Southeast Asia Needs 100TWh More Power, But Its Weak Grid Is A Problem By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com The war in Iran has exposed a critical vulnerability in Southeast Asia’s energy markets. The region is heavily dependent on fossil fuel imports, and demand is continuing its steep growth trajectory even as global crude oil prices remain punishingly high. Though the Strait of Hormuz is finally reopening, restoring flows of crude […]

Tragedy Strikes Israeli School Hike When Teen Puts Remnant Hezbollah Ordinance In Backpack Tragedy has unfolded Monday during an Israeli school field trip in the north of the country. A 15-year old was killed and around 20 more teens and teachers injured when unexploded Hezbollah ordinance detonated. The incident is being widely reported in Israeli media, and happened in the Ramim Ridge area in the north of the country. The group […]

$427,000 In Salaries, No Employees: FBI Raid Puts Baltimore City Nonprofit In Spotlight A Baltimore City nonprofit that received $1 million in federal pandemic funding reported more than $427,000 in salaries and wages while listing zero employees on its federal tax filing, according to Chris Papst, lead investigator for FOX45’s Project Baltimore. Papst has tracked nonprofit KEYS Empowers since FBI agents raided the nonprofit […]

Secret UFO Arms Race? US, China And Russia Battle To Unlock Mysterious Technology The United States, China and Russia could be locked in a secretive new arms race involving unidentified flying objects, raising extraordinary questions about whether America’s biggest adversaries are competing to unlock technology that could transform modern warfare, according to the New York Post. The possibility of a UFO arms race is drawing […]

Colombia’s Richest Man Turns Venezuelan Oil Contract Into $500 Million GeoPark Stake Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski is positioned to take control of GeoPark Ltd., a Latin American energy producer, after converting a Venezuelan oil agreement secured at almost no upfront cost into an equity stake initially valued at more than $500 million, according to Bloomberg. The transaction illustrates the competition for Venezuelan assets […]

ABC News Retracts Trump Family Hit Piece, But Won’t Say Why Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, ABC News is facing ongoing scrutiny after publishing a controversial story about President Donald Trump’s sons and abruptly taking it down after critics challenged several claims that they slammed as false. Donald Trump Jr. poses with his 11-year-old son Spencer. / PHOTO: @donaldjtrumpjr via Instagram The story centered on the […]

Suspect With “Extensive Criminal Record” Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Philadelphia Police Officer A 35-year-old Philadelphia Water Department employee is facing murder and attempted murder charges following a weekend shooting that left one police officer dead and another fighting for his life, according to CBS News. Eric Lewis, who prosecutors say fired on at least 11 officers during an extended confrontation in West Philadelphia […]

Saudi Energy Conference Loses Shell, Exxon, BP Execs – Who Bail After Houthi Strikes Via The Cradle Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh on Monday, as the kingdom insists on holding the conference despite the threat to the capital posed by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis).  The event began on October 11 and is meant to run until 15 […]

Watch: Trump Says Russia & Ukraine ‘Agreed’ To Ceasefire Because He Told Them They Did Update(1828ET): President Trump in a late in the day Monday exchange with reporters said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin must come together to end the war. He told the press at the White House that there had been violations of his proposed “energy ceasefire” by both Ukraine and Russia. Trump […]

Anthropic Bans “Sustained And Needless” Cruelty Toward Claude In New Usage Policy Anthropic has added a prohibition on “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models” to its usage policy, AFP reported Thursday. The policy page lists an effective date of Nov. 12, 2026 – so you have about a month to abuse it like a red-headed stepchild. Breaking up will be up to Claude itself – which “will remain the primary […]

Bipartisan Senators Challenge Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal, Claim It Violates Federal Law Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, A bipartisan group of seven senators is demanding President Donald Trump reverse his decision to allow Russian diesel imports into the United States, arguing the agreement violates federal law and provides financial support to Moscow amid its ongoing war with Ukraine. UNITED STATES – JUNE 4: […]

The Madness Of James Talarico Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.  Such is often the case with far-left political candidates and their thinly veiled rhetoric.  Not long ago these officials used to hide their more radical beliefs behind a facade of “centrism”, but then something magical happened:  The year 2020. This was the year the mask was ripped off completely and progressives showed their true degenerate colors to the […]

Nearly 15,000 ICE Detainers Not Honored In New York City, DHS Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A total of 14,916 immigration detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were not honored by New York City due to its sanctuary policies, according to the Department of Homeland Security. There were 47,750 criminal charges and convictions linked to these detainers that New York City ignored […]

Polymarket Sees 69% Chance Guilfoyle Out By Month’s End As Trump, Rubio Weigh Firing Prediction markets have dramatically repriced the tenure of Kimberly Guilfoyle as US Ambassador to Greece. As of Monday, Polymarket traders put a 69% probability on her being out of the post by October 31 – up sharply from the mid-single digits just days earlier – after reporting that President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are […]

“Too Combustible”: New York Times Calls For Canceling Sophie Cunningham Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, The New York Times demonstrated again this week that it remains solidly part of the cancel campaign culture. The Athletic, owned by the Times, joined the mob in calling for the Indiana Fever to dump Sophie Cunningham for publicly opposing biological males playing in women’s sports – a position shared by the […]

DOJ Lacks Authority To Check Voter Lists Against Immigration Database, Judge Says Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot take the names of registered voters and compare them against a federal immigration database, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, based in Washington, handed down an order on Oct. 9 against the department. The DOJ has been […]

Feds Raid Ilhan Omar’s DC Home As Immigration Fraud Investigation Heats Up Federal agents raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) early Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, according to Fox News. The pre-dawn operation began around 6 a.m., with multiple agents wearing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) jackets observed […]

Saudi Coalition Intercepts More Missiles On Riyadh Update(1500ET): Within the last our, loud booms heard in Riyadh as residents told to shelter ‘for potential hostile threat’ – soon after which authorities announced the threat had passed. FT is reporting the breaking news that– Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted ballistic missile launched by Houthis towards Riyadh There are conflicting reports that the Houthis may have […]

The Biggest Threat To Today’s Data Centers Is In The Battery Room Authored by David Ellis via Data Centre Dynamics, As data centers continue to multiply, facilities are deploying industrial-scale Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units by the hundreds and substation-size front-of-the-meter Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to secure against grid failure, power surges, or other disruptions. But while the battery units are […]

DOJ Probes 5 Major TV Networks Over Suspension Of Pool Coverage Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing five major television networks for possible antitrust violations following their brief suspension of pool coverage of President Donald Trump last month. A DOJ spokesperson said on Oct. 10 that the probe would look into whether CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox News violated the […]

Russian Tech Giant Yandex’s Connectivity “Collapses” As Kiev Targets Data Centers Data from the internet monitoring group NetBlocks show a sharp collapse in connectivity across Russian tech giant Yandex’s networks following Ukrainian drone strikes on its data centers. ⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this […]

Judge Orders White House To Stop Airing Taxpayer-Funded Ads Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Oct. 11 issued a temporary restraining order barring the White House from airing the remaining slots of taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies and achievements. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon said the motion filed by watchdog group Common […]

BofA Bets On Copper And Uranium As Higher Rates Put Gold Under Pressure Bank of America metals and mining analyst Lawson Winder shared his latest outlook for the space in a Friday note titled, “We like copper and uranium, while rates should keep a lid on gold prices.” Winder said his desk favors copper and uranium producers as global supply constraints collide with soaring power-grid demand, supporting higher prices for these […]

Majority Of Voters Concerned About Socialists Running For Office; New Poll Finds Authored by Sarah Roderick-Fitch via The Center Square, A majority of American voters are concerned with socialist candidates running and possibly winning political office, according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters’ Voice poll found that 55% of American voters are concerned about Democratic Socialist candidates running for and winning […]

AI Strikes Again – Getty Images Heads For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Getty Images’ photo, video, and illustration licensing business to news outlets, advertisers, and businesses faces a quick death from AI. Chatbots let users create visual content at a fraction of the cost of licensing, and Getty shares have collapsed since ChatGPT’s launch in late 2022, coinciding with a surge in AI news coverage and the growing adoption of chatbots […]