ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 822.63 points or 1.61% to 51,939.89 • Shanghai increased 37.447 points or 0.92% to 4,120.426 • Hang Seng increased 82.48 points or 0.32% to 26,231.79 • ASX 200 decreased 3.00 points or -0.03% to 8,717.80 • SENSEX decreased 604.72 points […]
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The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected the latest US-backed offering to end the Russia-Ukraine war, issuing a damming rebuff that illustrates that Putin would have to be insane to accept any peace deal at this stage in the game with Ukraine because it would NEVER resolve this conflict. Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed
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California imposed an exit tax for those wishing to flee the state, but with insufficient funding and desperation to maintain tax revenue, the state is considering legislation that would steal a portion of one’s net worth and redistribute it to social programs. The Billionaire Tax Act would impose a 5% tax on the total wealth
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President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations, including 35 non-United Nations (UN) organizations and 31 UN entities, “that operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.” America’s sovereignty was at risk under the past administration that partook in the Build Back Better
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DEM GOV. TIM WALZ: “I have a very simple message: We do not need any further help from the federal government.” “To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: You’ve done enough.” “I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard. We have soldiers in training and prepared… pic.twitter.com/zWpwQIERuF — Fox News (@FoxNews) January 7,
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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 844.72 points or -1.63% to 51,117.26 • Shanghai decreased 2.793 points or -0.07% to 4,082.979 • Hang Seng decreased 309.64 points or -1.17% to 26,149.31 • ASX 200 increased 25.20 points or 0.29% to 8,720.80 • SENSEX decreased 780.18 points
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China became Venezuela’s largest oil purchaser through oil-for-debt deals. Socialism failed, and the nation was desperate for funds, especially after being ostracized from Western trade. Beijing supplied Venezuela with credit in exchange for heavily discounted crude. China’s access to cheap oil from Venezuela came to a sudden halt after the US takeover. China was purchasing
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The dawn of AI began years ago with data collection. Commercialism has become pinpointed. Inputting phone numbers during every commercial transaction, “free” search engines, social media platforms sending user information to companies—everything we buy is documented, everything we do is tracked and noted by governments and companies alike. The announcement that AI platforms will now
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Unemployment will be a pivotal piece of economic information in the new year. The first ADP report of 2026 shows a modest increase of 41,000 jobs, beneath forecasts of 47,000. Yet, the report comes on the heels of an extremely weak November report with a revised loss of 32,000 jobs as hiring lagged in Q4.
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