Former CIA Director Leon Panetta (2009-2011) was among the featured speakerson the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on August 22 when Kamala Harris accepted the party’s nomination as its presidential candidate.
The trading week hasn’t yet got underway as US markets were closed for the long weekend holiday, with intrasession volatility across all the risk markets fairly flat as a result. European stocks lifted slightly, reflecting the modest moves here in Asia beforehand. Futures are looking optimistic however for a solid start when Wall Street reopens
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The Global Majority is fully aware that the genocidals in Tel Aviv are trying as hard as they can to provoke an apocalyptic war – with full US military support, of course.
On Monday, the ANZ-Indeed job ads survey was released, which showed that job ads fell by 2.1% in August: The following chart from Justin Fabo at Antipodean Macro plots the change in ANZ-Indeed job ads against the unemployment rate: Based on historical correlations, Australia’s unemployment rate should shoot higher. Fabo has also compiled the below
DXY is on a rebound, perhaps technical: AUD is still battling go higher: North Asia not so much: Oil is in trouble: Metals are pulling back: Miners are frozen in fright at iron ore: EM yawn: Junk is boooolish: Yields overbought and ignoring oil. Not for long! Stocks all good: Markets are poised to continue
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Since the onset of the Gaza War, many Australians have urged the Albanese Government to speak up in condemning the Netanyahu regime’s constant breaches of international law and to act urgently to protect innocent civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Monday released dwelling approvals data for July, which rebounded by 10.4% over the month, driven by the volatile unit & apartment segment: This drove annual approvals up by 14.3% year-on-year. The following chart shows total monthly dwelling approvals in trend terms: There were 14,319 dwellings approved in July,
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, claiming that there is no alternative to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine other than the "Zelensky formula," wants to remain in history as Europe's main Russophobe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar tortured in detention
According to the cartoonist’s wife, Nada Mugheeth, and lawyer Khaled Ali, Ashraf Omar was physically abused and tortured while in detention.
Universities Australia chair David Lloyd continues to spread the lie that international education is Australia’s second largest export. “If international students say they don’t feel welcome in Australia, we run the risk of undermining the second-largest export industry in the country and damaging the economy”, Lloyd told ABC TV. As you can see, Lloyd has
It’s ridiculous that governments leave it to people like me to communicate the need for environmental action.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th August 2024
There are several services and assets I would like to see nationalised. But at the top of my list is neither water, nor trains, nor development land, much as I’d like to see them brought under national or local public ownership. Above all, I want to see the nationalisation of my own business: environmental persuasion. I love my job. But I’m not very good at it. None of us is.
By Bert Hetebry Election fever is hitting Queensland, and Law and Order is high on the agenda. And the problems Indigenous kids present are front and centre. And the economy as the campaign rollings along… Labor are not able to run the economy, look at the cost of living, inflation, interest rates, housing costs. Taking…
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