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China Q2 GDP Drops To 5.2% But Beats Expectations Thanks To Subsidies And Tariff Frontrunning

China Q2 GDP Drops To 5.2% But Beats Expectations Thanks To Subsidies And Tariff Frontrunning

China’s GDP grew 5.2% on the year in the second quarter, just fractionally above expectations (as is usually the case when Beijing reports fake n…

8 Chinese Nationals On Student Visas Charged In Computer ‘Pop-Up’ Scam Targeting Elders

8 Chinese Nationals On Student Visas Charged In Computer ‘Pop-Up’ Scam Targeting Elders

Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Eight Chinese nationals on student visas in the United States have been indicted for their…

China’s 373MPH Maglev Train Debuts, Slashing Travel Time Between Cities

China’s 373MPH Maglev Train Debuts, Slashing Travel Time Between Cities

A Chinese-built maglev train, set to become the country’s fastest ground transport vehicle, was publicly unveiled this week at the 17th Modern Railways exhibition in B…

Syria Signs $800M Tartous Port Deal With Dubai-Based Company

Syria Signs $800M Tartous Port Deal With Dubai-Based Company

Via The Cradle

Syria has signed an $800-million agreement with Dubai-based DP World to redevelop the Tartous Port, state media reported on Sunday. The deal was signed in Damascu…

NATO Turning Moldova Into ‘Cannon Fodder’ To Confront Russia: Kremlin

NATO Turning Moldova Into ‘Cannon Fodder’ To Confront Russia: Kremlin

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on Monday issued a rare statement accusing the West, under US leadership, of turning Moldova into a military outpost aimed at…

The European Surprise – Why We Misread The Continent’s Shifts

The European Surprise – Why We Misread The Continent’s Shifts

Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Europe’s political landscape continues to defy expectations, leaving analysts and policymakers scrambling to explain…

The Unlikely, Tiny EU State Holding Up Europe’s 18th Package Of Russia Sanctions

The Unlikely, Tiny EU State Holding Up Europe’s 18th Package Of Russia Sanctions

The West has come to expect this from Hungary or even Slovakia, but tiny Malta as a key holdout preventing European action against Russia?

European Union (EU…

In Panic Mode, Germany’s CDU Retreats From Far-Left Judge Who Backs AfD Ban, Mandatory Vaccinations, & Late-Term Abortions

In Panic Mode, Germany’s CDU Retreats From Far-Left Judge Who Backs AfD Ban, Mandatory Vaccinations, & Late-Term Abortions

Via Remix News,

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has long been known to sell out every last so-called value the…

How The Epstein Debacle Has Overshadowed Historic Success At The DOJ

How The Epstein Debacle Has Overshadowed Historic Success At The DOJ

Authored by Julie Kelly via ‘Declassified’,

As I reported on X on Sunday, it appears Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino have agreed to a t…

Orange Juice Futures Squeeze On Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threat 

Orange Juice Futures Squeeze On Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threat 

President Trump fired off a flurry of trade warning letters last week to countries including South Korea, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, and Canada. In one letter to Brazilian Presiden…