitability, Burberry delivered several above-consensus results, including sales that fell less than expected in the fourth quarter, while its full-year operating profit and margin beat Bloomberg Consensus estimates. Mainland China and the U.S. remain weak spots for demand. </p>

<p>The results suggest the worst may be behind, and with improved execution, Burberry could be at the start of a recovery phase... </p>

<blockquote>
<p><u><strong>Fourth-Quarter Results:</strong></u></p>

<p><strong>Retail comparable sales</strong> fell <strong>6%</strong>, <em>better than expectations</em> of -7.78% (Bloomberg Consensus) </p>

<ul><li><strong>Asia Pacific</strong>: -9% vs. -10.5% est.</li>
	<li><strong>Mainland China</strong>: -8% vs. -9.5% est.</li>
	<li><strong>EMEIA</strong> (Europe, Middle East, India, Africa): -4% vs. -5.53% est.</li>
	<li><strong>Americas</strong>: -4% vs. -2.76% est. (<em>slightly worse than expected</em>)</li>
</ul><p><u><strong>Full-Year Results:</strong></u></p>

<p><strong>Adjusted pretax loss</strong> of <strong>£37M</strong> vs. <strong>£44.8M loss expected</strong> (<em>better than forecast</em>).</p>

<p><strong>Retail comparable sales</strong> -12%, estimate -13.1%</p>

<p><strong>Revenue</strong> matched expectations at <strong>£2.46B</strong>, but fell <strong>17% y/y</strong>.</p>

<ul><li><strong>Retail sales</strong>: -14% y/y; slightly ahead of consensus.</li>
	<li><strong>Wholesale</strong>: -37% y/y; in line with estimates.</li>
	<li><strong>Licensing</strong>: +6.5% y/y; <em>beat expectations</em>.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Adjusted operating profit</strong>: £26M vs. £4.65M est. (<em>significant beat</em>, though down 94% y/y).</p>

<p><strong>Adjusted operating margin</strong>: <strong>1%</strong> vs. <strong>0.25% est.</strong> (down from 14.1% y/y).</p>

<p><strong>Adjusted EPS</strong>: loss of <strong>14.8p</strong> vs. loss of <strong>10.4p est.</strong></p>

<p><strong>No dividend declared</strong> (0p, as expected).</p>
</blockquote>

<p>CEO Joshua Schulman, who joined the company last July, recently unveiled 'Burberry Forward' to revive the faltering brand and boost popularity for its outerwear products and expensive trench coats.</p>

<p>Schulman expanded his turnaround strategy today with a plan to deliver $80 million in cost savings over the next two years, driven partly by a workforce reduction of 1,700 jobs—approximately 18% of total headcount. The move comes amid a broader global slowdown in luxury demand as the company looks to streamline operations and protect margins.</p>

<p>In markets, Burberry shares in London jumped 15% during the cash session. For the week, up nearly 24% - and if gains hold through Friday, this could be the company's best weekly stock performance since the first week of April 2009.</p>

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<p>Shares are trading at 2010 lows...</p>

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<p>Analyst commentary on the earnings report was mostly positive but cautious. </p>

<p><strong>Goldman analyst Louise Singlehurst and Adrien Duverger</strong> provided clients earlier with their first take on the report:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>GS View: We think performance in 2H25, and the focus on strong cost control, demonstrates the pace of execution at Burberry. Despite the tough environment, we note that inventory was -7% cFX (ahead of guidance of broadly at least flat) which we also expect reflects that Q4 trading was ahead of company expectations. The key is the additional cost savings target: we see as this as providing increased confidence for investors on the recovery in EBIT, whilst enabling Burberry to invest in the brand's re-acceleration. We note that post FY25 adjusted EBIT of £26m, Visible Alpha Consensus Data adj EBIT for FY26 is at £138m (GSE £125m). We remain Neutral.</em></p>
</blockquote>

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<p>Additional commentary from other Wall Street desks (courtesy of Bloomberg):</p>

<blockquote>
<p><strong>Deutsche Bank (buy)</strong></p>

<ul><li><em>Burberry is showing further progress on its brand turnaround, says analyst Adam Cochrane; an improvement in sales will be the key factor for investors over the next 12 months</em></li>
	<li><em>Outerwear and scarves were better than average, while leather goods were weaker</em></li>
</ul><p><strong>Jefferies (underperform)</strong></p>

<ul><li><em>Burberry's results suggest the brand's turnaround case is in slow-burn mode, writes analyst James Grzinic, given fourth- quarter sales momentum has not built on the third-quarter sequential improvement</em></li>
	<li><em>Reference to a toughening backdrop and a back-end loading to this year's delivery implies a mixed start to the new year on the sales front</em></li>
</ul><p><strong>Citi (buy)</strong></p>

<ul><li><em>Burberry is coming "back to life," writes analyst Thomas Chauvet, with the company's robust strategic plan set to unlock value in the medium term</em></li>
	<li><em>Patience is needed, but the potential rewards now outweigh the risks</em></li>
</ul><p><strong>RBC Capital Markets (outperform)</strong></p>

<ul><li><em>Burberry's results are "an encouraging first step," says analyst Piral Dadhania, with management pursuing the right strategy to reset the business</em></li>
	<li><em>This should, in time, support a return to positive revenue and profit growth</em></li>
</ul><p><strong>Bernstein (outperform)</strong></p>

<ul><li><em>Burberry's earnings look like a small beat on low expectations, writes analyst Luca Solca, which the market will take as an "encouraging sign"</em></li>
	<li><em>However, the new Burberry is yet to appear, given the new CEO arrived just before the SS25 fashion show</em></li>
</ul></blockquote>

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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>US equity futures are modestly in the green with tech/AI stocks leading and small caps lagging as equities may see some profit-taking given the relentless strength of the rally. Stocks has now erased their YTD losses, <strong>and the recovery pace of the past 6 weeks is the fastest since the 1980s. </strong>As of 8:00am ET, S&amp;P futures are up 0.2%, near session highs after reversing earlier losses; Nasdaq futures gain 0.4% with chips higher on new deals being made by Trump in the Middle East regarding chips/AI infra build. Pre-mkt, NVDA/TSLA are higher with the rest of Mag7 mixed but Semis are higher though other Cyclicals are slightly weaker. AI theme is higher, too. The yield curve is twisting steeper as USD strength fizzles sparked by concerns Trump may turn to dollar strength next (following overnight Bloomberg report there was discussion between US and SKorea on dollar strength). Commodities are lower as Energy sells off, and gold is flat around $3220. The macro data focus is on mortgage applications (up 1.1%) and XHB is +5% over the last two days.</p>

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<p>In premarket trading, magnificent seven stocks are mixed: Nvidia leads gainers as the semiconductor giant is on track to extend gains after a deal to supply chips to Saudi Arabian AI company Humain for a massive data center project (Nvidia +3%, Tesla +2%, Alphabet +0.6%, Meta +0.7%, Amazon +0.2%, Apple -0.3%, Microsoft -0.3%).  Super Micro Computer (SMCI) rises 14%, set to extend Tuesday’s 16% rally, after Saudi Arabia-based data center company DataVolt signs a multi-year partnership agreement with the beleaguered US company. Here are some other notable premarket movers:</p>

<ul><li>American Eagle (AEO) slumps 12% after the retailer withdrew its fiscal year 2025 guidance due to macroeconomic uncertainty.</li>
	<li>Aurora Innovation (AUR) plunges 18% after Uber, a leading backer, said it plans to sell $1 billion of senior notes exchangeable into shares of the self-driving technology developer.</li>
	<li>Cboe Global Markets Inc. (CBOE) slips 1.5% after Morgan Stanley double downgraded the stock, recommending lower defensives exposure on the back of greater than expected tariff de-escalation between China and the US.</li>
	<li>Dynatrace (DT) rises 3% after the analytics platform company forecast 1Q revenue that beat the average analyst estimate.</li>
	<li>Exelixis (EXEL) climbs 4% after the maker of cancer drug Cabometyx raised its projection for revenue this year.</li>
	<li>Grail Inc. (GRAL) tumbles 13% after the cancer-detection firm posted 1Q revenue that fell short of expectations.</li>
	<li>KKR (KKR) rises 1.8% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the private equity firm to overweight, recommending it as a way to play the anticipated capital markets recovery.</li>
	<li>Nu Holdings Ltd. (NU) slips 2% after the company posted 1Q results that showed higher spending to attract new clients and protect against potential bad loans.</li>
	<li>Septerna (SEPN) soars 62% after the biotech said it’s partnering with Novo Nordisk A/S on the development of oral pills for obesity and type-2 diabetes.</li>
</ul><p>After the recent faceripping rally left the S&amp;P 500 flat for the year, Wall Street strategists - who were skeptical stocks would rebound at all - are now skeptical about how much further stocks can run. Goldman Sachs strategist Peter Oppenheimer warned that equities remain vulnerable if deteriorating economic data reignites recession worries.</p>

<p><strong>“Investors got very bearish in April, missed the market rebound and then were forced to chase it,</strong>” said Lilian Chovin, head of asset allocation at Coutts &amp; Co. With focus shifting to the impact of tariffs, he’s using the rebound to take some profit and reduce his equities overweight.</p>

<p>After its recent rally, the dollar weakened 0.4% after Bloomberg reported that the US and South Korea discussed their currency policies in early May, fueling speculation President Donald Trump’s administration is open to a weaker greenback. The won jumped more than 1% and neighboring currencies, including the Japanese yen, also rose against the dollar. </p>

<p>Investors took news of the talks between South Korea and the US as reason to suspect foreign governments may accept strength in their exchange rates to smooth the way to trade deals with the US. Trump and other administration officials have argued weakness in Asian currencies versus the dollar have handed an unfair advantage for regional exporters over US rivals.</p>

<p>In Europe, the Stoxx 600 dipped 0.2% as stocks paused for breath after the rally spurred by trade optimism. Insurance, utility and telecoms stocks outperform, while autos and consumer products lag. Among individual stocks, Burberry surges after the luxury group’s fourth-quarter retail sales beat estimates and the company announced plans to cut almost a fifth of its workforce.  Shares in tour operator TUI slide after summer bookings showed a negative inflection. Here are some of the more notable movers:</p>

<ul><li>Burberry shares rise as much as 9.9% after the British luxury group’s 4Q retail sales beat estimates, sparking hopes among analysts that the company is seeing the early signs of a turnaround.</li>
	<li>EON shares advance as much as 1.6% after the German utility reported strong first-quarter figures, with analysts saying consensus estimates are likely to rise after the report.</li>
	<li>ABN Amro shares outperform as the lender reports a 1Q profit that was bigger than expected, while strong capital fueled share buyback optimism. Lending revenue was disappointing, RBC analysts said.</li>
	<li>Imperial Brands shares drop as much as 8.3%. The tobacco firm’s earnings missed expectations amid declines in volumes and its CEO’s decision to retire caught investors off-guard.</li>
	<li>FLSmidth shares gain as much as 13% to a two-month high after posting a “whopping” 24% beat on first-quarter adjusted Ebitda, according to Jefferies.</li>
	<li>Compass shares fall as much 4.8% as organic growth at the catering firm is slightly below some estimates, with some concern over North America revenue. Panmure Liberum questions the current valuation.</li>
	<li>TUI shares slide as much as 11%, most in three months, after the tour and travel operator signaled a negative bookings inflection for the key summer season.</li>
	<li>Experian shares fall as much as 1.8% after the UK credit and marketing firm reported in-line earnings and offered organic revenue guidance slightly below expectations.</li>
	<li>Alcon shares slide as much as 9.5%, the most since March 2020, after first-quarter results from the Swiss eyecare firm missed estimates across the board.</li>
	<li>Alstom shares slump as much as 17% after the French transport system company’s earnings. Morgan Stanley says the quarterly print is ahead “but the softer guidance will likely be the focus.”</li>
	<li>InPost shares drop as much as 8.3% after the parcel locker operator guided for softer volumes in Poland in 2Q.</li>
	<li>Spirax shares fall as much as 5.6% after a first-quarter update from the UK engineering services firm that Morgan Stanley says contained both positives and negatives.</li>
</ul><p>Earlier in the session, Asian stocks rose, on track for a fourth-straight session of gains, as Chinese tech firms climbed ahead of earnings announcements.  The MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced as much as 1.1%, with Tencent and Alibaba among the biggest boosts. Chipmakers TSMC and SK Hynix also drove gains, following US peers higher after news that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will supply semiconductors for a large Saudi Arabian data-center project. Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia led gains in the region. Japanese stocks bucked the trend, with the benchmark Topix snapping a 13-day win streak, as worries about the nation’s continued lack of a tariff deal with the US and weak earnings from the auto sector drove profit-taking. Traders are looking to China’s tech earnings as another possible catalyst for stocks after this week’s US-China tariff cuts. The results could provide clues on whether the sector’s artificial intelligence-driven rally is back on track, which may offset lingering doubts over the potential for final deals between US and its trading partners.</p>

<p>In FX, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is down 0.5% as the greenback falls across the board after Bloomberg reported the US and South Korea discussed their currency policies in early May and agreed to continue talks, according to a person familiar with the matter. The South Korean won rises 1.7%. The Japanese yen is the best performing G-10 currency with a 1.1% gain.</p>

<p>In rates, the 10-year Treasury yields are higher by 1basis point at 4.48%, reversing an earlier drop. US 2- to 10-year yields are 1bp-2bp cheaper on the day led by the 5-year, with long-end little changed, steepening 5s30s by about 1bp. UK gilts lag Treasuries slightly after an auction of 10-year debt.</p>

<p>In commodities, WTI drops 1% to $63 a barrel. Spot gold falls $20 to around $3,230/oz. Bitcoin falls over 1% toward $103,000.</p>

<p>The US economic data slate is blank; scheduled Fed speakers include Jefferson (9:10am) and Daly (5:40pm)</p>

<p><strong>Market Snapshot</strong></p>

<ul><li>S&amp;P 500 mini +0.2% </li>
	<li>Nasdaq 100 0.4% </li>
	<li>Russell 2000 mini -0.1%</li>
	<li>Stoxx Europe 600 -0.4%</li>
	<li>DAX -0.6%</li>
	<li>CAC 40 -0.7%</li>
	<li>10-year Treasury yield little changed at 4.46%</li>
	<li>VIX +0.1 points at 18.34</li>
	<li>Bloomberg Dollar Index -0.5% at 1224.7</li>
	<li>euro +0.7% at $1.1259</li>
	<li>WTI crude -0.8% at $63.18/barrel</li>
</ul><p><strong>Top Overnight News</strong></p>

<ul><li>House Republicans may reach a SALT deduction compromise today, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. A proposal is being debated to increasing the cap to $30,000 from $10,000. BBG</li>
	<li>Trump’s tariff policies are projected to cut California’s tax revenue by $16 billion in the next fiscal year, Governor Gavin Newsom’s finance department said. BBG</li>
	<li>Qatar Airways is set to announce that it secured an agreement to purchase 150 aircraft from Boeing while President Trump is in Doha on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NewsNation. The Hill</li>
	<li>China criticizes the US-UK trade deal, warning that Washington shouldn’t pursue agreements that isolate Beijing. FT</li>
	<li>Companies expected to rush inventory to the US from China ahead of the holidays to capitalize on the 90-day détente between the two countries. FT</li>
	<li>Japan’s PPI slowed more than expected to 0.2% in April. BBG</li>
	<li>Trade talks between India and the US are progressing smoothly, with the first tranche of a deal expected by fall, according to people familiar with the discussions. However, it’s unclear if India can secure an interim deal by early July, when Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are expected to kick in. BBG</li>
	<li>Joachim Nagel said markets were close to a meltdown after last month’s US trade announcements. The ECB’s Governing Council member said he couldn’t see how raising barriers to free trade would produce positive outcomes for the US. BBG</li>
	<li>The BOE’s Catherine Mann told CNBC she flipped her vote from a bumper interest-rate cut to a pause because sharp moves on markets had lowered borrowing costs and provided enough easing of financial conditions. BBG</li>
	<li>Fed's Goolsbee (2025 Voter) says some part of April inflation represents the lagged nature of data and the Fed is still holding its breath. It will take time for current inflation trends to show up in data. Right now is a time for the Fed to wait for more information and try get past the noise in the data. Cannot jump to conclusions about long-term trends given all the short term volatility.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Tariffs/Trade</strong></p>

<ul><li>White House economic adviser Hassett said the administration has more than 20-25 deals on the table with deals close to being finalised and when President Trump returns, he will announce the next deal, according to a Fox interview.</li>
	<li>US-China trade ceasefire is to drive early Black Friday and Christmas stockpiling with ports and shipping companies expecting a surge in demand as retailers take advantage of lower tariffs on Chinese imports, according to the FT.</li>
	<li>China criticised a trade deal between the UK and US that could be used to squeeze Chinese products out of British supply chains, according to the FT.</li>
	<li>Mexico's Economy Minister said they hope to start the USMCA review as soon as possible to give consumers and investors clarity.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Top Overnight News</strong></p>

<ul><li>White House economic adviser Hassett said the administration has more than 20-25 deals on the table with deals close to being finalised and when President Trump returns, he will announce the next deal, according to a Fox interview.</li>
	<li>US-China trade ceasefire is to drive early Black Friday and Christmas stockpiling with ports and shipping companies expecting a surge in demand as retailers take advantage of lower tariffs on Chinese imports, according to the FT.</li>
	<li>China criticised a trade deal between the UK and US that could be used to squeeze Chinese products out of British supply chains, according to the FT.</li>
	<li>Mexico's Economy Minister said they hope to start the USMCA review as soon as possible to give consumers and investors clarity.</li>
</ul><p><em>A more detailed look at global markets courtesy of Newsquawk</em></p>

<p><strong>APAC stocks traded somewhat mixed but with the region predominantly in the green following the momentum from the constructive performance on Wall St, where most major indices closed higher in the aftermath of the softer-than-expected US CPI data, </strong>although demand was contained overnight amid a lack of fresh major catalysts and as participants digested earnings releases. ASX 200 lacked firm direction as strength in energy and tech was counterbalanced by weakness in utilities and consumer stocks, while financials were rangebound despite Australia's largest bank CBA reporting an increase in profits. Nikkei 225 wiped out opening gains and briefly reverted to a sub-38,000 level with the list of worst performers in the index dominated by companies that had just reported earnings results. Hang Seng and Shanghai Comp gained amid strength in Chinese healthcare stocks and tech names leading the upside in Hong Kong ahead of Tencent and Alibaba earnings results scheduled for today and tomorrow, respectively, while the upside in the mainland was limited amid a lack of major fresh catalysts.</p>

<p><em>Top Asian News</em></p>

<ul><li><strong>South Korea is preparing support measures for small and medium-sized firms expected to be hit by tariffs,</strong> according to Reuters citing the government.</li>
	<li><strong>CATL (300750 CH/3750 HK)</strong> is reportedly to set a price of HKD 263/shr for its upcoming Hong Kong listing, via Reuters citing sources; to increase the HK listing size by 17.7mln shares.</li>
	<li><strong>Foxconn (2317 TW)</strong> Q1 (TWD): net 42.12bln (exp. 37.9bln); operating 46.5bln (exp. 46.3bln), revenue 1.64tln (exp. 1.65tln); expects 2025 revenue to see significant growth Y/Y (prev. exp. to grow "strongly").</li>
	<li><strong>Tencent (700 HK)</strong> Q1 (CNH) Revenue 180.02bln (exp. 175.6bln), Op. Profit 57.57bln (exp. 59.2bln), Adj. Net Income 61.33bln (exp. 59.68bln).</li>
</ul><p><strong>European bourses (STOXX 600 -0.2%) opened modestly mixed and on either side of the unchanged mark; since, the risk tone has deteriorated to display a mostly negative picture in Europe. </strong>European sectors opened mixed and with no clear theme or bias, and with the breadth of the market fairly narrow. Real Estate takes the top spot, joined closely by Telecoms and then Utilities to complete the top three. Autos sit towards the foot of the pile, driven by post-earning weakness in Daimler Truck (-1.1%). US equity futures are flat/modestly lower, attempting to hold onto the gains seen yesterday, strength which was in-part spurred by the plethora of deals announced/reported on during the Saudi event. Barclays raises its 2025 year-end price target for STOXX 600 to 540 (prev. 490, currently 545.09). Barclays European Equity Strategy downgrades Consumer Staples to Underweight; upgrades Consumer Discretionary  to Market Weight (prev. Underweight). Goldman Sachs lifts its Stoxx 600 target for the next 12-months to 570 (prev. 520).</p>

<p><em>Top European News</em></p>

<ul><li>BoE's Mann says the UK labour market has been more resilient than expected. Worried that household inflation expectations have increased. Need to see a loss of pricing power by firms, however, goods price inflation is increasing. Trade aversion will result in lower global good prices. Firms will look for the opportunity to rebuild their margins. "Dollar is still king".</li>
	<li>BoE's Breeden: "A macro-prudential approach to the supervision of CCPs is essential given their central role in the financial system".</li>
	<li>ECB's Nagel says there is a good probability the inflation target will be maintained; current uncertainty will be the new "normal", central banks have to get used to manage it Very supportive of the new (German) fiscal debt brake, however, it is clear that Germany will need to return to fiscal rules in the future. USD is very important, but the EUR's role will become stronger as a reserve currency in the next few years.</li>
	<li>Hapag Lloyd (HLAG GY) CEO says they have seen an increase in orders for China-US shipments by more than 50% W/W; demand is considerably higher compared with the time before US tariffs.</li>
</ul><p><strong>FX</strong></p>

<ul><li>DXY began the European session on a modestly weaker footing, continuing to pare back some of the US-China induced upside. As the session progressed, some hefty Dollar pressure was seen, as the risk tone deteriorated and with some traders pointing towards a technical driven move. Some focus may also be on Deputy Finance Minister Choi's meeting with Kaproth of the US Treasury on May 5th to discuss FX. DXY currently towards the lower end of a 100.28-101.02 range. Data docket ahead is thin, focus will be on commentary from Fed Vice Chair Jefferson and Fed's Daly (2027 voter) - do note that in prepared remarks from Waller, he did not comment on monetary policy.</li>
	<li>EUR is on a firmer footing, largely benefiting from the broader Dollar weakness, rather than any EZ-specific updates, which have been lacking in today’s session. To recap, Spanish and German Final inflation figures were unrevised. Elsewhere, ECB's Nagel said "there is a good probability the inflation target will be maintained; current uncertainty will be the new "normal", central banks have to get used to manage it" - remarks which had little impact on the pair. The Single Currency has made a fresh WTD high at 1.1264.</li>
	<li>JPY is the best-performing G10 currency thus far; early morning strength was thanks to the broadly softer US yield environment, and with some modest deterioration in the risk tone (leading to broader Dollar weakness) USD/JPY managed to dip back below the 147.00 mark to a fresh low at 145.76, taking out the 50 DMA at 146.18.</li>
	<li>GBP is modestly firmer vs the broadly weaker Dollar, but is a little weaker vs EUR. Today has seen a few appearances from BoE members; starting with arch-hawk Mann, she noted that “UK labour market has been more resilient than expected. Worried that household inflation expectations have increased”. Elsewhere, Breeden released a text publication, but that focused more on supervision matters rather than on monetary policy. There was little price action sparked by both members.</li>
	<li>Antipodeans are modestly firmer vs the weaker Dollar; AUD/USD currently trading at the upper-end of a 0.6464-0.65 range; NZD/USD in a 0.5931-0.5968 parameter.</li>
	<li>PBoC set USD/CNY mid-point at 7.1956 vs exp. 7.1813 (Prev. 7.1991)</li>
</ul><p><strong>Fixed Income</strong></p>

<ul><li>A similar setup to Tuesday morning as USTs find themselves marginally in the green while peers across the pond are a touch in the red. USTs find themselves at the upper-end of a very thin 110-01 to 110-09 band. Fed's Waller did not comment on monetary policy in prepared remarks; next up, Jefferson and Daly.</li>
	<li>Bunds are in-fitting with action at this time on Tuesday, a touch softer in narrow parameters with specifics for the bloc fairly light. No move to a handful of final data points from Germany and Spain. Elsewhere, ECB's Nagel said "there is a good probability the inflation target will be maintained; current uncertainty will be the new "normal", central banks have to get used to manage it" - remarks which had little impact on the pair. Some modest upside was seen as the risk tone was hit a little in European trade and currently trades in a 129.29-59 band. Some modest upside was seen following a well received Bund auction.</li>
	<li>Again, echoes of the dynamic on Tuesday as Gilts find themselves the modest fixed underperformer. Specifics for the UK are a touch light, remarks from BoE’s Breeden this morning largely stayed clear of monetary policy. Before Breeden, “activist” Mann was on the wires and expressed concern that the labour market has been more resilient than forecast and that household inflation expectations have increased; overall, her commentary was hawkish and may be factoring into the bearish bias for Gilts, but nothing overly surprising from the dissenter.</li>
	<li>UK to sell GBP 4.25bln 4.50% 2035 Gilt: b/c 3.13x (prev. 2.85x), average yield 4.673% (prev. 4.638%) &amp; tail 0.3bps (prev. 0.4bps).</li>
	<li>Germany sells EUR 1.313bln vs exp. EUR 1.5bln 1.25% 2048 Bund and EUR 0.818 vs exp. EUR 1bln 2.50% 2054 Bund.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Commodities</strong></p>

<ul><li>The crude complex is failing to benefit from the weaker dollar, as it gives back a little of Tuesday’s strength with today’s focus on US President Trump in Riyadh, where commentary has weighed on benchmarks, currently down by around USD 0.40/bbl on the day. Crude edged lower this morning amid constructive language regarding the Middle East from the US President, who announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria, expressed interest in normalizing relations, and emphasized a vision for a peaceful and prosperous region. WTI and Brent are just above session lows, in respective USD 62.86-63.68 and 65.82-66.59/bbl ranges.</li>
	<li>OPEC MOMR will be released at 13:00 BST (08:00 EDT).</li>
	<li>Spot Gold, like Crude, is failing to benefit from the weaker dollar, which sees the Dollar index lower by 0.4%. While pressured, the benchmark is in a thin c. USD 30/oz band and one that is essentially a repeat of the confines from Tuesday.</li>
	<li>Copper is modestly firmer, and trading at session highs as base metals are broadly benefitting from Dollar weakness. 3M LME Copper currently in a USD 9,562.6-9,638.45/t range.</li>
	<li>US Private Inventory Data (bbls): Crude +4.3mln (exp. -1.1mln), Distillate -3.7mln (exp. 0.1mln), Gasoline -1.4mln (exp. -0.6mln), Cushing -0.9mln.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Geopolitics: Middle East</strong></p>

<ul><li>Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said they have made it clear that no agreement will be reached with the US without concrete guarantees, according to Iran International. It was also reported that Iran is to hold talks with European parties on Friday in Istanbul, according to European and Iranian sources cited by Reuters.</li>
	<li>Israel's military said it identified the launch of a missile towards Israeli territory from Yemen which was intercepted.</li>
	<li>Jordanian army said a rocket of unknown origin landed in a desert area in the Ma'an, according to a source via X.</li>
	<li>US President Trump is meeting Syrian President al-Sharaa, via AP.</li>
	<li>US President Trump says the US wants to do a deal with Iran. Reiterates that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Lifting sanctions on Syria. Exploring normalising relations with them. Wants a peaceful and prosperous Middle East. Special relationship with Saudi Arabia.</li>
	<li>Syria's President told US President Trump that they are inviting US firms to invest in Syria's oil and gas sector.</li>
</ul><p><strong>Geopolitics: Other</strong></p>

<ul><li>Senior Russian Lawmaker says the makeup of the Russian delegation to Istanbul for the Ukraine talks will be known on Wednesday evening, via Telegram</li>
	<li>China's Defence Minister met with the UN Secretary General on Tuesday and said that China will put forward new peacekeeping commitments, while China will support the reform and transformation of UN peacekeeping. Furthermore, the Minister said China is always a staunch supporter and constructive force for UN peacekeeping operations, according to Xinhua.</li>
</ul><p><strong>US Event Calendar</strong></p>

<ul><li>7:00 am: May 9 MBA Mortgage Applications, prior 11%</li>
</ul><p><strong>Central Banks (All Times ET):</strong></p>

<ul><li>5:00 am: Fed’s Goolsbee Appears on NPR</li>
	<li>5:15 am: Fed’s Waller Speaks on Central Bank Research</li>
	<li>9:10 am: Fed’s Jefferson Speaks on Economic Outlook</li>
	<li>5:40 pm: Fed’s Daly Speaks in Fireside Chat</li>
</ul><p><strong>DB's Jim Reid concludes the overnight wrap</strong></p>

<p>It's been another 24 hours where the Trump administration continues to hog the headlines. With the President in the Middle East, various stories on AI supported a huge tech-led rally, which helped the S&amp;P 500 (+0.72%) move back into positive territory for the year. That got a further boost thanks to a softer-than-expected CPI print (the third in a row), and it now means the index is now up +18.1% since the low on April 8. Indeed, the last time the index surged that fast in just over a month was back in April 2020, when markets were roaring back from the initial Covid slump. In the meantime, several other post-Liberation Day moves unwound further, with the VIX closing at 18.22pts, whilst US HY spreads (-6bps) fell to 299bps.</p>

<p>The Nasdaq (+1.61%) and the Mag-7 (+2.24%) led the gains yesterday, elevated by Nvidia’s +5.63% rise on the news they’d help build Saudi Arabia’s AI infrastructure, as part of an Economic Partnership that President Trump struck with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday. The White House framed the deal as a $600bn investment commitment from Saudi Arabia, while Trump and MBS touted a pledge of $1trn in commercial deals. The deal includes a $142bn defense agreement between the US and Saudi as well as tech firms like Google, Oracle and AMD pledging to invest $80bn in tech across both countries. So it was another win for tech stocks which helped push the S&amp;P 500 +0.72% higher.</p>

<p>Trump’s visit is the first of a four-day trip to the Middle East, as the President seeks to form a series of financial deals with Qatar and the UAE. He's clearly in a mood to do deals so watch out for more on his trip. In fact, Bloomberg reported yesterday that the administration is weighing a deal that would allow the UAE to import 500k of Nvidia’s advanced chips annually, far exceeding limits for AI chip exports set under Biden. Meanwhile on trade, NEC Director Kevin Hassett suggested that Trump will announce the next trade deal upon his return to the US, and there were more than 20-25 deals on the table.</p>

<p>The ongoing rally was also helped by the US April CPI report, which came out weaker than predicted, with monthly headline and core CPI each up +0.2% (vs. +0.3% expected for both). From a market point of view, the main relief was also that tariffs weren’t showing up in a major way in consumer prices, even though April included the 10% universal baseline tariffs, and much higher tariffs on China. Admittedly, there were some categories likely showing tariff-related jumps, like an +8.8% monthly rise for audio equipment, but the broad impact was muted. And in turn, the year-on-year CPI rate fell to just +2.3%, which is the weakest since February 2021. Our US economists think the April data is still too early for the Liberation Day tariffs to show up in the aggregate numbers, and they don’t expect the effects to show up in consumer prices until June.</p>

<p>When it comes to the Fed, markets continued to dial back their expectations for cuts this year, but that was driven by the broader risk-on tone and lower recession fears, rather than the soft inflation print. So by the close, futures were only expecting 53bps of cuts by the December meeting, which was -3.2bps lower on the day, and the fewer cuts priced for this year since February. President Trump continued to call for lower rates, saying in a post that “THE FED must lower the RATE, like Europe and China have done.” Looking forward, our US economists will be watching tomorrow’s PPI data closely for categories that feed through into core PCE, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. They now see April core PCE tracking at +0.23% m/m, which would be consistent with the year-over-year rate remaining at 2.6%. See their full CPI reaction note here.</p>

<p>As investors dialled back their pricing of Fed cuts, that in turn helped to bring down front-end Treasury yields, with the 2yr yield falling -1.0bps on the day to 4.00%. By the close, the 10yr yield was also down -0.6bps to 4.47%, but the 30yr yield moved up +0.1bps to its highest closing level since January, at 4.91%. That’s still beneath the intraday peak above 5% just before the 90-day tariff extension, but still up from 4.68% at the end of April.</p>

<p>Back in Europe, markets posted moderate gains, with the STOXX 600 (+0.12%), DAX (+0.31%) and CAC (+0.30%) all moving higher. For the DAX it marked a new all-time high, with the index now up almost +19% YTD, so still well ahead of the S&amp;P 500 which has only just turned positive for 2025 again. The gains came as Germany’s ZEW survey for May was stronger than expected, with the expectations component up to +25.2 (vs +11.3 expected) reaffirming a more bullish sentiment for the country’s economy. Against that backdrop, 10yr bund yields inched up +3.1bps to 2.68%, and sovereign spreads continued to tighten amidst the risk-on mood. For instance, the 10yr Italian spread over bunds tightened to just 102bps, the lowest since 2021.</p>

<p>Meanwhile in the UK, there were signs of an ongoing loosening in the labour market, with the unemployment rate ticking up a tenth to 4.5%, whilst wage growth in March softened to +5.5% year-on-year, the weakest since October. The news helped 2yr gilts to outperform yesterday, falling -2.0bps to 3.97%, unlike 2yr German yields which moved up +1.2bps.<br>
In the commodity space, oil prices moved higher as Trump threatened to ramp up sanctions against Iranian oil if a nuclear deal weren’t reached, and Brent crude rose +2.57% to $66.63/bbl. The likes of gold (+0.43%) and copper (+2.25%) also advanced, in part helped a new decline in the dollar index (-0.77%), which retreated after posting its best day since Trump’s election win on Monday.</p>

<p>Overnight, markets have generally held on to their gains, with futures on the S&amp;P 500 up +0.08%. Similarly in Asia, most of the major equity indices have moved higher as well, with a strong gain for the Hang Seng (+1.43%) and the KOSPI (+1.18%), alongside advances for the CSI 300 (+0.27%), the Shanghai Comp (+0.19%). The one exception to that has been Japanese equities however, with the Nikkei down -0.42%, whilst the TOPIX (-0.64%) has lost ground after advancing for 13 consecutive sessions. Otherwise this morning, data showed Japan’s PPI inflation coming in at +4.0% in April as expected, whilst Australia’s Q1 wage index was a bit stronger than anticipated, up +0.9% quarter-on-quarter (vs. +0.8% expected), and yields on 10yr Australian government bonds are up +4.1bps this morning.</p>

<p>To the day ahead now, data releases include Canada March building permits. For Central Bank speakers, expect Fed’s Waller, Jefferson and Daly speak, ECB’s Nagel and Holzmann speak, and BOE’s Breeden speak. Earning releases include Tencent, Cisco, Sony, and Coreweave.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Trump To Scrutinize Pardons Biden Issued Before Leaving Office</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-new-pardon-attorney-to-scrutinize-pardons-biden-issued-before-leaving-office-5857514?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>

<p>President Donald Trump’s newly tabbed pardon attorney said on May 13 that his work will include scrutinizing pardons that former President Joe Biden issued just before leaving office in January.</p>

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<p><em><strong>“I do think that the Biden pardons need some scrutiny. And they need scrutiny because we want pardons to matter and to be accepted and to be something that’s used correctly,” </strong>Ed Martin, the pardon attorney, told reporters during a press briefing in Washington.</em></p>

<p><em>“So I do think we’re going to take a hard look at how they went and what they did and if they’re, I don’t know, but null and void, I’m not sure how that operates,” he added.</em></p>
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<p>Biden’s pardons, issued in his final hours in office, went to multiple individuals, including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).</p>

<p><strong>The pardons were for conduct for which the individuals had not been charged.</strong></p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-05-14T053350.563.jpg?itok=Svajsmsk" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/image%20-%202025-05-14T053350.563.jpg?itok=Svajsmsk"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="572702f3-b98a-4900-a4d5-b900fcc4b901" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/image%20-%202025-05-14T053350.563.jpg?itok=Svajsmsk" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p><strong>Biden said at the time that the people “do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.”</strong></p>

<p>Trump <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-bidens-pardons-are-void-because-they-were-done-with-autopen-5826775">said</a> in March that the pardons were “hereby declared void” because, he alleged, they were done with an autopen, or a device that lets people sign documents with preloaded signatures.</p>

<p><strong>Martin said on Tuesday that the pardons were not particularly reasonable but that he did not necessarily think the use of an autopen would nullify them.</strong></p>

<p>Martin is stepping down as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on Wednesday. Trump on May 8 <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-hes-withdrawing-ed-martins-nomination-for-top-dc-attorney-5854531">named</a> Martin pardon attorney and director of the Department of Justice’s weaponization working group after some senators publicly opposed Martin’s nomination to take the U.S. attorney post permanently.</p>

<p>Asked later on Tuesday about the <a href="https://theepochtimes.com/us/senior-us-prosecutor-resigns-after-demand-to-open-probe-of-biden-era-contract-5812204">resignation</a> of Denise Cheung, who had been chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s Criminal Division, Martin said that he had asked Cheung to look into what he described as unprecedented conduct, or $6.7 billion transferred from the government to a nonprofit that was created just six months prior.</p>

<p>That kind of conduct “does make you pause,” Martin said. “That’s what you’re supposed to do, is pause, just like if the Biden pardons are unprecedented in their extent. Right back to when Hunter Biden was whatever age you say, ’that’s uncommon, we ought to take a look at that.'”</p>

<p>Biden also <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/president-biden-pardons-his-son-hunter-biden-5769099">pardoned</a> his son, Hunter Biden, 55.</p>

<p><strong>Martin also said that the weaponization working group has been looking at various actions taken during the Biden administration, including the prosecution of people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.</strong> He said that under him, the group will be giving more updates on its work and is exploring the launch of a portal that will enable people to provide them tips.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Leftists Are Furious Over South African Refugees... Because They Are White?</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A year ago if you were to mention anything about the "great replacement theory" in a public arena you would be immediately attacked by a mob of progressives as a "white nationalist" and a xenophobe.  Keep in mind that western nations are the only nations in the world that are expected to embrace open immigration.  No other culture on the planet deals with such demands.  No other group is criticized so egregiously for refusing to accept foreign invasion.</p>

<p>Leftists view open borders as a tool to further their ideological goals of "multiculturalism", the destruction of western civilization, and yes, a way to <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/10/psychoanalyst-calls-whiteness-incurable-parasitic-like-condition/">make America less white</a>.  They've been saying this openly in the media <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/americas-getting-less-white-and-will-save-it-289862">for years</a>, and they also openly admit that accelerating demographic changes are about <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/america-is-becoming-more-urban-more-diverse-and-less-white-2020-census-reveals">"power and shifting government policy"</a>. </p>

<p>Though "whiteness" is often treated more like a cultural bi-product than a mere matter of skin color (most of the people that perpetuate the white privilege narrative are white leftists), it's perfectly fair to point out that the far-left is rabidly intent on importing as many non-white people as possible into the US and Europe, and they treat the idea of white refugees with disgust.</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/south-africa-refugees.jpeg?itok=0WDg-ij8" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/south-africa-refugees.jpeg?itok=0WDg-ij8"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ac6c45a8-7596-4af4-979d-00513f997d45" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/south-africa-refugees.jpeg?itok=0WDg-ij8" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Case in point - The progressive reaction to Trump allowing white South African farmers to become US citizens under refugee status.  They are furious.  </p>

<p>The media has accused Trump of fabricating claims of racial prejudice against whites in South Africa, interviewing socialist government officials who assert that they are "confused" by the idea that whites face discrimination.  They initially stated that almost no one in South Africa was trying to leave and that a movement for whites to leave SA didn't exist.  This was a lie.  At least <a href="https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/810948/over-10000-white-farmers-already-looking-to-exit-south-africa/">10,000 white farmers</a> rushed to get information on relocating to the US after Trump's announcement.  </p>

<p>The progressive controlled Episcopal Church has broken ties with the federal government and its immigration programs exactly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/episcopal-church-refuses-resettle-white-south-african-refugees-clash-trump-administration">because Trump is importing whites</a>.  The church states:</p>

<p><strong>"In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step...Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government..." </strong>    </p>

<p>The terms "racial justice" and "reconciliation" are very important - These ideals are rooted in anti-white philosophy. White people cannot be oppressed or persecuted.  White people can't be discriminated against.  Therefore, white people can't be refugees.  Any plight they might experience is Karmic justice for their whiteness.</p>

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZfs9ivrbxM" width="640" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></p>

<p>On Monday, the State Department said it had welcomed 59 Afrikaners whose applications to come to the U.S. were fast-tracked under President Donald Trump's executive order issued in February titled, "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa." The order called on the administration to "prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement" for Afrikaners, a South African minority group descended primarily from Dutch settlers, "who are victims of unjust racial discrimination."</p>

<p>The propaganda spin on this issue is absurd and the media continues to pretend as if the Afrikaners are under no threat.  In case anyone needs reminding, there is an open call among black communists in South Africa to "kill the Boers" (kill the white farmers). </p>

<blockquote data-media-max-width="560" data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">And they deny that they’re being targeted and killed.<br><br>
“Kill the Boer” means “Kill the white farmer.” <a href="https://t.co/GNyfBqltLp">pic.twitter.com/GNyfBqltLp</a></p>
— 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 (@WaywardGreg) <a href="https://twitter.com/WaywardGreg/status/1922057679402377269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>This is not just a political slogan with no teeth.  Farmers in the region have suffered an escalation of violence aimed at them over the years.  There have been thousands of murders so far, most of them whites.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Farm murders in SouthAfrica...<br><br>
2 attacks a day 2 deaths a week.<br><br>
With a declining Number of farmers now only 30 000.<br><br>
Then with no sympathy from our President &amp; ANC party.<br><br>
With no moral help from the SAHRC with their R224 million annual taxpayers budget &amp; woke agenda... <a href="https://t.co/rW5HoSco3X">pic.twitter.com/rW5HoSco3X</a></p>
— Danny Nel (@magicdan60) <a href="https://twitter.com/magicdan60/status/1907899765096067392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>And in 2024 the SA government added insult to injury after they codified laws which allow for <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/stark-divide-that-south-africas-land-act-seeks-bridge-2025-02-09/">farmland to be taken without payment</a> in the name of "equity".  These laws are specifically meant to redistribute land from whites to blacks.  These are provable facts, not theories or rumors or artificially engineered excuses for migration.  South African whites have legitimate reasons for wanting to escape to America.</p>

<p>The SA refugee situation is a big problem for the political left.  It undermines their core ideological belief that all the problems in the world can be directly attributed to "whiteness".  It undermines their attempts to enforce replacement immigration.  It also exposes the true motives of race communists who claim that Afrikaners "deserve what they get" because of Apartheid over 35 years ago.  Social justice is about revenge, not equality. </p>

<p>Finally, the South African government has a vested interest in demonizing the relocation of white farmers.  They hate the Afrikaners, but over 70% of all agricultural output in the country comes from white owned farms.  Without these farmers and their knowledge South Africa will collapse and starve (just as Zimbabwe did).  The government would prefer to phase out white farmers slowly and replace them with black farmers, not lose all of them at one time. </p>

<p>It would appear that South Africa's loss is America's gain. </p>

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<p><strong><em>The ECJ’s landmark ruling isn’t about vaccines or corruption; it’s a battle for democracy against an elite determined to hide the truth and protect its power.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>By Tamás ORBÁN</em></strong></p>
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<p>The day is finally here: the European Court of Justice is set to deliver a landmark ruling on Wednesday, May 14th, in what’s been <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/von-der-leyen-sued-over-pfizer-contracts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> as the “biggest corruption scandal in human history,” also known as ‘Pfizergate.’</p>
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<p>Specifically, the court will decide whether text messages qualify as official documents and are, therefore, subject to compulsory disclosure. But the implications of whether the court decides to protect EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen over the interests of four hundred million Europeans go well beyond vaccines and money. Pfizergate is about the transparency and democracy in the heart of the EU, and its outcome will heavily influence people’s trust in the European project for years, or decades, to come.</p>
<p>Pfizergate has been going on for a long time now, so to understand how we ended up here, we first need to go back to five years ago, to a continent gripped by fear of the pandemic, presenting an opportunity that was perhaps too good to pass up.</p>
<p><strong>Lead-up to Pfizergate: Ten shots for everyone</strong></p>
<p>The seeds of Pfizergate were sown in 2020, when von der Leyen’s EU Commission—<a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/queen-ursulas-plot-to-rule-europe-and-save-the-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">like many times before and even more after</a>—hijacked a crisis to stealthily transfer previously unknown powers onto itself.</p>
<p>After being promised early access and a better deal by manufacturers, EU member states were quick to allow the Commission to negotiate joint COVID vaccine procurement on their behalf, which turned out to be a grave mistake. Not only did the vaccines arrive much later than promised, and EU taxpayers ended up paying significantly more for them than the global average, but the Commission also ordered quantities that were simply unjustifiable.</p>
<p>In total, von der Leyen has personally signed contracts for up to <a href="https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/061c9039-71f3-11ed-9887-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?utm_source=chatgpt.com">4.6 billion vaccine doses</a>—or over ten doses for every single European, meaning five times as many as the recommended dosage—worth an estimated €71 billion. To date, with all additional booster shots included, EU citizens have been administered <a href="https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/overview-implementation-covid-19-vaccination-strategies-and-deployment-plans">just over 1 billion</a> COVID shots, meaning that 3.5 billion <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/e4-billion-in-expired-covid-vaccines-discarded-in-europe/">since-expired vaccine doses have either been discarded or will be shortly</a>, a waste of taxpayer funds of eye-watering proportions.</p>
<p>What’s more, we still don’t know the exact prices or any other details of the classified contracts, despite <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/two-agencies-slam-von-der-leyen-over-transparency-failures/">both the European Court of Justice and the EU Ombudsman ruling</a> that they must be made publicly available. Not a fan of transparency, the EU Commission immediately <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/eu-appeals-court-order-to-release-covid-vaccine-contracts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appealed the court ruling</a>, and a follow-up decision is still pending behind the scenes.</p>
<p><strong>Europe’s most wanted text messages</strong></p>
<p>Then there’s the case of Pfizer, which in 2021 signed contracts with Brussels for 1.8 billion doses, or about 40% of the total procurement, making it by far the largest supplier of the EU. Understanding the Pfizer contracts, therefore, could be key to understanding how and why the EU Commission made these seemingly unreasonable decisions. And the key to those could still be hidden in von der Leyen’s phone.</p>
<p>It was von der Leyen herself who revealed during <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/europe/european-union-pfizer-von-der-leyen-coronavirus-vaccine.html">an interview</a> in April 2021 that he negotiated the historic vaccine procurement deal with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla for the 1.8 billion doses at least partly via text messages. The admission immediately sparked the interest of those who already suspected foul play behind the unreasonable numbers, demanding the texts to be released to clear von der Leyen’s name of the corruption allegations.</p>
<p>As you know, von der Leyen refused, claiming that the “short-lived” texts had been accidentally deleted, but there was “nothing substantial” discussed in those messages worth disclosing anyway. <em>The New York Times</em> did not give up, and after more than a year of unsuccessful freedom of information requests—repeatedly <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/pfizergate-ombudsman-calls-for-media-action-against-von-der-leyen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backed by the EU Ombudsman</a>, whose non-binding rulings demanding disclosure were simply ignored—the paper sued the EU Commission at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in January 2023.</p>
<p>This brings us to Wednesday’s ruling, two and a half years later. If we are to speculate on how this will unfold, it’s worth remembering that the ECJ’s case was not the only one trying to uncover the elusive texts and determine whether von der Leyen was promised anything in exchange for spending Europeans’ money like there was no tomorrow.</p>
<p><strong>Where Belgian law failed</strong></p>
<p>There was also <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/von-der-leyen-sued-over-pfizer-contracts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a parallel civil lawsuit</a> lodged against von der Leyen by a Belgian lobbyist at the Liège court in April 2023, in which she stood accused of high-level corruption, “usurpation of functions and title,” “destruction of public documents,” and even undermining the “collective faith” in Belgium and its public institutions.</p>
<p>The lawsuit was joined by over 1,000 co-complainants, including NGOs, transparency watchdogs, and two EU member states, Hungary and Poland, although the latter quit the case after long-term von der Leyen ally Donald Tusk took over as PM of the Polish government in December that year.</p>
<p>The lawyers representing the complainants saw three possibilities: continuing with the deleted messages narrative would have amounted to admitting destroying administrative documents—a crime in Belgium; simply refusing to disclose them would have violated the Belgian constitution; and claiming they cannot be disclosed because they are “private” would have been grounds for establishing an intimate relationship with Bourla, amounting to a “serious conflict of interest” under Belgian law.</p>
<p>There seemed to be no way to escape what was coming; that’s why the EU did everything in its power to delay the ruling until they could pressure the courts to drop it. The first hearing in the case was supposed to happen in May last year, but it was <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/pfizergate-court-hearing-to-be-delayed-six-months/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mysteriously postponed by six months</a>—possibly on pressure from the Commission to avoid having von der Leyen’s reelection chances influenced by it a month later. Then, the December hearing did not produce any results either, as <a href="https://lpost.be/2025/01/06/pfizergate-apres-ursula-von-der-leyen-le-belge-frederic-baldan-porte-plainte-contre-laura-kovesi-cheffe-du-parquet-europeen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">neither the Belgian public prosecutor nor the judge assigned for the case showed up</a>, something that the lawyer had never encountered throughout her career.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the EU body tasked with investigating financial crimes in the EU institutions, opened its own investigation into Pfizergate. EPPO then <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/pfizergate-investigation-taken-over-by-eu-prosecutors-office/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeatedly tried to take over the whole case</a> from the Belgian court, saying that it falls under its jurisdiction—no doubt in order to bury it indefinitely, thereby protecting von der Leyen. When that didn’t work, EPPO joined the lawsuit on von der Leyen’s side and <a href="https://brusselsmorning.com/belgian-court-to-decide-on-von-der-leyens-immunity/63846/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued against</a> stripping the Commission chief of her diplomatic immunity during the January 6th hearing. It’s worth noting that von der Leyen skipped that hearing as well, not appearing in court once throughout all this time.</p>
<p>Subsequently, on January 20th of this year, the Liège court <a href="https://caliber.az/en/post/belgian-court-dismisses-lawsuit-against-eu-chief-over-pfizer-reports?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed the case</a>, declaring it inadmissible due to the complainant’s failure to demonstrate “personal harm” resulting from von der Leyen’s actions. The ruling was expected, but still questionable, given that one can argue that each and every EU citizen was personally harmed by the wasteful vaccine procurement.</p>
<p><strong>Why Wednesday’s ruling matters</strong></p>
<p>With the Belgian lawsuit swept aside and the EPPO demonstrating that it’s only interested in burying the case under the guise of its “investigation,” the <em>NYT</em>’s case at the European Court of Justice remains our last hope for some kind of closure.</p>
<p>The ECJ will finally deliver its ruling in that case on Wednesday, deciding whether text messages, when related to policy-making, should be classed as documents and be eligible for disclosure under existing transparency rules. In other words, the Court will decide whether the decision to withhold the texts was legal or illegal in the first place. If ruled against, von der Leyen could be forced to finally reveal the messages; if not, the case will still haunt her until the end of her mandate in 2029.</p>
<p>We shouldn’t hope for too much, though: the ECJ has proven itself to be partial before, especially when it comes to protecting the interests of the EU elite. On the other hand, it could be just as dangerous to side with von der Leyen if the aim was to fix the EU’s rapidly worsening public perception. It would be especially awkward to do so just after <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/eu-ngo-funding-court-of-auditors-transparency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another landmark report</a> was dropped by the EU Court of Auditors (ECA), which said that the Commission has been severely violating its own transparency standards for years by deliberately making accountability within existing structures “practically impossible.”</p>
<p>Nonetheless, Pfizergate remains much more than just another alleged corruption scandal. It’s a symbol of the never-ending fight for transparency and democracy in Brussels and a painful reminder that the EU institutions will fight tooth and nail to hide the truth from people like you and me to preserve their power. It’s the Achilles’ heel of von der Leyen’s elitist empire of unaccountable bureaucrats, who believe they stand above even the laws they’ve created. Pfizergate and all these attempts to silence it show how the EU truly works, therefore, it’s a moral duty to keep pursuing the truth, whatever Wednesday’s ruling will be.</p>
<p>UPDATE: The European Court of Justice published its verdict on Wednesday, May 14th, ruling against von der Leyen and annulling the EU Commission’s decision to withhold the texts. Read about the details <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/pfizergate-von-der-leyen-texts-european-court-of-justice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p><em>Original article: </em><strong><a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/pfizergate-chronicles-the-texts-that-could-unravel-von-der-leyens-empire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The European Conservative</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Durante la visita ufficiale del Segretario Generale Tô Lâm a Mosca, in coincidenza con l’80° anniversario della Giornata della Vittoria, Hà Nội e Mosca hanno siglato nuovi accordi per rafforzare i legami bilaterali in settori chiave.</em></strong></p>
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<p>Tra l’8 e l’11 maggio, il Segretario Generale del Comitato Centrale del Partito Comunista del Vietnam, Tô Lâm, ha compiuto una visita ufficiale in Russia, <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/in-occasione-della-giornata-della-vittoria-il-vietnam-intensifica-i-legami-con-la-russia-e-le-altre-ex-repubbliche-sovietiche/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in concomitanza con l’80° anniversario della Vittoria nella Grande Guerra Patriottica</a>. L’incontro ha segnato un’importante pietra miliare nelle relazioni bilaterali tra Vietnam e Federazione Russa, culminando nella firma di una dichiarazione congiunta che definisce le principali direttrici della <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/la-visita-di-misustin-nuovo-capitolo-del-partenariato-strategico-globale-russia-vietnam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cooperazione strategica globale nella nuova era</a>.</p>
<p>Durante i colloqui tenuti a Mosca con il Presidente Vladimir Putin, entrambe le parti hanno riaffermato la volontà di valorizzare il potenziale esistente, i vantaggi competitivi e le opportunità di cooperazione bilaterale, con l’obiettivo di preservare e rafforzare l’amicizia tradizionale, elevando il Partenariato Strategico Globale Vietnam-Russia a un livello qualitativamente superiore.</p>
<p>Secondo quanto emerge dalla dichiarazione congiunta pubblicata al termine della visita del leader vietnamita, uno dei pilastri fondamentali della cooperazione bilaterale resta il dialogo politico di alto livello. Le due parti hanno infatti espresso la volontà di intensificare il confronto regolare e sostanziale tra i vertici dei due Paesi, migliorando nel contempo l’efficienza degli attuali meccanismi di cooperazione, tra cui il Comitato intergovernativo per la cooperazione economica, commerciale e scientifico-tecnologica, il dialogo strategico in materia di difesa e sicurezza, nonché creando nuovi meccanismi per affrontare tempestivamente le sfide emergenti.</p>
<p>“Il nostro obiettivo è rafforzare una cooperazione multilivello che rifletta la profondità della nostra amicizia storica e il comune desiderio di pace, sviluppo e sicurezza”, ha dichiarato il Segretario Generale Tô Lâm.</p>
<p>La cooperazione nel settore della difesa e della sicurezza è stata ribadita come uno degli assi centrali del partenariato. Tale collaborazione, hanno sottolineato i due leader, non è rivolta contro terzi e si sviluppa nel pieno rispetto del diritto internazionale. Essa include anche ambiti emergenti come la sicurezza informatica, la biosicurezza e l’assistenza legale reciproca in materia penale connessa alle tecnologie dell’informazione e della comunicazione.</p>
<p>A tal proposito, Putin ha sottolineato che “la cooperazione con il Vietnam nel campo della difesa è fondata sulla fiducia reciproca e sulla visione condivisa di una regione Asia-Pacifico sicura e stabile”, dimostrando l’importanza che la Russia attribuisce a questa macroregione.</p>
<p>Grande attenzione è stata dedicata anche al settore energetico. Le parti hanno concordato di rafforzare la collaborazione nelle industrie del petrolio e del gas, inclusa la fornitura e lavorazione di greggio e gas naturale liquefatto. Sono inoltre allo studio nuovi progetti per la costruzione di centrali elettriche e l’ammodernamento di impianti esistenti, <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/i-paesi-dellasean-puntano-sullenergia-nucleare/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">senza dimenticare il progetto di rilancio dell’energia nucleare in Vietnam</a>, che prevede proprio la cooperazione russa.</p>
<p>Particolare rilievo, infatti, ha assunto la volontà di promuovere la cooperazione anche nel campo delle energie rinnovabili e pulite, in linea con il programma di transizione energetica verde del governo vietnamita. In questo senso, è prevista per l’appunto la negoziazione e la firma di accordi intergovernativi per la costruzione di centrali nucleari in Vietnam, nel rispetto delle più avanzate tecnologie e degli standard di sicurezza nucleare e radiologica.</p>
<p>Altro pilastro della cooperazione è rappresentato dallo sviluppo dei legami economici e commerciali. Le parti hanno espresso l’intenzione di promuovere scambi bilanciati, diversificando le merci esportate e riducendo le barriere tecniche. In particolare, sostengono l’avvio di negoziati tra il Vietnam e l’Unione Economica Eurasiatica (UEE) per facilitare l’aumento delle esportazioni.</p>
<p>La dichiarazione congiunta sottolinea inoltre l’esigenza di espandere e diversificare gli ambiti di investimento bilaterale. Le imprese vietnamite e russe saranno incoraggiate a cooperare direttamente nei settori dell’industria, dell’agricoltura, della lavorazione mineraria, della manifattura meccanica, dell’energia e delle tecnologie digitali.</p>
<p>Il Vietnam e la Russia hanno riconosciuto l’importanza della cooperazione nei settori scientifico e educativo per lo sviluppo a lungo termine. Hanno così deciso di proclamare il 2026 come “Anno della Cooperazione Scientifica ed Educativa” tra i due Paesi. Tale decisione mira a stimolare programmi congiunti di ricerca, scambi accademici e la formazione di risorse umane altamente qualificate.</p>
<p>In quest’ambito, sono previste anche iniziative per facilitare la mobilità degli studenti, ricercatori e professori, oltre che per rafforzare l’insegnamento della lingua russa in Vietnam e della lingua vietnamita in Russia.</p>
<p>Un ulteriore settore chiave riguarda la cooperazione nel campo sanitario. Il Vietnam ha espresso disponibilità a collaborare nella formazione del personale medico e nella ricerca scientifica in ambito sanitario. È inoltre allo studio il riconoscimento reciproco dei certificati farmaceutici tra il Vietnam e i Paesi membri dell’UEE.</p>
<p>Parallelamente, si prevede di rafforzare gli scambi turistici e culturali, anche attraverso l’aumento dei voli diretti e charter tra le due nazioni, nonché la semplificazione delle procedure di viaggio per i cittadini vietnamiti e russi. Le due parti hanno inoltre ribadito la volontà di continuare i colloqui su questioni migratorie, impegnandosi a creare condizioni favorevoli per i cittadini vietnamiti che vivono, lavorano e studiano in Russia, così come per i cittadini russi in Vietnam.</p>
<p>Dal punto di vista geopolitico, Vietnam e Russia hanno riaffermato il loro sostegno a un ordine mondiale multipolare, equo e sostenibile, fondato sui principi del rispetto reciproco, della sovranità e del beneficio condiviso. Hanno inoltre riconosciuto il diritto di ogni Paese di scegliere autonomamente il proprio modello di sviluppo politico, economico e sociale.</p>
<p>Proprio a partire da questa base comune, i due Paesi si sono impegnati a rafforzare la cooperazione all’interno delle Nazioni Unite e in altri organismi regionali e internazionali. Particolare attenzione è stata data alla sicurezza informatica, all’intelligenza artificiale, al contrasto al terrorismo e al crimine transnazionale, tematiche che richiedono una stretta cooperazione tra tutti i Paesi membri dell’ONU.</p>
<p>Entrambe le parti hanno poi ribadito il loro impegno per il disarmo globale, la non proliferazione delle armi di distruzione di massa e la lotta ai cambiamenti climatici, confermando l’adesione agli Accordi di Parigi del 2015 e alla Convenzione ONU del 1992.</p>
<p>A livello regionale, Vietnam e Russia hanno riaffermato il ruolo centrale dell’ASEAN nella regione Asia-Pacifico e hanno confermato l’importanza della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sul Diritto del Mare del 1982 (UNCLOS) come quadro legale per tutte le attività marittime. Hanno sottolineato la necessità di garantire la libertà di navigazione e di sorvolo nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, promuovendo la risoluzione pacifica delle controversie.</p>
<p>In quest’ambito, la Russia ha espresso sostegno all’attuazione completa ed efficace della Dichiarazione sulla Condotta delle Parti nel Mar Cinese Meridionale (DOC) del 2002 e ha accolto favorevolmente gli sforzi volti alla negoziazione di un Codice di Condotta (COC) efficace e vincolante.</p>
<p>Tirando le somme, la visita del Segretario Generale Tô Lâm in Russia e la partecipazione alla commemorazione dell’80° anniversario della Vittoria nella Grande Guerra Patriottica hanno rappresentato un momento simbolico e strategico per rilanciare la cooperazione tra i due Paesi. Le intese raggiunte pongono le basi per <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/01/10/russia-e-vietnam-continuano-ad-approfondire-il-loro-partenariato-strategico-globale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">un rafforzamento duraturo del Partenariato Strategico Globale Vietnam-Russia</a>, in un contesto internazionale sempre più complesso e multipolare.</p>
<p>“La nostra cooperazione con la Federazione Russa è radicata in una profonda amicizia storica e in una visione condivisa per un futuro di pace, sviluppo e prosperità comuni”, ha affermato il Segretario Generale Tô Lâm nei suoi colloqui con il Presidente Vladimir Putin. “Il Vietnam rimane un partner affidabile e strategico della Russia in Asia”, gli ha fatto eco il leader russo, confermando la volontà di Mosca di sviluppare con Hà Nội una cooperazione sempre più profonda, efficace e globale.</p>
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<p>When Donald Trump visits the Middle East this week, he will bump into some familiar people. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Fink and Sam Altman will also be in Riyadh. I doubt they will spend much time talking about Gaza, or Iran. They are all there for the same reason: to talk about AI.</p>
<p>The stock markets have currently put a high price on these tech companies. But AI is also commanding a high price from America’s foreign and security policy community: it will change the nature of warfare more profoundly than any other innovation we have experienced in our lifetimes. Ronald Reagan’s infamous Strategy Defence Initiative, also known as Star Wars, failed because the old technology could not deliver the precision that was needed. But AI could make it a reality and America’s concern is that China might get there first.</p>
<p>But America also worries that they are leading the charge with AI-powered drones. We think of drones as modern, but those used in the Russia-Ukraine war still need an operator. Imagine, then, if one side had AI-powered drones at their disposal? The West and Nato may be comfortable in their current — swiftly dating — military capabilities. But AI warfare is a completely new game.</p>
<p>And China is already forging ahead in the two areas that will prove critical. The first is the supply of energy — which is vital to power large AI data centres. The West should be concerned by the sheer scale of the expansion of China’s energy capacity. China has a renewable capacity target of 2,461 gigawatts by 2030. The corresponding numbers for the EU and US are respectively 1,100 and 500 gigawatts. For the Chinese, the heavy lifting will come from renewable sources, such as the world’s largest hydropower plant in Tibet, which will have an energy capacity roughly the size of Germany’s capacity today. Just from one single dam. This dam is not even included in China’s target number.</p>
<p>AI is furiously energy-hungry. As the car industry has only recently found out, the electric car is not just an evolution — it is a different product. The same applies to anything reliant on AI. Germany’s Rheinmetall is a formidable producer of ammunition and tanks. They make the best tanks in the world. But they are old-school — the heavy-metal version of defence manufacturing. You don’t want to be in one of them when being attacked by a swarm of AI-powered drones.</p>
<p>And so, as China marches ahead, Europe’s absurd data protection regulations and AI regulation effectively criminalise the 21st century’s most important evolving business sector. The Financial Times reported that British soldiers were prevented from using signal jamming on the grounds that it violated GDPR. Europeans have, in general, no idea what damage they are inflicting upon themselves with their absurd data protection obsession. And no clue what it does to their security. In the gilded foreign policy salons of Europe’s capitals, you will not hear much about AI-drones, or satellite-based AI-missiles systems. It is as though AI has yet to be invented in the Western foreign policy universe.</p>
<p>China, meanwhile, has more energy than we do, puts serious money into AI, and is not regulating itself to death. Take 5G. While we Europeans struggle with it, the Chinese are already developing 6G — the technology which is needed to handle the communications for next generation manufacturing.</p>
<p>This is the second critical area in which China is excelling: high-tech manufacturing. In the US and the UK, the prevailing view is that sophisticated countries should move into services and leave the shop-floor economy to upstarts like China. This is a story we have been telling ourselves for too long. And it is one that economists, in particular, don’t understand. They think it is more efficient to let China do all the manufacturing, for the US to specialise in high tech and finance, and to let Europe be a museum. They are simultaneously oblivious to those voters who want real jobs, to the nature of 21st-century manufacturing, and to security concerns.</p>
<p>The irony here is that the US understands the AI-service economy like no one else. And it still just about leads the world in research. But China has been able to catch up because all the new technology is open-source. As an anonymous employee at Google candidly admitted: “We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI.” Nor does the US. This is not a world of secret algorithms, or of industrial patents. The costs of entry are low — all you need is a bunch of desktop computers with a good graphics card. Anyone can join in. In the old world, the technology leadership meant that the US was years ahead of the competition. No more.</p>
<p>But the threat from China is more sophisticated than just copying our homework. They are better at producing and deploying at scale. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, said years ago that his company picked China for its manufacturing not because it was cheap, but because they were good at it. Similarly, Elon Musk built his main European car plant in Germany because they know a thing or two about manufacturing. But there are also downsides — which he has recently discovered — but he still respects the skills. And while Germany’s mid-tech manufacturing economic model is no longer working, there are still skills in Germany and other European countries that may be tapped for a US keen on reinventing manufacturing.</p>
<p>“The threat from China is more sophisticated than just copying our homework.”</p>
<p>While the US is keen for manufacturing to return to its shores, we must be clear that this doesn’t mean the reanimation of those old blue-collar jobs that were lost in the Rust Belt. This industry will be run by robots, not men, and serviced by robots. This isn’t about jobs. This is about capability.</p>
<p>For the US to acquire these capabilities, it needs allies. The Biden administration did manage to lure Europeans into relocating to the US through the Inflation Reduction Act. And Trump is trying to do the same through his much cruder policy of tariffs. The means are different, but the goal is ultimately the same — to get European companies to invest in the US.</p>
<p>I doubt, though, that Trump’s tariffs will turn the US into an Industry 4.0 manufacturing powerhouse, capable of competing with China. It has taken Beijing 30 years to get from a position of a pre-industrial economy to where they are now. Energy and manufacturing are what matters in this 21st-century arms race. China is streets ahead on both. The only chance the US has in this race is to build a clever alliance. The Riyadh meetings are useful. I still have not heard a plausible plan that tells us where the manufacturing know-how will come from.</p>
<p><em>Original article: </em><strong><a href="https://unherd.com/2025/05/why-china-will-win-the-arms-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UnHerd</a></strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Generac CEO: Will Slash Reliance On Chinese Supply Chains Within 18 Months</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Aaron Jagdfeld, chief executive of Generac Holdings, appeared on Bloomberg Television Tuesday evening to discuss how the company is responding to President Trump's trade war and the recently announced 90-day de-escalation period in U.S.-China trade tensions. </p>

<p>Jagdfeld, who leads one of America's largest generator manufacturers, highlighted the company's long-term strategy to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains. He outlined that Generac has been reducing supply chain exposure to China since President Trump's first term and will reduce 10% exposure to 5% in 18 months. </p>

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<p>"So today, less than 10% of our supply chain comes from China, but that'll be less than 5% in 18 months based on plans we've already had in motion. And this will obviously accelerate those. And where we go next is kind of the question, right?" Jagdfeld said. </p>

<p>He continued, "So where are there's going to be winners and losers as companies like ours rotate their supply chains into different countries? You know, India has always held a lot of promise as a supply chain, as a trade partner for the U.S., I think that will probably start to come to fruition more, you know, more meaningfully in the next year or two."</p>

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<p>Earlier this week, the U.S. and China <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-china-reach-agreement-lower-tariffs-90-day-cool-period">announced</a> a breakthrough trade agreement that temporarily lowered tariffs on each other's products for 90 days. The U.S. dropped its 145% on Chinese goods to 30%, while China lowered levies from 125% to 10%. </p>

<p>Goldman illustrates the rollercoaster ride of the tit-for-tat trade war between the U.S. and China in recent months, as well as the temporary cooling period aimed at de-escalating tensions.</p>

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<p>On Wednesday morning, Goldman analyst Jerry Shen told clients, "We Now Expect the Effective Tariff Rate to increase by 13pp." </p>

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<p>Trump's tariff shock is working. However, friend-shoring and or re-shoring will take time. This is a great start because we've described some of the critical supply chains America needs to secure before the 2030s... <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/goldmans-china-tech-tour-underscores-one-message-america-must-reclaim-these-supply">Read Here</a>. </p>

<p>What are the national security implications of having critical backup power generation supply chains overseas? This might be one of those supply chains that need to be re-shored.</p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">With Trump Touring Gulf, Iran Offers Huge Nuclear Concession</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong><u>Update(1920ET)</u>: </strong>Trump's Gulf tour which so far has emphasized deal-making and 'no more chaos' in the Middle East, looks to be resonating with Tehran, whose leadership is closely following from just across the Persian Gulf.</p>

<p>In a major breaking report, NBC says that "Iran is <strong>ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions</strong>, a top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader told NBC News on Wednesday."</p>

<p>This is a surprising and huge development given Iran has long said it can no longer trust the Trump administration, given it was Trump who first pulled the US out of Obama's JCPOA nuclear deal in April 2018. </p>
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<p>NBC cites top Iranian official Ali Shamkhani, importantly who serves as military and nuclear advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iran-enriched-uranium-nuclear-deal-trump-rcna206833">the following</a>: </p>

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<p><em>He said Iran would commit to never making nuclear weapons, <strong>getting rid of its stockpiles of highly-enriched Uranium which can be weaponized</strong>, agree to only enrich Uranium to the lower levels needed for civilian use, and allow international inspectors to supervise the process, in exchange for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions on Iran.   </em></p>

<p><strong><em>Asked if Iran would agree to sign an agreement today if those conditions were met, Shamkhani said, “Yes.” </em></strong></p>
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<p>"It’s still possible.<strong> If the Americans act as they say</strong>, for sure we can have better relations," Shamkhani said. The top official added, <strong>"it can lead to a better situation in the near future."</strong></p>

<p>Again, this is a monumental concession offered by such a high-ranking official deeply involved in nuclear negotiations. The Islamic Republic has consistently cast the enrichment issue as a matter of national sovereignty, but has maintained all along that it does not seek nuclear weapons. Indeed, fatwas going back decades issued by the Ayatallahs have called the nuclear bomb 'unIslamic'.</p>
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<p>Trump has already announced the immediate lifting of sanctions on Syria, whose population has suffered through many years of hellish proxy war and a US-led siege and starvation sanctions policy. <strong>Is Iran next?</strong> <strong>Is Trump in the mood for more quick deal-making and major declarations? He's on a roll after all</strong>. The White House has certainly been busy presenting that the president is stacking up the wins in the Middle East.</p>

<p>Trump while aboard Air Force One and en route to Qatar had earlier called on Iran "to make the right decision" about its nuclear program <strong>"because something's going to happen one way or the other."</strong></p>

<p><strong>"So we'll either do it friendly or we'll do it very unfriendly,"</strong> Trump <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-nuclear-weapon-deal-middle-east-trip/">warned</a>. "And that won't be pleasant." Tehran seems ready for a major new deal. But it also might have Gaddafi's fate in the back of its mind (who famously gave up his WMD program... and we know what happened years down the line).</p>

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<p><strong><u>Update(1305ET)</u>:</strong> President Trump has taken US-Qatar relations to 'another level' by signing a series of deals which boost defense and trade ties. Arms and jets continue to be a focus of Qatar talks, especially Trump's signing a <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/boeing-scores-largest-ever-order-dealmaking-trump-tours-gulf-states">$200 billion deal</a> for an unprecedented order of a whopping 160 American-produced commercial jets.</p>

<p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmao1b269000a3b62vgmieuuq@published">"So it’s over $200 billion but 160 in terms of the Jets, that’s fantastic," Trump said of the deal involving Qatar Airways reaching an agreement with Boeing and GE Aerospace to acquire Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft powered by GE Aerospace engines. Boeing’s stock rose 1.7% Wednesday immediately after the headlines hit.</p>

<p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmao1b269000a3b62vgmieuuq@published">Of course defense and arms continue to be a big theme, coming off Trump's Saudi leg of the trip. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also signed agreements regarding defense, including a statement of intent on defense cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United States," reports CNN. "Hegseth also signed offer and acceptance letters for MQ 9B aircrafts and FS-LIDS. Trump signed a joint declaration of cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United States of America." As we <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-unveils-14bn-weapons-sale-uae-just-trump-visit">said before</a>, this remains the <em>bread and butter</em> of historic US-Gulf relations.</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/trumptradeqatar.jpg?itok=xUPtrgCT" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/trumptradeqatar.jpg?itok=xUPtrgCT"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="27753e9b-1a55-4ede-ae1e-5f84777b8b8e" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="281" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/trumptradeqatar.jpg?itok=xUPtrgCT" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Via Al Jazeera</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmao1b269000a3b62vgmieuuq@published">Among the deals include Qatar acquiring "counter-drone" capabilities from US defense company Raytheon, valued at $1billion, as well as MQ-9B drones from General Atomics, an agreement valued at $2 billion.</p>

<p data-article-gutter="true" data-component-name="paragraph" data-editable="text" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmao1b269000a3b62vgmieuuq@published">We should note that there seems to be <strong>some exaggerated numbers being casually tossed about</strong> amid the array of headlines coming out of Doha, given especially <strong><em>Qatar's GDP is just over $200 billion</em></strong>... and yet the <em>T-word</em> keeps being used, interestingly enough:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>In a statement, the White House has said the agreements signed today between Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will “generate an economic exchange <strong>worth at least $1.2 trillion</strong>”.</em></p>

<p><em>The statement pointed to $243.5 in economic deals, which includes Qatar Airways buying Boeing planes, weapons acquisitions, and deals related to natural gas and quantum technologies.</em></p>

<p><em>It also said the US and Qatar had signed a statement of intent outlining over $38bn in potential investments including support for burden-sharing at Al Udeid Air Base, as well as future defense capabilities related to air defense and maritime security.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p><em><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/qtrgdp.png?itok=3WTx3Xod" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/qtrgdp.png?itok=3WTx3Xod"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="da6e959f-002d-4150-8ef5-873a35436f83" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="314" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/qtrgdp.png?itok=3WTx3Xod" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></em></p>

<p>Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has also sounded a tone of skepticism amid the avalanche of breathless "trillion dollar" headlines from the <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/13/saudi-oil-is-worth-far-less-than-trump-thinks/">Gulf tour</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>At <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/02/uk-petrol-prices-fall-to-lowest-in-four-years-bank-holiday/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crude near $60</a> a barrel Saudi Arabia faces fiscal trouble and belt-tightening austerity. At $50 or lower it faces a slow-motion crisis and ultimately an existential threat to its economic model. That fate is no longer a remote tail-risk.</em></p>

<p><em>Donald Trump cares little for such hard economic constraints <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/13/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-vist/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">as he visits Saudi Arabia</a>. The petrostates of the Gulf represent a vast pot of money in his pre-modern mind.</em></p>

<p><em><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/11/trump-murderous-iran-fanatics-game-nuclear-brinkmanship/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">He aims to scoop up $1 trillion dollars (£760bn) of Saudi wealth</a>, even more than the $600bn already promised over four years by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. <strong>He wants another trillion and a half from the rest of the Gulf.</strong></em></p>

<p><em><strong>Good luck with that</strong>.</em></p>

<p><em>Saudi Arabia’s GDP is<strong> barely more than $1 trillion, smaller than the economy of the Netherlands</strong>. Saudi per capita income is on a par with Portugal. T<strong>rump will have to make do with blockbuster headlines and hope that nobody audits the details</strong>.</em></p>

<p><em>The International Monetary Fund estimates that Saudi Arabia’s “fiscal break-even cost” is $96 a barrel. <strong>That is the Brent price required to fund the kingdom’s cradle-to-grave welfare system and to keep the lid on political dissent</strong>.</em></p>
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<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/ksabrl.jpg?itok=L1k6jzWf" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/ksabrl.jpg?itok=L1k6jzWf"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6524d5a2-b521-48a4-9aa5-dfb998d86cfe" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="270" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/ksabrl.jpg?itok=L1k6jzWf" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Via The Telegraph/Capital Economics</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>Meanwhile, also of note is that on Wednesday Qatar’s central bank governor, Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani, met with billionaire Elon Musk on the sidelines of Trump’s visit.</p>

<p><em>"We've always liked each other," said Trump of Qatar's head of state.</em></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Trump and Qatari Emir Tamim Al Thani announce historic $200 billion 160 Boeing planes deal and strengthening ties<br><br>
'We've always liked each other'<br><br>
And the white marble <a href="https://t.co/SuP3xTdHmo">pic.twitter.com/SuP3xTdHmo</a></p>
— RT (@RT_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1922663578072400051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>And for injecting a little geopolitical realism on Qatar as a regional hub of US dirty wars...</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Qatar is the bank for the Muslim Brotherhood.<br><br>
Qatar funds Al Jazeera.<br><br>
The leaders of Hamas all lived in Qatar<br><br>
When the five Islamic leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood were exiled from Egypt, they fled to Qatar for safe haven.<br><br>
Qatar was used as the broker for CIA missiles into…</p>
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1922695500806930636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>As a last major event while still on the ground in Saudi Arabia, and before embarking for Qatar, President Donald Trump met with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa. This signifies a <strong>monumental, historic shift in the entire regional order</strong>. We are witnessing the final blood soaked after-effects of the culmination of what was laid out in Seymour Hersh's <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection"><em>The Redirection</em></a>, a policy which began all the way back in the Bush administration.</p>

<p>Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, got his start early in the Syria war as an emissary of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and later became founder of Syrian al-Qaeda, called <strong>Jabhat al-Nusra</strong>. The terror group went through several name changes, and is now the ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the wake of Bashar al-Assad's December ouster. The CIA had helped the group <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-america-armed-terrorists-in-syria/">take over Idlib in 2015</a>.</p>

<p>Trump had yesterday in a speech before the US-Saudi Investment Forum described that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had asked him to remove the long in place sanctions against Syria. Trump expressed hope that the country could become stable again under its new rulers. "The sanctions were brutal and crippling and served as an important — really an important function — nevertheless, at the time. But now it’s their time to shine," he <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-trumps-lavish-welcome-saudi-arabia-mbs-breaks-protocol-greets-him-plane">said</a>. <strong>"So I say, 'Good luck, Syria.' Show us something very special.'"</strong><em> As for 'special'...</em></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">It took only 6 months. <a href="https://t.co/GQFmxWfOoD">pic.twitter.com/GQFmxWfOoD</a></p>
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) <a href="https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1922570308533252584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Indeed, Jolani/Sharaa, went from head of AQ-linked HTS in Idlib province, which is ruled by Sharia law, to standing in Riyadh alongside the United States president and Saudi crown prince. <strong>He actually still has not been removed from the US terrorism list</strong>, though the ten million dollar bounty which had been on his head was taken off months ago.</p>

<p>Trump described the terrorism elephant in the room by telling reporters aboard Air Force One just after the meeting that Sharaa was a "<strong>young, attractive guy — tough guy" </strong>with a "strong past" and that he now has an opportunity to stabilize Syria.</p>

<p><strong>"He's got a real shot at pulling it together,"</strong> Trump added. Trump had reportedly urged Sharaa to make peace with Israel and join the Abraham Accords. Washington has also been pressing Damascus to protect and respect religious minorities after recent mass killings of Alawites, Druze, and Christians - especially along the coast, in the south, and in some Damascus suburbs.</p>
<a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/trumpmpssharaa.jpg?itok=JGeTMGA8" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/trumpmpssharaa.jpg?itok=JGeTMGA8"><picture><figure role="group" data-sanitized-class="caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images"><img alt="" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0f38e6a0-e639-4f21-b92b-488bebbe6ac3" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="333" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/trumpmpssharaa.jpg?itok=JGeTMGA8" typeof="foaf:Image" width="500"><figcaption><em>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Riyadh today. @PressSec/X</em></figcaption></figure></picture></a>

<p>The conservative publication <em>National Review</em> has it right in pointing out the <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-meets-syrian-president-calls-him-an-attractive-guy/">following</a>: </p>

<blockquote>
<p><em><strong>Trump’s meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa is even more extraordinary than an American president meeting with some repugnant branch of the Assad family</strong>. Until late December, the U.S. government <strong>was willing to pay $10 million</strong> for information about al-Sharaa’s location, because he was on the “specially designated global terrorist” list.</em> </p>
</blockquote>

<p>The irony is that the Sharaa meeting happened on the sidelines of the summit of the United States and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members in Riyadh. It was the GCC which early in the Syria proxy war had a big role in funding the anti-Assad jihadist insurgency, which included ISIS and al-Qaeda. </p>

<p>Qatar especially was a big financier of the Islamists in Syria who beheaded civilians, massacred Christians, and took women as sex slaves. Qatar even hosted "Free Syrian Army" (FSA) training camps, in coordination with the CIA and Western and Gulf intelligence services. <strong>FSA commandoes would then often, fresh of this training, take their weapons into Syria and fight right alongside ISIS</strong>. We have previously <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-28/shocking-viral-interview-qatar-confesses-secrets-behind-syrian-war">documented this many times</a>.</p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Looks like Erdogan joined Trump-Sharaa-MbS meeting via teleconference. <a href="https://t.co/SzJqxQytRg">pic.twitter.com/SzJqxQytRg</a></p>
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) <a href="https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1922567158023725257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>As for highlights from the readout from the Trump-Sharaa <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-saudi-arabia-qatar-tariffs-rfk-jr-testifies-live-updates-rcna206071">meeting</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
<p><em>Trump told al-Sharaa that he had "a tremendous opportunity to do something historic in his country," the readout said. He urged the Syrian leader to sign on to the Abraham Accords, a framework for Arab states to recognize Israeli sovereignty that the U.S. mediated during Trump's first term.</em></p>

<p><em><strong>He also advised al-Sharaa to tell foreign terrorists to leave Syria, deport Palestinian terrorists</strong>, help the U.S. prevent the resurgence of the Islamic State terrorist group and assume responsibility for ISIS detention centers in Syria's northeast.</em></p>

<p><em>Al-Sharaa affirmed his commitment to Syria's 1974 disengagement with Israel and <strong>invited American companies to invest in Syrian oil and gas</strong>, the readout said.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>On Wednesday Trump landed in Qatar, where as <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/14/donald-trump-live-president-to-lift-syria-sanctions-heads-to-qatar-next?update=3710161"><em>Al Jazeera</em></a> explains "Regional peace, investments, energy and security cooperation on agenda as US President Donald Trump holds talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the Qatari capital Doha during the second leg of his Gulf visit."</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Donald Trump given Cybertruck motorcade through Doha, Qatar today 🇶🇦<a href="https://t.co/jwLKIHFD0F">pic.twitter.com/jwLKIHFD0F</a></p>
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) <a href="https://twitter.com/DimaZeniuk/status/1922629176240075104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><strong>An American president has not visited Qatar in more than 20 years.</strong> But certainly the two sides became closer in the context of the covert push to overthrow Assad, and to wage proxy war against the 'pro-Iran axis' in the region. Qatar is also home to major regional US military and naval facilities, and is of course an oil and gas hub far beyond its tiny geographic size.</p>

<p>As for another theme which Trump is continued to expected pushing, he said Wednesday: <strong>"This is good for Israel"</strong> - after reporters asked whether the Netanyahu government is being sidelined in his Gulf trip.<strong> "Having a relationship like I have with these countries … I think it’s very good for Israel."</strong></p>

<blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Scene in Qatar from President Trump’s motorcade! 🐪 <a href="https://t.co/20I4DEQuZ6">pic.twitter.com/20I4DEQuZ6</a></p>
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) <a href="https://twitter.com/MargoMartin47/status/1922621403007754506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>And as for the ongoing Gaza crisis, not much has been said publicly, but it is likely high on the agenda behind closed doors. After all, the White House <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/14/donald-trump-live-president-to-lift-syria-sanctions-heads-to-qatar-next?update=3710161">wants to</a> "<strong>be able to say he hit a home run in all three kingdoms</strong> – that he was able to build relationships that are going to transcend his presidency. He wants to overwhelm the US press with a success list." Trump is holding talks with the Emir of Qatar.</p>

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<div><img src="https://gript.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Simon-Harris-TD.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><strong>The entry of a convicted rapist into Ireland without a visa has prompted the Tánaiste to say the State must look again at visa-free travel policies.</strong></p>
<p>Speaking to Gript outside Government Buildings ahead of this week’s Cabinet meeting, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris described Randi Gladstone as a “heinous criminal who has carried out the most horrific crimes.”</p>
<p>“This is a bad individual that committed a horrific crime,” he said. “And he’s rightly serving a very significant sentence in relation to that.”</p>
<p>Gladstone, a Guyanese national with 19 previous convictions in the UK including for rape and kidnapping, raped and falsely imprisoned an 18-year-old woman at a holiday complex in Dublin within days of arriving in Ireland last August. He was sentenced to ten years in prison earlier this year.</p>
<p>Harris previously said on April 1st that he was not across the details of the case, and again on April 29th that he did not have the information.</p>
<p>However, this week, asked by Gript’s Ben Scallan how the case occurred, and what went wrong, Harris said his understanding was that Gladstone did not come through the international protection system.</p>
<p>“He didn’t come in seeking international protection,” Harris said. “I also understand that, because he was of the nationality that he was, a visa may not have been – and was not – required for his entry into the country.”</p>
<p>The Tánaiste said that individuals who do claim asylum go through a series of fingerprinting and database checks, and can be refused entry if they have committed certain offences.</p>
<p>Notably, previous reporting by Gript indicates that the Tánaiste is mistaken in his suggestion that fingerprinting of asylum applicants involves criminal record checks. According to information obtained from the Department of Justice, fingerprints are checked against the Eurodac database, which confirms if someone has claimed asylum in another EU country, but does not contain any criminal history data.</p>
<p>“The issue here seems to be that this man was not known to our immigration services,” the Tánaiste continued.</p>
<p>“He didn’t seek to come in through international protection, and was travelling from a country in which a visa wasn’t required.</p>
<p>“Of course it raises issues in relation to how we always need to look at all of our processes. We always have to look at where we have visa restrictions from and where we don’t.”</p>
<p>Asked if Ireland should be liaising more with other countries such as the UK to find out if individuals are dangerous before they enter the country, Harris replied: “Yes, we should.”</p>
<p>“No, there’s no doubt – I mean, your point is valid,” he said.</p>
<p>“I mean, nobody wants to see heinous criminals from other jurisdictions come into our country. Of course we don’t. What country in the world wants that?”</p>
<p>He added that the State must examine visa-free travel protocols.</p>
<p>“I do think it raises legitimate questions about how we tighten up further our checks in relation to countries where there is visa-free travel, and I will be raising this matter with the Minister for Justice,” he said.</p>
<p>Notably, Ireland has visa-free travel arrangements with 49 countries, including Guyana, Brazil, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brunei, and more.</p>
<p>As reported by Gript in January 2024, the Department of Justice has confirmed that asylum applicants’ fingerprints are not checked against any criminal record databases. The Eurodac and Schengen systems used during processing do not contain criminal history data.</p>
<p>In a response to TD Carol Nolan, the Department wrote that Eurodac only stores fingerprints from immigration interactions, and is not a criminal record system.</p>
<p>“EURODAC is not a criminal records database,” the Department said.</p>
<p>Furthermore, it was revealed that there has never been a single recorded instance of Irish authorities using Eurodac to check fingerprints in the context of serious criminal investigations between 2015 and May 2023.</p>


<h5><strong><em>NOTE: An earlier version of this article said that Ireland has visa-free travel arrangements with 18 countries. This was a typographical error – the correct number is 49 countries. The article has been updated to reflect this correction.</em></strong></h5>


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            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist At Rabobank</em></p>

<h3>Animal Spirits</h3>

<p>The NASDAQ and S&amp;P500 pumped higher yesterday as trade war détente and a lower-than-expected US CPI print fuelled optimism. The S&amp;P500 is now in the black year-to-date and the NASDAQ is in bull market territory, despite the index remaining south of where it was on January 1st. Crude oil extended gains for a fourth-straight session, rising 2.57%, and yields on 10-year Treasuries finished mostly unchanged after trading in a 6bp range.</p>

<p>US April CPI came in at 0.2% M-o-M for both the headline and core measurements. This takes year-on-year CPI down to 2.3%, versus an expected reading of 2.4%. Core services (shelter, principally) was the main driver of price rises, followed by energy as a ~$10/bbl fall in crude over the course of the month was more than offset by rising electricity and natural gas prices. Core goods barely registered and food prices declined. Egg prices fell by 12.7%, the largest monthly fall since 1984, which will no doubt please a President who has elevated the price of eggs as an indicator of economic policy competence.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Egg prices down 12.7%, biggest drop since March 1984, second biggest drop on record <a href="https://t.co/AWcuDPb8qh">pic.twitter.com/AWcuDPb8qh</a></p>
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) <a href="https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1922276622440267984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Digging through the entrails, there were some hints of potential tariff impacts on prices. Audio equipment experienced its largest-ever monthly rise (8.8%) and price rises for home furnishings were up 1% after remaining flat in March. On the flip side, apparel prices actually fell during the month despite sharp falls in the Dollar spot index over the course of both March and April. <strong>Taken together with tariffs, a weaker Dollar would usually be suggestive of higher prices for imported goods.</strong></p>

<p>It's hard to separate the signal from the noise here because there are a lot of uncertainties at play. Consumer prices for products sold in April likely relate to stock that was brought into the country during the import surge before Liberation Day. This means that the cost basis of many of these products will not include the April tariff impact. Additionally, the influence of a weaker US Dollar over the course of March and April may be mitigated to some degree by importers forward-hedging foreign exchange exposures. <strong>There is also the possibility of both exporters and importers “eating” some of the impact of the tariffs through lower export prices and lower importer margins</strong>. Trump and Bessent have both claimed that it would be the exporters who wear the brunt of tariff impacts, but this will ultimately depend on the price elasticity of demand for individual goods.</p>

<p>OIS futures are now pricing 53bps worth of easing in the Fed Funds rate by year end compared to 66.5bps at the end of last week. That was before the 90-day reduction in tariffs was agreed between the United States and China. The September FOMC meeting remains the first meeting that is fully-priced for a cut, but pricing has declined from -35.3bps on Friday to -25.8bps as of this morning. Clearly, while equity markets are welcoming the better than expected CPI result, the vagaries of trade policy are a more important influence on the path of the Fed Funds rate.</p>

<p>That brings us back to the point that economics and markets cannot be taken as an abstraction from everything else that is going on, because we actually live in a world of political economy. On that score, President Trump arrived in Riyadh yesterday and swiftly announced that Saudi Arabia will be investing $1 trillion in the United States. The real figure is disputed and might be $600 billion (as announced by the White House) or as low as $300 billion. <strong>According to a White House fact sheet the deal includes a $142 billion defence sales agreement that will see new aerospace and missile defence equipment sold to Saudi Arabia.</strong></p>

<p>Trump also announced during the visit that the United States will be lifting sanctions on Syria, apparently at the urging of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Turkish President Erdogan. Saudi Arabia and Turkey had been two of the parties backing Syrian rebels (along with Qatar, who are gifting the USA a luxury jet) against the Iran and Russia-backed Assad regime. Is the United States now encouraging development to fill a regional power vacuum in a similar vein to what it did post-WWII? Is it a coincidence that the US Treasury Department just announced sanctions on more than 20 companies it claims have been involved in shipping Iranian crude oil to China (a key backer of both Iran and Russia)?</p>

<p>This comes as China criticizes the terms of the recent trade agreement struck between the United Kingdom and the United States. Much has been made of the agreement’s limited impact in economic terms, <strong>but China’s Foreign Ministry seems to think that the agreement is substantive from a geopolitical perspective, and freezes China out from investment and trade opportunities in the UK.</strong></p>

<p>So, the question now is: <strong>has the UK signed up for the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals</strong>? Or will other countries end up signing similar agreements that likewise seek to isolate Chinese trade and supply chain interests?<br><strong>Animal spirits may be back as markets rejoice at trade détente for the time being, but all of the elements that led to trade conflict in the first place are still present.</strong></p>
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<span property="schema:name" data-sanitized-class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">WTI Rebounds From Overnight Dip But 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Remains Elusive</span>

            <div property="schema:text" data-sanitized-class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Oil prices are marginally lower this morning after four straight sessions of gains driven by tariff optimism, following a <strong>bigger than expected build in crude stocks reported by API overnight.</strong></p>

<p>The rise in stocks <strong>comes as OPEC+ readies to add another 411,000 barrel per day tranche of supply to the market </strong>as it unwinds 2.2-million barrels per day of voluntary production cuts. The new supply is likely to check prices as Saudi Arabia looks to regain market share and respond to a U.S. call for lower prices, even as U.S. President Donald Trump began the first presidential trip of his current term with a visit to Riyadh on Tuesday.</p>

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<p><em>"While OPEC officials maintain that the US played no role in the decision to accelerate the phase -in of the voluntary barrels, the oil price environment has provided a beneficial backdrop to the Presidential visit from the Washington standpoint, Helima Croft, Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research at RBC Capital Markets, said in a note.</em></p>
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<p>All eyes now on the official data for confirmation of builds...</p>

<p><u><strong>API</strong></u></p>

<ul><li>
	<p><strong>Crude +4.29mm</strong></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Cushing -850k</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Gasoline -1.37mm</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Distillates -3.68mm</p>
	</li>
</ul><p><u><strong>DOE</strong></u></p>

<ul><li>
	<p><strong>Crude +3.45mm</strong></p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Cushing -1.07mm</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Gasoline -1.02mm</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>Distillates -3.16mm</p>
	</li>
</ul><p>The official data echoe API's report with a sizable crude build but draws at the Cushing Hub and in products...</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfmA710.jpg?itok=A_FR0oD6" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmA710.jpg?itok=A_FR0oD6"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="37d58358-a030-4098-aefd-92d0cfd4a8bb" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="276" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfmA710.jpg?itok=A_FR0oD6" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Source: Bloomberg</p>

<p>In a week when the Trump administration proposes a major bill to refill the SPR, total crude stocks rose around 4mm barrels (including 528k barrels to the SPR)...</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfmD9F9.jpg?itok=U81FhcNp" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmD9F9.jpg?itok=U81FhcNp"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ea31d751-6774-4ea6-948a-508195230cbc" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="275" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfmD9F9.jpg?itok=U81FhcNp" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Source: Bloomberg</p>

<p>US crude production rose very modestly last week but along with the rig count is basically unchanged since President Trump's election...</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfmC983.jpg?itok=ob7j17ih" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfmC983.jpg?itok=ob7j17ih"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="33e01ae0-4d2d-4abe-b211-1781eb68d785" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="278" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfmC983.jpg?itok=ob7j17ih" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Source: Bloomberg</p>

<p><strong>OPEC released its May Monthly Oil Market Report on Wednesday, sticking with its forecast for 2025 demand growth of 1.3-million barrels per day, higher last week's estimate from the Energy Information Administration </strong>for demand growth of one-million bpd this year. </p>

<p>The International Energy Agency will release its monthly outlook on Thursday.</p>

<p>The cartel also lowered its estimate from production growth for countries outside of OPEC+ by 100,000 bpd to 0.8-million bpd.</p>

<p>WTI is rallying back from overnight weakness...</p>

<p><a data-image-external-href="" data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/bfm5E9.jpg?itok=dUIGEG4o" data-link-option="0" href="https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm5E9.jpg?itok=dUIGEG4o"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3722ba5b-5ab2-4703-8301-e8d12144adc4" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="277" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/bfm5E9.jpg?itok=dUIGEG4o" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>Finally, the question many are asking is <strong>when will see prices at the pump lower </strong>as Refineries are expected to keep ramping up ahead of the summer, allowing nationwide crude processing rates to remain at the highest seasonal level since 2019.</p>

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<p>...and along with those lower prices, lower inflation.</p>
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<p><strong>Ex-CNN host Don Lemon had a total meltdown over Trump resettling a small number of white South African refugees in America, calling it “the most racist shit ever.”</strong></p>

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<p>A mere 59 Afrikaners arrived at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Monday, prompting widespread derision and demonization from leftists and the media, who claimed they were not real refugees while also monstering them as white supremacists.</p>

<p>The backlash to the refugees arriving in America was so vociferous that it became a stunning mask off moment in proving that anti-white hatred is still mainstream.</p>

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<p><strong>Don Lemon hyperventilated over “this South African farmer bullshit, which is the most blatantly obvious racist shit ever,”</strong> implying that Afrikaners couldn’t be refugees because they “own most of the land and the property” in South Africa.</p>

<p>Lemon failed to acknowledge that this is precisely why they are being targeted, sometimes violently, and officially by government discrimination in the form of compulsory land grabs.</p>

<p><strong>The former CNN anchor’s main bone of contention was that Trump was “trying to cut down on immigration from other countries” while favoring people from white countries.</strong></p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Don Lemon has a meltdown over South African refugees: “The most obvious racist sht ever”<br><br><a href="https://t.co/eNXmnXTEXu">pic.twitter.com/eNXmnXTEXu</a></p>
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1922376128397713510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>Because legally admitting 59 white people from South Africa is totally the same as the millions upon millions of illegal immigrants who entered America under Joe Biden, many of whom were violent criminals.</p>

<p><strong>Lemon then ludicrously tried to justify the South African government taking land from farmers without compensation by claiming it’s only for land that isn’t being used.</strong></p>

<p>Who decides whether the land is being used or not?</p>

<p>The same government seizing it without compensation.</p>

<p>I’m sure that’s a completely impartial and fair process!</p>

<p><strong>Suddenly developing a flair for per capita statistics that leftists can’t seem to grasp when it comes to crime, Lemon complained that white South Africans own more land than blacks despite being a minority of the population.</strong></p>

<p>Apparently, this alone, in true Communist dictatorship style, is enough to justify the government just stealing it from them without compensation.</p>

<p>As we <a href="https://modernity.news/2025/05/14/influencer-suggests-white-south-african-refugees-should-be-violently-targeted/">highlighted</a> earlier, <strong>African-American influencers are now suggesting that the white refugees should be violently targeted because they’re “racist,” proving precisely why they needed to flee South Africa in the first place.</strong></p>

<p>“These racist motherfuckers gonna find out the hard way, they’re gonna fuck around and find out, you can’t talk that shit over here on our soil,” he said.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Tiktoker threatens the immigrants from South Africa and says they’re all racist and Trump brought them here to be racist<br><br>
“They’re gonna find out the hard way… These people will start getting their ass whooped”<br><br>
Seems totally normal and stable… <a href="https://t.co/NuRrBxweap">pic.twitter.com/NuRrBxweap</a></p>
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1922486426282713458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p><em><strong>“So what’s gonna happen is that these people will start getting their ass whooped…we’re gonna start lighting motherfuckers up because they don’t know how to talk to black people in America,” </strong></em>he added.</p>

<p>The influencer then complained that when white South African refugees start getting violently attacked, people will complain about it, prompting more discrimination against black Americans.</p>

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