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Germany announced a new military strategy with the goal of building “Europe’s strongest conventional army” by 2039. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius revealed the proposal speaking to the German parliament on Wednesday, and detailed a public outlining for the “future direction” of the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces. One of the goals of the plan, the German Defense Ministry said in a statement, is for Germany to take “more responsibility” within NATO. “We are developing the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional army in Europe. In the short term, we are increasing our defense and resilience, in the medium term we are aiming for…
Disruptions to shipping and energy flows are driving up costs, straining supply chains and reshaping global trade routes The fallout from the US‑Israeli war on Iran is spreading across the global economy, driving up costs, disrupting supply chains, and leaving consumers to absorb the impact as trade flows shift. A growing number of companies have warned of higher costs and weaker demand as disruptions to energy supplies and shipping routes linked to the Hormuz chokepoint ripple through global markets. Global businesses under pressure Higher fuel prices, shipping delays and more expensive raw materials are weighing on companies across industries. According to a…
The Berlin-backed €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine is “madness,” Sahra Wagenknecht has said Veteran German politician Sahra Wagenknecht has lashed out at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan to Ukraine, which Berlin had been actively promoting, was approved by the bloc.On Thursday, the European Council announced that the interest-free loan has been finalized and that it will begin disbursements “as soon as possible” in the second quarter of 2026. A day earlier, EU ambassadors agreed the transfer of funds to Vladimir Zelensky’s government, just hours after Kiev resumed the flow of Russian oil to…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has revealed plans to eliminate approximately 8,000 positions, representing 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a broader efficiency initiative aimed at balancing substantial investments in AI technology. Bloomberg reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced a significant workforce reduction that will affect roughly 8,000 employees, representing 10 percent of the company’s total staff. The social media giant communicated the decision to its workforce through an internal memo distributed on Thursday. According to the announcement, the layoffs are scheduled to take effect on May 20. The cuts are part of a strategic effort to improve operational…
The government of Somalia on Thursday announced Israeli ships are no longer allowed to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital passage that links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The ban was first announced by Iranian state media, quoting a statement by Abdullah Warfa, Somalia’s ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU). According to Wafra, the action was taken in response to Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. Somaliland is one of three semi-autonomous regions of Somalia, and the one most aggressively interested in breaking away from the weak…
If there is one rule that the far-left, such as those at NBC News, enforce, it’s that any cut to government (except national defense) must be portrayed as a disaster. It doesn’t matter how small the cut. It doesn’t matter how necessary the cut. It doesn’t matter how redundant it was before the cut. When it comes to the left and their allies in the corporate media, any government cut of any size for any reason is either a human rights crisis, the first step towards an imminent government collapse, or both. Before we get to the main story, I…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) argued that the DHS shutdown didn’t backfire because “what was really important to my constituents is that they saw us fighting to get basic, commonsense guardrails on how these reckless and lawless federal agents were behaving. And we might not be in power in Washington, but people expect to see us using our power to fight for them.” Co-host Kailey Leinz asked, “Well, when we consider the Republican reconciliation package, Senator, obviously, it would be an aim to fund ICE and CBP for three-and-a-half years. Republicans would be…
Rep. Ronny Jackson, a conservative ally of President Donald Trump, is considering jumping into the race to fill the top GOP spot on the House Armed Services Committee after the midterms. The three-term Texas Republican said Thursday he’d likely need to make a decision “soon” about joining the field — which already includes Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.). But he added that he won’t base his decision off other candidates or events, like this week’s Virginia redistricting referendum that threatens Wittman’s reelection. “If I do it, I’m going to do it regardless of any other factors,” Jackson…
The company has disputed the Pentagon’s statements that it can somehow still control Claude AI deployed in military networks AI developer Anthropic insists it has no backdoor or “kill switch” for its Claude AI once it is deployed in classified Pentagon military networks, according to a new court filing.The US military and the tech firm found themselves embroiled in a policy dispute earlier this year, with the Pentagon insisting on using the system for “all lawful military purposes,” while the company stood by its AI safeguards related to mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons use.The Pentagon ultimately ended its partnership…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization, on Thursday released a video that purportedly showed its forces seizing a civilian ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC attacked three container ships in the strait on Wednesday morning using small boats. Iranian state media said two of the ships were boarded and taken hostage by IRGC forces. The crew of the ships said they were attacked without warning, and at least one ship believed it had been granted safe passage through the strait by Iran. The IRGC video, clearly edited for dramatic effect, shows speedboats full of…