US Military Notice Says US Blockade on Iranian Ports Is Still in Effect, Contradicting Trump

Helsinki Warns Ukraine Against Expanding War Into Gulf Of Finland After Russian Warship Struck In a rare moment of the Ukraine war spilling far outside its boundaries into the north, Finland's military on Thursday alerted the world that its military detected a rare strike on a Russian navy vessel in the Baltic Sea.A spokesperson for the Finnish armed forces told Reuters they "detected… a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland area and has monitored the development of the situation," but also noted somewhat ominously that Finland...

Rickards: The Real In AI Is Not 'Super-Intelligence', It's China Authored by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning, It's past time to look beyond the AI hype. The stock valuations of the leading hyperscalers and frontier AI modeling companies are almost certainly in bubble territory. But the market will sort that out in time. We all know the names of the AI stocks whether from the hardware, software or compute vectors - Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google (Alphabet), Amazon, OpenAI, Anthropic, NVIDIA and a few others. Some of these names have valuable core businesses...

Brent Nears Iran War Highs After Trump Orders "Extended Blockade", Threatens "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Summary Trump warns Iran to "get their act together" and to "get smart" - and for the second time writes "no more Mr. Nice Guy". Brent Crude nears Iran war high of $115 per barrel & highest since June 2022. Trump in 4am Truth Social post: "Iran can't get their act together. They don't know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon!" Fresh White House statement indicates communication still open with Tehran, but still says "Iran...