The Consumer Sentiment Disconnect From Economic Reality

Congressman Outraged After Brief Detention By Gun-Wielding Israeli Settlers In West Bank Visit Via The Cradle A group of extremist Jewish settlers equipped with US-made M4 rifles detained US lawmaker Ro Khanna and his group during their visit this week to the southern occupied West Bank, the Democratic representative has disclosed. "We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed; they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it," Khanna told Reuters on Thursday.  "And these hoodlums come in with machine guns – M4, an American-made...

Ex-Wife In Korea's $645M "Divorce Of The Century" Gets Iced Out Of AI Boom A Seoul court has ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his ex-wife 944 billion won ($645 million), in the largest divorce award in South Korean history. And while the figure is a record, it was calculated against a stock price more than two years old - before it went ballistic in the AI boom.  Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group. Lee Young-hwan/Newsis/Associated Press The Seoul High Court's First Family Division, presiding judge Lee Sang-ju, issued the ruling...

Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism, Issues Arrest Warrant Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on July 29 that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and issued an international warrant for his arrest. Pavel Durov in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 1, 2017. Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo The FSB Public Relations Center said in a statement that "Telegram's head of administration, P. Durov, has been charged as part of an ongoing criminal investigation on suspicion of an offense under...