Was Biden’s Taiwan defense comment a gaffe, an attempt to look strong, or the quiet part said out loud?

The stated “commitment” to get involved militarily was quickly walked back by the defense secretary All geopolitical considerations are being thrown out the window as US President Joe Biden’s gaffes and off-the-cuff comments at press conferences threaten to imperil geopolitical stability.

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Saudi Arabia hikes oil prices for US – Bloomberg

American customers will pay more for deliveries, while prices in Asia remain unchanged State-controlled Saudi Aramco has raised its November official selling price for crude oil shipped to the US by 20 cents, while keeping prices for Asia, its key market, largely unchanged from October, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

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Kremlin finds IMF’s change of tune on Russian economy ‘interesting’

The dramatically upgraded forecast issued by the IMF for Russia’s GDP growth this year is “interesting,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on Wednesday.  The IMF significantly raised its growth projection for the Russian economy in 2024 in its latest World Economic Outlook update released this week. The Washington-based institution now expects Russian GDP to grow…

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