Sequoia Capital Shutters London Office As Silicon Valley’s VC Giants Pull Back In a troubling sign for European capital markets, Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, is shuttering its London-based office after roughly six years of operation.”This is not about the team; they are excellent. We simply don’t see the need for a local presence,” Sequoia wrote in an X post.The venture capital firm said it […]

Cyberattack Targets French Blood Bank Fridges Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,A cyberattack against the refrigerator systems of France’s public blood service was thwarted on Monday, officials have said, the incident coming after supermarkets across Europe reported that their cooling equipment was targeted by hackers.The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said in a Nov. 3 statement that one of its refrigeration […]

Brace For A Decade Of Pain, Warns Britain’s IFS The Institute for Fiscal Studies says Britain is on course for the weakest decade for household income growth on record after Chancellor John Healey’s first Budget, which the think tank judged unable to change the country’s economic path. The IFS published its response on Oct. 28, a day before director Helen Miller took questions at a webinar.The Telegraph reported that the IFS expects […]

COVID-Dissident Doctor Arrested For “Insulting” Berlin Mayor Authored by John Rosenthal via The Daily Sceptic,A German doctor who rose to prominence during the Covid period for his criticism of the Covid-response measures has been arrested in Berlin in connection with “insults” of Berlin’s outgoing Mayor Kai Wegner. Paul Brandenburg, who has several social media channels and a podcast, has previously been the target of numerous […]

Germany Pledges More Winter Aid To Ukraine As Kremlin Says Europe Has No Seat At Abu Dhabi Talks German Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised Ukraine more air defense and energy support before winter at a Berlin press conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week, but announced no new weapons package. Merz said “two things are important before the coming winter: air defense and the energy sector,” in the Chancellery’s […]

Prison Time For Discussing The Great Replacement? French Left-Wing Lawmakers Push For Draconian New Law Authored by Remix News Staff via Remix News,In the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Trappes, the left, including the mayor of Trappes, is pushing to criminalize discussions of demographic change, the “Great Replacement” theory, or “remigration.” If they succeed, French people and politicians could face up to three years in prison […]

Trump’s Legacy Will Ultimately Be Determined By The Outcome Of The Third Gulf War Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter,The Democrats retook control of Congress in an electoral bloodbath that decimated the Republicans during the midterms. Many had predicted that this would happen, and it’s not because of the Canadian meddling that the White House recently drew attention to or any other countries’ related […]

Virginia Now Protects Third-Trimester Abortion With Doctor’s Note Virginia voters on Tuesday approved Amendment 1, writing a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom” into the state constitution. The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m. Eastern with the measure ahead 60.7% to 39.3%, with about 63% of ballots counted.The new Section 11-A of the Bill of Rights, as published by the Virginia Department of Elections, covers […]

Going Postal On The GOP? Kansas Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Thousands Of Letters A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a rural route carrier on Election Day for stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, nearly 400 of them political mailers that were all for Republican candidates or Republican-affiliated PACs, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.Kelly R. Cram, 59, of Baxter Springs, was […]

Space Force Guardians Will Now Officially Serve Alongside Elite Units Like SEALs And Green Berets Authored by Patty Nieberg via Task & Purpose,The Space Force is looking for a new crop of guardians who can keep up physically with troops in highly specialized units like Navy SEALS and Army Green Berets, while bringing technical space expertise to those missions, the head of its new specialized command told Task & Purpose.Col. […]

Aaron Maté: CIA Still Runs 12 Secret Border Bases In Ukraine, Even As Trump Breaks With Zelensky Journalist Aaron Maté told Judge Andrew Napolitano on Tuesday that the CIA is still “running, if the New York Times is to be believed, 12 secret bases inside of Ukraine,” and still controlling Ukrainian intelligence agencies it “effectively rebuilt from scratch after Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014.” He made the claim in an interview […]

How The Historic Blue Tsunami Could End In Tears For Democrats Democrats are celebrating one of their biggest midterm victories in decades, but their historic triumph could come with a nasty political hangover. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, right, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York Anadolu via Getty Images file The party’s sweeping gains in Tuesday’s elections delivered a major rebuke to […]

Israeli Newspapers Sound Alarm Over Democratic Sweep: ‘Can’t Afford To Ignore’ Via The CradleIsrael’s leading outlets reacted with alarm on Wednesday after the Democratic Party captured both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, warning that lawmakers opposed to US military aid to Israel are heading to Congress in growing numbers. At least 11 Democrats who have backed Palestinian rights and […]

Vance’s 2028 Odds Tumble After Midterm Bloodbath – And Rubio Isn’t The One Cashing In Vice President JD Vance’s odds of winning the 2028 Republican nomination tumbled overnight as Democrats absolutely torched Republicans in Tuesday’s midterms, flipping both the House and the Senate. On Polymarket, Vance slid from about 37% to 31.4%, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rocketed from around 3% to 15.5%, in a market that has drawn more […]

Questions Mount Over Venezuela’s ‘Biggest Oil Deal In World History’ Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice,Trump’s $100 billion Venezuela oil deal faces growing scrutiny, as NABEP confronts questions over financing, drilling capacity and its ability to develop 65 billion barrels of reserves.NABEP claims production has surged to 223,000 bpd, with plans to deploy 41 rigs in November and eventually exceed 1 million […]

Israel Launches Heavy Strikes On Southern Lebanon For First Time In Weeks Technically there’s still supposed to be a fragile (and not infrequently violated) Lebanon truce in effect.But fighting has been on the uptick in southern Lebanon of late, as encroaching Israeli forces target suspected Hezbollah hideouts and individuals. Wednesay saw the IDF launch a deadly drone strike on the Lebanese town of Qabrikha, which it said involved […]

Global Diesel Crunch Set To Last Well Into 2027 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice,Asia’s crude imports have nearly recovered to pre-war levels, reaching 26.39 million bpd in October, while refined fuel imports remain 10% below pre-war volumes.Diesel shortages persist despite recovering crude flows, as damaged Middle Eastern refineries, Russian supply disruptions and reduced fuel shipments keep refining margins […]

Knives Out: Hegseth’s Wife Reportedly Paid By Trump-Connected Firm That Also Worked For Lockheed Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, was paid last year by Watchtower Strategy, a Trump-connected Washington consulting firm that counted Lockheed Martin as a client the same year, according to Hegseth’s annual financial disclosure report, as Politico’s Daniel Lippman first reported on Wednesday.SCOOP: Jennifer […]

“Ten Weeks Left”: Texas Republican Urges Gov. Abbott To Curb Emergency Powers Before Democratic Takeover Texas Republican Has A Plan For Abbott’s Final Ten WeeksTexas Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) posted on X that Republicans still hold power in Texas for the next ten weeks and urged defeated three-term Governor Greg Abbott to convene an immediate special legislative session to curb executive emergency powers before Democrat […]

Biden-Nominated Federal Judge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit Demanding Harvard Admissions Data Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,A federal judge on Monday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force Harvard University to turn over detailed records showing whether its admissions policies are race-based.Biden-nominated U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun in Boston rejected the Department of Justice’s case after finding […]

Trump Turns On Fox News In Series Of Blistering Statements There have been so many surprises in the last 24 hours – one of which is President Trump unleashing on Fox News, blaming his favored network for the Democratic midterm sweep.He on Wednesday turned on Fox in a blistering Truth Social post, writing that the channel [emphasis by ZH] “bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat […]

Arrests, Prosecutions, & Deportations Fuel Record Drop In Crime Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations,The United States has been running a real-time experiment on two approaches to criminal justice: the Biden-era emphasis on social justice versus the Trump administration’s embrace of traditional law and order. The results are now in.The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported on Oct. 26 that felony violent […]

NTSB Finds “Very, Very Significant” Evidence Miles From Doomed Learjet’s Crater Federal investigators have recovered most of the left elevator from the Learjet 60 that slammed into a Greenacres, Florida, neighborhood on Sunday, in three pieces scattered between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the impact site, the clearest sign yet that the jet was coming apart before it hit the ground and killed all nine people aboard.”Finding that piece is […]

NASA’s Swift Telescope’s Journey Ends After Failed $30 Million Rescue NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, Nov. 4, almost 22 years after launch, after a $30M commercial rescue attempt was unable to recover it. NASA says the U.S. Space Force predicted re-entry at about 3:30 a.m. EST, give or take 11 hours. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory satellite (NASA) The spacecraft weighed […]

“Lawyer Up”: Democrats Prepare To Unleash Political Rage In Congress Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley,Within minutes of the Democrats retaking power in the House of Representatives, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the expected chair of the House Oversight Committee, just posted a menacing two-word message: “Lawyer up.” Across the country, far-left politicians and pundits immediately demanded a spasm of investigations and […]