Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸 Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose $83 billion in August to $9.33 trillion, the 6th-highest on record... Canada added $38 billion, Belgium $20 billion to a record, and the UK $11 billion to cross $1 trillion for the first time. Japan cut $36 billion after record yen intervention, and China trimmed $27 billion to its lowest level since 2008. Even with Japan and China selling, other buyers stepped in, and the total still rose. That means the U.S. still has plenty of willing lenders, which is helpful because the government runs large deficits and constantly needs to roll over and issue new debt. It does NOT mean the U.S. is in trouble or that foreigners are dumping everything... It shows a reshuffling: official sellers (especially Japan for currency reasons, China for longer-term reasons) are being replaced by private investors and flows through financial hubs. In short, demand for U.S. debt stayed solid in August. The identity of the biggest buyers just shifted. Source: U.S. Treasury TIC data / Writer: Jamie

🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹 People are often called racist when they say that 2nd- or 3rd-generation immigrants in Europe are NOT French, Spanish, Italian, etc. Yet the immigrants themselves confirm this, stating they would instead defend the country of their origin. If your loyalty lies elsewhere, what exactly are you? Writers: Samuel, Michael t.co/fMAqJD8dfK

🇮🇹 Meloni continues to lay down the law in Italy: "In some areas, a small number of individuals continue to block roads, and they do not stop there. They threaten those who want to work and slash the tires of truck drivers. This is not protest. It is intimidation, and we will not tolerate intimidation." Meloni is 💯 right. Threatening hardworking people and destroying their property is NOT protest. Writer: Samuel t.co/JvqQMT4qGO

If they have this big ass bamboo in Asia… how come bamboo flooring is so damned expensive?! I bet this guy would make you a good deal! Writer: Jamie t.co/qrfMZZ8Xfn

🇮🇹 Italian PM Meloni says her government refuses to be “BLACKMAILED” by violent rioters... “We also have a duty to enforce the laws of the state and not allow ourselves to be blackmailed by those who use violence as a means of pressure.” Riots over fuel prices, housing, and public services played out with masked thugs looting shops, setting fires, and fighting with police in cities like Milan. Europe’s cost-of-living (and mass migration) crisis is becoming a political tinderbox that's already in flames... Writer: Marie t.co/JcvP0UbIhT

🇳🇴 I knew there had to be at least one negative thing about this guy! Erling Haaland was a little TOO PERFECT. Now he admits he's a "camper" in Call of Duty! Good to know he’s “that guy”! 😠 Writer: Jamie t.co/GTpXFz18J4

🚨🇸🇦🇾🇪 Some more photos out of Riyadh this afternoon, following reported Houthi missile and drone attacks. It is still not known what has been hit... Source: @MoloWarMonitor, @Osint613 / Writer: Michael t.co/9wGxEi4PKX

🇫🇷 With guys like this at every establishment across France, the riots would have been over in no time. Writer: Samuel t.co/H2v5lR3RkQ

🚨🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 Germany has just arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of SPYING for Russia... German prosecutors identified the suspect as Vadym Y., alleging he'd been in contact with a Russian intelligence service through an intermediary since at least July 2025. Authorities say he collected information on armored-vehicles, ammunition, and explosives production, as well as military personnel and installations involved in protecting NATO's eastern flank. Some information was publicly available, but prosecutors allege he also sought details directly from people working in Europe's defense industry. The suspect is due before a federal judge, who will decide whether he remains in pre-trial detention. Source: Reuters / Writer: Samuel

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇮🇳 Houthi officials allege Saudi forces ATTACKED an Indian ship near Zuqar Island in the Red Sea... The allegation remains independently unverified. The Houthi spox. claimed 14 Indian nationals were on board, saying their forces are attempting a rescue. Tensions persist near the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait following recent Houthi control of Zuqar Island. This comes after an Indian national was killed and two others injured in the attack on Saudi's Dammam airport. Another Indian national was injured at Shaybah oil field. Source: @Yah_Saree, TIME / Writer: Marie

🇺🇸 Sec. Hegseth wanted an historic Eisenhower globe moved into his Pentagon office... His staff reportedly DROPPED it and broke it. It's one of two Pentagon globes linked to Dwight D. Eisenhower, and they didn't wait for the military-history specialists who normally handle such artifacts. They lost control of the 30-inch globe, which crashed onto its base, detached from its mounting and suffered a gash several inches wide. The Army confirmed the artifact was damaged during an attempted move on February 3. The globe ultimately stayed where it was. Just such an unnecessary mistake... 🙄 Source: Washington Post / Writer: Samuel

There’s the great engineer who’s going to pay for the pensions. Writer: Samuel t.co/ZlTnACS8Xa

🇬🇧 Remember a few weeks ago when some expert said we'd have our first major AI incident within 6 months? I think that it’s safe to say he was right on track! Internet outages have been hitting Europe for the last few days, and now 32 UK government services are offline and 4 are partly offline. Now we’re having to take security measures to protect ourselves from something that WE CREATED! This is NOT GOOD AT ALL! Source: @SkyNews / Writer: Jamie t.co/90CwMrrIke

🔥🇺🇸 Wait a minute… hold up! You’re telling me that DOCTOR Abdul El-Sayed isn’t even a licensed physician and never completed his residency? Something tells me he'd have had better chances as a physician than as a U.S. Senator. Writer: Jamie t.co/akTU44urAX

🚨🇸🇦 Saudi Aramco has reportedly ordered staff to EVACUATE its Dhahran headquarters and WORK REMOTELY today. It marks the first evacuation order at the oil giant’s headquarters since the Iran war began. A Houthi strike caused extensive damage to the building earlier this month, with fires spreading across several floors. The complex houses a key operations center overseeing oil rigs, refineries, export terminals, and thousands of miles of pipelines. Separately, 2 people were killed yesterday after Saudi air defenses intercepted a drone that was ​attempting to ​hit a ⁠facility at Aramco's Shaybah oilfield. The world’s LARGEST oil producer has a serious crisis on their hands... Source: Reuters / Writers: Marie, Michael

🚨🇾🇪🇸🇦 The Houthis say they've launched a new wave of strikes DEEP inside Saudi territory... Houthis claim ballistic missiles and drones struck Saudi's Defense Ministry HQ in Riyadh, King Fahd Int'l Airport in Dammam, an Aramco facility in Yanbu, and Abha Int'l Airport all over the past 48 hours. They claim the Yanbu strike caused a fire and the Dammam attack disrupted air traffic. Those claims still require independent confirmation. The Houthis also warned that any Saudi attack on Yemeni tribes would bring “catastrophic and unforeseen” consequences. Their message to Riyadh: “a blockade for a blockade” and “an escalation for an escalation.” Source: army21ye / Writer: Samuel

🇷🇺🇪🇺 Russian presidential envoy Dmitriev says Europe uses Moscow as a “BOOGEYMAN.” “Europe really needs help…we obviously see migration, energy rejection… The key is we see Europe really using Russia as this boogeyman… to scare away from much more fundamental problems of Europe.” Dmitriev urged EU companies to fight for access to the Russian market, accusing politicians of believing media narratives instead of looking for practical solutions. If you polled European citizens, do you think Russia would be at the top of their list of concerns? Writer: Marie t.co/GxPAgY8gjg

🇨🇴🇪🇨 Call me crazy… but I think this might be a sign 😅 Remember that priest in Ecuador who was recently KILLED by a falling cross on the altar? Well, take a look at this… a priest inside a church in Colombia was trying to adjust a large crucifix before it decided to try and flatten him, too! The Lord giveth, and the Lord nearly taketh away. Writer: Jamie t.co/dBPBOKvW5V

🚨🇬🇧 BREAKING: Fmr. PM Keir Starmer will be summoned to give evidence to the national grooming gangs inquiry. Starmer, who announced the inquiry last year, has been listed as a "core participant." The inquiry will examine why previous investigations failed to produce meaningful change and why lessons were not learned. Institutions will be required to explain what steps they took to protect children, if any... Hearings begin in London in December, led by Baroness Anne Longfield. Starmer is expected to give evidence during the phase examining institutional responses. Source: GB News / Writer: Michael

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Seeing this just confirms the Trump admin is NOT being entirely truthful when it comes to Iranian military capabilities... In fact, Iran might be a much more formidable foe than anyone expected or prepared for. Dig in… it’s gonna be a long excursion! Writer: Jamie t.co/UU3BGug1gG

🇫🇷 Take a look at this person… this is the guy who violently attacked the Micromania store manager a few days ago in Nice, France. Turns out he’s not so ‘Nice’ after all, and police want to have a word. If you know him… you should turn him in ASAP! Writer: Jamie t.co/ds8Hs9htdy

🇫🇷 France doesn’t have a Second Amendment. Right now, Parisians wish it did. After two weekends of looting that left shop windows shattered across the capital, Paris gun stores are reporting orders up TENFOLD. Rubber bullet pistols, tear gas launchers, telescopic batons, ALL flying off the shelves. One store owner said he’s only seen two rushes like this in his career: after the Nov 2015 terrorist attacks, and after Oct 7. A 54-year-old shopkeeper named Assia became the face of it all, standing in her doorway with an iron bar in hand, holding off looters alone amidst the chaos: “There are going to be deaths,” she warned on camera. “And we are going to defend ourselves. Because enough is enough.” Some stores are already running out of stock. The association president compared it to air conditioner sales during a heat wave. “If the police don’t restore order, we are going to have a problem.” Source: Le Parisien / Writer: Michael

📱 When you wonder why kids are so f*cking ADHD and crazy nowadays… this is why! How is this even enjoyable? No one will be paying attention to a DAMN thing now! Writer: Jamie t.co/cAlfjj1Z5T

🚨🇨🇳 China's stock market is getting HAMMERED... The market heatmap is almost entirely red, with heavy losses across technology, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, finance and commodities. Several individual stocks are down more than 5%, with some plunging roughly 8-11%. This isn't a selloff isolated to one industry, the weakness shown here is remarkably broad. When almost the entire market turns red at once, investors aren't simply rotating out of one sector. They're selling risk across the board. Writer: Samuel t.co/zFO5I0yqbL

🇺🇸 Actress Sophia Bush went on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast and argued that any loyalty wives extend to their husbands is 'patriarchy.' Apparently, women should always "want more." 😳 Writer: Mhedi t.co/6hvlZZ79Fc

🚨🇫🇷 Macron seems satisfied with the job he's done: "The justice system is hard at work and mobilized... There have been several thousand individuals taken into custody, and of course several hundred people incarcerated." It's NOT enough. DEPORT THEM ALL! If they're 2nd or 3rd generation French citizens, they at least need to behave or be off the streets... Writers: Samuel, Michael t.co/lEelCAvQ1e

🇺🇸 WTF is LaMelo doing?! That’s a clear travel!!! And yet the refs didn’t call anything... 🤔 Writer: Samuel t.co/TpPQ9PKlsg

🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu: Peace IMPOSSIBLE without removing the Iranian regime. "We've done it before, and we'll do it now and bring the final blow. Either we destroy them, or they destroy us. That's what the voters have to decide on." Writer: Mhedi t.co/lPLilqzfeQ

🇬🇷 Greece's students have had ENOUGH, and around 10,000 of them took to the streets of Athens yesterday to make sure the government heard about it. Students and teachers marched through the capital, with protests also erupting in Thessaloniki, Patras and other cities, chanting “From Greece to France, we want public, free education.” Their demands? More money for schools, smaller classes and student housing that doesn't eat up their entire budget. Greece spends just 3.3% of its GDP on education, compared with the EU average of 4.7%. Students are getting pretty tired of being told education is FREE when they can barely afford everything that comes with it. Sources: Reuters, The National Desk / Writer: Julie t.co/aDzuDbOsKZ