@khodorkovsky_en How about the 1 trillion per year spent by the us on military? These too are investments With zero return. Unfortunately big power players’ expenditure on zero return investment is the norm. There is nothing left for people.
@eftimie Influencer plătit de servicii, probabil cele ale armatei. Restul cat a luat cum și - a luat concediu, irelevant. E băiatul lor crescut să propovaduiasca
@NicusorDanRO Cum este posibil să nu luați nicio poziție față de drona ucraineană ?
Polonia a publicat banii cheltuiți pe Ucraina.
Polonia i-a admonestat legat de omagierea nazistilor.
Polonia nu aderă la SAFE pentru ca alege să cheltuiască cum își dorește pe armament.
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US-Iran negotiations on a permanent peace deal are continuing, according to an American official, despite two days of clashes that threatened to unravel the ceasefire. BBG
Israel shared new intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump, people familiar with the matter said, a finding that would mark an escalation in the war between Washington and Iran. This news that comes just 24 hours after Trump unexpectedly switched back to the old Air Force One for his return flight from the NATO summit in Turkey as a “security precaution” (the New Air Force One doesn’t have the same security features as the old one). Iran for years has vowed openly to retaliate against Trump for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who was a top general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in the president’s first term. WSJ
The UAE boosted crude production to an all-time high last month, pumping 4.1 million b/d on average in June. IEA
Global diesel market faces a significant supply crunch as Russia bans exports due to domestic shortages following Ukraine strikes. FT
Japan’s Finance Minister, Satsuki Katayama, sparked a jump in the yen on Friday when she said the government would pursue policies to encourage pension funds to buy more Japanese assets. Japan’s biggest public pension fund will likely ignore the call to boost domestic investment, at least in the short run, because of strict rules governing asset allocation and its public mandate. BBG
Japan’s producer prices picked up in June to the fastest pace since early 2023, reinforcing the case for the BOJ to keep hiking rates. BBG
Taiwan halted trading on its stock exchange and closed schools as Typhoon Bavi approached the island. TSMC postponed its monthly sales disclosure to Monday. BBG
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Netflix is discussing the addition of live channels and bundling other subscription-based streaming services to bolster subscriber engagement: WSJ
SemiAnalysis thinks Meta should be talked about alongside OpenAI and Anthropic as the top three frontier AI labs in the world (of the hyperscalers, SemiAnalysis thinks Meta, not Google, has the best chance of catching up with Anthropic and OpenAI). SemiAnalysis, which may or may not have a conflict of interest
Trump fired two Democratic members of the US Election Assistance Commission, while the Republican member resigned.
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@AlaliQasem Donald trumps says oil will come crashing down once the deal is in. It really is a possibility even with low buffers. What’s your point of view ?