AFRICOM Says US Pulled Some Troops Out of Nigeria After Joint Ops Against ISIS

Citadel Soars 6% In July Thanks To Situational Awareness Firesale Liquidation Some have speculated that one of the most proximal catalysts behind the collapse of Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45 billion and epically misnamed Situational Awareness hedge fund, besides his use of batshit insane Total Return Swap leverage that would make an average Korean momentum-chasing degen blush with envy, was Citadel's vocal warning early last week that the Fed would/should hike rates, a contrarian appeal which, while not taken seriously by any Fed watcher, may have spooked markets to the necessary and...

China Secures Massive Discount On Russian Gas As Moscow's Leverage Weakens Authored by Eurasianet via OilPrice,Russian government projections show China paying approximately 56% less for Russian natural gas than other foreign customers outside the former Soviet Union in 2026.Chinese companies are advancing major copper, port infrastructure, energy, and technology initiatives across Central Asia.Beijing is strengthening its regional influence through investments, digital connectivity, and partnerships with Central Asian governments.Russia is giving China a huge discount on natural gas purchases, underscoring the Kremlin's fiscal dependency on Beijing. The Moscow Times (MT), citing...

Billionaire Bucks Co-Owner Alleges $1 Billion Blackmail Plot After Affair With China-Born Entrepreneur Wesley Edens, billionaire investor and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, replied to a 2022 LinkedIn message from Changli Sophia Luo, a China-born founder of a small Manhattan nonprofit that produced interview videos. Their exchanges turned personal; by June 2023 they met at her apartment and had sex, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing prosectuors.   What followed, authorities say, became an extortion case. Luo was indicted for allegedly trying to extract over $1 billion by threatening to release...