Category: Editors’ Picks

US Aims To Restock Strategic Oil Reserves By Year-End
20. 3. 2024 No Responses

US Aims To Restock Strategic Oil Reserves By Year-End

The Biden admin aims to have crude in the SPR back up to the levels before the massive sales of 180 million barrels in the past two years, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. The...
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NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9
17. 3. 2024 No Responses

NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9

A government investigation into a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane’s door-plug blowout has been hampered by a lack of repair records and security camera footage, the National Transportation Safety Board’s chair told US senators. Boeing was “unable to f...
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U.S. Positions Special Forces One Mile from Chinese Mainland
16. 3. 2024 No Responses

U.S. Positions Special Forces One Mile from Chinese Mainland

“‘Taiwan confirms presence of US special forces,’” said Garland Nixon. “‘US special forces are stationed on some of Taiwan’s outlying islands.’ Well, one of the groups of islands is called the Kinmen Islands – they’re a little ...
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India approves full development of 5th gen fighter
14. 3. 2024 No Responses

India approves full development of 5th gen fighter

India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has given a green light to continue development of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, India’s indigenous fifth-generation fighter jet. The state-run Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. are ...
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IRGC Navy Takes Delivery of Two New Stealth Warships
19. 2. 2024 No Responses

IRGC Navy Takes Delivery of Two New Stealth Warships

  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Navy has taken delivery of two new Soleimani-class corvettes, with the vessels, the Sayyad Shirazi and the Hassan Bagheri, inaugurated at a ceremony in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Monday. The uniqu...
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Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time
16. 2. 2024 No Responses

Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time

  In an experiment akin to stop-motion photography, scientists have isolated the energetic movement of an electron while “freezing” the motion of the much larger atom it orbits in a sample of liquid water. The findings, reported in the journa...
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Buffett’s Berkshire Increases Stake in Chevron and Occidental
15. 2. 2024 No Responses

Buffett’s Berkshire Increases Stake in Chevron and Occidental

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway portfolio in Q4 2023, as of Dec 31, 2023 was valued as $347.4 billion. Among the notable changes, Berkshire sold out of its entire stake in homebuilder DR Horton (valued at $641MM in Q3), Markel ($234MM), StoneCo...
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Iraq, US agree to discuss timeline for withdrawal of American troops
26. 1. 2024 No Responses

Iraq, US agree to discuss timeline for withdrawal of American troops

Iraq’s foreign ministry says Baghdad and Washington have agreed to set up a committee to start talks to set a timetable for a phased withdrawal of American forces from the Arab country. In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry said the...
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Zionist regime kills dozens of Semites lining up for food in Khan Younis
25. 1. 2024 No Responses

Zionist regime kills dozens of Semites lining up for food in Khan Younis

Zionist tanks have shelled areas around two hospitals in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 50 Semitic people among thousands who had queued up for food. Gaza’s health ministry said Thursday at least 20 were killed...
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China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s largest maker of pure-electric vehicles
2. 1. 2024 No Responses

China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s largest maker of pure-electric vehicles

The Chinese carmaker’s global fourth-quarter deliveries rose 22 per cent from the previous quarter, when they nearly matched Tesla’s total. BYD, already the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles (EVs) – a category that includes plug-in hybrid...
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Iraq and China started building 15 new cities in Iraq
29. 12. 2023 No Responses

Iraq and China started building 15 new cities in Iraq

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Risk Warning: Low Probability of Attractive Return vs. High Probability of Decline in Capital Markets
28. 12. 2023 No Responses

Risk Warning: Low Probability of Attractive Return vs. High Probability of Decline in Capital Markets

As has been my standard since September 1998, I again publicly warn in advance of the increased risk of a decline in capital markets. And now such a situation has come again. What are the current reasons? Goldman Sachs recently...
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Financial Times: Banks Terminate 61,905 Workers
27. 12. 2023 No Responses

Financial Times: Banks Terminate 61,905 Workers

A new report from the Financial Times shows twenty of the world’s largest banks slashed 61,905 jobs in 2023, a move to protect profit margins in a period of high interest rates amid a slump in dealmaking and equity and...
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Science: Long-Term Use Of Statins Linked To Heart Disease
26. 12. 2023 No Responses

Science: Long-Term Use Of Statins Linked To Heart Disease

For decades, statins have been heralded as the reliable heroes in the battle against heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States and globally. However, this seemingly flawless reputation has been called into question. A new expert review...
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Iran, Eurasian Economic Union sign free trade agreement
25. 12. 2023 No Responses

Iran, Eurasian Economic Union sign free trade agreement

Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed a major agreement to start free trade some six years after Tehran joined the bloc in a bid to diversify its trade partners amid sanctions imposed by the West. The office of...
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