Two Palestinians Killed, Several Children Wounded, by Israeli Attacks in Gaza

Russian Drone Hits Chinese Ship In Black Sea, Less Than 24-Hours Before Xi-Putin Summit Just 24 hours before Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are set to meet for their planned summit in Beijing, soon on the heels of Trump's visit, and a geopolitical wrench may have just been thrown into the works. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian forces have attacked a Chinese ship heading toward a Ukrainian port - a provocative move that threatens to seriously anger Beijing at the worst possible diplomatic moment. via Ukraine Navy Early Monday morning,...

Friends Don’t Let Friends Wear Dow Hats  Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance At some point, probably sooner than most people think, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is going to hit 100,000. And when it does, you can already picture the scene. It’ll be like every major milestone the Dow has ever hit so far combined. CNBC will run a countdown. There will be breathless retrospectives about how far the market has come. Somebody will dig up footage from the New York Stock Exchange. And, almost certainly, we will print a stupid hat...

US Central Command said on Tuesday that its forces fired a Hellfire missile into another commercial ship, marking the second such incident in recent days as the US continues to attack civilian ships to enforce a blockade on Iranian ports. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) enforced blockade measures against Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie as it transited international […]