Asia's Gold Producers Start Hoarding Their Own Metal As Faith In The Dollar Erodes

North Korea Battles Record Heat By Prescribing Dog Soup And Propaganda In "that's enough internet for today" news... North Korea has apparently found the answer to record-breaking summer heat: dog-meat soup, chicken broth and stories about how hard Kim Jong Un sweats, according to Reuters. Pyongyang hit 98 degrees, on Thursday, which state media said was the highest temperature recorded in the capital. With tropical nights piling up, the regime has rolled out an unusually enthusiastic summer survival guide. Some advice is straightforward: watermelon, cucumbers, mung beans and plenty of fluids. Then things...

An Iranian official said that the IRGC would attack ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without Tehran’s approval.  “Any failure to comply, deviation from the designated route, or disregard for the navigation protocols of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz will be met with an immediate and forceful response from the […]

Mysterious Drone Threat Emerges At America's "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," Prompting Curfews One of the most strategically important US military bases outside the continental U.S., often described as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the central Indian Ocean, faces a mysterious drone threat, according to a new report. TWZ cited the UK Ministry of Defense, which said it was aware of reported drone sightings over the remote US-UK military base but declined to identify the drones. "We are aware of reported sightings of drones (UAS) over Diego Garcia," the UK Defense Ministry (MoD) told...