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🔊 People were placing bets on the timing of any US attacks on Iran, and on whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would be ousted.' Listen to Asia markets correspondent Tom Westbrook on online prediction markets being used ahead of the Iran attacks reut.rs/3MZ6AIw

Entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive in the Middle East:

They've got him up there with Ben Franklin and MLK

Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

Iranian state media confirmed the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei early on March 1, in air strikes by Israel and the US that pulverized his central Tehran compound. Follow the full coverage ➡️ reut.rs/4llpvKF

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in Israeli and US strikes, Iranian state media confirmed. Follow our live coverage here: reut.rs/3OSg20V

Poland to boycott Paralympics opening ceremony over Russia, Belarus presence The decision was made in solidarity with Ukraine.

Poland will boycott the opening ceremony of next month’s Winter Paralympic Games in protest over the decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags.

It’s payback time for Trump’s tariff fiasco The administration handing out refunds to Chinese companies will be a terrible look

It’s payback time for Trump’s tariff fiasco ft.trib.al/ZdEjScc | opinion

UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson visits US state department Trump administration is cultivating links with conservative groups across Europe

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson was hosted at the US state department on Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to cultivate closer ties with conservative and far-right groups across Europe

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A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

Vidéo. ENQUETE VIDEO Birmanie : une entreprise européenne fournit des avions à la junte sous embargo, en toute discrétion ou presque Vidéo - L’enquête du « Monde » et du Center for Information Resilience permet de retracer l’envoi de quatre avions par une entreprise tchèque à la dictature, alors que l’Union européenne interdit l’ex...

Avec @cen4infores.bsky.social nous révélons qu'une entreprise européenne fournit des avions à la Birmanie, pourtant sous sanctions européennes.

Des appareils intégrés dans l'armée, comme le montrent les données ADSB, les images des planespotters et de ses employés.

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Russian state owned CMC's Russian flag handysize bulker Mikhail Nenashev, part of a smuggling op that has used falsified manifests & seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol to Alexandria carrying 27300t of plundered wheat. #T

EU Considers Sanctions on Georgia’s Kulevi Port Over Russian Oil Links While Georgia’s Prime Minister denies any wrongdoing, the EU is moving to blacklist the Kulevi terminal for sanctions evasion. The designation would cripple the logistics of the SOCAR-owned facility,...

While Georgia’s Prime Minister denies any wrongdoing, the EU is moving to blacklist the Kulevi terminal for sanctions evasion. The designation would cripple the logistics of the SOCAR-owned facility, making it "unattractive to international shipping."

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Reporter's Notebook: How to Investigate Shadow Fleets Tracing a ship's flag is often the first step toward uncovering bigger stories of corruption, smuggling, or sanctions evasion.

Tracing a ship's flag is often the first step toward uncovering bigger stories of corruption, smuggling, or sanctions evasion.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE

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YouTube video by U2 U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video)

“Renee Good born to die free / American mother of three / Seventh day January / A bullet for each child, you see / The colour of her eye / 930 Minneapolis / To desecrate domestic bliss / Three bullets blast, three babies kissed / Renee the domestic terrorist???" youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...

BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC News reported reut.rs/4s0NSPL

A detainee died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said, marking at least the seventh death in 2026 in federal immigration custody reut.rs/4aY1wgH

Copernicus Browser Search, visualise and download Sentinel satellite imagery

Russian Navy Project 20380, Baltic Fleet’s Stereguschiy class ASW corvette Stoikiy is pierside at Bandar Abbas, Iran for an unannounced port visit browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...

“As if the Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto ‘Ignorance is Strength,’ this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims -to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not”

Judge quotes Orwell’s 1984 as she orders Trump to restore slavery exhibits in Philly

Does The NY Times Have An Epstein Problem? Its coverage of the files, combined with suggestive references in the document trove, raise questions that merit scrutiny

“Even the hint that the family overseeing America’s most important newspaper could be implicated in a scandal involving sex crimes and intelligence services raises concerns.”

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American civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 Reverend Jesse Jackson was a prominent civil rights campaigner who ran twice for the US Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1984 and 1988.

Reverend Jesse Jackson was a prominent civil rights campaigner who ran twice for the US Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1984 and 1988.

Onboard an expedition to study a massive, melting glacier in Antarctica Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the Thwaites Glacier is melting fast and threatens to raise global sea levels. T...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the Thwaites Glacier is melting fast and threatens to raise global sea levels. https://to.pbs.org/4q20O7v

Two US Navy ships collide, no major injuries, US Southern Command says A U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel collided during refueling Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Southern Command told Reuters in an emailed statement on Thursday.

Two US Navy ships collide, no major injuries, US Southern Command says reut.rs/4rHALmd

‘Wake-up call’ for Greece as air force officer accused of spying for China Christos Flessas being detained in case seen as exposing Beijing’s strategy of infiltrating western military and security services

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