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Berlin’s Real Estate Market: Socialism On The Rise
ZeroHedge - Jan 30th 2026 2:00am ESTBerlin’s Real Estate Market: Socialism On The Rise Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany’s debt crisis continues to tighten the political leeway of the Federal Republic. The latest push by Berlin’s SPD for stricter real estate regulation clearly signals the direction ahead: Parties at the brink are choosing state-controlled economics over a market-driven turnaround. The German […]
Davos 2026: Acknowledging The End Of Pax Americana
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 11:25pm ESTDavos 2026: Acknowledging The End Of Pax Americana Authored by Ret. Admiral Cem Gürdeniz via Michel Chossudovsky’s substack, The end of the Pax Americana established after 1945 was officially acknowledged by both the leaders of finance capital and the elected leaders in Davos 26. The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 in Davos, which has served […]
Maine Is The ‘Oldest’ State, Utah The ‘Youngest’
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 11:00pm ESTMaine Is The ‘Oldest’ State, Utah The ‘Youngest’ Across the U.S., age profiles vary widely by region. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, highlights those differences using the most recent nationwide estimates. The data for this visualization comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 1-Year Estimates. It reports the median age […]
‘My Colon Literally Blew Up’: Thousands Sue Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Side Effects
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 9:20pm EST‘My Colon Literally Blew Up’: Thousands Sue Over GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Side Effects A growing wave of lawsuits is challenging the safety warnings accompanying blockbuster weight-loss drugs that have rapidly reshaped American medicine and culture, raising questions about whether patients were adequately informed of the risks tied to medications now used by tens of […]
About FACE: Trump Administration Using Abortion-Focused Law To Defend Believers
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 8:05pm ESTAbout FACE: Trump Administration Using Abortion-Focused Law To Defend Believers Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Instead of the word of the Lord, worshippers at the Jan. 18 Sunday prayer service at Cities Church in St. Paul were met with chants such as “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good.” But that’s not all. Families […]
Education Department Warns California To Halt Secret Gender Transitions Of Kids
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 7:15pm ESTEducation Department Warns California To Halt Secret Gender Transitions Of Kids Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.com, The U.S. Education Department (ED) is warning California to stop hiding gender transitions of students from parents in public schools or face federal consequences. ED’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) investigated dangerous and shocking violations of parental rights […]
Erdogan Urges Trump To Let Him Mediate Iran Crisis, Amid Fears Of Refugee Explosion
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 3:40pm ESTErdogan Urges Trump To Let Him Mediate Iran Crisis, Amid Fears Of Refugee Explosion Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing the idea of hosting a direct teleconference between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in a last-ditch bid to cool rising tensions, and avoid US military action. Regional sources have newly […]
Israeli, Saudi Officials Swarm DC As Trump Weighs Iran Strike Options
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 1:40pm ESTIsraeli, Saudi Officials Swarm DC As Trump Weighs Iran Strike Options Senior Saudi and Israeli defense and intelligence officials are converging on Washington this week as the Trump administration weighs potential US strikes on Iran, according to Axios. This as the same report also observes: “A ‘limited strike’ is an illusion. Any military action by […]
Worldcoin Spikes 40% As OpenAI Reportedly Plans Biometric X Rival
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 12:45pm ESTWorldcoin Spikes 40% As OpenAI Reportedly Plans Biometric X Rival Authored by Brian Quarmby via Cointelegraph, OpenAI-linked token Worldcoin spiked 40% on Wednesday following a report that the artificial intelligence firm is working on a bot-free social media platform that requires “proof of personhood.” According to a Tuesday Forbes report citing sources familiar with the […]
Trump Says John Deere Will Invest $70 Million To Build Excavator Factory In North Carolina
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 9:50am ESTTrump Says John Deere Will Invest $70 Million To Build Excavator Factory In North Carolina Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump announced on Jan. 27 that farm equipment maker John Deere will invest $70 million to build an excavator factory in North Carolina. A John Deere excavator piles […]
‘No Hire, No Fire’ Economy Exposed As Continuing Jobless Claims At Lowest Since Sept 2024
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 8:40am EST‘No Hire, No Fire’ Economy Exposed As Continuing Jobless Claims At Lowest Since Sept 2024 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time decline from 210k (upwardly revised from 200k) to 209k (slightly above the 205k exp), but remaining near those multi-decade lows and showing no signs of labor market stress. […]
Inside Syria’s Largest Oilfield After The Battle For Control
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 6:30am ESTInside Syria’s Largest Oilfield After The Battle For Control Via Middle East Eye Abu Aicha patrols the desert in northeastern Syria by car and on foot, an armed man permanently at his side. Around him stretches an apocalyptic landscape: rusted pipelines, shredded buildings, scorched earth and the traces of explosions. “This is more important to protect than […]
UK Government To Create ‘British FBI’, Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition Cameras
ZeroHedge - Jan 29th 2026 2:00am ESTUK Government To Create ‘British FBI’, Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition Cameras Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The British Home Secretary unveiled plans in Parliament on Jan. 26 for a new National Police Service (NPS), which is modeled on the FBI and will take over the fight against terrorism and […]
Why The US Was Right To Leave The WHO
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 11:25pm ESTWhy The US Was Right To Leave The WHO Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary The United States has pulled its membership in the World Health Organization (WHO), and many other nations are rethinking their participation. Of course, this could change with some future administration. The institution itself is […]
Why The US Was Right To Leave The WHO
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 11:25pm ESTWhy The US Was Right To Leave The WHO Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary The United States has pulled its membership in the World Health Organization (WHO), and many other nations are rethinking their participation. Of course, this could change with some future administration. The institution itself is […]
New Footage Appears To Show Alex Pretti Spit At ICE, Break SUV Tail Light In Prior Minneapolis Confrontation
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 11:00pm ESTNew Footage Appears To Show Alex Pretti Spit At ICE, Break SUV Tail Light In Prior Minneapolis Confrontation The killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last Saturday sparked national outrage – particularly when it comes to the 2nd Amendment and his right to carry while protesting. The incident resulted in two federal agents […]
California Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 9:20pm ESTCalifornia Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid Reminder to Californians; you do not live in a free state, and they don’t play around. Michael Jay Kamfolt, pictured in a red sweatshirt and hat, at a No Kings protest on Feb. 17, 2025 in Redding, California. Photo by Annelise Pierce. Last week […]
California Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 9:20pm ESTCalifornia Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid Reminder to Californians; you do not live in a free state, and they don’t play around. Michael Jay Kamfolt, pictured in a red sweatshirt and hat, at a No Kings protest on Feb. 17, 2025 in Redding, California. Photo by Annelise Pierce. Last week […]
NASA Set to Launch 1st Manned Moon Rocket In 50 Years: What To Know
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 8:05pm ESTNASA Set to Launch 1st Manned Moon Rocket In 50 Years: What To Know Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA has mounted a rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a manned flight around the moon. […]
2026 Brings Big Changes To Charitable-Deduction Rules
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 7:00pm EST2026 Brings Big Changes To Charitable-Deduction Rules Now that we’re into 2026, many provisions of last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) are coming to life. One set of tweaks brings major changes to the tax treatment of charitable contributions, getting non-itemizers back into the tax-saving game but curtailing tax benefits for itemizers and […]
Tesla Surges After Reporting $2BN Investment In xAI, Stronger Than Expected Profit
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 5:35pm ESTTesla Surges After Reporting $2BN Investment In xAI, Stronger Than Expected Profit Going into Tesla earnings, we wrote in our preview that Morgan Stanley saw a “particularly wide dispersion in financial KPIs into the 4Q print and for 2026.” The bank said that the stock reaction will depend on the incrementality of updates around scaling […]
Microsoft Tumbles After Top- & Bottom-Line Beats But CapEx Soars
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 4:16pm ESTMicrosoft Tumbles After Top- & Bottom-Line Beats But CapEx Soars With all eyes firmly focused on CapEx numbers to keep the AI-expansion narrative alive, Microsoft beat expectations on top- and bottom-line, and operating income, but a bigger than expected CapEx. Microsoft posted adjusted earnings of $4.14 a share on revenue of $81.3 billion (better than […]
Indonesian Stocks Halted For 30 Minutes After Crashing On MSCI “Investability” Concerns
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 3:05pm ESTIndonesian Stocks Halted For 30 Minutes After Crashing On MSCI “Investability” Concerns Indonesian stocks tumbled after MSCI raised concerns about their investability and warned of a potential downgrade to frontier-market status. The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index plunged 7.4% on Wednesday, its biggest one-day slide in over nine months; earlier in the day it crashed as […]
Another East Coast Storm Brewing After Widespread Power Outages
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 12:45pm ESTAnother East Coast Storm Brewing After Widespread Power Outages Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Another winter storm system may hit the East Coast this weekend, just days after a major storm brought widespread power outages due to ice and snow across a broad swath of the eastern United States. A […]
Iran Executes Suspected Israeli Spy In High-Stakes Act Of Defiance
ZeroHedge - Jan 28th 2026 11:25am ESTIran Executes Suspected Israeli Spy In High-Stakes Act Of Defiance After stern warnings from President Trump, Iran has made clear it is not executing any protesters in the wake of the raging demonstrations and deadly unrest across Iranian cities which took place and grabbed world headlines earlier this month. Trump had earlier claimed that Iran […]