Rheinmetall Crashes Most In Months After Guidance Cut (Again) On Military Ramp-Up Risk Rheinmetall AG shares plunged the most since late June in European trading after the German defense manufacturer slashed its annual sales forecast for the second time in months. Berenberg analysts pointed out that “Weapon & Ammunition drives most of the guidance cut.”The company, which makes tanks and armored vehicles, artillery, ammunition, […]

‘Digital ID Checks For All’: Ofcom’s Plan For UK’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Puts Adults In The Age-Check Line Too Privacy campaigners have argued for months that this is where an age ban ends up. In March, Big Brother Watch titled a post “A social media ban for under-16s = digital ID checks for all” and argued that because the alternatives are intrusive and unreliable, ID would be required in many millions of cases. “All of the […]

After Mamdani, Los Angeles Is Next: Socialist Nithya Raman Projected To Oust Karen Bass On a night Democrats swept the midterms, Los Angeles moved further left than anyone in the party establishment wanted. Decision Desk HQ projected Wednesday evening that City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has unseated Mayor Karen Bass, which would make her the first socialist elected mayor of the […]

US Suspends South Africa, Rwanda From Key African Trade Program Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times,U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Nov. 2 that Washington will suspend South Africa and Rwanda from its duty-free trade program for sub-Saharan Africa, citing failures on trade barriers, corruption, governance, and human rights.”President Trump found that the governments of Rwanda and South Africa are engaging in […]

Prison Time For Discussing The Great Replacement? French Left-Wing Lawmakers Push For Draconian New Law Authored by Remix News Staff via Remix News,In the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Trappes, the left, including the mayor of Trappes, is pushing to criminalize discussions of demographic change, the “Great Replacement” theory, or “remigration.” If they succeed, French people and politicians could face up to three years in prison […]

Sequoia Capital Shutters London Office As Silicon Valley’s VC Giants Pull Back In a troubling sign for European capital markets, Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, is shuttering its London-based office after roughly six years of operation.”This is not about the team; they are excellent. We simply don’t see the need for a local presence,” Sequoia wrote in an X post.The venture capital firm said it […]

Cyberattack Targets French Blood Bank Fridges Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,A cyberattack against the refrigerator systems of France’s public blood service was thwarted on Monday, officials have said, the incident coming after supermarkets across Europe reported that their cooling equipment was targeted by hackers.The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said in a Nov. 3 statement that one of its refrigeration […]

Brace For A Decade Of Pain, Warns Britain’s IFS The Institute for Fiscal Studies says Britain is on course for the weakest decade for household income growth on record after Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget, which the think tank judged unable to change the country’s economic path. The IFS published its response on Oct. 28, a day before director Helen Miller took questions at a webinar.The Telegraph reported that the IFS expects […]

COVID-Dissident Doctor Arrested For “Insulting” Berlin Mayor Authored by John Rosenthal via The Daily Sceptic,A German doctor who rose to prominence during the Covid period for his criticism of the Covid-response measures has been arrested in Berlin in connection with “insults” of Berlin’s outgoing Mayor Kai Wegner. Paul Brandenburg, who has several social media channels and a podcast, has previously been the target of numerous […]

Germany Pledges More Winter Aid To Ukraine As Kremlin Says Europe Has No Seat At Abu Dhabi Talks German Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised Ukraine more air defense and energy support before winter at a Berlin press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week, but announced no new weapons package. Merz said “two things are important before the coming winter: air defense and the energy sector,” in the Chancellery’s […]

Trump’s Legacy Will Ultimately Be Determined By The Outcome Of The Third Gulf War Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter,The Democrats retook control of Congress in an electoral bloodbath that decimated the Republicans during the midterms. Many had predicted that this would happen, and it’s not because of the Canadian meddling that the White House recently drew attention to or any other countries’ related […]

Virginia Now Protects Third-Trimester Abortion With Doctor’s Note Virginia voters on Tuesday approved Amendment 1, writing a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” into the state constitution. The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m. Eastern with the measure ahead 60.7% to 39.3%, with about 63% of ballots counted.The new Section 11-A of the Bill of Rights, as published by the Virginia Department of Elections, covers […]

Going Postal On The GOP? Kansas Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Thousands Of Letters A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a rural route carrier on Election Day for stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, nearly 400 of them political mailers that were all for Republican candidates or Republican-affiliated PACs, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.Kelly R. Cram, 59, of Baxter Springs, was […]

Space Force Guardians Will Now Officially Serve Alongside Elite Units Like SEALs And Green Berets Authored by Patty Nieberg via Task & Purpose,The Space Force is looking for a new crop of guardians who can keep up physically with troops in highly specialized units like Navy SEALS and Army Green Berets, while bringing technical space expertise to those missions, the head of its new specialized command told Task & Purpose.Col. […]

Aaron Maté: CIA Still Runs 12 Secret Border Bases In Ukraine, Even As Trump Breaks With Zelensky Journalist Aaron Maté told Judge Andrew Napolitano on Tuesday that the CIA is still “running, if the New York Times is to be believed, 12 secret bases inside of Ukraine,” and still controlling Ukrainian intelligence agencies it “effectively rebuilt from scratch after Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014.” He made the claim in an interview […]

How The Historic Blue Tsunami Could End In Tears For Democrats Democrats are celebrating one of their biggest midterm victories in decades, but their historic triumph could come with a nasty political hangover. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, right, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York Anadolu via Getty Images file The party’s sweeping gains in Tuesday’s elections delivered a major rebuke to […]

Israeli Newspapers Sound Alarm Over Democratic Sweep: ‘Can’t Afford To Ignore’ Via The CradleIsrael’s leading outlets reacted with alarm on Wednesday after the Democratic Party captured both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, warning that lawmakers opposed to US military aid to Israel are heading to Congress in growing numbers. At least 11 Democrats who have backed Palestinian rights and […]

Vance’s 2028 Odds Tumble After Midterm Bloodbath – And Rubio Isn’t The One Cashing In Vice President JD Vance’s odds of winning the 2028 Republican nomination tumbled overnight as Democrats absolutely torched Republicans in Tuesday’s midterms, flipping both the House and the Senate. On Polymarket, Vance slid from about 37% to 31.4%, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rocketed from around 3% to 15.5%, in a market that has drawn more […]

Questions Mount Over Venezuela’s ‘Biggest Oil Deal In World History’ Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice,Trump’s $100 billion Venezuela oil deal faces growing scrutiny, as NABEP confronts questions over financing, drilling capacity and its ability to develop 65 billion barrels of reserves.NABEP claims production has surged to 223,000 bpd, with plans to deploy 41 rigs in November and eventually exceed 1 million […]

Israel Launches Heavy Strikes On Southern Lebanon For First Time In Weeks Technically there’s still supposed to be a fragile (and not infrequently violated) Lebanon truce in effect.But fighting has been on the uptick in southern Lebanon of late, as encroaching Israeli forces target suspected Hezbollah hideouts and individuals. Wednesay saw the IDF launch a deadly drone strike on the Lebanese town of Qabrikha, which it said involved […]

Global Diesel Crunch Set To Last Well Into 2027 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice,Asia’s crude imports have nearly recovered to pre-war levels, reaching 26.39 million bpd in October, while refined fuel imports remain 10% below pre-war volumes.Diesel shortages persist despite recovering crude flows, as damaged Middle Eastern refineries, Russian supply disruptions and reduced fuel shipments keep refining margins […]

Knives Out: Hegseth’s Wife Reportedly Paid By Trump-Connected Firm That Also Worked For Lockheed Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, was paid last year by Watchtower Strategy, a Trump-connected Washington consulting firm that counted Lockheed Martin as a client the same year, according to Hegseth’s annual financial disclosure report, as Politico’s Daniel Lippman first reported on Wednesday.SCOOP: Jennifer […]

“Ten Weeks Left”: Texas Republican Urges Gov. Abbott To Curb Emergency Powers Before Democratic Takeover Texas Republican Has A Plan For Abbott’s Final Ten WeeksTexas Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) posted on X that Republicans still hold power in Texas for the next ten weeks and urged defeated three-term Governor Greg Abbott to convene an immediate special legislative session to curb executive emergency powers before Democrat […]

Biden-Nominated Federal Judge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit Demanding Harvard Admissions Data Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,A federal judge on Monday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force Harvard University to turn over detailed records showing whether its admissions policies are race-based.Biden-nominated U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun in Boston rejected the Department of Justice’s case after finding […]

Trump Turns On Fox News In Series Of Blistering Statements There have been so many surprises in the last 24 hours – one of which is President Trump unleashing on Fox News, blaming his favored network for the Democratic midterm sweep.He on Wednesday turned on Fox in a blistering Truth Social post, writing that the channel [emphasis by ZH] “bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat […]