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🇲🇾 Malaysia is negotiating a settlement with Deutsche Bank over a $1.1 billion lawsuit linked to 1MDB. The talks could offer another route to recover money from one of the country’s biggest financial scandals.
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ALT Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia skyline at night.
The public cost remains enormous. Malaysia has paid $10.4 billion toward $12.58 billion in 1MDB obligations and recovered about $7.66 billion through settlements and other recoveries. Around $2.18 billion in obligations remains.
Without further recoveries, the net cost to public finances could reach about $4.92 billion.
The real test of any Deutsche Bank settlement is this: how much money returns to Malaysia, and how much stays with taxpayers?
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🇧🇷 Lula won Brazil’s presidency with 51.79%, denying Trump another conservative ally in Latin America.
With Washington seeking greater access to critical minerals and regional influence, Lula insists Brazil will not be “anyone’s backyard.”
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🇺🇸 Trump wants more Russian diesel to help lower fuel prices. 🇺🇦 Ukraine is striking Russian oil facilities while 🇷🇺 Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid.
Can Washington sell more Russian fuel and still pressure Moscow to end the war?
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🇬🇧 Britain and 🇯🇵 Japan are urging households to stockpile food and water for emergencies.
Britain recommends supplies for at least 72 hours. Japan advises preparing for three days without government assistance, preferably a full week.
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Japan’s warning is driven by earthquake risk. A magnitude-9 Nankai Trough earthquake could kill up to 300,000 people in the government’s worst-case estimates.
Tsunamis could reach some coastal communities within minutes, while millions could be forced to evacuate.
The message from both governments is practical: build emergency supplies gradually, before a crisis hits.
Could your household manage three days without electricity, running water or access to shops?
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A kidney transplant in Cambodia cost one Japanese patient $157,500. Japanese prosecutors linked the same military hospital to alleged kidney trafficking involving Indonesians.
Why does the hospital keep resurfacing in the illegal body part trade?
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🐕 🇦🇷 Argentina’s president spent $50,000 cloning his dead dog. Three years after his election, voters are more concerned with the cost of living than his eccentricities.
Inside Javier Milei’s Bizarre World of Cloned Dogs, Psychics, and Reincarnation: geopulselab.org/global-watch…
🇨🇦 Canada is betting $24 billion on becoming an LNG giant. The expansion of its Kitimat terminal will double capacity to 28 million tonnes a year as war and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz increase demand for alternative suppliers.
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ALT A flare at an oil and gas facility in the Canadian wilderness.
In September, LNG Canada exported about 1 million tonnes of LNG, with every cargo going to Asia. Canada is turning its Pacific coastline into an alternative route to global energy markets.
🇨🇦 Canada wants to offer buyers an alternative to Gulf energy supplies and reduce its dependence on the US market. But can a bigger export terminal change the global balance of energy power?
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