CISA, NSA, and FBI say DeepSeek, Alibaba, and others pulled billions of tokens from Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok...

Producing and distributing pornography remains illegal in Ukraine and can carry years in prison, yet tax authorities began demanding money from Ukrainians earning income through adult platforms...

• Gulf Foreign Ministers plan to meet with their Iranian counterpart in an effort by Oman and Iran to secure a deal on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to FT.
• Saudi Crown Prince MBS called President Trump twice on Thursday, urging him to launch strikes against Houthis, but Trump declined.
• IEA OMR sees 2026 world oil demand falling more than prior due to the impasse in US-Iran talks.
• US equity futures are bid; Oracle shares gain after a strong earnings report.

"Price cuts, pending sales and delistings together can tell you whether sellers are satisfied, panicking, or somewhere in between..."

A Home Office document still sitting in the public record has detonated a fresh revolt in the tiny British village of Piddington.

"Actually, I put a bigger weight on China coming back to the market." 

The blob is back...

Adds another layer of inflation pressure for global central banks

The anti-immigration FPÖ says the ban does not go far enough and should extend to students of all ages as well as teachers...

The real architect of World War III isn't Putin. It's Xi Jinping - and Russia's war in Ukraine may be giving Beijing exactly what it needs...

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 hijackings, US air travel still carries the imprint of that day in the form of higher costs, more delays, and a vastly expanded security apparatus...

“We're still not running enough refining capacity to prevent those draws, and we keep eating into the surplus that exists around the world”

VIX at 17 is wrong... S&P 7600 is key, WTI tops $100, VVIX hits 100, Mrs. Watanabe battling Bessent...

Oil tanker rates have jumped to record highs as escalating risks to shipping in and out of the Middle East are prompting traders and tanker operators to undertake inefficient and more expensive trade routes.