Crusader Kings 3 patch lets you neglect your children more efficiently

Great news for fans of Paradox Interactive’s medieval drama simulator: a new free update just dropped.  The new 1.8.0 update, entitled “Robe”, has added several new features to the game, as well as several tweaks and bug fixes. As is tradition for Crusader Kings 3 patches, these changes range from necessary and useful gameplay changes…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research shielded FTX from a loss of up to $1 billion after a customer trade blew up a year before the exchange collapsed, report says

Sam Bankman-Fried co-founded crypto exchange FTX in 2019. FTX Alameda Research in 2021 stepped in to shelter FTX from a loss of up to $1 billion, the FT reported Friday.  An FTX client’s leveraged bet on a little-known token tore through buffers aimed at shielding FTX from losses.  The April 2021 incident highlights the deep…

China is buying Russian oil at a bigger discount using yuan as price cap looms, report says

Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters Chinese oil refiners have bought Russian oil cargoes at steeper discounts than just weeks ago, according to Bloomberg.  Those purchases were made in yuan rather than US dollars, and financed through local banks, per the report. Price cap talks remain underway but the deadline is meant to be December 5.  After a brief…

US stocks fall as stronger-than-expected jobs report raises fears of continued Fed hawkishness

Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks at the Brookings Institution, November 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell discussed the economic outlook, inflation and the labor market. Drew Angerer/Getty Images US stocks dropped Friday on the back of a stronger-than-expected jobs report.  Nonfarm payrolls increased by 263,000, above the expected 200,000 and opening…

Ukraine says its embassies in countries across Europe have been receiving bloodstained packages with animal eyes in them

Spanish police stand outside of the Ukrainian embassy after a blast at the building injured one employee who was handling a letter in Madrid, Spain. Reuters Ukrainian embassies in Europe have gotten packages with “animal eyes,” in them, an official said. A Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said he is “studying the meaning of…