Lithuania To Lift Ban on Nuclear Weapons: President

The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon of the topic of Israel’s ongoing invasion of Lebanon, a war that notionally has been in a state of ceasefire since mid-April but seemingly is continuing to be escalated on a regular basis. The European Union has urged Israel to halt its ongoing escalation and to respect […]

US Debt Matters, But The Euro Area May Create The Next Crisis Authored by Daniel Lacalle via dlacalle.com, The US $40 trillion debt has dominated global headlines. However, although the US fiscal challenges are relevant, we must remember an important lesson. Fiscal policy is not about who wins but who loses first. According to official 2026 estimates, the present value of U.S. Social Security and Medicare financing gaps is about $95 trillion over 75 years, roughly 5% of the cumulative present value of projected GDP over that period, on top of federal...

Dollar General Jumps On "Traffic-Led Momentum" As $4 Gas Accelerates Consumer Trade-Down Dollar General shares surged 6% in the cash session Thursday morning after stronger customer traffic fueled a second-quarter earnings beat and prompted the discount retailer to raise its full-year outlook. Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe wrote in a first take on earnings that "traffic-led momentum drives another beat." The discount retailer, with 21,000 stores nationwide, most of them located in low-income ZIP codes, reported second-quarter earnings of $2.48 per share, up from $1.86 a year earlier and well above the Bloomberg...