🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷🇨🇳📝 Iran is a significant source for China's oil imports and Israel toppling the Islamic Republic of Iran may cut off China's access to these oil resources

This war isn't just about Israel defeating a geopolitical rival in the Middle East, its also a way for Washington D.C. to gain leverage over the PRC and dissuade it from changing the status-quo in East Asia as America lost the sealift capabilities that would allow it to conduct large scale warfare in the region.

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🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷 — MizarVision-released satellite imagery shows sixteen KC-135R Stratotankers and one RC-135V Rivet Joint reconaissance plane stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

The RC-135V Rivet Joint is a signals intelligence plane, and comparisons to previous satellite data shows it being at a completely identical spot since its deployment to the base last month, meaning it has not yet conducted a flight to gather SIGINT-based intelligence on Iran to assist in giving the USAF a target bank for future strikes.

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇫 BREAKING: Iran will recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) as the legitimate government of Afghanistan

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🇷🇺⚡️📡✉️ — First Starlink, now Telegram. Russian soldiers are in panic — due to communication problems in the "special military operation" zone, soldiers are dying

Telegram is the most convenient platform for them to communicate. They not only exchange information, but also monitor drone attacks in monitoring channels in real time.

"Now that you want to take this tool from us — well, those who sow the wind will reap the storm," — this is what the occupiers are now recording in their threatening video messages to Putin.

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🏦 🇻🇦📈 Vatican Bank Launches Stock Indexes Based on Catholic Values

The Vatican Bank has launched two equity indexes that choose stocks on the basis of Catholic principles.

The Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles Index and the Morningstar IOR US Catholic Principles Index “are designed to serve as a reference for Catholic investments worldwide,” the Institute for the Works of Religion, as the bank is formally known, said in a statement seen by Bloomberg. Both comprise 50 medium- and large-cap companies, including Big Tech and financial stocks.

The launch of the IOR’s first indexes comes at a tough time for investment products that take environmental, social and governance factors into account. Funds with ESG investment goals saw $84 billion in outflows last year, the first time the global market for such products was hit by net redemptions, according to a report by Morningstar Inc. last week.

The IOR’s benchmarks face established competition for Catholic investors. A Global X exchange-traded fund with more than $1 billion of assets tracks the S&P 500 Catholic Values Index, which was launched in 2015 and excludes stocks that aren’t aligned with guidelines from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The top constituents include Nvidia Corp. and Apple Inc. The ETF rose 16% last year, roughly inline with the S&P 500.

According to fact sheets from Morningstar, the top constituents in their new US index are Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., while the top weightings in the Eurozone gauge are ASML Holding NV and Deutsche Telekom AG.

The IOR, which provides traditional banking services and oversees investments for institutions tied to the church, has been striving for years to rid itself of a reputation for mismanagement stemming from a series of financial scandals. Pope Leo XIV has taken steps to limit the role of the IOR, including approving rules last October that would distribute responsibility for investing the Vatican’s funds among various institutions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/vatican-bank-launches-stock-indexes-based-on-catholic-values

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🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽⚡️ — President Trump is privately musing about withdrawing from the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), according to Bloomberg.

➡️ Trump has asked aides why he shouldn't withdraw from the agreement, though he hasn’t made any final decision.