The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile

US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Tuesday “completely destroyed” a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran, Iranian media has reported, as the bombing campaign continues to hit places of worship and other civilian targets. Photos and videos of the aftermath show that the damage at the Rafi-Nia Synagogue, and Hebrew-language religious books are seen in the rubble. […]

Trump Administration Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee From TikTok U.S. Deal The Trump administration is poised to receive roughly $10 billion in payments from investors involved in the recently completed transaction to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, delivering an unusual financial windfall tied to the government’s role in keeping the popular social-media platform active in the United States. ByteDance is the Chinese parent of TikTok. John G Mabanglo/EPA/Shutterstock The payments are part of the arrangement under which a consortium of admin-aligned investors took control of TikTok’s American business from its...

Gold's Biggest Fire-Sale In 43 Years: Perception Vs Opportunity Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, If you are new to gold, or if you are a speculator in gold (or even worse, a levered speculator in gold), you are likely asking yourselves what in the “H. E. double tooth-picks” just happened to gold? It lost over 9% in the futures market in a single session and saw its worst week of price declines since February 1983. What gives? Gold loves chaos, and isn’t the current war, whatever you think of it, pure chaos? And...