When Global Order Begins To Fracture

Rheinmetall Crashes Most In Months After Guidance Cut (Again) On Military Ramp-Up Risk Rheinmetall AG shares plunged the most since late June in European trading after the German defense manufacturer slashed its annual sales forecast for the second time in months. Berenberg analysts pointed out that "Weapon & Ammunition drives most of the guidance cut."The company, which makes tanks and armored vehicles, artillery, ammunition, air-defense systems and military electronics, now expects 2026 revenue of about $14.8 billion, down from its previous forecast of $15.37 billion to $15.93 billion. The operating...

"Fire Is... Beautiful": Suspect In Spokane Wildfire Confesses He Planned Arson For Weeks The suspect charged on Aug. 3 with starting the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Washington, that forced more than 60,000 people to evacuate told police he had planned the attack for weeks. The suspect, Aaron Farinacci, told police in an interview that “fire is powerful, beautiful, and that things that go through fire experience a kind of rebirth,” according to Spokane County Detective Michael Drapeau in a court filing Wednesday. Farinacci, 37, was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday,...

An explosive drone believed to belong to Hezbollah attacked an unmanned, armored Israeli bulldozer overnight, and while there were no casualties in the incident, Israeli officials are denouncing the incident and claiming it amounts to a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement. Hezbollah was never a party to the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed last month […]