Trump Extends African Free-Trade Agreement Easing Tariff Fears Amid Tensions Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law this week extending a free-trade agreement for some African nations until the end of the year, Washington’s chief trade negotiator said. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said his department would work alongside Congress this year to update the program to […]

“Electricity Market Is F**ked”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output Finland has prided itself as a global leader in decarbonization, boasting the second-highest share of renewables in final energy consumption across the EU. But the green utopia narrative has cracked under the strain of a brutal winter, as cold weather has brought wind power generation to a near standstill. Most of the country’s wind […]

Climate Alarmists Are Often Wrong But Never in Doubt Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, One of the most annoying things about climate doomsayers is the certainty with which they make their dire predictions, while simultaneously making excuses for all their past prognostications that failed to materialize. Let’s revisit a few. In the early to mid-1970s, several magazine articles and a number of scientists […]

Abu Dhabi Talks Bearing Fruit: Over 300 Russian, Ukrainian POWs Swapped US-brokered Ukraine and Russia negotiations in the United Arab Emirates – specifically Abu Dhabi – have already borne some fruit as the warring sides Thursday reached an agreement to exchange 314 prisoners of war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed the prisoner deal in a post on X, explaining that while “significant work remains, steps like this […]

Socialist Spanish Mayor Vowed To Block Migrant Minor Arrivals… Then Quickly Reversed Amid Political Pressure Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix news, The Socialist mayor of Cartes in northern Spain has reversed her opposition to hosting unaccompanied migrant minors after attempting to block their arrival, issuing a public apology following pressure from her party leadership. Lorena Cueto, mayor of the Cantabrian town of […]

Why Greenland Is At The Center Of A Shifting Global Order Authored by Terri Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. President Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland for national security purposes rankled allies ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January. A drone view shows a general view of Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 15, 2026. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Trump’s threat of tariffs, coupled with his talk of […]

“Dystopic As F**k”: This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans The AI era already feels like a dystopian fever dream straight out of a bad sci-fi novel, but leave it to a software engineer to push the accelerator straight into the abyss. Enter Alexander Liteplo, the software developer behind RentAHuman.ai, a freshly launched platform that lets autonomous AI agents “search, book, and pay” actual human beings to perform physical-world […]

Study Of Military Meals Finds Low Nutrients, Concerning Contaminants Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), America’s troops may be getting few of the nutrients they expect, and many harmful compounds they don’t, according to a new laboratory study of military rations and meals provided to troops on armed forces bases. A U.S. Marine eats a military field ration during a field exercise at Combined Arms […]

Ilhan Omar’s Winery Exposed As Fake Shell For Alleged Money Laundering Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A damning on-site investigation has revealed that the winery co-owned by Ilhan Omar’s husband is nothing more than a phantom operation, fueling suspicions of fraud amid scrutiny of her skyrocketing wealth. Angela Rose, the journalist behind the probe, visited the listed address in Santa Rosa, California, only […]

Senate Bill Would Ensure Data Centers Do Not Pass Energy Costs Onto Consumers Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is circulating a bill to require data centers to bring their own power when constructing these new power-hungry facilities, Axios reports this morning. We’ve detailed the growing resistance to the construction of new data centers for months now as several studies have demonstrated electricity prices spiking around new […]

How To Feel Joy In A Dopamine-Saturated World Authored by Sheridan Genrich via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Your brain treats what it sees in Instagram reels the same way it treats cocaine. Both experiences flood a thumbnail-sized region of the brain with dopamine—a chemical that makes you want more, right now. The problem is that after a certain amount of dopamine hits, your brain adapts by turning down the pleasure volume. […]

Billions In Chinese Investment To Flee Panama – Beijing Livid Over Canal Ports Decision China is lashing out at Panama after the country’s top court torpedoed a key Chinese-linked operations contract at the Panama Canal, warning that the Central American nation “will inevitably pay a heavy price” if it doesn’t reverse course. Under immense US pressure from the Trump White House, Panama’s Supreme Court last week ruled to void […]

Fulton County Georgia Sues For Return Of 2020 Election Documents Seized By FBI Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fulton County, Georgia, is suing the federal government for the return of 2020 election documents that the FBI seized in a raid last week. An FBI press office employee approaches the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Ga., on Jan. 28, 2026. Arvin Temka/Atlanta […]

Beijing’s Big Short: Meet The Chinese “Anti Hunt Brother” Billionaire Betting Against Silver Bulls Born in 1963 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, right in the middle of some pretty chaotic times in China’s history, reclusive billionaire Bian Ximing grew up to become a commodity titan after making some huge bets in the metals markets over the past few years. In 2003, he bought Zhongcai Futures Co., which would become the centerpiece […]

Epstein Death Gets Weirder: DOJ Finally Admits To ‘Orange-Colored Shape’ Moving Up Staircase The death of Jeffrey Epstein has always been extremely suspect, if only for the sheer number of odd coincidences that occurred the night of August 9th, 2019. There are three theories: One, he actually killed himself. Two, the DOJ – headed up by Bill Barr whose pedocentric-author father hired Epstein to teach at Dalton in the 70s – had […]

Federal Agency Seeks To Investigate Nike For Alleged Bias Against White Employees Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking a court order for investigating systemic race discrimination allegations against white workers by footwear and apparel corporation Nike Inc., according to a Feb. 4 statement from the agency. The Nike logo above the entrance […]

Republicans Demand Inclusion Of SAVE Act In DHS Funding Bill – What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord & Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a government funding measure to end a partial government shutdown, funding clashes still lie ahead—this time, centered entirely around the contents of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The U.S. […]

Uncharted Territory: US & Russia Now Have No Limits On Nuclear Weapons On Thursday the world woke up entering uncharted territory as the US-Russia New START Nuclear Treaty has expired without renewal. The pact’s last active day was February 4. While there’s yet hope that a comparable replacement could soon be forged between the globe’s largest nuclear-armed powers and rivals, there are no current intensive talks happening on […]

Leftists Put Hits Out On Nick Shirley After He Exposed Massive Somali Fraud In Minnesota Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Nick Shirley, the YouTuber who went viral for exposing alleged Somali-run daycare fraud in Minnesota, has revealed that leftists have put out hits on his life. In a shocking update, Shirley’s security team informed him he was the “number one man” targeted, forcing him to switch hotels […]

Six-Month Low In Coffee Futs Signals Potential Relief After Beans On Amazon Surge Tracking a single brand of dark-roast arabica beans on Amazon via the price-tracking website CamelCamelCamel shows that a 2.2-pound bag has nearly doubled in price since August. For American consumers, paying roughly twice as much for the same bag of coffee beans in just six months is a price shock, even if it is still cheaper than visiting […]

New York City Joins WHO’s Global Outbreak Response Network After US Exit Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York City’s health department said on Feb. 4 it has joined the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the latest Democratic-led jurisdiction to link up with the United Nations-coordinated public health system following President Donald Trump’s […]

Amazon Plunges After Forecasting 50% Surge In Capex To $200BN In our AMZN earnings preview, we said that the price reaction from META and GOOGL “leaves Amazon in a precarious place as it prepares to report earnings after the close today: does it project some berserk number or does it risk being conservative? After all, the only thing that will matter is the capex forecast (the earnings will likely be good enough).” Well, we were […]

Xi Used Latest 2-Hour Call To Warn Trump On Taiwan Red Lines More details have emerged from Wednesday’s Trump-Xi phone call, which it turns out was quite lengthy for the two leaders, lasting about two hours. We reviewed previously that President Trump hailed the “excellent” call, which was “long and thorough” – but Chinese version which was issued later presents something more contentious. China’s official readout made clear that […]

Trump Sidesteps 2028 GOP Endorsement On Vance, Rubio Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. President Donald Trump opted not to choose between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors in the 2028 Republican presidential primary during a Feb. 4 interview with NBC News. U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio […]

Amazon Earnings Preview: All Eyes On CapEx At first, the market was happy to reward big capex forecasts (META); but just a few days later, it changed its mind and decided that the bigger the beat, the bigger the penalty (as was the case with GOOGL today). That leaves Amazon in a precarious place as it prepares to report earnings after the close today: does it project some berserk number or does it risk being conservative? After all, […]