UK Police Officers Admit DEI Training Pressured Them To Ignore Dying White Teen Henry Nowak Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, Officers from the force that failed Henry Nowak have now admitted they felt “controlled and pressured to feel certain ways” after mandatory DEI sessions that hammered home ‘white privileged’ and unconscious bias. The trainer outsourced to deliver the course was described as “deeply hateful of white […]

Ford May Sales Plunge -13.6%, But UBS Says 2026 Remains On Track Ford reported U.S. sales of 190,828 units in May, down 13.6% year over year, bringing year-to-date sales to 826,810 units, down 11%. The declines were broad-based, reflecting ongoing weakness in EV demand and continued portfolio shifts away from certain lower-margin vehicles. EV sales fell nearly 44% during the month, while hybrid sales declined 16%. Among key […]

Trump Downplays Iran’s Attacks Targeting US Bases In Kuwait & Bahrain: ‘They Were Slightly Provoked’ Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been “slightly provoked” since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. “There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night,” the […]

Jobless Claims Jump As US Tech Firms Announce Most Job Cuts In 2 Years The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to its highest in three months last week at 225k (215k exp), but this remains well within the range of the last five years… Source: Bloomberg The biggest increase in initial claims came from California while Texas saw the biggest decline… Continuing Jobless Claims dipped […]

Hezbollah Chief Rejects US-Mediated Israel Truce; Trump To Maintain Ceasefire With Iran Unless American Troops Killed Summary Hezbollah chief rejects outcome of Lebanon-Israel talks, insisting that a truce must encompass whole country. WSJ reports that the White House intends to maintain a ceasefire with Iran unless American troops are killed; oil drops also after Trump states on TS  Trump lashes out after House War Powers votes […]

Futures Slide After Broadcom Forecast Miss Chills Tech Euphoria US equity futures are weaker, dragged lower by Tech after a disappointing outlook from Broadcom triggered doubts that the blistering rally in technology shares had gone too far, a move exacerbated by euphoric positioning. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures dropped 0.4%, while Nasdaq futures slumped 1.2%. Broadcom, which added around $150 billion in market value just this […]

Five Below Plunges After Earnings Beat, Warns Consumer Boost From Tax Refunds Is Ending Five Below’s core customer base is tweens, teens, and value-conscious households. That makes management’s warning on Wednesday’s earnings call particularly notable: the retailer is directly exposed to trends in low-end discretionary spending. “We’re looking at the world that our customers are living in: with rising fuel costs, with very sticky […]

Constellation’s Three Mile Island Nuclear Restart Gets Boost With FERC Waiver By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive Constellation Energy’s plans to restart the Crane nuclear power plant – formerly, and better known as Three Mile Island Unit 1 – were boosted Monday when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a waiver for the company from PJM Interconnection rules. FERC approved Constellation’s waiver request over the […]

Since 2022 Just A Handful Of Countries Have Driven All Sovereign Gold Demand The 2008 financial crisis marked a structural shift in central bank behaviour Back in January, UBS showed that most of last year’s increase in gold prices was driven by US policy shocks boosting private demand. The bulk of the gold price increase last year can be attributed to US policy shifts: UBS Running in parallel, however, has been a more gradual […]

Humanoid Robots Remain Years Away From Replacing Human Workers Authored by Stephen Katte via Cointelegraph, AI robotics company Figure posted several videos on X throughout May showcasing its robots performing basic tasks, including cleaning a room and sorting packages. Modern artificial intelligence-powered robots are impressive in their capabilities, but are still years away from replacing humans as they can’t yet adapt to […]

UBS Warns El Nino May Intensify Food Inflation Across Asia By now, readers have a clear understanding that the Gulf-driven energy shock is on course to collide with a potential super El Niño weather event, creating what could be a dangerous second-order shock to food supply chains around the world. The concern is that extreme heat and disrupted rainfall patterns could hit top agricultural growing belts, dent harvest output, and […]

BBC Sinks To A New Low… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, The BBC has once again demonstrated its role as a partisan propaganda machine rather than a neutral public broadcaster. On its flagship evening news show Newsnight, presenter Matt Chorley repeatedly claimed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for a “white cold rage” in response to the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak. Yet Farage said no such thing. He […]

Germany, France, UK See Opportunity To Revive Putin Talks Without Washington Europe’s most influential powers of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom are trying to again jump-start Ukraine war peace talks, collectively operating as the E3 group. They seek to implement a new framework aimed at engaging Russian President Vladimir Putin in direct negotiations to end the war. Reuters on Wednesday reports that “A window for dialogue […]

After Murder Of Henry Nowak, Amnesty International Condemns Right Wing ‘Political Commentary’ Via Remix News, Amnesty International’s reaction to the murder of Henry Nowak has prompted outrage, with the organization having nothing to say about the atrocious and inhumane actions of the police during the incident, but sharply condemning the “political commentary” in the wake of Nowak’s death. “At a time when hate crimes […]

EU Could Lose 1.3 Million Jobs Due To Energy Price Surge From Iran War Up to 1.3 million jobs across the EU are at risk because of the ongoing war in the Middle East, European Commissioner for jobs Roxana Mînzatu said on Wednesday. “Due to the war in the Middle East, up to 1.3 million jobs are at risk, particularly in energy-intensive industries,” Mînzatu said at a press conference. “Let me also underline that increased energy […]

Iran To Deepen Ties With ‘Principal Strategic Partner’ China: Ghalibaf Via The Cradle Iranian Parliament Speaker and special representative for China affairs, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, held the first joint meeting with key economic officials on Wednesday to align Tehran’s economic strategy toward Beijing. The session in Tehran included the ministers of economy, oil, and industry, alongside the central bank governor and the head of […]

US Formally Rejects Somaliland Sovereignty In Blow To Israel Via Middle East Eye The US has reaffirmed “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Somalia, in a move seen as a blow to Somaliland, the breakaway region recently recognized by Israel and close to the United Arab Emirates. In a report to Congress on “Potential Areas for Improved United States Engagement with Somaliland”, the US State Department stated […]

‘Putin’s Davos’ Forum Opens Under Heavy Ukrainian Drone Attack, With Candace Owens & Trump Official In Attendance Ukraine’s President Zelensky has freshly stated that he’s ready for direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in order to end the war, but he also warned that the alternative is for Ukraine to increase its retaliatory strikes on Russia,  The head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, […]

Iran Issues 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US, After Most Intense Overnight Clashes Since April Summary State media issues four-stage proposal for deal with US, says indirect talks are ‘ongoing’. GCC blasts ‘cowardly attacks’ after Kuwait International Airport rocked by Iranian missiles: one dead, 63 injured. Overnight saw US-Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz – as US attacked Qeshm Island – and Iran unleashed more […]

US Govt. Lab Launches Advanced Battery Lab To Help Power Grid Authored by Georgina Jedikovska via Interesting Engineering, The US has recently launched a new battery production line, which is expected to help researchers develop safer and cheaper energy storage technologies for the electric grid. PNNL’s new prismatic cell line will allow researchers and industry partners to create, test and demonstrate real-world prismatic cells at […]

Samsung Joins Blue-State Exodus, Moves U.S. HQ From New Jersey To Texas We’re still trying to settle on a name for the new “Rust Belt” for blue states, where high taxes, de-growth climate policies, permitting paralysis, and an obsession with woke governance have sparked a historic outflow of people, businesses, and capital to red states. The old Rust Belt was hollowed out by decades of deindustrialization. This new version in blue […]

US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering, A new rifle heading to U.S. special operations forces can switch between 7.62mm NATO and 6.5mm Creedmoor ammunition in roughly a minute, giving operators a way to adapt to changing mission requirements without carrying separate weapon systems. MK24 modular rifle (LMT Defense on Facebook) The […]

Lefty Tech Rag Panics As Manhattan Institute Pivots From Killing DEI To Crushing NGO-Funded Riots Left-leaning Condé Nast, through Wired, appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots. Wired reporter Ali Winston’s target is the Manhattan Institute. She appears to be upset that the Manhattan […]

Colonoscopy: The Most Used Screening Test For Colon Cancer, Here Are The Benefits And Risks Authored by Mercura Wang via The Epoch Times, Medically reviewed by Jimmy Almond, M.D. Colonoscopy is the most widely used screening test for colon cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. It is considered the gold standard and is more accurate than two other common screening methods – stool […]

Is John Cornyn Trying To Sabotage Ken Paxton? Texas Republicans handed Sen. John Cornyn one of the most humiliating defeats in the state’s modern political history in this year’s primary runoff. A week after being clobbered by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, he is amplifying a Libertarian candidate, in an apparent attempt to siphon conservative votes from Ken Paxton in the general election in November. In a post on X, Cornyn […]