After the U.S. equity markets rebounded from Donald Trump’s April 2 Liberation Day tariff slump, we forecast a pause and then more downward pressure on the market front.
Category: 6 May 2025
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UKRAINE: ANOTHER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
According to the statement from the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday afternoon, the newly created U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund recognizes the "significant financial and material support."
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CHINA’S PRESIDENT URGES PUSH ON AI AND TOUTS “THE GLOBAL SOUTH”
During a 29 April visit to the city of Shanghai, Chinese president Xi Jinping called for continuing work to establish the country as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasized China’s place as a leader of what he called the “Global South.”
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AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART TWO
The following is part two of a conversation with xAI’s Grok3 generative AI chatbot begun with “AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART ONE” (29 Apr 2025).
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NO LONGER HIDING IT: ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL ‘CONQUER GAZA,’ NOT LEAVE EVEN IF IT MEANS WRITING OFF HOSTAGES
Israel called up tens of thousands of reservists on Monday after its security cabinet threw its support behind plans to ‘conquer’ Gaza – with one top official stating that IDF troops will not leave even if it means sacrificing the remaining hostages in Hamas captivity.
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WHO-BACKED STUDY FINDS ‘HIGH CERTAINTY’ OF LINK BETWEEN CELLPHONE RADIATION AND CANCER IN ANIMALS
A review published last month in Environmental International and backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that evidence backs the theory that radiation from cell phones can cause cancers in animals—including gliomas in the brain and tumors in the heart.
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ONE BIG CLUB: TRUMP’S SON SIGNS PROPERTY DEAL IN QATAR BEFORE DADDY’S VISIT
Eric Trump, President Donald Trump’s son, visited Qatar last week to sign a deal in the country to license the Trump name for a golf club and a luxury villa just weeks before his father was set to visit the country.
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTERS AT COLUMBIA RAISES ALARM
The Justice Department’s civil rights division carried out an investigation into students from Columbia University who protested against Israel’s genocide in Gaza was far-reaching and raised alarms within the department that the probes were politically motivated and infringed on the students’ First Amendment rights, according to a report.
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HEGSETH BULLSHIT: NO $50 BILLION CUTS TO DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE MONEY FOR THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
As reported by Associated Press on 19 February, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump’s priorities.”
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FARAGE LOOKS TO RIDE POPULIST INSURGENCY SEEN IN GERMANY, ITALY AND FRANCE
Nigel Farage, the head of Britain’s Reform U.K., has set his sights on 10 Downing Street after his party’s recent local gains in districts that were once Tory and Labour strongholds by appealing to the country’s angst with the stagnant economy and immigration that critics say is out of control.