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President Trump indisputably dominated 2025, says Wolf Richter. China has demonized Thailand over its supposed danger as part of Chinese efforts to pressure the Thai government over scammers. Middle East is warming at twice the global average and by 2050 will be 4 degrees Celsius warmer. We have regressed to tyranny with madness and unpredictability of the Trump administration, says The Rev Kev. The probability of revenues outpacing share price or market cap sustainably is between 0% and 0.0%. People of the future may suffer not from an absence of choice but from paralyzing. Average effective tariff on US imports has risen from 2% to 18%, the highest since the 1930s. Oatly Group AB (NASDAQ:OTLY) manufactures, distributes, and sells oat-based products. Management expects to drive its first full year of profitable growth. Few Japanese people study abroad these days, and those that do tend to go only for a very short period of time. China Shock 2.0 is where China is aggressively contesting the innovative sectors where the U.S. has long been the unquestioned leader. European Commission estimates €1.7 billion in additional annual revenue from crypto-asset transactions under its central case. Visa expanded its stablecoin pilot to more us banks and to include settlement on solana. Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform that utilizes a unique consensus algorithm. Barclays has invested in stablecoin settlement startup Ubyx. Colombia produced 29 times more cocaine in 2023 than in 1990, when Medellin Cartel was at peak of power. 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines flip the food pyramid.