Brent Nears $110 Then Tumbles On IEA Demand Destruction Warning As Houthis Threaten Saudi Oil Escape Route, Diesel Shock Goes Global Brent crude futures nearly topped $110 a barrel in the overnight hours but fell 3.5% to the $103 handle by 6 a.m. ET, after reports from the International Energy Agency that soaring fuel costs could spark global demand destruction. The global benchmark remained on course for its biggest weekly […]

US Agencies Accuse China-Based AI Firms Of ‘Malicious’ Copying Of American Models Federal cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday accused six China-based artificial intelligence companies of running industrial-scale campaigns to extract proprietary features from leading U.S. models. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI were all named in the joint advisory. Officials alleged the companies, “likely […]

Ukraine Wants To Tax Sex To Fund The War Authored by Martin Armstrong via Armstrong Economics, How desperate must a government become before it considers taxing pornography to purchase drones for a war it cannot win? Ukraine is now reportedly considering legalizing parts of its adult entertainment industry to generate additional tax revenue for the war against Russia. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak estimates legalization […]

US Home Delistings Decline As Sellers Become More Willing To Make Deals Property delistings nationwide recorded a year-over-year decline toward the end of this summer, as sellers showed more patience than they did a year ago and a larger share were willing to cut prices, according to Realtor.com. The August 2026 Monthly Housing Trends Report, released on Sept. 2, indicated that delistings declined 12.6 percent in August from a year […]

Migrants Placed In Tiny British Village Will Out Number Locals By 10 To 1 Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, The official line is that 1,256 single adult males will be placed at the old MoD depot on the edge of the Oxfordshire hamlet. Yet the document villagers pulled out of the consultation pack talks about “accommodation for 3,510 service users.” That is not a rounding error. In a place of 350 people and 46 children, […]

“Old Economy Is Taking Revenge”: Jeff Currie Warns Fuel Squeeze Is Driving Structural Inflation Former Goldman Sachs commodities chief and current Real Macro head Jeff Currie joined CNBC earlier Thursday to discuss all things commodities, warning that the latest Brent crude rally above $107 a barrel is becoming harder to dismiss as a temporary shock, with renewed Chinese buying and soaring refining margins (US diesel crack spread […]

What More Evidence Does The Blob Need That Michael Gove Was Right? Authored by Toby Young via The Daily Sceptic, When I think of Michael Gove perusing the latest PISA league tables, proving yet again that his education reforms have transformed the life chances of English schoolchildren, a line from Broadcast News, the 1987 romcom, comes to mind. “It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you’re the […]

Mideast Chaos Sends Supertanker Rates Soaring To $800,000 A Day Supertanker rates on the Baltic Exchange’s benchmark Middle East-to-China shipping route have surged to a staggering $800,000 a day. With US forces having destroyed five Iranian-linked tankers and Tehran threatening further escalation in recent days, prospects for near-term stabilization remain limited. The freight surge signals that crude oil and refined products […]

Austria’s Headscarf Ban For Under-14 Schoolgirls Comes Into Force Via Remix News, Austria’s new nationwide ban on “traditional Muslim” head coverings, including hijabs and burqas, for girls under 14 in both public and private schools, has now taken effect as of Sept. 7, 2026. in Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The start date coincided with the start of the new school year. Austria’s remaining states will follow with a ban […]

We Are In World War Xi Authored by Karen Siegemund and Bradley A. Thayer via American Greatness, As the Russo-Ukrainian war continues, Americans may blame Russian leader Vladimir Putin for starting “World War III.” It is correct that World War III has started, but its cause is the People’s Republic of China (PRC), not Russia. The war did not start with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 or with the appeasement of Russia in the […]

25 Years Later, Air Travel Still Bears The Imprint Of 9/11 Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times, The terror attacks 25 years ago this week had enduring costs for America’s commercial aviation sector. Today’s domestic fliers are on balance worse off for it, with higher costs, fewer choices, and more delays. That’s because, on Sept. 11, 2001, men who were part of the al Qaeda Islamist terror network bought tickets and […]

Diesel Crunch Set To Worsen As Refining Capacity Falls Short, Industry Warns The global diesel market – already trading at record prices – is set to further tighten in the coming months and keep fuel prices high, raising the prices of all goods and threatening the inflation targets of the central banks. Industry officials, who gathered at the APPEC petroleum conference in Singapore this week, warned that the market has not seen the […]

Oil Tanker Rates Hit Record Highs as Middle East Shipping Risks Soar By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Oil tanker rates have jumped to record highs as escalating risks to shipping in and out of the Middle East are prompting traders and tanker operators to undertake inefficient and more expensive trade routes. While the crude oil supply is actually there, shipping it through the Strait of Hormuz remains a very risky endeavor, […]

Pakistan’s Energy Crisis Set To Ease As Qatari LNG Breaks Through Hormuz Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Pakistan is about to get some energy relief with tankers carrying Qatari LNG set to arrive in the country this month. The first cargo is seen arriving as early as Thursday, Bloomberg reported, citing ship-tracking data. Pakistan has been struggling to keep the lights on after Qatar declared force majeure on its […]

Needham Spots Autonomous Trucking Inflection Point Arriving Next Year Swedish freight company Einride’s announcement last month that it plans to deploy 500 Tesla Semis on US roads, the largest publicly announced commitment to electric Class 8 trucks, suggests a shift toward fleet electrification. It also brings the next phase of trucking technology into focus: the gradual commercialization of autonomous freight. Tesla CEO Elon […]

Perfectly Timed AI Panic Resurrects ‘Bipartisan AI Safety Bill’ A stalled bipartisan artificial intelligence safety bill has suddenly found new life on Capitol Hill – propelled by a combination of dire warnings from inside the industry’s leading labs and a brewing grassroots revolt threatening Republicans in key midterm states. According to a new report from Semafor, momentum is building for a Senate regulatory framework just as […]

Why Family-Run Grocers Are Suing New York Over City-Run Stores Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times, Josefina Aguirre grew up among the piñatas hanging from the ceiling of Little Mexico Meat Market, the store her parents opened in New York City’s El Barrio in 1997, three years after her father crossed the border from Mexico at 17. She has a bachelor’s degree in business management, a qualification her parents, Oscar and […]

Citi Says LatAm “Poised For Take-Off” As Powerful Tailwinds Align. Here’s Why Our focus on South America’s improving investment outlook, underpinned by a generational shift from left-wing governments to more business-friendly governments, gained support Thursday from Citi’s report, “LatAm Poised for Take-Off: The Macro Cycle Turns Latin America’s Way.” Citi chief Latin America economist Ernesto Revilla wrote in a note earlier […]

Sinopec Sees China Oil Demand Falling 8.9% in 2026 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com China’s Sinopec, the world’s top refiner by capacity, expects Chinese oil demand to drop by 8.9% in 2026 from a year earlier amid demand destruction from higher oil prices and the acceleration of electric vehicle adoption. Oil demand in the world’s biggest crude oil importer is expected to drop by 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) on average […]

Several US Warplanes Damaged In This Week’s Iranian Attack On Base In Jordan: Report The Iranian ballistic missile attack on an American base in Jordan this week ranks as one of the single biggest missile volleys sent over Jordan since the start of the US-led war. The Tuesday night into Wednesday attack targeted Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, multiple international reports say. Widely shared but unconfirmed social media videos appeared […]

Trump Broadens Interior’s Role In National Energy Emergencies Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump expanded the number of Cabinet officials who can independently exercise emergency powers involving the nation’s energy supplies for the second time in six months. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum testifies on Capitol Hill on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times An executive order issued Sept. 8 […]

Huge Fire Along Saudi ‘Hormuz Bypass’ East-West Oil Pipeline After Alleged Houthi Strikes Update(1815ET): While unconfirmed, this would mark a huge escalation of the Houthi entry into what’s been creeping all summer into a regional war: Yemen’s armed forces targeted Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline; satellite data shows fires at six points along the route that transports crude oil from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. (IRIB […]

Right-Wing Bolsonaro Overtakes Socialist Lula On Polymarket As Brazil Election Nears Polymarket’s “Brazil Presidential Election” market, with nearly $150 million in trading volume, now favors right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro over leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of October’s election. The shift follows polling data released earlier this week showing Bolsonaro pulling ahead in a hypothetical runoff, although the […]

Trump Admin Proposes Excluding Illegal Immigrants From Census Count Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is proposing to change how the U.S. Census is conducted by excluding illegal immigrants from the population totals that are used to determine political representation. The Census Bureau posted a proposed rule on Wednesday that said it also wants to prohibit the inclusion of questions about […]

Ten AI Jobs That Pay Up To 85% More Than Traditional Tech Jobs Tech professionals who add AI skills to their existing expertise can earn significantly more than those in traditional roles, according to a September 2026 study by software talent marketplace Lemon.io. In some cases, the salary premium approaches 85%, while several career transitions could take less than six months, according to Lemon.io. The research compared […]