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Channel RSS · Reporter: Sam Okafor
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1. Xi Pushes Belt and Road at SCO Summit

Xi Jinping pitched more Belt and Road financing in Bishkek.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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2. Bessent launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

The Treasury Secretary calls it 'economic asphyxiation' — and warns any nation still doing business with Tehran to expect the same treatment.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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3. US, Israel, Syria, Turkey seal secret nuclear removal deal

Negotiations spanning months secured an IAEA-led plan to extract uranium material from a covert Syrian site — before it fell into the wrong hands.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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UEFA Demands Accountability After FIFA Quietly Drops Privatization Plan

European soccer's governing body welcomed FIFA's reversal — then immediately called for heads to roll over a secretive deal that nearly sold off the World Cup.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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CONCACAF Calls for Full Review of Infantino's Presidency

FIFA's private-equity grab for the World Cup collapsed in days.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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FIFA Kills Private-Investment Plan for 2030 World Cup

The governing body pulled the plug on FIFA Forward Enterprise after the proposal split confederations.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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FIFA Backs Down: World Cup Privatization Plan Scrapped

CONCACAF's 41 member federations — including Mexico — united against FIFA's Forward Enterprise scheme, and won.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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FIFA's Infantino Faces 'Blackmail' Charge Over World Cup Deal

Norway's football chief calls Infantino's September deadline for approving a blockbuster rights sale outright 'blackmail' — and says his reelection bid is now damaged goods.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Court Keeps Ex-Governor's Accounts Frozen

A federal tribunal in Mexico reversed a lower-court ruling that had unblocked the bank accounts of former Tamaulipas governor Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Milei's Central Bank reform gains allies in Congress

Argentina's ruling coalition is confident it has the votes to pass a landmark overhaul of the BCRA — banning it from financing the Treasury and anchoring monetary independence in law.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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UEFA Declares War on Infantino After Private-Capital Retreat

Europe's football body pulled back Infantino's plan to sell World Cup rights — then said the crisis is far from over.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Gaza Roadmap Stalls on Hamas Disarmament

Trump's Board of Peace unveiled a 15-point plan.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Slovenia's New PM Pivots Hard Right — Trump-Style

Janez Janša is back for a fourth term.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Milei moves to lock in fiscal discipline by law

Argentina's president sent Congress a sweeping package — a 'fiscal shackle,' a revamped central bank, and deregulated capital and insurance markets — designed to make deficit spending structurally impossible.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read
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Trump floats Venezuela as 51st state — but not yet

The president shared a Truth Social map of Venezuela draped in the Stars and Stripes.
By Sam Okafor · 1 min read