Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Sunday that his security agencies nabbed a group of hired mercenaries with direct ties to the CIA and said the U.S. military has been planning a “false flag” attack—possibly from Trinidad and Tobago to generate a “full-scale military confrontation,” the Miami Herald reported on Monday.
Europe has seen a dramatic jump in military tech start-ups ever since the start of the Ukraine War, with a focus on high-tech and drone warfare.
The recent surge in military spending in Europe over the perceived threat from Russia helped shares in Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) pop in its initial public offering after Thyssenkrupp AG, the German conglomerate, spun off 49 percent of the unit that rewarded shareholders with one share for every 20 of their previously owned shares in the parent company.
Ukraine is going broke and will run out of money by the end of the first quarter in 2026, prompting a new sense of urgency in Europe to continue to prop up the country, looking to frozen Russian funds to fill the treasury gap, El Pais, the Spanish newspaper, reported, citing unnamed sources from the EU.