Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran

French Police Identify Antifa As The "Ideologically Distinct Group" Behind The Riots Despite Democratic Denials Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Years ago, I called Antifa the Keyser Söze of the left, after the character in "The Usual Suspects." In the film, the character Virgil explains how Söze stayed in the shadows to be portrayed as a myth: "becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night." The strategy was too simple: "the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist."...

Anthropic Bankers Push For Higher IPO Valuation Amid Warnings That Weak Debut Could Prick AI Bubble Nasdaq futures rallied Wednesday morning after CoreWeave's earnings showed strong sales growth, lifting Taiwanese and Korean equities overnight. Improving sentiment around the AI trade is emerging after last week's Democratic sweep sparked crisis fears about potential data center moratoriums.Nadsaq FutsAhead of Anthropic's mega IPO, expected next Thursday, sentiment toward the AI trade must improve. An underperforming IPO could mark the top of the AI bubble, according to Jack Selby, who runs the venture capital...

Norway Lobbies To Persuade EU To Drop Arctic Drilling Ban Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Norway, Western Europe's top oil and gas producer, has intensified lobbying at the European Union to persuade the bloc to remove or tweak its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling. Norway, which is not a member of the EU but is the biggest gas supplier to European markets, has sent nearly a dozen of its ministers to Brussels so far this year to discuss energy and trade and the state of the Arctic drilling. The Iran...