Before [Music] I begin, uh, I want to tell a little story that happened yesterday or it's a rehearsal. So, when this circle appeared, the dead circle that's everybody loves. They were like, do not step on it with your shoes.And so I took off my shoes and I stepped on the circle with my bare feet and it was amazing. It was a heaven. So forgive me if I don't have my shoes for the talk.[Applause] That actual joke's really nice. Okay. Um, do you know what is the smallest butt in the world.You don't. Well, you w ...

Long-range missiles are an important feature of the war in Ukraine. Here's a guide to the various projectiles that Russian and Ukrainian forces are firing https://t.co/xTZZIGGLU3 ...

Geopolitical Risks - Geopolitics is considered the single biggest risk for investors currently [3] - Key geopolitical issues include the war in Ukraine, the US-China tariff conflict, and the potential for China to take over Taiwan [3] - The US's strained relationships with traditional allies could impact the US dollar's reserve currency status [4] War in Ukraine - The war in Ukraine is unlikely to end soon because Vladimir Putin benefits from it as a means to maintain power by creating a foreign enemy [5][6] - Political solutions and offers may be ineffective because Putin's primary concern is staying in power [7] - The war is expected to continue for an extended period [8] Energy Market Leverage - Ending the war requires both weapons for Ukraine to strike Russian targets and addressing Russia's crude oil sales [10] - Since the war began, Russia has sold $400 billion of crude oil to China, India, and Turkey [10] - Targeting the eight refineries (two in China, four in India, two in Turkey) that purchase Russian oil could significantly impact Russia's revenue [10] - An ultimatum to these refineries to choose between doing business with the West or Russia could force them to buy from the West [11] - This could lead to Russian oil selling at $20 per barrel instead of $60, potentially forcing Putin to seek a ceasefire [12]

So, if you were prime minister and NATO jets uh entered, Russian jets entered NATO airspace, where do you stand on that. Do you think they should be >> got to shoot them down. >> No questions.Whatever that does, however much that inflames tensions, Russia needs to be taught a lesson. >> Listen, love you're trying ever so hard. I'm the only person in the world, I think, that stood up in the European Parliament in 2014.And do you know what I said. There will be a war in Ukraine. It's coming.And the only perso ...

The war in Ukraine has shown the value of drones on the battlefield. It has also led to many companies trying to get a piece of the pie of the autonomous part of growing defense budgets. OneDhierin runs the investing group The Aerospace Forum , whose goal is to discover investment opportunities in the aerospace, defense and airline industry. With a background in aerospace engineering, he provides analysis of a complex industry with significant growth prospects, and offers context to developments as they occ ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Budapest isn’t the best place for talks to end the war in his country but will attend if invited: Here's your Evening Briefing https://t.co/hc13bDJhaG ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Budapest wasn’t the best place for talks to end the war in Ukraine — but he’d still come if invited https://t.co/O4Yz3jRux6 ...

Unless something dramatic changes, our calculations suggest that Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try suggests that he is out of ideas https://t.co/C2tMOwrcci ...

You can see in Ukraine millions upon millions of drones and missiles being produced, but they're limited in their ability to see, think, and act based on what's going on in the battlefield. They might be remote controlled by a very focused operator who's connected to them via fiber optic cable. But this huge volume of robotic systems, whether they're drones, land vehicles, or boats, or under sea vehicles, don't have their own ability to see, think, and act on the battlefield.And then therefore, their their ...

Westin: This is the third story in our series on where artificial intelligence is already making a difference. Last week, it was teachers using AI in the classroom. This week is the effect it's having on the huge bureaucracy that is the U.S. military, where it's not so much what is already deployed as it is changing the entire theory of warfare and how to prepare for it.-The future of war is going to come when you take that very large quantity of vehicles and robotic systems and marry it with an intelligenc ...