OT: World Politics
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
I will get banned again soon, worry not.
The broken clock just recorded the correct time.
Wayward DP
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lecoqsportif
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Top headline:
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Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off-day
Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open.
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axlsalinger
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Cal Gal
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Interesting. . . 
www.yahoo.com
Putin tells potential returning investors an apology is not enough
Putin tells potential returning investors an apology is not enough
The Kremlin intends to set high barriers for the potential return of foreign investors who fled Russia at the start of the war against Ukraine. It is important to consider how these companies behaved after their departure, and whether they, for instance, helped Ukraine, Putin said during a...
Aberdeen
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Why can't the world just be fucking nice and honest for a change. So sick of all the bullshit.
lecoqsportif
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This info will be used to justify the hitting of renewables we’re about to see in the US.
lecoqsportif
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Interesting. . .
Putin tells potential returning investors an apology is not enough
Putin tells potential returning investors an apology is not enough
The Kremlin intends to set high barriers for the potential return of foreign investors who fled Russia at the start of the war against Ukraine. It is important to consider how these companies behaved after their departure, and whether they, for instance, helped Ukraine, Putin said during a...
How about gfy.
Cal Gal
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Damn. Busy down south. 
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2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections
2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections
Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her, the second such local candidate killing in the state ahead of the June 1 election, authorities confirmed Monday. There were reports later Monday that two...
MindzEye
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Damn. Busy down south.
2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections
2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections
Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her, the second such local candidate killing in the state ahead of the June 1 election, authorities confirmed Monday. There were reports later Monday that two...
Morena has been relatively successful at cracking down on fuel theft. There is a whole international black market for stolen Mexican fuel, it's actually pretty fucked up. I'm not surprised to see cartels go after Morena candidates, especially in an area of Veracruz (arguably the most violent state) that both CJNG and the Zetas (The two most violent cartels) operate in and are known to run fuel theft rings out of.
Cartels tap directly into pipelines, mostly in Veracruz, Tabasco, & Campeche. Those 3 produce the lion's share of Mexican crude. Cartels use trucks that are either stolen, or owned by companies who are working for them under threat to truck that up to Texas to be refined and partially refined. Refined product then uses US intermediaries (2 guys from Utah just got charged for being part of a fuel theft ring) to get the refined product sold on the market with the proceeds laundered back to the cartel, and semi finished product ending up in Mexican gas stations, where gas station owners are forced by the threat of violence to mix in that semi finished fuel with their other fuel shipments and sell it to Mexican consumers. This happens mostly in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, & Tamaulipas. If anyone is ever doing the drive through northern mexico, fuel up on the US side of the border before you cross.
Cal Gal
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Ukraine updates: Putin to skip peace talks in Turkey
Ukraine updates: Putin to skip peace talks in Turkey – DW – 05/15/2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Turkey that he proposed. Meanwhile, the EU had unveiled new sanctions targeting Russia's "shadow" fleet. DW has more.
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Putin doesn't have the balls to leave the Kremlin, let alone travel to a foreign country. He knows someone is going ti try and bump him off.
lecoqsportif
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They’re in it for the long haul. No choice.