World Economic Fuck'em

President Donald Trump announced that the Board of Peace had received $5 billion in donations for Gaza aid and reconstruction. The President also repeated his demand that Hamas disarm.  Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that the Board of Peace “will announce that Member States have pledged more than $5 BILLION DOLLARS toward the Gaza […]

Turkey is preparing for the possibility of an influx of refugees from Iran, Bloomberg has reported, as the US is preparing to launch a potential attack on the Islamic Republic, which could spark a full-blown regional war. Bloomberg’s sources said that officials in Ankara have updated their contingency plans to prepare for large numbers of […]

Countdown Begins: Former Central Bank Advisor Warns Food-Price Shock Could Hit "Within 6 To 9 Months" Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and a former advisor at the Bank of Russia, warned on X that the near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that risks morphing into a "slower, more consequential story": fertilizers. "A near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is triggering a supply shock that will show up in food prices 6–9 months from now," Prokopenko wrote on X, adding, "Putin's gains...