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The $20 billion swap announced by Bessent (not on US Treasury website as far as I can tell) is funded out of the Exchange Stabilization Fund. As far as I can tell, there’s no conditionality. This transaction is qualitatively different from Fed swap lines with for instand ECB and BoE wherein the Fed had access to their currencies. Hence, the swap is essentially a loan from US Treasury (i.e., you and me, American taxpaers). I want to know what’s the collateral. Hopefully, we’re not relying on the reliability of Argentina to stabilized its currency… So far, the…
World Cup – Qualification Europe6:45 PMOctober 13, 2025Group Stage – 8Cracovia Stadium. Józef PiłsudskiReferee: Sebastian Gishamer, Austria Ukraine World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Azerbaijan World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing435 (86%)Accurate passes306 (81%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 12 G Anatoly Trubin 6.5 16 D Vitaliy Mykolenko 45+3′ 6.7 22 D Mykola Matviyenko (C) 7.6 13 D Ilya zabarnyi 6.7 2 D Yukhym Konoplia 7.2 18 M Yehor yarmolyuk 7.5 19 M Nazar Voloshyn 6.9 15…
The Brooklyn Nets signed guard Terry Roberts and forward Tre Scott to camp contracts. Both Roberts and Scott signed non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contracts. Both players are expected to join the Long Island Nets for the upcoming G League season. Roberts has played for Long Island in each of the last two seasons. The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 6.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals for the G League Nets last season. Scott split last season between the Osceola Magic and Long Island last G League season. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged 9.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals over 47…
Tropical Storm Lorenzo is maintaining it’s strength, and is forecast to perform an elongated clockwise loop getting wrapped around a large high pressure rather tracking straight out to sea. Lorenzo will not threaten land.UPDATED Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET.The tropical disturbance that moved off Africa over the weekend is slowly tracking west across the tropical Atlantic. It’s quite far south and east for a system this time of year, although occasionally these systems occur.The consensus of the various computer forecasts is that the disturbance will track toward the Caribbean, arriving near the islands next Sunday or Monday. There is no…
President Donald Trump, speaking in Israel on the day that Hamas released all living Israeli hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners and detainees, framed the agreement he helped broker as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East.” He told the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, “This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God.” Trump’s Oct. 13 address focused on his administration’s efforts to produce an agreement between Israel and Hamas, which included a Gaza ceasefire and…
«Ukraine’s 2026 draft budget is not merely a national financial plan. It is also an invitation to Europe to think long-term — and finally treat Ukraine as part of its own architecture,» warns Maria RepkoDeputy Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy in Kyiv. A budget is never just a collection of numbers. It is a political text, a map of priorities, and a signal to allies. Ukraine’s recently presented 2026 draft budget is all of these at once. It reflects the country’s already overstretched priorities but also highlights the EU’s hesitation in shaping the course of the war. For…
Al Nassr have unveiled their brand-new adidas home kit for the 2025/26 season – a bold design inspired by Riyadh’s blazing sunshine, the Arabian desert, and the aura of their nickname, The Knights.The shirt arrives in the club’s traditional yellow and navy, but it’s the intricate graphics that elevate it to something more than just a jersey. A radiating pattern flows across the base, symbolising the sun that dominates Riyadh’s skyline while doubling as a visual nod to a knight’s aura of strength. The wavy motif also echoes the rolling dunes and textures of the Saudi desert, adding another layer…
The San Antonio Spurs are particularly formidable when they develop their rookies, newcomers, and young stars, led by Victor Wembanyama. Now, the franchise might have found another future star with their second overall pick, Dylan Harper, who made a fantastic preseason debut, potentially forming a future duo with the French superstar. “You throw it up, […] The post Spurs’ Fil-Am rookie Dylan Harper impresses in preseason games appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
At least two people were killed and one person was injured after a plane crashed onto a Massachusetts highway amid a powerful nor’easter. FOX Weather Meteorologist Marissa Torres has the latest on Oct. 13, 2025.DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Two people were killed and one person was injured when a plane crashed onto a Massachusetts highway as a powerful nor’easter was lashing portions of the Northeast and New England with heavy rain and damaging wind gusts on Monday morning.Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said the two fatalities were from people on the plane, and the injury was from someone on the ground.HOW TO…
U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Israel on Monday to a rapturous welcome, from banners on the beach near Tel Aviv to a standing ovation in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, where his personal and pivotal role in bringing home the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages was thanked, effusively, by families, service members, and many—though not all—Israeli politicians. Trump’s lightning trip to Israel started with a meeting with families of former hostages in Jerusalem. Hamas released all 20 of the remaining living captives early Monday, just before Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The exchange was part of…