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🎯 Putin sends cannibals to fight in Ukraine. Two convicted killers who ate the flesh of their victims have joined the heroes’ cohort and were pardoned by Russian authorities. Politico
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🌎 Mideast Wealth Funds Draw Greater US Scrutiny Over China Ties. CFIUS is reviewing several multibillion dollar deals on national security concerns. Bloomberg
🌎 Head of security for sons of 'El Chapo' arrested in Mexico, sought for extradition. President Biden praised U.S.-Mexico cooperation and the bravery of Mexican security forces for the arrest of 'El Nini.' NBC
🌎 Brazil’s biggest drug gang has gone global. The First Capital Command is now a mafia with links throughout Europe. Economist
🌎 The U.S. Charitable Network That Subsidizes Hamas, and the Donors Behind It. Charities don’t have to fund Hamas operations directly to benefit the terrorist organization financially. FWI
🌎 Binance's Ex-CEO CZ 'Poses a Serious Risk of Flight,' Prosecutors Ask He Stay in U.S. CZ cannot be allowed to leave the U.S. ahead of his February sentencing for BSA violations. CoinDesk
🌎 Binance Moved $3.9B in Tether From Cold Wallet Days Ahead of DOJ Settlement. It’s unclear if the Tether transfer is related to the Binance settlement, but the timing and amount of the move is enough to raise eyebrows. Decrypt
🌎 $115M stolen from two crypto firms linked to Justin Sun after hack. HTX, formerly known as Huobi, was targeted by hackers who stole an estimated $30M worth of cryptocurrencies. CNBC
🌎 How JP Morgan got out of Russian sanctions in New Jersey – for now. The state voluntarily suspended enforcing a key law this summer after a company it planned to blacklist won a temporary restraining order. Politico
🌎 Operation Trapiche in Brazil: Hezbollah bets on the smuggling of electronic cigarettes to finance terrorism. Three Brazilian citizens were arrested, and an international arrest warrant was issued for two other suspects. Infobae
🌎 IAEA head says the barring of several nuclear inspectors by Iran is a ‘serious blow’ to monitoring. The ban concerns one-third of the core group of the agency’s most experienced inspectors designated for Iran. AP
🌎 World's Biggest Bank ICBC Still Faces Trader Wariness After Cyberattack. ICBC has been unable to convince some market participants that it’s safe to reconnect their computer networks to the bank’s US unit after recent ransomware attack. Bloomberg
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