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China Is Learning To Use Less Oil, And That’s A Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
ZeroHedge - Jun 12th 2026 6:30am EDTChina Is Learning To Use Less Oil, And That’s A Bigger Deal Than It Sounds By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Three months into the biggest oil supply disruption in modern history, China appears to have discovered something that should make oil bulls at least a little uncomfortable. It can get by on less fuel than […]
France Is Latest EU Country To Ban & Sanction Israel’s Finance Minister
ZeroHedge - Jun 12th 2026 4:15am EDTFrance Is Latest EU Country To Ban & Sanction Israel’s Finance Minister A growing list of Western countries have imposed individual sanctions and travel bans on two Israeli hardline ministers who advocate for Jewish supremacy over the Middle East, evidenced in their expansionist policies from the West Bank to Gaza to Syria. The two in […]
‘Full Force Of The Law’: British PM Threatens Belfast Anti-Immigration Rioters While Lowe Says ‘Millions Must Go’
ZeroHedge - Jun 12th 2026 2:00am EDT‘Full Force Of The Law’: British PM Threatens Belfast Anti-Immigration Rioters While Lowe Says ‘Millions Must Go’ Via Remix News, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has threatened Belfast’s nighttime rioters with the “full force of the law” after they conducted arson attacks on cars and homes on Tuesday night after a brutal video went viral […]
Why China’s Population Decline Is Irreversible
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 11:25pm EDTWhy China’s Population Decline Is Irreversible Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times, China’s demographic collapse is so advanced that even an immediate return to replacement-level fertility cannot prevent a massive population decline because there are simply too few women of childbearing age. The ageing crisis facing China is well documented and widely reported. […]
1JPM Call With Axon Reveals Race To Fortify U.S. Data Centers Against Kamikaze Drone Swarms
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 10:10pm EDTJPM Call With Axon Reveals Race To Fortify U.S. Data Centers Against Kamikaze Drone Swarms Axon Enterprise is moving beyond its legacy police body-camera and TASER products and rapidly expanding into drones, robotics, and counter-drone systems, positioning itself as a top supplier in the public safety sector, according to JPMorgan analysts. In a note on […]
Trump Nominates US Attorney Jay Clayton As Director Of National Intelligence
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 6:25pm EDTTrump Nominates US Attorney Jay Clayton As Director Of National Intelligence Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be his director of national intelligence. The move comes weeks after former intelligence chief […]
New CFTC Prediction Market Proposal Would Ban War And Terrorism Bets While Allowing Sports Markets
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 4:40pm EDTNew CFTC Prediction Market Proposal Would Ban War And Terrorism Bets While Allowing Sports Markets The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled a proposed framework for prediction markets that would prohibit contracts tied to violent or harmful events, including terrorism, war, and political assassinations, while largely preserving sports-based markets, according to Bloomberg. Under the […]
Trump Claims Iran Deal ‘Pretty Much All Wrapped Up’ – FARS Says Nothing Approved
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 2:42pm EDTTrump Claims Iran Deal ‘Pretty Much All Wrapped Up’ – FARS Says Nothing Approved Summary TACO SEASONING: Trump tells NY Post that Iran deal “pretty much all wrapped up,” but FARS news agency says no deal has been approved. TACO: Trump Cancels Strikes After All Day Bluster About ‘Bigger’ Strikes on Iran Tonight Iran Parliament Speaker […]
Ugly, Tailing 30Y Auction Sees Foreign Demand Tumble, Dealer “Backtop” Bid Jump
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 1:41pm EDTUgly, Tailing 30Y Auction Sees Foreign Demand Tumble, Dealer “Backtop” Bid Jump After yesterday’s stellar 10Y auction, which saw the 5th highest Indirect take down on record, today’s reopening of $22BN in 30Y paper (via Cusip UU0) was a mirror image: ugly, poor foreign demand, and tailing. Starting at the top, the auction priced at […]
Emails Show Senior DOJ Officials Questioned Biden-Era Memo To Probe School Board Threats
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 12:20pm EDTEmails Show Senior DOJ Officials Questioned Biden-Era Memo To Probe School Board Threats Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Internal emails from the Biden-era Department of Justice (DOJ) show that senior officials objected to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland’s plan to use the FBI to investigate parents opposed to school policies. Critics at the […]
USPS Proposes Halting Mail Ballot Delivery To States That Refuse Voter Roll Verification
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 11:00am EDTUSPS Proposes Halting Mail Ballot Delivery To States That Refuse Voter Roll Verification Via American Greatness, The US Postal Service (USPS) has proposed a new rule requiring states to share voter information related to mail-in and absentee voting. The proposal follows a March executive order from Trump aimed at tightening regulations governing mail-in voting in federal elections. […]
US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 9:08am EDTUS Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to 229k last week (more than the 220k expected) and the highest in four months… Source: Bloomberg Pennsylvania, California, and Minnesota are the states seeing the largest rise in claims last week… Continuing jobless claims […]
ECB Preview: First Rate Hike Since 2023
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 7:45am EDTECB Preview: First Rate Hike Since 2023 Markets expect the ECB to hike by 25bps, the first rate hike since 2023, but do not look for explicit guidance on the path ahead, with the Council likely pledging in the statement to set monetary policy in a data-dependent and meeting-by-meeting fashion. Lagarde is likely to highlight […]
UK Plans To Jail Tech CEOs Who Refuse To Spy On Every Phone
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 6:30am EDTUK Plans To Jail Tech CEOs Who Refuse To Spy On Every Phone Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, New measures would compel client-side inspection of every photo, video and message on devices, escalating the digital ID lockdown already plotted for British smartphones in coordination with major technology firms. Privacy advocates warn the “child safety” […]
Germany’s Big LNG Deal With Canada May Never Deliver A Single Cargo
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 5:00am EDTGermany’s Big LNG Deal With Canada May Never Deliver A Single Cargo Authored by Andrew Topf via OilPrice.com, Germany has signed long-term LNG offtake agreements with Canada’s Ksi Lisims project, seeking energy security and supply diversification amid heightened geopolitical risks. Despite the deals, Canadian LNG may never physically reach Germany due to geography, shipping economics, […]
EU Plans €100 Billion Project To Bring African Sunlight To Power Europe’s Electric Revolution
ZeroHedge - Jun 11th 2026 4:15am EDTEU Plans €100 Billion Project To Bring African Sunlight To Power Europe’s Electric Revolution The European Union, which has been starved for cheap energy since the start of the Ukraine war, is betting that the future of its energy system lies under the North African sun. On Tuesday, the European Commission pledged €5 billion of EU […]
Putin Powerfully Rebuffed The Hawks Who Want Him To Attack NATO
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 11:25pm EDTPutin Powerfully Rebuffed The Hawks Who Want Him To Attack NATO Authored by Andrew Korybko, In his words, talk about Russia attacking NATO “is not simply nonsense; it is a provocation.” Several top “Non-Russian Pro-Russians” (NRPR) influencers rang the alarm last month about Russia’s alleged plans to attack NATO, which were inspired by top hawk Sergey […]
As Spy Law Nears Expiration, Lawmakers Mull Short-Term Renewal
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 10:35pm EDTAs Spy Law Nears Expiration, Lawmakers Mull Short-Term Renewal Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s pick for a key intelligence post has left Democrats and Republicans at odds over a spy law set to lapse on June 12. As the clock ticks down, lawmakers are contemplating Trump’s latest proposal: another […]
SoftBank Attempt To Get Downsized $6 Billion OpenAi Margin Loan Stalls
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 9:31pm EDTSoftBank Attempt To Get Downsized $6 Billion OpenAi Margin Loan Stalls One month ago, Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group, was forced to downsize plans for a $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake after facing hesitation from some creditors. Today, it couldn’t even get that done after talks with potential creditors to raise the downsized […]
MSFT Restricts Internal Use Of Claude Fable Over Data-Retention Concerns; BMO Calls Anthropic A Leading Pure-Play AI Lab
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 8:30pm EDTMSFT Restricts Internal Use Of Claude Fable Over Data-Retention Concerns; BMO Calls Anthropic A Leading Pure-Play AI Lab Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a next-generation “Mythos-class” AI model, on Tuesday. The model is designed to restrict dangerous capabilities in areas such as cybersecurity and biological research after CEO Dario Amodei warned about risks last month. […]
CBP Chief Says Border Wall Should Be Finished By Late 2027
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 7:15pm EDTCBP Chief Says Border Wall Should Be Finished By Late 2027 Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The U.S. southern border wall will be completed by the end of next year, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott at an event on Tuesday. Scott told an audience in Washington that […]
RFK Jr. Responds To “Explosion” in Tick-Borne, WEF-Touted Alpha-Gal Syndrome
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 5:40pm EDTRFK Jr. Responds To “Explosion” in Tick-Borne, WEF-Touted Alpha-Gal Syndrome Authored By Ben Bartee at Armageddon Prose Substack In response to a question on the topic posed by ZeroHedge reporter Liam Cosgrove, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently addressed the astronomical increase in alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne infection that causes potentially life-threatening allergic reactions to red meat: “Last […]
Solar Tops Coal In US Power Mix For The First Month Ever
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 4:40pm EDTSolar Tops Coal In US Power Mix For The First Month Ever Solar power held a record-high 12.8% share of US electricity supply in May, overtaking coal-generated power for the first full month on record, energy think tank Ember said in a report on Wednesday. As OilPrice notes, while the share of solar-generated power jumped […]
Governments Sell Bonds At Record Pace As Global Rates Rise, Spending Soars
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 3:00pm EDTGovernments Sell Bonds At Record Pace As Global Rates Rise, Spending Soars In a world already drowning with debt, the only certainty is even more debt According to a new analysis by Bloomberg, governments are borrowing from syndicated bond markets at a record clip as public spending surges. That’s in addition to direct sales where the […]
Goldman Breaks Down Build America 250 Impact On Construction Stocks
ZeroHedge - Jun 10th 2026 1:00pm EDTGoldman Breaks Down Build America 250 Impact On Construction Stocks The Build America 250 bill is a proposed transportation infrastructure funding package covering federal projects between 2027 and 2031 and would succeed the Biden-era Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which expires in the coming months. Goldman analysts, led by Ben Rada Martin, stated that the […]