Ruble Jumps After Russia Surprises With Bigger Than Expected Rate Hike While the Fed refuses to acknowledge that the US has an inflation problem, most emerging market countries have no such luxury and just days after the Bank of Canada tapered its QE for the second time, this morning Russia

LONDON (AP) – Western countries risk losing control of technologies that are key to internet security and economic prosperity to nations like China and Russia if they don’t act to deal with the threat, one of the U.K.’s top spy chiefs warned Friday. “Significant technology leadership is moving east” …

Navalny Ends Prison Hunger Strike On Doctor’s Advice Just days after Alexei Navalny’s legal team warned that the Russian political dissident could die at any moment, prompting western media outlets like Time Magazine to shriek about how the Russian regime was trying to kill Navalny in plain sight, the Kremllin

US Regulators Meet To Discuss Lifting Halt On J&J Jab Despite Blood-Clot Fears The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices – the agency that advises the FDA and CDC on vaccines, and will ultimately decide the fate of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 jab – is set to meet Friday to

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A key legal adviser to the Dutch Supreme Court on Friday recommended dismissing Russia’s appeal against the reinstatement of a $50 billion compensation award to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company. The Advocate General’s advisory opinion is an independent recommendation to Supreme Court judges

Trump Tells LeBron To Keep His “Racist Rants” To Himself As New Footage Of Ohio Incident Emerges Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, President Trump slammed NBA star Lebron James Thursday night for tweeting out a photo of the Ohio cop who shot and killed Ma’Khia Bryant as she attempted

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would be life-threatening. In an Instagram post on Friday afternoon, the 24th day of his hunger strike, Navalny said he will continue

Futures Rebound From Cap Gains Tax Selloff US equity futures rebounded Friday following Thursday’s 1% selloff as investors digested a proposal for higher capital gains taxes and realized that i) it is nothing new compared to previous media reports and ii) the most likely outcome is a compromise tax rate