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It’s escalating: Ryanair picks China jet over Boeing triggering backlash from angry US lawmakers… Japan negotiators firmly opposed US proposal. Trump ends de minimis exemption for China shipments.

BREAKING: 🇪🇺🇨🇳 EU airlines saying they’re going to start buying Chinese COMAC planes instead of American Boeings in response to the tariffs- RCE This was announced by the Irish Ryanair. Reuters reports that US lawmakers immediately began threatening the company. pic.twitter.com/vlRz4C4ttT — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) May 2, 2025 🔴 Japan negotiators firmly opposed US proposal – …

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English FA announces it will ban transgender players from women’s football after Supreme Court ruling

BREAKING ⚠️ English FA announces it will ban transgender players from women's football after Supreme Court ruling Read more ➡️ https://t.co/v4WHiNVx2v pic.twitter.com/7sf95cvkG9 — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) May 1, 2025 Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England from June 1 after the Supreme Court ruling, the Football Association confirmed …

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$300,000 falls from armored truck onto streets of Chicago

It was raining money in Illinois after the back door of an armored truck accidentally opened and dropped almost $300,000 in cash. The security truck, operated by Brinks Home Security Company, was traveling southbound on Austin Boulevard in Oak Park, about 10 miles west of Chicago, around 5 p.m. on April 22 when its “back …

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George Clooney’s wife could be barred from future US visits due to Trump sanctions related to her work

Amal Clooney is a British human rights lawyer who is involved in the International Criminal Court’s case against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu George Clooney’s wife of 11 years could find herself barred from entering the United States in the future because of her work with the International Criminal Court, according to a report. Amal Clooney, …

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Switzerland to implement Hamas ban from May 15

The law, which was approved by parliament last December and came in the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, gives Swiss authorities “the necessary tools to take action against Hamas activities or support for the organization in Switzerland,” the government says. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/switzerland-to-implement-hamas-ban-from-may-15/

The collapsed Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) bubble is now the No Intelligence (N.I.) bubble… There is no ROI from AI solutions

The mega cap Tech stocks (MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, META, NVDA) have made an existential bet on Artificial Intelligence hardware capacity that will be a huge bust. The solution side is not keeping up with the hardware arms race. There is no ROI from AI solutions. pic.twitter.com/8BzMOzE7co — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) April 28, 2025 Back in 2018, …

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Europe inches from disaster with near blackout. Spain, Portugal, France blackout blamed on “green energy”

This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout. The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold. The normal operating frequency for Europe’s power grid is 50.00 Hz, kept with an extremely tight margin of ±0.1 Hz. …

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Student rescued from mountain twice in four days – after going back to find his phone

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan’s Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said. The 27-year-old climber made an emergency call on 22 April after getting altitude sickness on the mountain’s Fujinomiya trail, about 3,000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet) above sea level. …

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Pete Hegseth just FIRED Susan Rice from her DoD advisory position.

BREAKING NEWS: Pete Hegseth just FIRED Susan Rice from her DoD advisory position. Winning! pic.twitter.com/QuhFr01aD5 — Mila Joy (@Milajoy) April 25, 2025 View post on imgur.com Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Pentagon advisory committee members after another ousted top official accused them of being the source of a series of embarrassing leaks. Former President Obama …

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China braces for external shock from US tariffs, warns G20 global growth breaking down…

🇨🇳🇺🇸CHINA PREPS FOR “EXTERNAL SHOCKS” AS TRADE WAR ESCALATES Xi’s Politburo is scrambling emergency plans and new monetary tools as Trump’s 145% tariffs slam the world’s number 2 economy. Beijing says it's done talking until the U.S ditches all unilateral tariffs – and it's not… https://t.co/MhpDMuo9ne pic.twitter.com/LCJSitlqNI — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 25, 2025 China …

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PRESIDENT TRUMP — KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM TIME INTERVIEW

• Xi has called Trump; active China talks underway • Claims “200 tariff deals” done — formal announcements in 3–4 weeks • Says he “owns the store” on tariffs, will set ‘fair prices’ for each country • Says keeping tariffs 20–50%+ one year from now would be a “total victory” • Tariff strategy aimed at …

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IMF says tariff revenue will reduce U.S. deficit from $2.6 trillion to $2.3 trillion — We need spending cuts, congress. Notice the final paragraph, bond market vigilantes will punish U.S. Treasuries.

The IMF projects the overall U.S. federal deficit will dip to 6.5% of gross domestic product this year, down from 7.3% in 2024 The multinational fund cited increased tariff revenues for the decline The IMF highlighted uncertainty surrounding the rollout of higher tariffs and potential revenue increases The International Monetary Fund forecasts U.S. tariffs will …

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Trump threatens tariffs in 3 weeks if deals stall, says walking from China trade talks no big loss. US wants to restructure China’s Economy…

TRUMP: IF WE DON'T REACH A DEAL WITH COUNTRIES, THEN IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, WE WILL SET TARIFFS FOR THEM, INCLUDING CHINA DEALZ — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) April 23, 2025 🇺🇸 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP JUST SAID: – IF WE DON'T MAKE A DEAL WITH CHINA 🇨🇳, IT'S OK — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 23, …

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China changes divorce law: Wife receives no property from husband, equal custody for both parents

China has made significant changes to its divorce laws, aimed at making marriage registration simpler and divorce harder. A new 30-day cooling-off period has been introduced, requiring couples to wait before finalizing their divorce. This period gives couples a chance to reconsider their decision, potentially preventing hasty decisions, but it also raises concerns about women …

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Powell’d! Mortgage Applications Decline By 13% Since Previous Week (Refi Apps Down 20% From Previous Week)

by confoundedinterest17 Fed Chair Jerome Powell is apparently waiting for the tariff “war” to settle down before he pushes for interest rate cuts. Meanwhile, rising mortgage rates are hurting consumers and the mortgage industry. Mortgage applications decreased 12.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications …

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US gives Ukraine “final” peace deal… Crimea to Russia… warns US ready to walk away from talks… Ukraine rejects the U.S. plan…

The United States has presented Ukraine with a so-called “final” peace proposal, which involves recognising Crimea as part of Russia and unofficially acknowledging Russian control over almost all territories occupied since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Source: Axios, citing sources directly familiar with the proposal Quote: “The one-page document the US presented …

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Scenes from Istanbul after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Turkey

🇹🇷 AFTERSHOCKS RATTLE ISTANBUL, PEOPLE FILL THE STREETS Kandilli Observatory reports a 5.2 aftershock in the Sea of Marmara, shortly after the initial 6.2 quake. No injuries or major damage reported yet, but the jolts were enough to send crowds into the streets, avoiding… https://t.co/NLTT0S6pRv pic.twitter.com/5AfG4fksMP — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 23, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyJqi3QoQU

Tesla’s Net Income fell 71%…Elon Musk announces he’ll be stepping back from DOGE starting in May…

Tesla's Net Income fell 71% over the past year to $409 million. This was the first sub-$1 billion quarter for Tesla's bottom line in 4 years. $TSLAhttps://t.co/l5IYmkeySJ pic.twitter.com/ecd8oAiHYk — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 22, 2025 BREAKING: Elon Musk announces he’ll be stepping back from DOGE starting in May. “Next month I will start allocating more …

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Fed stuck with $2.7T in toxic MBSs from 2008 bailout, can’t unwind without crashing the real estate bubble. Homeownership dream dead for under-35s, thanks to Keynesian Fed policy

In 2008, the Fed came to the rescue of the Wall Street banks that caused the 2008 crash by transferring $2.7 trillion in toxic-waste Mortgage Backed Securities (MBSs) from the banksters to the public ledgers. Now it can’t offload these MBSs without imploding the housing bubble. Thanks to the Keynesian fraudsters at the Fed turning …

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New FDA Head PURGING Pharma Reps From Agency Boards!

The Food and Drug Administration will remove industry representatives from advisory committees and replace them with patients and caregivers, Commissioner Marty Makary announced Thursday. It’s the latest effort by Makary and his boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to reduce the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. Makary announced the change during his first interview …

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U.S. trade deals take 18 months on average, from t-shirts to pharmaceuticals.

“It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal, see chart below. Why does it take so long? Because trade negotiations involve going through what is imported into each country line by line and then negotiating the tariff for each product category… pic.twitter.com/1gh8mMveM4 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April …

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The US Supreme Court just blocked President Trump from Deporting illegals under the Alien Enemies Act… Justices Thomas and Alito dissent from court’s order… Thief in the night…

  The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel …

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DEI programs vanish from military, reports GAO

A government watchdog agency this week confirmed that all diversity, equity and inclusion positions inside the Pentagon have been eliminated. The move marks a major milestone in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign against an undue focus on race and gender programs in the military. The purge in the armed forces began with the National Defense …

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