Peter Beaumont
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Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
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Here's Jacobs' report (that I was too impatient to wait for her to post):
Scoop: Military officials on Weds presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, per sources. Hegseth, Caine at White House yday afternoon for briefings. No final decision made, two of the sources told @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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...animals and people could step on them - though footprints might have been evidence to check whether the clay was set enough.
The finger lines might have been batch marks.
Found in Carnuntum, Austria.  

Photo: Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Inv. CAR-K-1650

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November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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3. Although both WLFI and USD1 were already available on Binance’s international platform, that service is unavailable in the U.S. Binance’s decision makes both tokens more easily accessible for American investors.

Expanded trading widens the pool of potential investors, boosting demand and value.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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2. On Tuesday, Binance’s U.S. exchange announced it would begin allowing trading of two Trump-linked cryptocurrencies — USD1 and WLFI. Both cryptocurrencies were issued by World Liberty Financial, a company co-founded by Trump and his sons.
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM