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French Commandos Board & Seize 4th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Vessel Since September
French Commandos Board & Seize 4th Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Vessel Since September
France announced Monday another weekend interdiction of a Russian "shadow fleet" vessel in international waters near its coast. The French Navy boarded and detained a sanctioned oil tanker, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, in an operation which had the assistance from the UK Royal Navy and other allies.
This marks the fourth time since September that French commandoes have intercepted a boarded a sanctioned Russian vessel in regional waters.
via AFP/French military
The vessel, identified as the Tagor, originated from Murmansk,...
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Mar 26, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Hungary To Halt Gas Deliveries To Ukraine Over Its Energy 'Blackmail': Orban
Hungary To Halt Gas Deliveries To Ukraine Over Its Energy 'Blackmail': Orban
Hungary is moving to choke off gas flows to Ukraine, escalating an energy standoff after Kiev halted Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a fresh social media video address reiterated that Ukraine has blocked the Soviet-era route for a month, and he newly warned: "As long as Ukraine does not provide oil, it will not receive gas from Hungary," according to a translation.
via Reuters
Orban added that diverted supplies will be stockpiled domestically, filling...
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Jun 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier
How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier
China is undertaking a vast effort to reshape its western frontier, transforming Xinjiang and Tibet from remote borderlands into strategic hubs for industry, energy, tourism and trade, according to a new lengthy report from Financial Times.
Under President Xi Jinping, Beijing is pouring investment into highways, railways, renewable energy projects, manufacturing bases and tourism infrastructure across a region that covers nearly a third of China’s territory. Officials see the west not as a distant hinterland but as a frontline for economic growth, national security...
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Sep 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Welcome To The World That Now Exists
Welcome To The World That Now Exists
By Michael Every of Rabobank
We ended last week with the Dutch thinktank acknowledgement that "The world as we knew it no longer exists.” We start this week knowing many are going to be profoundly uncomfortable with the new world that replaces it. Not the weekend op-ed in the Financial Times asking, ‘Is Keynesianism dead?’ adding “When debt is the disease, fiscal medicine may be as likely to harm as heal,” though that will shock many. Nor that the US just blew up three...
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