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🥇China BULKS UP on gold as value skyrockets
China's central bank is going all-in on gold, making a bold wager on the safe-haven asset amid escalating global trade tensions. In March, the People’s Bank of China boosted its reserves by 0.09 million troy ounces, lifting its total holdings to 73.70 million ounces from 73.61 million, according to data reported by Bloomberg on Monday.
This latest acquisition marks a continuation of a gold-buying surge that began last November, as central banks worldwide race to stockpile the precious metal.
As of April 7, 2025, spot gold is commanding $3,024 per ounce—a dazzling increase of over 15% this year alone.
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📊 Republican voters on Ukraine aid: TIME TO TURN OFF THE CASH SPIGOT - poll
In contrast to 83% of Democrats who continue to support pumping US financial aid to Ukraine, 79% of Republicans oppose such spending, a Wall Street Journal survey revealed.
Additionally, only 31% of Trump’s GOP base view NATO favorably, compared to 81% of Democrats.
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🚨🇲🇲DEATH TOLL FROM MYANMAR QUAKE RISES TO 3,471
Over 4,000 have been affected by more than 90 recorded aftershocks.
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💬 Alabama Senator blasts ‘woke Globalist’ scheme: Men TRANSitioning to women’s sports for easy wins
"If you can't compete in men's sports, let's just transition. Say you're a woman and participate in women's sports," Senator Tommy Tuberville said.
🎱🎱 British Women's pool championship features 2 biological males
Transgender Harriet Haynes beat another transgender Lucy Smith for the women's championship title and a prize of £1,800. They each defeated 4 female opponents to move up the tournament ladder.
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🇧🇷🐄 Brazilian floods leave thousands homeless, sweep away cows
Torrential rains hit regions of Rio de Janeiro. Social media footage shows cattle caught in raging currents as thousands evacuate.
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🔽 Asia-Pacific markets fall after open on fears of Trump's tariffs
Hong Kong leads "losers" with 9% plunge, Japan's Nikkei follows with 5.8% loss to hit 18-month low.
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💬 Scott Bessent dismisses concerns about possible market crash
"Markets are organic animals. You never know what their reaction is going to be... The market consistently underestimates Trump," he told NBC.
💸 Taiwan offers zero tariff regime to US
Taiwan local leader, Lai Ching-te, pledged to remove all trade barriers instead of creating new ones.
"Tariff negotiations can start with 'zero tariffs' between Taiwan and the US, referring to the US-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement," Lai said.
AG Pam Bondi: I wish Trump's presidency could last 20 years
"I wish we could have him for 20 years as our President, but I think he's gonna be finished probably after this term. We have to look at the Constitution," she told Fox News.
💥 Strikes from Gaza hit southern Israel
The IDF reported about 10 projectiles launched from central Gaza, with only 5 intercepted. Social media footage shows one of the hits in Ashkelon.
Local media reports at least 3 wounded.
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🇺🇸⚔️🇪🇺 From toilet paper to diamonds: EU prepares $28 Bln retaliation against Trump's tariffs
The list of US goods due to be hit includes meat, grains, wine, bourbon, wood, chewing gum, dental floss, vacuums, and toilet paper.
The move would align the EU with China and Canada, potentially escalating into a global trade war.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs on imports from most countries. The base rate will be 10%, with some countries facing higher rates based on trade deficits with the US. For example, tariffs on EU goods will be 20%. Trump views this as a "declaration of economic independence" for the US and believes it will help use "trillions of dollars" to reduce the national debt.
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🇩🇪🏭 Coal plant in Germany demolished despite energy crisis
A coal power plant in Ibbenbueren, Westphalia, was blown up today.
First, the 100-meter boiler house collapsed, followed by a controlled demolition of the 125-meter cooling tower. Hundreds of people witnessed the collapse on-site.
Despite the ongoing energy crisis, the plant was prematurely closed in 2021 as part of the energy transition, even though it was still capable of operating.
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🧐 Europe’s Russophobia circus: Is war-mongering covering over the EU's cracks?
The German military is due to hold large-scale drills to practice a scenario of a possible "Russian attack”, the latest move in a series of Russophobic actions and remarks by Western politicians.
Europe's top Russophobic warmongers:
🇩🇪 Germany: The country must take steps to be ready for a possible war with Russia, which “has long ago shifted to a military economy and continues to arm itself,” Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius argued.
🇬🇧 Britain: The UK should get ready for war as Russian President Putin is “trying to redraw the map and is going to test the boundaries” of NATO’s Article 5, former head of MI6 Alex Younger alleged.
🇫🇷 France: Russia endangers the entire EU, which is why Paris would begin discussions about the possibility of placing the bloc under the protection of French nuclear deterrent forces, President Emmanuel Macron claimed.
🇵🇱 Poland: "We have no doubt that Russia is dangerous so we consistently strengthen the Polish Armed Forces, equipping it with modern weapons,” former Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak insisted.
🇪🇺 The EU: “Russia’s actions are a clear and present threat to the security of the EU, and to the stability of the European continent. We must stand firm against Russia's attempts to undermine our democracy and sovereignty,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asserted.
Why is Europe stoking up Russophobic tensions?
The apparent goal is to distract attention from the EU’s persistent economic woes and justify the bloc’s push to boost its defense spending.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that speculation about Russia preparing to attack Europe is baseless and absolute nonsense.
With EU members still at odds with each other over a raft of pressing issues, Russophobia seems to be the only thing that unites them.
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🚨🇺🇸📉Will Trump’s tariffs DESTROY Big Tech?
US technology stocks are the most vulnerable to global economic risks:
49% of the Magnificent 7 (Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Tesla) companies’ revenue comes outside of the US.
This is almost double the average share of the remaining 493 stocks from the S&P 500.
Moreover, 46% of the Nasdaq 100 firms’ sales are derived from international markets.
By comparison, the average share for all S&P 500 companies is 28%.
This is one of the major reasons why US technology stocks have underperformed this year.
Big Tech is significantly exposed to trade policy risks.
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📉European stock markets MELT DOWN.
💸Bitcoin's down pretty hard, too.
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💸Bitcoin price falls below $75,000 for first time since November 7, according to Binance data.
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⚔️South Korea scrambles to shield CORE EXPORTS as Trump’s tariffs loom
Rapid support will be extended to the most vulnerable sectors, South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok announced on Monday.
The minister emphasized that the previously proposed $6.8 billion budget is "the bare minimum" required. These measures are under discussion ahead of Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo's upcoming visit to the United States.
South Korea’s leading export, automobiles, will face a 25% tariff starting Wednesday.
On April 2, President Donald Trump imposed a blanket tariff on imports to the United States, with steeper duties targeting what he described as "the worst offenders." This includes a 25% duty on imports from South Korea, set to take effect on Wednesday.
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🎤'Russiagate was a CON and we paid for it' - Oliver Stone rips Dems
"The lying, the lying, the lying, and selling that to the American people," said legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone slamming Democrats, while adding that "Russiagate wasn’t just wrong — it was a CON."
📉💊 Trump on potential market crash: 'Sometimes you have to take medicine'
"I don't want anything to go down," he told reporters, calling a question about a possible tariff rollback "stupid."
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⛔️ Trump: No deal unless we fix our trade deficit
The US president said he would not accept any deal to lower tariffs unless it eliminated the US trade deficit.
"To me, a deficit is a loss. We're going to have surpluses or at worst we're going to break it even," he added.
⚡️ South Korea tentatively schedules presidential elections for June 3 after the Constitutional Court removes Yoon Suk Yeol from power.
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✅ Trump slams Europe: "We cover them with military, then we lose money on trade — the whole thing is crazy."
"The United States can't lose $1.9 trillion on trade. We can't do that and also spend a lot of money on NATO in order to protect European nations," the president told reporters.
🧻 WATCH: San Francisco's $1.7 million toilet
The Noe Valley public bathroom was originally supposed to cost $1.7 million, but in the face of public outrage, the price tag was lowered.
When it opened in 2024, it still cost taxpayers $200,000 and did little to solve the city's open defecation problem.
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🔎 ‘Morag axis’: What is known about Israel’s latest target in the Gaza War?
The Israeli military announced that it is conducting operations in the vicinity of the so-called “Morag axis” in the Gaza Strip after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his intent to capture this area.
So, what is this axis exactly?
▪️‘Morag axis’ is a strip of agricultural land that lies between the Rafah and the border with Egypt to the south and Khan Younis to the north.
▪️The name “Morag” appears to be a reference to an illegal Israeli settlement that was established in May 1972 and was dismantled by the Israeli government in August 2005.
▪️Controlling this “axis” may allow the IDF to bisect the Gaza Strip
▪️Several media outlets already speculate that this move is part of the Israeli plan to enact Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
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🔎 Case closed? Media learns how journo got invited to White House Signal chat group
The addition of The Atlantic editor to a secret Signal chat group where the US leadership discussed military strikes against Yemen was the result of a human error, The Guardian claims.
Apparently, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz previously saved the journalist’s phone number in his contact list under a different name by mistake, the newspaper claims, citing “three people familiar with the matter.”
While it does sound like a huge blunder on Waltz’s part (assuming that the story is true, of course), it raises more questions about the practice of holding top secret discussions via messaging apps than his professional qualities.
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📹 Anti-Trump protests: Following the money trail… sort of
The anti-Trump protests across the US are unlikely to be low-budget, considering the Pikachu figures, rented vehicles, and custom balloons used, not to mention the spin doctors crafting catchy slogans and narratives.
🤔 So, who’s footing the bill?
Previous anti-Tesla protests were reportedly backed by left-wing billionaires, including George Soros...
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🤡 Elon Musk calls out 'puppeteers' behind anti-Trump protests in the US
The real problem with the ongoing anti-Trump protests in the US is their puppeteers, says Donald Trump’s ally and tech mogul Elon Musk.
Meanwhile, the “puppets” wandering around with protest signs often don’t even know why they are doing it.
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📹 Diplomacy 101: Why Trump hasn’t slapped tariffs on Russia, yet
While many seem puzzled by the fact that Russia was absent from the long list of countries that got hit with Donald Trump’s tariffs, US National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett has a very simple answer.
Turns out, enacting such punitive economic measures against a country that you currently engage in sensitive, high-stakes negotiations is not very smart.
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🔎 MAGA hats: Made in China, worn in America, tariffed everywhere?
Donald Trump's MAGA hats might be affected by the newly introduced tariffs, a report from The Times has revealed.
Why? Even though Trump’s campaign sells "100% proudly made in the USA" hats for $40+, Chinese vendors have flooded the market with cheap replicas — the kind most POTUS supporters actually wear. Some even call them "decorated in America" to fit the narrative.
Netizens had a good laugh over this, but some dug deeper and found that many hats are actually made in Bangladesh, where tariffs are even higher than those on Chinese goods. Now, some are calling for production to be moved to the US — but the cost remains a big question.
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