Trump Says He Is ‘Not Satisfied’ With Current Proposal to End the Iran War

G20 Plans "Death By A Thousand Cuts" For China's Economy By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank The Natural Equilibrium G20 finance ministers, central bank governors and a handful of high-profile CEOs gathered in Asheville, North Carolina, yesterday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held court, telling allies that the only way out of heavy debt loads is growth, and that they needed to do more to confront China on its structural trade imbalances. The latter point is particularly salient as Bessent prosecutes new restrictions against trade with Iran under Operation Economic Outcast. China...

MAID Would Rank As Canada's Fourth-Leading Cause Of Death If Counted Separately Authored by James Yang via The Epoch Times,Medical assistance in dying (MAID) would rank as the fourth-leading cause of death in Canada if deaths involving the procedure were counted separately, figures from Health Canada and Statistics Canada show.MAID would rank behind only cancer, heart disease, and accidents - Canada's three leading causes of death in 2024. Cancer accounted for 85,589 deaths, followed by heart disease at 57,982 and accidents at 20,415.The 16,499 Canadians who received MAID that year...

The Plumbing For Vast Defense Spending Needs To Be Set Up By Michael Every of Rabobank In response to Iranian strikes on ships using the Omani route in Hormuz, the US has struck Iranian air defense, missile, and drone sites in the Strait and suspended its oil sanctions waiver. These are clear breaches of the MoU, and we will now see if Iran escalates --it says it will take “decisive” action-- with the risk of war if the US is also prepared to go that route. We suspect the US will...