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Global   China’s Overseas Police Stations Raise Significant Concerns Among the US Officials and Lawmakers.   Background: Beijing has allegedly set up several “police service stations” in various cities around the world. A total of 54 overseas Chinese police...

Ukraine | Russia   Ukrainian Troops Recapture Kherson City after Russia Withdraws   Background: Ukrainian troops were welcomed by local residents that remained in the city following the withdrawal of approximately 30,000 Russian troops to the east bank of...

Global   Cryptocurrencies Seeing Mass Adoption, as Sanctions-Busting Tools.   Background: Binance – one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges – is under fire after it has been revealed that approximately $7.8 billion in funds have been moved between the...

Global   Climate Activists Continue Targeting Priceless Artwork, Raising Fears of Further Escalation   Background: Climate activists affiliated with the group Just Stop Oil have taken to vandalizing priceless great works of art in museums across Europe,...

Global   Russian Oil Price Cap Unlikely to be Effective, According to US Officials   Background: Members of the G7 – which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – and the European Union agreed on capping the...

China   China’s Xi Set to Secure a Third Term as the Country’s Leader at a Critical Juncture for Beijing   Background: The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 16, and is widely anticipated to be a...

Global   OPEC+ Announces Production Cuts Despite Biden Opposition   Background: The OPEC+ Group – which includes members of OPEC and other oil exporting countries, such as Russia – announced they would be cutting oil production by 2 million barrels a day....

Russia | Ukraine   Putin Annexes Ukrainian Territory and Threatens Nuclear Escalation   Background: Russian President Vladimir Putin formally annexed four Ukrainian territories into Russia following sham referendums that were organized by occupying Russian...

Russia | Ukraine   Russia Prepares for Mobilization in Response to Ukrainian Counter Offensives   Background: The Kremlin ordered a “partial” military mobilization following Ukrainian successes in their counter offensive near Kharkiv. Russia’s Duma passed...

Global   Xi and Putin Plot for a Multipolar World   Background: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were both in attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan this week, where they were selling...