Xi’s of China’s 🇨🇳 War on the Princelings: The End of China’s Elite

China is witnessing a purge of unprecedented scale, targeting the previously untouchable Princeling elite. Xi Jinping is dismantling the party’s traditional power structures and ousting top military leaders like Zhang Youxia.
#China

Norway offers fully funded scholarships for Pakistani students across Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD programs.

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Giacomo Prandelli (@giacomoprandelli) $1.9 TRILLION in oil brand power🛢️ Who really runs it? This chart ranks the Top 30 Oil & Gas companies by value (not market cap). It is a useful reminder that even in a year of weak prices and ...

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Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell indicated that the outcome for December was not 'a foregone conclusion'. But minutes of the central bank's October meeting underline the extent of the disagreement over the best way forward on monetary policy. on.ft.com/3X5jFSc

Paramount held talks with Saudi wealth fund over potential Warner bid David Ellison met officials from the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, among other Gulf investors

Paramount held talks with Saudi wealth fund over potential Warner bid on.ft.com/43BEl7Y

Elon Musk returns to the White House at dinner for Saudi crown prince Billionaire’s appearance at black-tie event for Mohammed bin Salman signals improving relations with Donald Trump

Elon Musk returns to the White House at dinner for Saudi crown prince on.ft.com/4a6pYwi

Elon Musk returned to the White House for the first time since his split with Donald Trump, the clearest public sign yet of improving relations between the US president and the world’s richest man. on.ft.com/3LKB7Jf

Prices have doubled in less than two years as central banks stockpile bullion and investors pour in to gold funds on.ft.com/4o9cCTN

Brace for a market melt-up Some say this is a ‘good’ bubble, but investors should remember that all bubbles burst in the end

Brace for a market melt-up on.ft.com/4nDh1yt | opinion

US government shuts down as lawmakers fail to strike funding deal Capitol Hill impasse threatens hundreds of thousand of jobs and billions of dollars in lost economic output

US government shuts down as lawmakers fail to strike funding deal on.ft.com/4mMx1gH

James Anderson warns Nvidia’s $100bn OpenAI bet echoes dotcom bubble Former Baillie Gifford tech investor says recent jump in AI valuations is ‘disconcerting’

James Anderson warns Nvidia’s $100bn OpenAI bet echoes dotcom bubble on.ft.com/4pPO9ES

The Macrons are suing Candace Owens, a prominent US influencer, over what they describe as 'outlandish, defamatory and far-fetched fictions' in a podcast series that drew millions of listeners. Her central claim is that Brigitte Macron was born male. on.ft.com/4mfIhCG

I'm Imagining Laziness, but Can You Spot the Red Flags: California Startup Launches π0.5 AI for General-Purpose Robotics

Trying to understand how Americans see Lai—not with the richness of lived experience that folks in Taiwan bring, but as a kind of character in the geopolitical theatre. This image renders an archetype: a resolute, stoic, and quietly defiant figure representing a marginalized yet unyielding society.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Adventure, Thriller 2h 49m | PG-13

Back from #MissionImpossible, a much more somber movie than I thought it would be. #movie www.imdb.com/title/tt9603...

Thought…..

Bird of the Day : Western Bluebird.
#wildlife #photography #nature #birds #bluebirds

A vibrant pink sky at dawn turns tree branches a striking red and the street below a soft blush.

#Photography
#StreetPhotography
#EastCoastKin
#Dawn
It was definitely a "red sky in the morning, sailors warning" kind of a day, as the rain began minutes later! 🩷

What a fucking moron.

Don’t know who made this, but the artwork and the message are beautiful.🩷
#Inspiration
#Kindness

Plates about to fall with "stock market Monday"

United States Stock Market in Free Fall It's only getting worse

⚠️ United States Stock Market in Free Fall

Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

@chaykak.bsky.social speaks with Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, about how her company is attempting to build nontoxic social media by giving power back to users—and providing a foil to billionaire-owned platforms like X and Facebook.

How about a long walk and whispers of #Love 💕 on #Brooklyn Bridge on a cold chilly night under the stars? Over the bridge and into my heart! ♥️ and bridging the gap between dreams and reality! ❤️😍✨.
Hand in hand,heart to heart!
#Manhattan #NewYork