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China's military drills in six zones surrounding Taiwan were scheduled to wind down and end on Sunday, but on Monday Beijing announced it is extending…
China has begun its retaliation against Washington by announcing Friday the cancelation of a series of meetings with the United States, namely the suspension of…
GDP fell 0.9% in the second quarter. This followed on the heels of a -1.6 GDP print in Q1. Back-to-back contractions in GDP have historically…
Despite rising tensions between the world’s two most powerful countries over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, global risk markets have been quite…
Coming off their two-hour, seventeen-minute phone call Thursday wherein Taiwan tensions topped the agenda, The Washington Post is citing a senior administration official to say…
European Union policymakers have started to prepare the public for siege conditions this winter if gas supplies from Russia are completely cut, an effort to…
Much to the chagrin of snowflakes everywhere, big oil and energy firms are slated to post a quarter of record profits in the coming weeks. …
The United States entered a recession in 1990, which lasted 8 months through March 1991. The end of that recession marked the peak of the…
Key workers in supply chains across the globe know that their jobs have never been more crucial - and they're taking advantage of that leverage,…
Last week, the Minister of Power and Energy of the economic wasteland that is Sri Lanka, introduced the "National Fuel Pass", a fuel rationing scheme…
Global coal-fired electricity generators are producing more power than ever before in response to booming electricity demand after the pandemic and the surging price of…
President Biden issued some surprise comments weighing in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's upcoming Taiwan trip, telling reporters Wednesday that the US military think's it's…
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is an oil extraction technique that involves high-pressure water blended with sand and chemicals, forced into underground rocks known as shale…
South Korea last month joined the quite exclusive club of countries that have the capability of launching space rockets using homegrown technology. Rocket Nuri, officially…
After a punitive year-long investigation into Didi Global, China's version of Uber, Beijing regulators are finally preparing to wrap up the investigation into the company's…
As Europe transitions towards green energy, the question of what to do with nuclear power is once more at the center of discussions. As Statista's…
Auto sales continue to sputter heading into the back half of 2022, as global recession fears mount and supply chain issues persist. The latest to…
Fool’s Gold comes in many guises, whether it is in fake paper money, Ponzi investment schemes, fake and manipulated gold derivatives, Bitcoin, or just fake…
As mentioned in the last post, the huge break in energy prices between the US and the rest of the world could explain the extreme…
US and European sanctions have led to a significant shift in the direction of Russian energy flows. Bloomberg reports diesel and other fuel products shunned…