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American warships were operating in the area with their transponders switched off, Politiken has reported US Navy vessels were operating near the Nord Stream pipelines shortly before the explosions that crippled the connectors in the Baltic Sea, Danish newspaper Politiken has reported, citing a local harbormaster. The newspaper added that their transponders – used to locate vessels for safety purposes – had been switched off.The crucial energy infrastructure, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Europe, was ruptured by underwater blasts in September 2022.The piece by Politiken was published on September 26 but largely went unnoticed. However, it resurfaced on…

NSFriday, Oct 11, 2024 – 05:40 AMMixed APAC trade after hawkish Fed commentary and with the region awaiting the weekend’s Chinese MOF update.European futures point to a slightly firmer open, US futures were bid but have since faded.DXY flat with peers mixed but rangebound, NZD outperforms while havens lag.Fixed benchmarks underpinned by the strong US 30yr tap; Crude pulled back from Thursday’s gains.Israeli Security Cabinet is yet to make a decision on the nature of the response to Iran.Highlights include German CPI (Final), UK GDP Estimate, Services, Manufacturing Output, US PPI, Canadian Unemployment, UoM Inflation Prelim., BoC SCE & Outlook…

A cartoon depiction of Barack Obama spying on Donald Trump – one of the most disgraceful acts by a president in US history. Democrats turned to Barack Obama this week to stop the bleeding from the Kamala Harris campaign. Obama spoke in Pennsylvania on Thursday and used his time on stage to attack President Donald Trump and then lie about his record. During his appearance in Pennsylvania on Thursday Barack Obama attempted to take credit for the booming Trump economy. What a crock. Video via Breaking911. BREAKING: Obama takes credit for the booming economy under Trump “Some people think, ‘I…

Topline Officials across Florida said there were at least 10 deaths tied to Hurricane Milton and the tornadoes that accompanied it as they surveyed the damage in their areas on Thursday—though Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis cautioned there was not yet an official count. Waves crash along St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg, Florida, before Hurricane Milton made landfall … [+] tonight on Oct. 9, 2024. As of mid-day Thursday, there were two recorded deaths in St. Petersburg.AFP via Getty Images Key Facts DeSantis said there were at least five confirmed deaths in St. Lucie County, Florida—which he said had the…

Iran’s General Esmail Qaani, who leads the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terror organization, was reportedly not killed by Israel but is being held by Iranian officials on suspicion of spying. Qaani, who replaced General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in January 2020 by an airstrike in Iraq ordered by then-President Donald Trump, was widely thought to have been killed in one of Israel’s aistrikes on Hezbollah leaders in Beirut, Lebanon. But as Breitbart News reported, Iranian officials insisted that Qaani was still alive, though he remained silent. Rumors emerged in Arabic media that Qaani had, in fact, been…

Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are running neck and neck in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, according to a pair of polls published Thursday. A Washington Post poll conducted by Braun Research finds that 47 percent of the likely voter respondents back Moreno, a political outsider and businessman. He sits just one point behind Brown, at 48 percent. One percent of the respondents will not vote, while a critical three percent are undecided, with Election Day less than one month out. Most of the likely voters in the Buckeye State, 51 percent, want to see Republicans take a Senate majority,…

Donald Trump and the Republican party are pushing an agenda of “division, chaos and hate” by spending tens of millions on ads attacking transgender people, advocates said, as the right wing intensifies its anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.The GOP has spent more than $65m on ads targeting trans people, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, with the former president’s most frequently aired ad targeting Kamala Harris over her support for gender-affirming care.Television ads have also been running in tight statewide races further down the ballot, including in Ohio, Montana and Wisconsin, with Republicans returning to hyperbolic, far-right talking points that proved unsuccessful…

The Northern Lights, as promised, could be seen in the Miami Valley region on Thursday night.[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]As reported at 6:00, Storm Center 7′s Nick Dunn broke down the timing and passed along the best ways to see the lights in the region. A coronal mass ejection (CME) will likely arrive at Earth on Thursday night into Friday morning, which will lead to elevated geomagnetic activity and the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights in the Miami Valley, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center.A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for Oct. 10…

The country has essentially ceased to rely on oil and gas exports as a source of income, HSE University Rector Nikita Anisimov has said Western sanctions imposed on Russia amid the Ukraine conflict have made the country’s economy stronger, Nikita Anisimov, rector of the HSE University in Moscow, has said.Speaking on behalf of HSE economists at a parliamentary hearing on the draft of the 2025-2027 federal budget on Monday, Anisimov said sanctions have effectively propelled the restructuring of the country’s economy. According to the expert, this has led to Russia “essentially ceasing” its dependence on the export of raw materials…

This week’s planned meeting of the heads of state of Ukraine’s backers in Germany has been canceled after US President Joe Biden announced he will not attend, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing an e-mail sent by the US public affairs office at Ramstein Air Base. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) also reported the development, citing anonymous NATO sources.The gathering of the so-called Ramstein group at the eponymous US military base was supposed to feature addresses by Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky.Following the start of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, more than 50 countries, including…