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Russia Closes Border Crossings With Several NATO States After Finland Lifts Nuclear Ban Finland's parliament has finally followed through with a previously threatened move to reverse its decades-long ban on nuclear weapons. The June 17 vote to lift the ban in effect legally authorizes the Nordic country to receive, transport, and facilitate the movement of nuclear weapons on its territory as part of allied operations, with the representatives' final tally at 125 to 61. Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO in April 2023 - having abandoned its historic neutrality in...

International Olympic Committee Lifts Suspension, Russians To Compete At LA Games In another sign of war fatigue in the West, and perhaps amid greater realization that 'punishing' the Russian people is having no real effect on the course of the Ukraine war, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has finally eased restrictions on Russian athletes ahead of the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) that had been in effect since 12 October 2023," the Olympic...

US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb After reaching a record low last month - with the decline blamed on weather - pending home sales bounced modestly in February (up 1.8% MoM vs -0.6% MoM exp and -10.% MoM prior). Year-over-year home sales continue to decline (down 0.6% YoY)... Source: Bloomberg ...just barely off of all-time-record lows... Source: Bloomberg Pending home sales in the South, the biggest home-selling region in the country, increased 2.7%. They rose 4.6% in the Midwest and edged up in the West. Contract signings dropped in...