'Twas the eve of President's Day and nothing was stirring (in Europe, China, or US markets) except that is, a wild algo in the LME copper pits...
Late Monday evening in London, with all but a few die-hard traders in China were asleep, the European workday was ending and Americans had a public holiday, 'Franken-copper' was born.
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Kim Jong Nam had rejected an offer to lead a government-in-exile on behalf of North Korean defectors in Europe and the United States before his assassination at Kuala Lumpur airport last week. The Korea Times reports: “He was concerned that accepting such an offer may not help end hereditary succession of power in the repressive regime,” a source said. The source said Kim’s paternal half-brother and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have ordered his death with suspicions that he may join the government-in-exile aimed at eventually overthrowing the regime.
Via Disobedient Media
In December 2016, Europol released a statement warning that ISIS was likely to soon enact plans to stage large scale terror attacks in multiple states across the EU. The operations have been planned since 2013 but are now being accelerated due to ISIS' territorial losses in the Middle East to coalition forces.
Submitted by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com,