Cloudflare has gone down, taking many other websites down with it.

The outage affected much of the web: X, formerly known as Twitter, Substack, Canva and more appeared to have gone down. Notably, that included Down Detector, a tracking website that shows outages around the world.

Some sites that had been caught up in a major outage last month were not affected, however, presumably they had make themselves less reliant on Cloudflare in the time since. That included ChatGPT.

Visitors to a number of pages saw a “500 internet server error” warning, rather than the content they expected. (Independent – Continue Reading)

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic.

The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the discussion, including a U.S. official, was conveyed at a meeting in Washington this week of Pentagon staff overseeing NATO policy and several European delegations. (Reuters – Continue Reading)

U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration blame the EU and migration for what they say is imminent, total cultural unravelling in Europe.

The explosive claim is made in the U.S. National Security Strategy, which notes Europe has economic problems, but says they are "eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure" within the next 20 years.

"The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence," the Trump administration says in the 33-page document released overnight. (POLITICO – Continue Reading)

The year-end rally in equities is at risk from a Federal Reserve outlook that’s too cautious on the economy, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists.

With the S&P 500 Index within striking distance of a record high, investors are confident about a best-case scenario where the Fed cuts interest rates alongside falling inflation and economic growth remains resilient. (Bloomberg – Continue Reading)