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Business

The Billionaire Confesses, the Exports Stall: China's Economy Catches Two Body Blows

Evergrande's founder confessed to fraud in a Shenzhen courtroom on Monday. By Tuesday morning, Beijing reported its weakest export growth in six months and an import surge that signals either resilience or panic stockpiling.

Maynard Keys April 14, 2026

Politics

Majority Won: Carney Gets Free Hand to Rewire Canada's Economy

Five opposition defections, three by-election wins, zero legislative roadblocks. Mark Carney's majority means Canada's economic pivot away from the US can now move at whatever speed he chooses.

Maynard Keys April 14, 2026

World

Jet Fuel at $195, Flights Cancelled: The Hormuz Blockade Hits Home

Jet fuel hit $195 a barrel. China's exports grew at a fraction of what forecasters expected. Six weeks into the Strait of Hormuz closure, the blockade has moved from military briefings to cancelled holidays and grocery bills.

Von Clause April 14, 2026

Technology

Anti-AI Firebomb Plot Targets Sam Altman's San Francisco Home

Daniel Moreno-Gama carried a manifesto titled "Your Last Warning," a jug of kerosene, and a list of AI executives' home addresses. Then he firebombed Sam Altman's front gate at 4 AM.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 14, 2026

Business

Brazil Sacked Its Slave Labour Watchdog Days After He Blacklisted BYD

Brazil's top labour inspector defied a direct order from his minister to keep BYD off the country's slave labour registry. He added the company anyway. He was fired days later. A court has already removed BYD from the list.

Maynard Keys April 13, 2026

World

Six Years for Selling Cement Through ISIS: France Jails Lafarge's Former CEO

The former CEO of Lafarge will spend six years in a French prison for financing ISIS. His company was fined €1.12 million — roughly 0.2 percent of what it paid to terrorist groups to keep a Syrian factory running.

Von Clause April 13, 2026

Politics

After Orbán: Hungary's New Leader Courts Brussels and Beijing

Péter Magyar won a landslide promising to bring Hungary back to Europe. Two days later, he was courting Beijing. Both goals will be hard to pursue at once.

Von Clause April 13, 2026

Environment

Super Typhoon Sinlaku Takes Aim at 170,000 People and a Strategic US Outpost

Winds of 175 mph. A 17-mile-wide eye aimed at islands housing 50,000 people. The strongest storm on Earth this year is hours from making landfall on US territory — and the power could stay off for weeks.

Rae Carlsen April 13, 2026

Business

OpenAI's Revenue Chief Tells Staff to Build a Moat. Then She Pauses a Billion-Dollar Deal.

A leaked four-page memo from OpenAI's revenue chief reads like a war plan: lock in enterprise users, attack Anthropic's numbers, and use Amazon to outflank Microsoft. Days earlier, the company quietly shelved a multibillion-pound UK data centre project.

Maynard Keys April 13, 2026

Culture

A Thousand Hollywood Names Just Said No to the Studio Megamerger

The deal would leave America with just four major film studios. More than 1,000 industry professionals — including Oscar winners who work for the studios involved — signed an open letter Monday demanding regulators kill it.

Ozzy Wild April 13, 2026

Politics

$10 Billion Couldn't Buy Silence: Judge Throws Out Trump's Revenge Lawsuit Against the Wall Street Journal

A federal judge ruled President Trump failed to show the Wall Street Journal acted with 'actual malice' in reporting on a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein. He has two weeks to try again — without the evidence he didn't have the first time.

Von Clause April 13, 2026

Gaming

The $9 Indie Game Outselling EA's Fire-Sale Football Empire

Sol Cesto, a hand-drawn roguelite from a three-person French studio, sits above EA SPORTS FC 26 on Steam's Top Sellers chart — despite EA slashing its price 75%. The reviews tell you everything about why.

Tyler Vincere April 13, 2026