Malta Is The World’s Best Destination For LGBTQ Travelers, Saudi Arabia Not So Much
Malta Is The World’s Best Destination For LGBTQ Travelers, Saudi Arabia Not So Much In order to help LGBTQ+ tourists travel safely, the German portal Spartacus started publishing the Gay Travel Index in 2012. In the 2024 edition, the ranking compared 213 countries and territories based on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer […]
Russia Says It Continues To Cut Oil Production Under OPEC+ Deal
Russia Says It Continues To Cut Oil Production Under OPEC+ Deal By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Russia continued to cut its oil production in May per the OPEC+ agreements, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday, in another attempt to reassure the market that OPEC+ producers are committed to the pact and to […]
How Bob Iger, DEI, And Wokism Broke Disney’s Trust With America
How Bob Iger, DEI, And Wokism Broke Disney’s Trust With America Authored by Richard Truesdell via American Greatness, There is something of a subculture on YouTube of armchair analysts and commentators, WDW Pro, Valliant Renegade, and ClownfishTV, to name just three (beyond traditional financial websites like CNBC and Seeking Alpha), who track every cultural, corporate, programming, and financial move of The Walt […]
False Flag On The Horizon? The Strange Case Of The Destroyed Russian Nuclear Radar
False Flag On The Horizon? The Strange Case Of The Destroyed Russian Nuclear Radar Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If we accept the fundamental truth that Ukraine is nothing more than a proxy battleground between Russia and the west, then you might say WWIII has already begun. The powers-that-be have been content to keep […]
Airline Industry Leaves COVID Turbulence Behind
Airline Industry Leaves COVID Turbulence Behind Having left behind most Covid-related turbulences, the global airline industry emerged from the storm in 2023, returning to profitability after three years of deep losses. According to the estimate from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), commercial airlines ended 2023 with a net profit of $27.4 billion, up from a loss […]
The Power Grid Expansion, Part 3: Investments
The Power Grid Expansion, Part 3: Investments Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We continue with our discussion of investment ideas that could benefit from upgrading and expanding the power grid to accommodate surging demand from AI data centers and EVs. This third and final part of this series focuses on alternative energy sources, utility […]
Ukraine Has Requested NATO Military Instructors On Its Soil, Macron Says
Ukraine Has Requested NATO Military Instructors On Its Soil, Macron Says French President Emmanuel Macron used the occasion of D-Day memorial events in France on Thursday to make some big announcements on Ukraine. This after President Biden focused much of his speech on ‘defeating Russia’ – as opposed to remembrance of WWII and those who […]
Markets Have Overreacted To OPEC’s Plan To Phase Out Production Cuts
Markets Have Overreacted To OPEC’s Plan To Phase Out Production Cuts By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to extend most of its oil output cuts well into 2025 amid tepid demand growth, rising U.S. production and high interest rates. OPEC+ is currently cutting output by a total of 5.86 million barrels per day (bpd), […]
Modi’s BJP Loses Parliament Majority
Modi’s BJP Loses Parliament Majority Despite exit polls and projections suggesting otherwise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a considerable hit at the election for the 18th Lok Sabha, India’s lower house voted on by the country’s citizens. Compared to 2019, the BJP lost 63 seats and was 32 seats shy […]
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely
A Second-Quarter Recession This Year Looks Increasingly Likely Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, As I watch the evolution of consumer spending, housing starts, new home sales, and GDPNow trends, it appears the economy has peaked. Warning: I tend to be early. GDPNow forecast from the Atlanta Fed as of 2024-06-03. Chart by Mish The […]