LE FIGARO : Le milliardaire de 95 ans, généreux bienfaiteur de la fondation philanthropique de Bill Gates depuis près de vingt ans, attend les conclusions d’un audit externe sur les liens passés de l’organisation avec le délinquant sexuel Jeffrey Epstein.
Le chèque ne tombera pas. Contre toute attente, Warren Buffett, 95 ans, a décidé de différer son traditionnel don de mi-année à la fondation Gates, rapporte ce lundi le Wall Street Journal, qui cite des proches du milliardaire. Le patron de Berkshire Hathaway attend de connaître les conclusions de l’enquête externe menée par l’organisation sur ses liens avec Jeffrey Epstein. Sa décision pourrait être repoussée jusqu’à sa traditionnelle lettre de Thanksgiving, en novembre.
La fondation Gates est au cœur de controverses en raison des relations entretenues par son président, Bill Gates, avec Jeffrey Epstein. La publication, en janvier, de courriels par le département américain de la Justice a également mis en évidence des échanges entre le délinquant sexuel décédé et des membres du personnel de la fondation Gates. Son directeur général, Mark Suzman, a ainsi commandé un audit externe pour évaluer les interactions passées de l’organisation avec Jeffrey Epstein. Les conclusions sont attendues d’ici la fin de l’été. » | Par Le Figaro avec Reuters | mardi 30 juin 2026
July 01, 2026
Trump Raked in More than $1bn from Crypto Businesses in 2025, Filing Shows
THE GUARDIAN: President’s crypto ventures have eclipsed in revenue much of his property portfolio that took decades to accumulate
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Donald Trump at the Washington Hilton in Washington DC on 26 June 2026. Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters
Donald Trump raked in more than $1bn from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Monday shows, giving a substantial boost to his annual income.
In his second term, the president and his family have heavily invested in digital money and various crypto businesses with Trump announcing at the start of 2025 that he wanted the US to be the “crypto capital of the world”. Trump’s crypto earnings are in addition to profit from his legal settlements, real estate and royalty deals.
Many of the president’s crypto ventures were mere startups when he took the oath of office, but now have eclipsed in revenue much of his vast property portfolio that took decades to accumulate. This rise has been fueled by billionaire investors and Trump’s move to quash a federal crackdown on the industry. » | Dara Kerr and agencies | Wednesday, July 1, 2026
How can Americans stand idly by whilst this criminal enriches himself by using the White House and the Office of the Presidency as a private business venture and whilst he also raids the US treasury of billions in US tax revenues? Americans are clearly a very weak people.
What is also very bemusing is that there are so many thick Americans who actually believe that this crook has been sent to them to save their beloved dysfunctional hellhole! Go figure! — © Mark Alexander
ALSO READ:
Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House: The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the president’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative. »
Trump’s Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled in Presidential History: The president’s move to open new business ventures, rather than eliminate potential conflicts, defies a long-held tradition. »
Donald Trump raked in more than $1bn from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Monday shows, giving a substantial boost to his annual income.
In his second term, the president and his family have heavily invested in digital money and various crypto businesses with Trump announcing at the start of 2025 that he wanted the US to be the “crypto capital of the world”. Trump’s crypto earnings are in addition to profit from his legal settlements, real estate and royalty deals.
Many of the president’s crypto ventures were mere startups when he took the oath of office, but now have eclipsed in revenue much of his vast property portfolio that took decades to accumulate. This rise has been fueled by billionaire investors and Trump’s move to quash a federal crackdown on the industry. » | Dara Kerr and agencies | Wednesday, July 1, 2026
How can Americans stand idly by whilst this criminal enriches himself by using the White House and the Office of the Presidency as a private business venture and whilst he also raids the US treasury of billions in US tax revenues? Americans are clearly a very weak people.
What is also very bemusing is that there are so many thick Americans who actually believe that this crook has been sent to them to save their beloved dysfunctional hellhole! Go figure! — © Mark Alexander
ALSO READ:
Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House: The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the president’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative. »
Trump’s Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled in Presidential History: The president’s move to open new business ventures, rather than eliminate potential conflicts, defies a long-held tradition. »
June 30, 2026
‘Pathological Liar’ & ‘Authoritarian’: Bernie Torches Trump in Fiery Texas Speech…
Jun 28, 2026 | Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a blistering attack on Donald Trump during a Democratic event in Texas, branding the former president a "pathological liar" and an "authoritarian." In a fiery speech, Sanders accused Trump of undermining democratic institutions and warned voters about the future of American democracy if he returns to power.
The sharp criticism drew loud reactions from the crowd and quickly sparked debate online, with supporters and critics clashing over Sanders' explosive remarks. Watch the full speech and see the moment Bernie unloaded on Trump in one of his most forceful attacks yet.
Bernie Sanders is the man Americans need to lead them. He is a thoroughly decent man.
As for Trump, stop complaining about him! Do something about him! Kick the MFer out of office and incarcerate him! The man is rotting from the head down anyway; so, let him rot in prison! — © Mark Alexander
The sharp criticism drew loud reactions from the crowd and quickly sparked debate online, with supporters and critics clashing over Sanders' explosive remarks. Watch the full speech and see the moment Bernie unloaded on Trump in one of his most forceful attacks yet.
Bernie Sanders is the man Americans need to lead them. He is a thoroughly decent man.
As for Trump, stop complaining about him! Do something about him! Kick the MFer out of office and incarcerate him! The man is rotting from the head down anyway; so, let him rot in prison! — © Mark Alexander
June 28, 2026
Hubschrauber von Ölkonzern Aramco stürzt in Saudi-Arabien ab: 14 Tote
BERLINER ZEITUNG: In der saudi-arabischen Ölhafenstadt Ras Tanura ist ein Hubschrauber des staatlichen Ölkonzerns Saudi Aramco abgestürzt. Alle 14 Insassen kamen ums Leben.
Beim Absturz eines Hubschraubers des saudi-arabischen Ölkonzerns Saudi Aramco sind 14 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Das Unglück habe sich am Sonntagmorgen gegen 6 Uhr Ortszeit in Ras Tanura an der Ostküste des Landes ereignet, teilte das saudische Energieministerium laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur SPA mit. Bei den Todesopfern handle es sich ausschließlich um saudische Staatsbürger.
Die Ursache des Absturzes sei zunächst unklar, hieß es weiter. Die zuständigen Behörden hätten Untersuchungen eingeleitet. Das Energieministerium sprach den Angehörigen der Opfer sein Beileid aus. » | Sophie Barkey | Sonntag, 28. Juni 2026
Beim Absturz eines Hubschraubers des saudi-arabischen Ölkonzerns Saudi Aramco sind 14 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Das Unglück habe sich am Sonntagmorgen gegen 6 Uhr Ortszeit in Ras Tanura an der Ostküste des Landes ereignet, teilte das saudische Energieministerium laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur SPA mit. Bei den Todesopfern handle es sich ausschließlich um saudische Staatsbürger.
Die Ursache des Absturzes sei zunächst unklar, hieß es weiter. Die zuständigen Behörden hätten Untersuchungen eingeleitet. Das Energieministerium sprach den Angehörigen der Opfer sein Beileid aus. » | Sophie Barkey | Sonntag, 28. Juni 2026
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June 27, 2026
„Historischer Sieg für die Mieter der Stadt“: Mieten für eine Million Wohnungen in New York werden eingefroren
TAGESSPIEGEL: Die Mieten Hunderttausender Wohnungen in der US-Ostküsten-Metropole dürfen ab 1. Oktober nicht mehr erhöht werden. Die Entscheidung ist ein großer Erfolg für den neuen Bürgermeister Zohran Mamdani.
In der für ihre extrem hohen Lebenskosten berühmt-berüchtigten US-Metropole New York werden die Mieten von rund einer Million Wohnungen eingefroren. Dies beschloss am Donnerstag das für die Mietregulierung dieser Wohnungen zuständige Gremium.
Die Entscheidung ist ein großer Erfolg für den neuen Bürgermeister Zohran Mamdani. Der linksgerichtete Politiker hatte sein Amt im Januar mit dem Versprechen angetreten, das Leben in der 8,5-Millionen-Einwohner-Metropole erschwinglicher zu machen. » | Tagesspiegel | Freitag, 26. Juni 2026
In der für ihre extrem hohen Lebenskosten berühmt-berüchtigten US-Metropole New York werden die Mieten von rund einer Million Wohnungen eingefroren. Dies beschloss am Donnerstag das für die Mietregulierung dieser Wohnungen zuständige Gremium.
Die Entscheidung ist ein großer Erfolg für den neuen Bürgermeister Zohran Mamdani. Der linksgerichtete Politiker hatte sein Amt im Januar mit dem Versprechen angetreten, das Leben in der 8,5-Millionen-Einwohner-Metropole erschwinglicher zu machen. » | Tagesspiegel | Freitag, 26. Juni 2026
June 26, 2026
Trump's about to Face an 'Absolute Nightmare' of His Own Making | Sir Bill Browder
Was passiert, wenn Donald Trump stirbt? | Sandra Navidi
Jun 26, 2026 | Donald Trump ist 80 Jahre alt geworden. Er hat mehrere Attentatsversuche überlebt und auch seine Liebe zu Fastfood. Doch so gerne er noch Reden schwingt und gegen Freund und Feind poltert, mehren sich die Aufnahmen, die Trump geschwächt oder verwirrt zeigen.
Wie gut geht es dem US-Präsidenten? Eine Frage, die nationale Interessen und Machtverhältnisse in Amerika genauso betrifft, wie die globale Wirtschaft und das Weltgeschehen. Was passiert, wenn Trump stirbt? Darüber sprechen wir mit US-Expertin Sandra Navidi.
Wie gut geht es dem US-Präsidenten? Eine Frage, die nationale Interessen und Machtverhältnisse in Amerika genauso betrifft, wie die globale Wirtschaft und das Weltgeschehen. Was passiert, wenn Trump stirbt? Darüber sprechen wir mit US-Expertin Sandra Navidi.
Sir John Major in Conversation with The Independent on the 10th Anniversary of Brexit
Jun 26, 2026 | Sir John Major has given an exclusive interview to The Independent editor-in-chief Geordie Greig, speaking about the impact of Brexit, Nigel Farage’s impact on Britain leaving the European Union, and posing a challenge to Andy Burnham if he were to become Labour leader.
The former prime minister was speaking to The Independent as part of its Europe: The Way Back campaign - launched to explore ways to rebuild Britain's future relationship with Europe.
On the question of Brexit, I agree with Sir John Major. On Kemi Badenoch, on the other hand, I most certainly do not. I am shocked by Sir John Major’s take on her. Kemi Badenoch is four-square against this country’s return to Europe. She also has a number of other whacko ideas. I would wager that the Conservative Party will never be a party that appeals to the British electorate under her leadership. Badenoch is no Margaret Thatcher! She has no mass appeal.
Moreover, how can John Major rue our leaving the European Union AND be for a leader of the Conservative Party who is such a strong Brexiteer? — © Mark Alexander
The former prime minister was speaking to The Independent as part of its Europe: The Way Back campaign - launched to explore ways to rebuild Britain's future relationship with Europe.
On the question of Brexit, I agree with Sir John Major. On Kemi Badenoch, on the other hand, I most certainly do not. I am shocked by Sir John Major’s take on her. Kemi Badenoch is four-square against this country’s return to Europe. She also has a number of other whacko ideas. I would wager that the Conservative Party will never be a party that appeals to the British electorate under her leadership. Badenoch is no Margaret Thatcher! She has no mass appeal.
Moreover, how can John Major rue our leaving the European Union AND be for a leader of the Conservative Party who is such a strong Brexiteer? — © Mark Alexander
June 25, 2026
Elon Musk Loses MASSIVELY as SpaceX Stock Plunges after Stunning Rating Blow
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are losing massively, with Musk's SpaceX stock plunging for a third straight day and falling even lower after receiving the lowest ESG rating.
John Iadarola and Tory Shulman break it down on The Damage Report. …
That SpaceX is going down and down is great news, in my humble opinion! Long may it lose value! It’s all a giant bubble anyway. Let us return to common sense in company valuations! — © Mark Alexander
John Iadarola and Tory Shulman break it down on The Damage Report. …
That SpaceX is going down and down is great news, in my humble opinion! Long may it lose value! It’s all a giant bubble anyway. Let us return to common sense in company valuations! — © Mark Alexander
Rente, Tankrabatt, Grundsicherung: Das ändert sich für Verbraucher im Juli
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Mit dem kommenden Monat gibt es einige Neuerungen. Die wichtigsten Informationen im Überblick.
Im Juli kommen zahlreiche Änderungen auf die Verbraucher zu. Es gibt eine Rentenerhöhung, zudem heißt das Bürgergeld zukünftig Grundsicherung. Im neuen Monat läuft zudem der von der Bundesregierung festgelegte Tankrabatt aus. Die wichtigsten Informationen im Überblick.
Die rund 21 Millionen Rentner in Deutschland erhalten ab Juli mehr Geld. Die Altersbezüge steigen um 4,24 Prozent. Grund ist die Entwicklung der Bruttolöhne im Vorjahr, an die die Rentenhöhe gekoppelt ist. Für eine Standardrente bei durchschnittlichem Verdienst und 45 Beitragsjahren bedeutet das laut Bundesarbeitsministerium ein Plus von 77,85 Euro im Monat. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2026
NB: Rente (D) = state pension (GB). – Mark
Im Juli kommen zahlreiche Änderungen auf die Verbraucher zu. Es gibt eine Rentenerhöhung, zudem heißt das Bürgergeld zukünftig Grundsicherung. Im neuen Monat läuft zudem der von der Bundesregierung festgelegte Tankrabatt aus. Die wichtigsten Informationen im Überblick.
Die rund 21 Millionen Rentner in Deutschland erhalten ab Juli mehr Geld. Die Altersbezüge steigen um 4,24 Prozent. Grund ist die Entwicklung der Bruttolöhne im Vorjahr, an die die Rentenhöhe gekoppelt ist. Für eine Standardrente bei durchschnittlichem Verdienst und 45 Beitragsjahren bedeutet das laut Bundesarbeitsministerium ein Plus von 77,85 Euro im Monat. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2026
NB: Rente (D) = state pension (GB). – Mark
Sandra Navidi: Sozialismus für Reiche: Brauchen wir Billionäre?
Die Tech-Milliardäre sind Schmarotzer! Fast alle sind echte "Welfare Queens"! Sie möchten alles: keine Steuer, Staatsgeld, politischer Einfluß, und gar nichts mit den kleinen Menschen zu tun haben, die die Steuer bezahlen ihnen „Welfare“ zu spenden. — © Mark Alexander
June 24, 2026
Senator Chris Murphy Exposes 500 Days of Donald Trump's Corruption in Methodical Forensic Speech.
America is as corrupt as corrupt can be! Why people look up to, and drool over, America is beyond my comprehension. The place STINKS of CORRUPTION! It stinks to high heaven! And America’s orange felon who has been elected and even re-elected to lead them REEKS of CORRUPTION, too! He belongs in PRISON. As I have said many times before, he should be put in an orange jumpsuit to match his FAKE TAN.
How Americans can elect and even re-elect such a man to lead them is mind-boggling. Americans deserve all they get for doing so; trouble is, we in the rest of the world, however, must suffer the fall-out. — © Mark Alexander
EU-Parlament stimmt für digitalen Euro: Was verschwiegen wird
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der digitale Euro nimmt Gestalt an. Die EU verspricht Datenschutz und den Erhalt des Bargelds. Kritiker sehen jedoch Risiken, über die bislang kaum gesprochen wird.
Seit Jahren wird in Brüssel über den digitalen Euro gestritten, nun kommt das Projekt der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) einen Schritt voran. Am Dienstag verabschiedete der Ausschuss für Wirtschaft und Währung (ECON) des Europäischen Parlaments seine Position zum Währungspaket, das auch die Einführung des digitalen Euro umfasst.
Die neue elektronische Form des Zentralbankgeldes soll von der EZB ausgegeben werden und sowohl online als auch offline nutzbar sein. Während Online-Zahlungen über ein kontobasiertes System abgewickelt werden, sollen Offline-Zahlungen direkt zwischen Endgeräten erfolgen. Die Einführung des digitalen Euro ist nach den derzeitigen Planungen bis 2029 vorgesehen. » | Franz Becchi | Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026
Seit Jahren wird in Brüssel über den digitalen Euro gestritten, nun kommt das Projekt der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) einen Schritt voran. Am Dienstag verabschiedete der Ausschuss für Wirtschaft und Währung (ECON) des Europäischen Parlaments seine Position zum Währungspaket, das auch die Einführung des digitalen Euro umfasst.
Die neue elektronische Form des Zentralbankgeldes soll von der EZB ausgegeben werden und sowohl online als auch offline nutzbar sein. Während Online-Zahlungen über ein kontobasiertes System abgewickelt werden, sollen Offline-Zahlungen direkt zwischen Endgeräten erfolgen. Die Einführung des digitalen Euro ist nach den derzeitigen Planungen bis 2029 vorgesehen. » | Franz Becchi | Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026
‘A Total, Utter Nightmare’: Small Businesses on Brexit, 10 Years On
THE GUARDIAN: Cheesemakers, farmers, exporters and wine merchants say red tape, lack of vision and rising costs mean they have stopped trading, sold up or retired early
Out of pocket, out of business, retired early. These are the tales of the “sunlit uplands” experienced by small-to-medium-sized businesses across Britain after Brexit.
Between 16,000 to 20,000 businesses stopped exporting to the EU altogether, but others who soldiered on complain Boris Johnson’s government catered for the “blue chips”, not the small, everyday companies when they designed the hard Brexit for Britain.
Cheshire cheesemaker Simon Spurrell says Brexit didn’t just leave him with a £250,000 hole in his small but fast-growing firm, but ultimately lost him his business.
Back in 2021, he described Brexit as the “biggest disaster” any government has negotiated. Looking back, nothing has changed his view.
“Brexit is the biggest self-harm that any government has inflicted on itself in recent history,” he says.
n the first few weeks of 2021, Ben Fletcher, the head of Logistics UK and then at Make UK, described Brexit as “Dante’s fifth circle of hell”.
Five years later? “We got even further down, to Dante’s seventh or eighth circle of hell, at its worst,” he says.
Spurrell was a case in point. He discovered he could no longer export his award-winning cheese to the EU because every sale, even those only worth £30, would need to be accompanied by a £180 health certificate confirming they conformed with EU standards. He sold out to a bigger company that could cope with the paperwork.
“Every small business that issues animal foodstuff – meat, cheese, dairy, eggs, even pet food – suffered massively because they didn’t have the luxury of a large organisation that could blend in the paperwork and have someone dedicated to doing that,” says Spurrell. » | Lisa O’Carroll | Senior correspondent | Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Nobody with even a basic understanding of economics would ever have voted for Brexit. Brexit is, was, and will forever be the wet dream of losers, backward-thinking people, fossils, and the mentally-challenged!
We, the people, and small and medium-sized businesses have suffered greatly as a result Brexit. People like that mouthy, self-enriching, money-grubber and charlatan, Nigel Farage, hexed this country’s economy with that ridiculous notion of regaining our sovereignty. First of all, we never lost our sovereignty in the first place; rather, we pooled it with our brethren in Europe. Second, before the talk of Brexit, I very much doubt whether the average person in the street would have been able to define sovereignty anyway! Most normal people worry about having money in their pockets to be able to enjoy life, put food on the table, and keep themselves afloat. They care little about such abstract notions as sovereignty.
For me personally, Brexit added greatly to my grief. On May 1st that year, my life’s partner had died before my very eyes; so I was already grief-stricken as it was. On the 23rd of June, that year—2016—along came the shattering result of Brexit. I burst into tears; Brexit intensified my already extremely painful heartache and grief. With the death of my American partner, I had lost my window to the West; now, because of Brexit, I had lost my window to the East as well!
I know that I am probably not in any way typical of the average Briton, but I can honestly say, hand on heart, thaI I feel European with every fibre of my being. And with Brexit, that clown and jester had stripped me and millions of other Britons of a possible future in Europe. My window of possibilities was shattered into smithereens.
I shall never forgive Farage for the fiasco of Brexit, because he caused me far too much grief, pain, and sorrow. And it was all for mothing anyway. We the people gained no advantage from Brexit, and our economy has flatlined ever since. The only thing I can think of that certainly hasn’t flatlined is Farage’s bank balance! — © Mark Alexander
Out of pocket, out of business, retired early. These are the tales of the “sunlit uplands” experienced by small-to-medium-sized businesses across Britain after Brexit.
Between 16,000 to 20,000 businesses stopped exporting to the EU altogether, but others who soldiered on complain Boris Johnson’s government catered for the “blue chips”, not the small, everyday companies when they designed the hard Brexit for Britain.
Cheshire cheesemaker Simon Spurrell says Brexit didn’t just leave him with a £250,000 hole in his small but fast-growing firm, but ultimately lost him his business.
Back in 2021, he described Brexit as the “biggest disaster” any government has negotiated. Looking back, nothing has changed his view.
“Brexit is the biggest self-harm that any government has inflicted on itself in recent history,” he says.
n the first few weeks of 2021, Ben Fletcher, the head of Logistics UK and then at Make UK, described Brexit as “Dante’s fifth circle of hell”.
Five years later? “We got even further down, to Dante’s seventh or eighth circle of hell, at its worst,” he says.
Spurrell was a case in point. He discovered he could no longer export his award-winning cheese to the EU because every sale, even those only worth £30, would need to be accompanied by a £180 health certificate confirming they conformed with EU standards. He sold out to a bigger company that could cope with the paperwork.
“Every small business that issues animal foodstuff – meat, cheese, dairy, eggs, even pet food – suffered massively because they didn’t have the luxury of a large organisation that could blend in the paperwork and have someone dedicated to doing that,” says Spurrell. » | Lisa O’Carroll | Senior correspondent | Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Nobody with even a basic understanding of economics would ever have voted for Brexit. Brexit is, was, and will forever be the wet dream of losers, backward-thinking people, fossils, and the mentally-challenged!
We, the people, and small and medium-sized businesses have suffered greatly as a result Brexit. People like that mouthy, self-enriching, money-grubber and charlatan, Nigel Farage, hexed this country’s economy with that ridiculous notion of regaining our sovereignty. First of all, we never lost our sovereignty in the first place; rather, we pooled it with our brethren in Europe. Second, before the talk of Brexit, I very much doubt whether the average person in the street would have been able to define sovereignty anyway! Most normal people worry about having money in their pockets to be able to enjoy life, put food on the table, and keep themselves afloat. They care little about such abstract notions as sovereignty.
For me personally, Brexit added greatly to my grief. On May 1st that year, my life’s partner had died before my very eyes; so I was already grief-stricken as it was. On the 23rd of June, that year—2016—along came the shattering result of Brexit. I burst into tears; Brexit intensified my already extremely painful heartache and grief. With the death of my American partner, I had lost my window to the West; now, because of Brexit, I had lost my window to the East as well!
I know that I am probably not in any way typical of the average Briton, but I can honestly say, hand on heart, thaI I feel European with every fibre of my being. And with Brexit, that clown and jester had stripped me and millions of other Britons of a possible future in Europe. My window of possibilities was shattered into smithereens.
I shall never forgive Farage for the fiasco of Brexit, because he caused me far too much grief, pain, and sorrow. And it was all for mothing anyway. We the people gained no advantage from Brexit, and our economy has flatlined ever since. The only thing I can think of that certainly hasn’t flatlined is Farage’s bank balance! — © Mark Alexander
June 23, 2026
SNB* Keeps Interest Rates at Zero
WRS/SWISS RADIO IN ENGLISH: The Swiss National Bank has kept its key interest rate at 0% for the fourth time in a row.
The decision was widely expected, but the bank warned it is now more prepared to intervene in currency markets to counter a rapid rise in the franc — which has been climbing as investors flee geopolitical tensions to the safe haven.
Inflation in Switzerland has edged up from 0.1% in February to 0.6% in May, driven mainly by energy prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East. » || WRS | Friday, June 19, 2026
* SNB – Schweizerische Nationalbank
The decision was widely expected, but the bank warned it is now more prepared to intervene in currency markets to counter a rapid rise in the franc — which has been climbing as investors flee geopolitical tensions to the safe haven.
Inflation in Switzerland has edged up from 0.1% in February to 0.6% in May, driven mainly by energy prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East. » || WRS | Friday, June 19, 2026
* SNB – Schweizerische Nationalbank
Furious World Leaders Ban Ivanka and Send Warning
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Alan Greenspan was a devotee of Ayn Rand’s crackpot theories. That should tell you just about all you need to know about him! That a man with such poisoned thinking can reach the dizzy heights of Chair of the Federal Reserve is astonishing. Little wonder the American economy is so FU! — © Mark Alexander
Russland rationiert Benzin: Nur noch 40 Liter pro Auto – Krise erreicht Sibirien
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Russland kämpft nach ukrainischen Angriffen auf Raffinerien mit einer Treibstoffkrise. Von der Krim bis nach Sibirien wird Benzin und Diesel bereits rationiert.
Die Treibstoffkrise in Russland weitet sich immer weiter aus. Nach Angaben regionaler Behörden werden inzwischen auch in Sibirien Verkaufsbeschränkungen für Benzin und Diesel eingeführt. Betroffen sind unter anderem die Regionen Omsk und Nowosibirsk, die mehr als 2500 Kilometer von Moskau entfernt liegen.
Gouverneur Witali Chozenko erklärte laut der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters auf Telegram, in der Region Omsk werde der Verkauf von Benzin auf 40 Liter pro Fahrzeug begrenzt. Diesel werde je nach Standort nur noch in Mengen zwischen 80 und 200 Litern abgegeben. Zudem sei der Verkauf in Kanister untersagt. Die Maßnahmen dienten dazu, „Panikkäufe und Spekulationen“ zu verhindern, schrieb Chozenko.
Auch die benachbarte Region Nowosibirsk bereitet nach Angaben von Gouverneur Andrej Trawnikow ähnliche Beschränkungen vor. In der Region Woronesch begann der Ölkonzern Lukoil am Dienstag ebenfalls mit der Rationierung von Benzin und Diesel, wie die Regionalverwaltung laut Reuters mitteilte. » | Alexander Schmalz | Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026
Die Treibstoffkrise in Russland weitet sich immer weiter aus. Nach Angaben regionaler Behörden werden inzwischen auch in Sibirien Verkaufsbeschränkungen für Benzin und Diesel eingeführt. Betroffen sind unter anderem die Regionen Omsk und Nowosibirsk, die mehr als 2500 Kilometer von Moskau entfernt liegen.
Gouverneur Witali Chozenko erklärte laut der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters auf Telegram, in der Region Omsk werde der Verkauf von Benzin auf 40 Liter pro Fahrzeug begrenzt. Diesel werde je nach Standort nur noch in Mengen zwischen 80 und 200 Litern abgegeben. Zudem sei der Verkauf in Kanister untersagt. Die Maßnahmen dienten dazu, „Panikkäufe und Spekulationen“ zu verhindern, schrieb Chozenko.
Auch die benachbarte Region Nowosibirsk bereitet nach Angaben von Gouverneur Andrej Trawnikow ähnliche Beschränkungen vor. In der Region Woronesch begann der Ölkonzern Lukoil am Dienstag ebenfalls mit der Rationierung von Benzin und Diesel, wie die Regionalverwaltung laut Reuters mitteilte. » | Alexander Schmalz | Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026
‘It’s Unnerving’: Markets Recoil in Global Sell-Off Driven by Tech Stocks
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Chipmakers led the way down in South Korea, where the main index crashed 10 percent. Stocks in Europe were lower and S&P 500 futures pointed to a sharp fall.
Global stock markets shuddered on Tuesday, recording steep declines driven by tech companies.
The firms at the forefront of artificial intelligence and chip making had previously pushed markets to record highs, giving them an outsized impact on market indexes. A sell-off in these shares that started in the United States on Monday reverberated around the world, with Asian markets hit particularly hard.
Some of the biggest U.S. tech companies, including Alphabet and Amazon, continued to fall in premarket trading on Tuesday, on top of losses the day before. The stock of SpaceX also continued to slide: After jumping in its first few days of trading, Elon Musk’s rocket-and-A.I. company has shed more than 20 percent of its value in the past three trading sessions, although it remains above its initial public offering price.
The sharpest decline in Asia took place in South Korea, the world’s best-performing stock market since the start of 2025. The country’s benchmark Kospi index fell 10 percent, at one point triggering a 20-minute trading halt by the exchange operator.
The surge in South Korea’s stock market over the past year was mainly fueled by the country’s two largest memory chip makers — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix — whose semiconductors are critical to A.I. systems. As their shares have skyrocketed, retail investors have piled into the market, driving large and unpredictable swings in the market. Shares of both companies plunged more than 12 percent on Tuesday. » | Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jason Karaian | Daisuke Wakabayashi reported from Seoul and Jason Karaian from London. | Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Global stock markets shuddered on Tuesday, recording steep declines driven by tech companies.
The firms at the forefront of artificial intelligence and chip making had previously pushed markets to record highs, giving them an outsized impact on market indexes. A sell-off in these shares that started in the United States on Monday reverberated around the world, with Asian markets hit particularly hard.
Some of the biggest U.S. tech companies, including Alphabet and Amazon, continued to fall in premarket trading on Tuesday, on top of losses the day before. The stock of SpaceX also continued to slide: After jumping in its first few days of trading, Elon Musk’s rocket-and-A.I. company has shed more than 20 percent of its value in the past three trading sessions, although it remains above its initial public offering price.
The sharpest decline in Asia took place in South Korea, the world’s best-performing stock market since the start of 2025. The country’s benchmark Kospi index fell 10 percent, at one point triggering a 20-minute trading halt by the exchange operator.
The surge in South Korea’s stock market over the past year was mainly fueled by the country’s two largest memory chip makers — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix — whose semiconductors are critical to A.I. systems. As their shares have skyrocketed, retail investors have piled into the market, driving large and unpredictable swings in the market. Shares of both companies plunged more than 12 percent on Tuesday. » | Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jason Karaian | Daisuke Wakabayashi reported from Seoul and Jason Karaian from London. | Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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