Iran FM Says No Talks With US After Trump Threatens To 'Just Keep Bombing' If Efforts Fail, Wants Hormuz To Be 'Jointly Controlled'

The Next Phase Of Shrinkflation: Rolling Blackouts Via SchiffSovereign, The lights went on at approximately 3pm on September 4, 1882 in New York City. Thomas Edison (with major funding from JP Morgan) had spent roughly two years building the first-ever commercial power plant, located in Manhattan’s financial district. Its total capacity was about 600 kilowatts… barely enough to power a single rack of GPUs today. But at the time it was nothing short of miraculous. Edison’s coal-fired DC power plant initially served just 82 customers, and electricity was nothing more than a luxury flex by the...

How The Iranian Regime Destroyed Its Economy... Long Before The War Authored by Daniel Lacalle, As negotiations edge towards a ceasefire, Tehran is trying to blame the country’s economic collapse on the war and foreign pressure. Yet the data tell a different story: Iran’s economy was already structurally broken before the war. Years of ideological policymaking, institutionalised corruption, and the militarisation of the economy have caused Iran’s economic ruin.  Iran has been in a state of permanent economic emergency since at least 2018. Official inflation has remained above 40% year after year, destroying the country’s middle...

Trump Says 'Open Up China' Before Landing In Beijing For Pomp-Filled Red Carpet Airport Welcome President Trump and his Air Force One entourage have arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, greeted by a lavish red carpet welcome. The American president was received by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, China’s ambassador to Washington Xie Feng, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxuong, and US envoy to Beijing David Perdue. Reports describe the extravagant welcoming ceremony as made up of a military honor guard and band, as well as about 300 Chinese youths waving alternating...