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06.04.26 - 17:06
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China′s yuan may be going global faster than Western data suggests, analysts say (SCMP)
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Mainstream metrics may understate the role of China's currency in global payments, as a growing share of transactions is now routed through Beijing's own cross-border payment system and not fully reflected in conventional data sets, analysts say.
This could help explain the gap between Beijing's official narrative – which describes the yuan as the world's third-largest payment currency – and readings from tracking systems such as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication......
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05.04.26 - 07:42
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Ex-CIA Analyst: Trump′s Claim About Obliterated Iranian Air Defenses Was Premature (ZeroHedge)
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Ex-CIA Analyst: Trump's Claim About Obliterated Iranian Air Defenses Was Premature
Authored by former CIA officer Larry Johnson
During his Wednesday night speech, Donald Trump made the following claim about Iran's air defenses: "They have no anti-aircraft equipment, their radar's 100% annihilated, we are unstoppable as a military force."
The White House followed this Friday, with a statement from a spokesperson, Anna Kelley, who further emphasized, "Here are the facts: Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks are down 90 percent, their navy is wiped out, two-thirds of their production facilities are damaged or destroyed, and the United States and Israel have overwhelming air dominance over Iran," she said.
Photos widely circulating show destroyed US Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a base in Kuwait, which apparently took a direct hit Friday.
It appears that President Trump was a bit premature. The US Air Force had a difficult day on Friday:
F-15E (48th Fighter Wing...
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