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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Bluff or becoming reality? Ukraine is now coordinating closely with the US on all technical details regarding a potential transfer of Tomahawk missiles, according to MFA spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi. Discussions are ongoing about configurations, launch methods, and which variants could be provided.

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Axios @axios.com · 1h

🚨 SCOOP: Trump plans to hold a summit of world leaders on Gaza during his visit to Egypt next week

Scoop: Trump plans leaders summit on Gaza during Egypt visit next week

Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to participate.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1h

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Donald Trump is “doing a lot” for world peace, and hit out at the Nobel committee after it declined to award its top prize to the American leader.

Donald Trump deserved the Nobel prize, says … Vladimir Putin

The Russian president, who is wanted by the ICC, says the Nobel committee has “lost credibility.”

www.politico.eu

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Told you, he's mad.

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 1h

The operator of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor has made progress in taking measures to ensure safe long-term operation, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded.
www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/lon...

Long-term safety at Armenian plant assessed

The operator of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor has made progress in taking measures to ensure safe long-term operation, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has conclude...

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Ukraine’s Air Force air defense units successfully intercepted a Russian Iskander-K ground-launched cruise missile during this morning’s attack.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Unable to hold territory, Russian forces are now destroying it. In Sumy region, the 119th Airborne Regiment is deliberately leveling the village of Yunakivka. Sources report that its commander personally ordered strikes on civilian infrastructure.

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Gio Nas @gionas909.bsky.social · 19m

It's Russia, what else?

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1h

Preliminary reports say a rocket engine or test stand fueled with heptyl exploded in Moscow region.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 31m

This is the best news I have read today.

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Axios @axios.com · 1h

🚨 BREAKING: Trump officials say mass federal layoffs have begun

Trump officials confirm mass federal layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

www.axios.com

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1h

Over the last 60 years, the world population has more than doubled.

This has inevitably reduced the land available per person to live and grow food.

How have we managed to feed a rapidly growing population with ever-shrinking land resources?

A line chart showing the change from 1961 to 2023 in global cereal production, yield, land use, and population. All figures are indexed to 1961, which is given a value of zero.

In this time, the world population has more than doubled. And the world can now produce more than three times as much cereal from a given area of land as it did in 1961 (i.e., an increase in yield of 214%). In the same period, land used for cereal has only increased by 14%.

The data sources are the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (2025); HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); and the UN WPP (2024). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1h

Meet the F-16 pilot who shot down six Russian missiles in a single combat mission—a first in Ukraine’s air combat history.

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0o...

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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 59m

🇱🇻 #Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13 after they failed to prove their Latvian language proficiency and to undergo mandatory security checks.

www.politico.eu/article/latv...

#Russia

Latvia orders more than 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October

Russian citizens who failed to comply with Riga’s new immigration rules must leave by Oct. 13 or risk deportation.

www.politico.eu

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 5h

China's export controls may end the era of trying to de-risk from China using Chinese technology

Excellent piece on the fraught position of Europe's battery industry, much of which is still reliant on China, by @hjesanderson

China’s export controls may end the era of ‘de-risking from China’ with Chinese technology

Beijing’s battery export controls threaten the West’s push for clean energy independence

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Mario Seminerio @phastidio.net · 4h

Per reciprocità, dal 14 ottobre la Cina applicherà tariffe di attracco ai propri porti ai mercantili riconducibili agli Stati Uniti, usando una definizione estensiva che compensa la bassa quota di mercato dei vettori battenti bandiera statunitense.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Mario Seminerio @phastidio.net · 2h

Sentivamo la mancanza di queste impennate, temevano che Trump si fosse un po' imbolsito.
Si conferma il leverage cinese sulle terre rare, ora anche in versione regole d'origine

Trump threatens 'massive' tariff hike on China over rare earths dispute cnb.cx/3VVq0iB

Trump threatens 'massive' tariff hike on China over rare earths dispute

Stock markets dropped on Trump's bellicose Truth Social post that said China is "becoming very hostile" in seeking tough export controls on rare earths.

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Mario Seminerio @phastidio.net · 1h

Lo stallo sullo shutdown non si risolve, Trump dà seguito alle minacce: iniziano i licenziamenti massivi di dipendenti pubblici federali

Trump officials confirm mass federal layoffs have begun www.axios.com/2025/10/10/t...

Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

www.axios.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

@wsj.com
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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 8h

Getting out of Dodge...

Investors flock to ‘ex-US’ stock funds in drive to diversify

Great reporting from @emilydherbert.bsky.social
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Investors flock to ‘ex-US’ stock funds in drive to diversify

Funds that exclude US stocks are attracting record inflows as investors ‘rebalance’ their exposure

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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 8h

13-minute analysis

How and why #Orban 's #Hungary tried to obtain classified info and to turn European Commission staffer into secret agent

Soviet-era approach by Hungary to intell ops, rule of PM #Orbán, & conflict tween Budapest & #EU

Possible challenge to Orban rule from opposition Tisza Party

Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 8h

EA on TVP World: #Hungary Spies on the European Commission

#EU #Orban

eaworldview.com/2025/10/ea-o...

EA on TVP World: Hungary Spies on the European Commission - EA WorldView

13-min analysis on how and why Hungary, an EU members, is spying on the European Commission -- from its intelligence services to Viktor Orban

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 8h

Ukrainian border guards downed over ten Russian drones across Sumy region. The 5th Border Detachment destroyed nine, including Shahed, Gerbera, Molniya and six FPVs. The “Steel Border” brigade shot down three more, while Odesa and Kherson units took out four Shaheds in the south.

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Majakovsk73 @majakovsk73.bsky.social · 9h

1\#Ucraina Fronte del Dnierp: Russi consolidano sponda est del fiume Yanchur nella zona di Poltava

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Mario Seminerio @phastidio.net · 8h

Very well done!

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan opposition leader despite Trump lobbying www.politico.eu/article/nobe...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Venezuelan opposition leader despite Trump lobbying

María Corina Machado won for her years spent “working for the freedom of the Venezuelan people,” according to the Nobel Committee chairman

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 17h

Ukraine has successfully struck several oil depots and a gas processing plant in Russia. The Russian stock market has now hit a three year low after having a 4% drop in a single day. Insiders in Russia are selling in mass as Russia's future economic prospects continue to crumble.

Putin Ignores Dangerous Economic Sign for Russia

YouTube video by Jake Broe

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