UEFA Gives Russia Final Warning, More Questions Surround Orlando

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UEFA Gives Russia A Yellow Card

Fed up with Russian fans acting like drunken bullies at soccer matches, UEFA handed the country a suspended disqualification. This doesn’t mean that Russia is out of the 2016 Euro for good; they have one chance left before they’re removed from the tournament entirely. Think of it as a Yellow Card. Despite Russian soccer officials encouraging the violence, believing fans were “defending the country’s honor,” the country was fined 150,000 euros for the violent scenes at the game in Marseille. France also began deporting groups of Russian fans.

Will France Finally Get Some Peace And Quiet?

Not exactly. The Euro tournament is an afterthought compared to the other problems plaguing the country. A convicted terrorist fatally stabbed a French police officer and his partner in front of their three-year-old son yesterday, broadcasting the horrific act on social media. Not only that, but French labor law protests have once again descended into violence. Several hundred masked demonstrators clashed with police in Paris, closing the Eiffel tower and disrupting transportation to the Euros. 

Rumors Abound In Orlando Shooting Case

The more we learn about Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s life, the less things makes sense. It was previously reported that Mateen pledged his allegiance to ISIS, but now investigators believe he didn’t even understand the difference between ISIS, al-Qaeda or Hezbollah. His mass shooting in gay nightclub Pulse was a heinous act of homophobia, but the FBI now believes Mateen may have been gay. Several accounts confirm that Mateen was a regular at Pulse and had been seen on gay dating apps. The FBI is now investigating whether his confused sexuality was a potential motive. 

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Brexit’s Got People So Afraid They Are Willing To Pay To Lend Merkel Money

Investors are getting anxious about polls showing an increasing chance that the British might choose to leave the EU in the upcoming Brexit vote. They’ve become so jittery they are flocking to one of the safest investments out there: the German bond, or, as zee Germans like to say it, Bund. Demand for the Bund is so high that investors are willing to pay money for the privilege of lending to the German government for ten years, also known as a negative interest rate. This isn’t the first time this has happened. It is estimated that more than $10 trillion of bonds have negative interest rates. What does that mean? No one knows, but it has some very smart people very uncomfortable.

Russian Hackers Stole The DNC’s Trump File

France isn’t the only country dealing with misbehaving Russians. The American Democratic National Committee is furious that Russian hackers penetrated their computer network, gaining all of their research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. According to the security experts who responded to the breach, these hackers penetrated the DNC’s system so well, they were able to read email and chat traffic. Sadly, no scandalous details from the Trump file were released, so it’s possible Russian President Vladimir Putin just wanted to get to know his new buddy a little better. 

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Goldman Sachs Tried To Win Over Libya With Prostitutes

It’s only the first day of trials at the High Court in London and already Libya’s lawsuit against Goldman Sachs is a trove of scandals. The Libyan Investment Authority told the court that Goldman Sachs bankers tried to woo them with meetings held on yachts and in five-star hotels, where the bankers would surprise their potential clients with hired prostitutes. Libya must not have minded at the time since they made the trades and now need to sue for $1.2 billion. The LIA lost almost all of its investment through the trades while Goldman Sachs generated “eyewatering” profits.

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Nigerian Football Sponsors ‘Fear Lesbians’

The Nigerian Football Federation’s Vice President Seyi Akinwunmi said that sponsors rarely back female football teams in Nigeria because of a state-wide misunderstanding that they are “synonymous with lesbianism.” This was his not-so-delicate attempt at clarifying his earlier statement that “lesbianism kills teams.” Lesbians or not, the Nigerian women’s football team is the most successful in Africa. It’s safe to say the sponsors’ rejection is just bad business.