German Parliament Moves To Criminalize Denying Israel's "Right To Exist"

France's Debt Spiral: Tax Hikes Mask A Looming Crisis Submitted by Thomas Kolbe On both sides of the Franco-German border, the same problem persists: overburdened and reform-averse politicians struggle against a rapidly accelerating debt spiral. Their preferred tool: higher levies. Last week, France’s Finance Minister Roland Lescure reported a revision of the projected budget deficit for the current year. Initial estimates for 2026 had suggested a deficit well above five percent. Yet numerous fiscal measures brought last year’s deficit down to 5.1%. For 2026, the Finance Ministry expects it to stabilize at around...

Gold Waits As Global Markets Tempt The Unprepared Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, 2026 is screaming “Uh-Oh” signals from nearly every sector and asset class with alarming yet eerily ignored clarity. This explains why the longer-term case for gold couldn’t be more obvious, regardless of natural price retracements in the near-term. In fact, if global financial conditions were not otherwise so disturbing, this historical moment in time would be fascinating. But rather than just say this, let me show you. Rising Yields: The Most Misunderstood/Important Signal of 2026? For example, the $145T global bond...

Israeli incursions into southwest Syria continued today, with some reports of incursions into the Quneitra Governorate but substantially more reported in and around western Daraa, where multiple detentions were reported. A young man who was reported captured in Quneitra near the border with the occupied Golan Heights on Monday. After more than 24 hours in […]