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After a volatile morning, European stock markets are still in the red – but off their earlier lows – after steep losses in Asia-Pacific markets overnight.
The oil price is still trading over the $100 mark, on track for its highest close since 2022.
Here’s the situation:
UK’s FTSE 100 share index: down 112 points or -1.1% at 10,172 points
Germany’s DAX share index: down 350 points or -1.5% at 23,241 points
France’s CAC share index: down 152 points or 1.9% at 7,840…

Scoop: Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is "about to surrender" (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/trump-iran-surrender-hormuz-oil
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p2#a260313p2

“My friend, we are completely aligned on Syria. We can do great things in Iran. I don’t understand what you are doing in Greenland”
– Macron to Trump in private message
My friend, we should be fucking over Brown people together like we always do, I don’t understand why you are trying to fuck over white people.

Trump shares private message from Macron offering G7 meeting in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday offered to host a G7 summit in Paris in a private text message to US President Donald Trump, adding that he could invite “the Russians” on the sidelines. The US president then posted the message, which was authenticated on Tuesday morning by the French president's entourage, on his Truth Social platform.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/09/ben-jennings-donald-trump-iran-surging-oil-prices-cartoon

@… I can't comment on ThinkPad.
The EliteBook range is generally quite well-specified. Can you share a hw-probe result for your G7? Here's a December 2025 probe from someone who ran 16.0-CURRENT: <

Scoop: Rubio and EU official had heated exchange on Russia at G7 meeting (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/28/rubio-kallas-ukraine-russia-argument-g7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p138#a260327p138

From The Conversation
Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States
Charles Conteh
Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Department of Political Science, Brock University
"...the Canada-U.S. relationship is a complex picture of deep interdependence, marked by significant power imbalances, and the creative ways Canada has learned to adapt and prosper. ..."

G-7 foreign ministers agreed to adopt a declaration on Friday
calling for the “immediate cessation” of attacks on civilian population centers and infrastructure.
“Nothing justifies deliberately targeting civilians during armed conflicts,
nor carrying out attacks against diplomatic facilities,”
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said, adding that the declaration
“also reaffirms the absolute necessity of permanently restoring free and safe navigation in the …

Rubio: U.S.-Iran War Could Last Another 2 to 4 Weeks
The White House remains committed to achieving all of its war objectives despite a lack of NATO support.

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