"With all daily survey components improving, the observed retail sales aggregate has hooked up."

“Factors such as subdued Chinese demand, war in the Middle East and brand fatigue after the boom years of 2020 to 2023 are all contributing to the lackluster earnings growth”

Workers in Colombia need 86 hours to earn $1,000, compared with just 16 hours in Luxembourg and Iceland...

Europeans and especially Germans have borne enormous costs to perpetuate the Ukrainian Conflict while receiving absolutely nothing of tangible benefit in return...

UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain... with billions in damage a hot issue.

The combined effect of vote splitting on the right and Burnham leading Labour could deliver a shock upset in favor of Labour and end Farage's dream of winning the office of prime minister...

Israeli military selected Israeli soldiers of African heritage, especially Ethiopians...

"You shall not pass"

Complete macro breakdown...

Who will win the AI arms race: US or China? Everything depends on the answer... 

...the cities that boosted their spending the most were, on average, no more or less likely to see measurable progress in reducing homelessness, lowering violent crime rates, tackling income inequality, improving rent affordability, and more...

The USDA said it would continue carrying out ‘aggressive eradication efforts’ alongside state partners to eradicate the screwworms...

Iran is rushing to evacuate barrels it wasn’t able to push past the U.S. blockade over the past two months.

While the world was arguing if Anthropic or OpenAI will be the next trillion dollar company, China's open-models quietly caught up to the US frontier... 

"... (data centers) cannot really adjust power consumption load much..."

The strongest categories are Harley dealers, powersports, ag dealers, short-term rentals...