🛰 Satellite imagery from earlier today, October 21st, of the southern/Omani lane in the Strait of Hormuz shows zero ships risking being struck or sunk by the IRGC.

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🇦🇱 Albania’s PM Edi Rama on the protests:

From the very beginning of the Flamingo Revolution, public dissatisfaction was accompanied by a wave of Russian influence across social media.

Tens of thousands of fake profiles were created specifically to pretend to be Albanians who wanted to protect nature.

They were mobilized, just as thousands and thousands of others were mobilized by the terrorist republic of Iran to protect nature in Albania.

How can these things be coincidences? These are not coincidences. There are no coincidences here.

🔗 Clash Report (@clashreport)

🇪🇺 During the latter half of 2026, a period of unrest spread across Western and Southern Europe. Demonstrations have occurred in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Albania, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Ireland. Though largely unconnected, these events usually have occurred against the backdrop of affordability crises and calls for better living and working conditions.

🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_European_unrest

🇱🇹🤝🇵🇰 Lithuania Agrees to Visa Facilitation for Pakistanis

Pakistan and Lithuania discussed visa and consular facilitation as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties. The talks covered measures to ease movement between the two countries for professionals, students and business personnel.

The discussions took place virtually during the eighth round of bilateral political consultations, according to the Foreign Office spokesperson.

During the consultations, both delegations explored ways to increase collaboration between their private sectors. They placed particular emphasis on information technology and digital services.

Lithuania is a country of just 2.9 million people.

🔗 https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/20/lithuania-agrees-to-visa-facilitation-for-pakistanis/

🇫🇷 The French 10 year bond yield as surpassed the 5% mark, the highest since June 2002.

Meanwhile, the premium investors ‌demand ⁠to hold French bonds over benchmark 10-year German Bunds was at around 157 bps, nearing levels last seen in 2011.

The gap between French ​and German ​yields reflects ⁠the extra return investors demand for lending to the former.

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 Vivek Ramaswamy proudly announced that his campaign is pouring an additional $4 million into a vicious attack ad campaign against Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton.

The ad features Acton’s estranged mother who testifies that her daughter is an untrustworthy liar. Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, married and cohabitated with the man indicted for sexually abusing Acton at age 12, before Acton was removed from her mother’s household.

Arthur lost custody of Amy Acton and Amy’s brother, Phillip Sterns, due to habitual neglect and sexual abuse, but remained married to him afterward.

Acton stated that she has not heard from her mother since they appeared in a courtroom together and were separated in 1978. Americans of all political affiliations are justifiably horrified by Vivek’s actions, but Ramaswamy, who was endorsed by JD Vance and President Trump for the Ohio governorship, has only doubled down.

🔗 https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/10/21/ramaswamys-campaign-admits-making-controversial-ad-featuring-amy-actons-mother-will-spend-4-million-airing-it/

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 US vice-president, James David Vance, refuses to condemn Vivek Ramaswamy for the reprehensible campaign ad attacking his Democratic rival, Amy Acton and chooses to chastise other GOP members who called Ramaswamy out

Q: "Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away from that. Do you think that ad was appropriate?"

JD VANCE: "Well, I'll be honest with you. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern. My concern is who is gonna govern. I have to admit I'm a little bit disgusted when I see Republicans who are whining more about that ad than they are about what the Democrats want to do".

🔗 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar)

🇺🇸🇮🇳 Unearthed video: Vivek Ramaswamy mocks Amy Acton for being raped by her stepfather and abused by her biological mother, saying she "complains about what someone else did to her"

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