Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has long been critical of his country’s Supreme Court as it stood in the way of some of his signature policy proposals. This month, as he closes out his six-year term in office, he appears poised to remake the entire judiciary in his mold.…
The death of a beloved white beluga whale has turned into a mystery in Norway as animal rights groups speculate whether he was actually assassinated. The beluga, nicknamed Hvaldimir, rose to fame in 2019 after being spotted wearing a specially-made harness with mounts for a camera, sparking claims that the…
This second plane, a Dassault Falcon 2000 registration number YV3360, is similar to the aircraft seized by authorities in the United States on Monday, and it appears on a US Treasury list of sanctioned goods belonging to Maduro. The plane seized by US authorities on Monday had been described by…
A disgraced mayor wanted in the Philippines for alleged links to Chinese criminal networks has been arrested in Indonesia after several weeks on the run, Philippines officials announced Wednesday, as they vowed to prosecute cases against her. Alice Leal Guo, identified as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping by Philippine immigration…
Since his papacy began in 2013, Pope Francis has signaled his intention to build bridges with other faiths. The global growth of Islam, and the rise of extremism across religions, also made this an urgent priority. On Thursday, in the biggest mosque in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, the pontiff…
China is enjoying its “best in history” ties with African nations, leader Xi Jinping said on Thursday, as he pledged $50 billion in financial support for the continent, in addition to military aid. China and Africa should rally their populations together to become a “powerful force” and write a “new…
Typhoon Yagi has rapidly intensified to a super typhoon as it powers its way towards the Chinese holiday island of Hainan, where it is forecast to make landfall towards the end of the week. Yagi is currently packing winds of up to 240 kph (150 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon…
After Nvidia (NVDA) dropped after earnings this week, investors are once again reminded of the importance of the semiconductor space. I think of semis as a “bellwether” group, as strength in the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) usually means the broader equity space is doing quite well. Today, we’ll look at a…
In early 2024, MicroStrategy (MSTR) became a meme stock favorite thanks to its close ties to Bitcoin. If you rode the hype to its peak in March, hopefully you cashed out before hedge funds began shorting it heavily and going long Bitcoin instead. How would you have known that hedge…
In this video from StockCharts TV, Julius evaluates the completed monthly charts for August, noting the strength of defensive sectors. He then analyzes a monthly RRG and seeks alignment for the observations from the price charts. Could “sideways” be the most positive scenario for the S&P 500 these next few…