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🇨🇳⚠️ XI’S HISTORY LESSON… WITH LIES — China’s leader Xi Jinping is throwing himself a huge military parade this week, but he’s not telling the truth. He’s saying the Communist Party was the “backbone” that beat Japan — even though the Communist Party barely fought in the war and didn’t even take power until four years later. The real fighting came from the Republic of China (today’s Taiwan), with help from the U.S. and U.K., who actually signed Japan’s surrender in 1945.
—> THE LIES… THE DELUSIONS: Xi says the CCP led the war against Japan, but history shows Chiang Kai-shek’s forces fought the big battles, while Mao’s communist army mostly hid in the countryside and prepared for civil war. He’s also trying to erase Taiwan’s role and make it look like the CCP was an equal victor with America.
—> WHY YOU CARE: Xi is rewriting history to make his party look stronger today — and to back up his claim that Taiwan belongs to China. But the truth is, America and its Allies won WWII. Changing history isn’t just about the past — it’s how leaders like Xi try to control the future.
📌 Sources: Bloomberg, IP Defense Forum
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SPACE
🌌 THE GALAXY’S SPINNING HEART — Astronomers just confirmed Sagittarius A*, the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way, is spinning almost at maximum speed — and it’s aimed nearly at Earth. It’s 4 million times the mass of the Sun, yet most of us never learn about it in school. Why? Because unlike the Sun or Moon, its effects on daily life are invisible. Still, it quietly holds our entire galaxy together.
—> ❓WHY DON’T WE TALK ABOUT SAG A*? Science class usually sticks to what shapes Earth directly: gravity from the Sun, the Moon’s tides, or nearby planets. Sag A* is so far away (26,000 light years!) that its pull doesn’t jiggle your coffee cup. But it’s the reason the Milky Way has its beautiful spiral structure instead of flying apart.
—> 🌍 DOES IT AFFECT US? Not in ways we feel every day. But over billions of years, Sag A*’s gravity influences how stars form, how gas and dust swirl, and where solar systems like ours even get the chance to exist. If it spun differently, the galaxy’s balance might change — and maybe Earth itself would never have had the conditions for life.
Sources: Earth.com, Sky at Night
QUANTUM // ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
🖥️ PAYPAL GIVES YOU ACCESS TO NEW AI BROWSER — PayPal and Venmo users are getting special early access to a brand-new web browser called Comet, made by Perplexity. Think of Comet as a personal assistant for the agentic internet: it answers questions, helps compare products, and works like a built-in helper while you search online. To sweeten the deal, PayPal is giving users one year of Perplexity Pro for free (usually $200).
—> 📱 WHAT’S NEW — The offer shows up inside PayPal’s new subscription hub, where you can now see and manage all your streaming, apps, and other recurring payments in one place. If you link three subscriptions there, PayPal will even give you $50 back.
—> 🌍 WHY YOU CARE — This is about more than just a new browser. PayPal is betting that the future of the internet will have AI baked into everything — from how we search to how we shop. And now everyday users can try it first.
Sources: PayPal, Perplexity
UKRAINE
🇺🇦✨KYIVSTAR MAKES HISTORY ON NASDAQ — Last week in New York, we had the honor of moderating the first ever INVEST IN UKRAINE NOW SYMPOSIUM — around a milestone moment:
Kyivstar became the first Ukrainian company to go public on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The bell-ringing wasn’t just about one listing — it was about Ukraine planting its flag in global finance and showing the world that its economy is open for business.
💻📱 —> INVEST IN UKRAINE NOW — At the first-ever Invest in Ukraine NOW Symposium, leaders from Nasdaq, the IMF, DFC, Naftogaz, Ukrainian Railways, and top U.S. and Ukrainian investors came together with one message: the time to invest is now. Kyivstar’s IPO signals that trust between business, government, and civil society is stronger than ever — and that Ukraine is ready for long-term partnerships.
—> VEON’S ROLE — As Kyivstar’s parent company, VEON is betting big on Ukraine’s digital future, showing that resilience and growth can go hand-in-hand. Kyivstar won’t be the last Ukrainian company on Wall Street — just the first.
Veon Founder and Chairman Augie Fabela tells mtf:
"Our objective was to demystify the risk-reward and I think people heard it. People saw that the partners we brought — infrastructure CEOs from Ukraine — told the story of where there's opportunity. There's something extraordinary going on. When we first looked at going public, bankers told us, 'You've got to wait till the war's over.' We said, 'No. Now's the time.'"
"The time to invest is now. And so we are here to be that voice for the people in Ukraine. We see what they are — to say resilient doesn't really capture the passion that they have to make sure that their economy continues to thrive despite the war.”
🌐 More from Fabela:
"We're very proud to be first. It's not for us — it's for the country of Ukraine and global development. The fact that we were able to be the first company to open up U.S. capital markets and to give access to U.S. investors to come into Ukraine to benefit from the great opportunities of growth? It's a really historic moment. The opportunities in Ukraine are phenomenal... you can do great business in that country. And as a public company we want to be that beacon to say this country has amazing opportunities.
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Kev
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