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Saturday marks 100 days from what should be the start of Iran’s World Cup, a Group G fixture against New Zealand in Inglewood, near Los Angeles. As the United States bombs Iran – and Iran bombs a range of countries, including three that have also qualified – it seems all but impossible that they can take part in the tournament. Were Iran to pull out or be expelled, they would become the first qualified nation since India and France in 1950 not to take up their place. Neither withdrawal in 1950 was political (in truth, saying there were two withdrawals is a technicality; those were chaotic years for qualification). India pulled out not, as has often been claimed, because they were banned from playing barefoot, but because they couldn’t afford the trip. With Scotland declining to take up the berth they were entitled to having finished second in the British Home Championship and Turkey scratching after being offered qualification when Austria pulled out, France were one of three sides invited to make up the numbers. Portugal and Ireland said no, France accepted, but then gave up when they realised how much travel would be involved once they had got to Brazil. In that sense, the comparisons between the 2026 tournament and 1950 are superficial; the tournaments it really resembles are 1938 and, even more so, 1974. Jules Rimet was the greatest president Fifa has ever had, in terms both of moral stature and diplomatic skill. Perhaps his greatest achievement, though, was to ensure at a Fifa congress held in Berlin during the 1936 Olympic Games that France rather than Hitler’s Germany would host in 1938. In France, where he was the president of the football federation, Rimet could ensure it would not become a propaganda vehicle for right-wing populism. The geopolitical situation may have been extremely turbulent, but France in 1938 was probably the host that projected itself least. Not that the approaching war could be ignored. Only 15 teams, rather than the planned 16, took ...

The Narendra Modi Stadium is a spectacular, enormous dome, the largest cricket ground in the world. On Sunday night it will contain 130,000 people, the vast majority clad in India’s blue, and one ghost that terrifies them all. This was supposed to be the site of India’s coronation as 50-over world champions in November 2023. But on an awkward surface, later rated average by the International Cricket Council, their batters struggled and Australia beat them comfortably. Just 28 months later India return to play another World Cup final, in a different format, and seeking a very different outcome. “The circle has come to the same stadium that we left in 2023,” said Suryakumar Yadav. “Of course there are nerves. There will be butterflies in the stomach. But if there’s no pressure there’s no fun. So I’m very excited, and I’m sure the whole of India is excited.” Excited, certainly, but acutely aware of those old scars – even if few players share them given that in Suryakumar and Jasprit Bumrah India’s likely XI contains only two survivors from 2023. “We just want to keep things very simple, not complicate anything,” Suryakumar said. “We’ve been trying to do the right things and we’ll try to do the same things.” While one captain aims to alleviate the burden of expectation, the other will try to exacerbate it. “There’s a lot of pressure on them to win this World Cup at home,” said Mitchell Santner, the New Zealand captain. “I mean, it would be pretty cool to win a home World Cup but that comes with a lot of added pressure. So we’ll go out there and try to put some more pressure on them, and see what happens. I guess the goal is to silence the crowd.” Quick Guide T20 World Cup final: probable teams Show India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah. New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Da...

War in Iran. A weakening US jobs market. Artificial intelligence and the potential demise of whole industries. Growing pressure on private credit. The risks in US and European credit are piling up, and some investors and strategists think it’s time to buy protection against the market tanking while such hedges are still relatively cheap. Barclays strategists this week recommended buying credit default swap protection on the US high-yield index. To help pay for the trade, the bank suggested selling some protection that is less likely to pay out, a combination of trades known as a payer swap. Morgan Stanley suggested similar trades recently . Suggestions to hedge seem to be gaining traction. The cost of buying protection on US high-grade corporate bonds climbed nearly 0.03 percentage point, or 3 basis points this week, even as spreads on cash bonds narrowed 1 basis point. That signals that market players were turning to derivatives for protection against credit risk, while in company bonds, they weren’t selling bonds to a degree that would imply more concern about corporate defaults. “There needs to be a material catch-up between the risks the market is worried about in private capital and geopolitics and the risks being reflected in high grade corporate bond spreads,” said Andrew Weinberg , portfolio manager at Saba Capital Management. “This is a very good time to be looking at credit hedges.” The US and Israeli war in Iran is showing few signs of abating, and in the oil market, investors are pricing in a prolonged conflict . The rising price of oil could translate to higher inflation, which has helped lift yields in bond markets globally. Any sign of higher inflation could spur the Federal Reserve to slow its pace of easing. If the US central bank eventually has to start boosting rates, credit could get hit, JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists wrote in a Thursday note . At the same time, employers in the US unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs in February. The pain was visible...

格隆汇3月8日｜伊朗最高安全官员：美国已经深陷自身误判的泥潭。

格隆汇3月8日｜伊朗最高安全官员：地区国家已经意识到，美国再也无法保障它们的安全。

格隆汇3月8日｜伊朗最高安全官员：美国的战略是以高强度但短时间内结束战争。但他们没有想到，伊朗人不会轻易放过他们。

The humiliation in Rome means it is now three defeats in a row for England, each more soul-destroying than the last The haunted look writ large across the face of Maro Itoje said it all. England had burst into the Italy half, deep into the 80th minute and Ollie Chessum was on the gallop, desperately trying to salvage something from the wreckage. Closer and closer they got before the shrill of the referee’s whistle confirmed England’s worst nightmare. Italy were about to put the seal on a first ever win in the fixture in 33 attempts and it was dawning on Itoje that he was powerless to stop it. The final whistle blew and England players were, to a man, stunned. Shellshocked. Marcus Smith was on his haunches, Chandler Cunningham-South staring into the abyss. The camera panned to Tom Curry, ruled out after an injury in the warm-up, as he slumped on the bench wearing a look of despair. England in ruins. The empire that Steve Borthwick had built reduced to rubble. When responses to defeat are promised and repeatedly fail to materialise, the logical next step is regime change. Continue reading...

格隆汇3月8日｜伊朗最高安全官员：美国人面临的最重要问题是，他们不理解这个地区，尤其是伊朗的思想结构。

imaginima What's the best oil/gas stock play right now for investors amid escalating armed conflict in the Middle East? Seeking Alpha analysts Jack Bowman and Long Player weigh in. Jack Bowman : Right now I think oil itself is uninvestable because it's too volatile. We're close to $90 a barrel at the time of writing, and I just don't see a long-term upside at these levels. Everything is still based on speculation around the Strait of Hormuz and how soon tanker traffic will resume. That being said, I am bullish on some domestic energy firms, especially midstream firms via no-K1 ETFs like Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ( MLPX ) and Alerian MLP ( AMLP ); I prefer broad exposure because my bull thesis is mostly built on macro and not the micro of any one firm. As more and more oil is being routed through the U.S., storage and transportation firms get to act like toll booths. If Europe demands oil from us to fill the missing Middle Eastern gap, this will be a significant catalyst for these firms as they get to take a cut along the way. Because they supply infrastructure over the commodity itself, they're not as susceptible to price shocks as firms that engage primarily in extraction and production, like you'd find in the iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ( IEO ) or State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Expl & Prod ( XOP ) ETFs. Folks looking through individual firms to invest in right now should heed a lot of caution about regionality. The oil that we do import from the Middle East that's being held up mostly goes to California and the West Coast more broadly. It's important to remember that if you're investing in Texas-based firms, they're going to react differently than firms in California. This isn't as much of a consideration for larger firms like Exxon ( XOM ) and Chevron ( CVX ) that operate so widely that they're immune to a lot of those regional shocks. But within the small- and mid-cap operations, this is crucial to consider. Long Player : I, perso...

格隆汇3月8日｜沙特阿美：正密切关注事态发展，以作出适当决策，使其运营恢复正常。

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格隆汇3月8日｜法国外长：我们今天做出的决定将在未来几十年内影响我们对世界走向的影响力。

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格隆汇3月8日｜据沙特国家媒体：为确保安全和供应连续性，沙特阿美将部分石油货运改道至延布港。

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Key Points Data from LSEG/Lipper shows that American investors have pulled $52 billion out of U.S. stocks in 2026. Meanwhile, major international stock indexes have outperformed the U.S. stock market for the past year. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard Total International Stock ETF › If you're a U.S. stock investor, you might be feeling underwhelmed by your portfolio's performance so far in 2026. The S&P 500 index is mostly going sideways (up 0.5% year to date), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index is down about 1.2% year to date after being hit hard by artificial intelligence (AI) fears and a software stock sell-off. While American stocks are in the doldrums, the rest of the world is picking up the pace. According to Reuters, research from LSEG/Lipper shows that U.S.-based investors have pulled about $75 billion out of U.S. stocks in the past six months. And $52 billion of those outflows happened since Jan. 1, 2026. This is the fastest pace of U.S. investors fleeing U.S. stocks during the first eight weeks of a new year since at least 2010. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Could this be the start of a long-term "bye, America" trade? Let's look at a few reasons to buy international stocks as part of a diversified portfolio. International stocks are booming During the past year, the American stock market has been strongly outperformed by international ETFs in Europe, the Pacific, and emerging markets. Some individual countries' stock markets have done even better -- South Korea's stock market is up about 177% in the past year. According to LSEG/Lipper data cited by Reuters, U.S. investors have put $26 billion into emerging market stocks so far this year, with South Korea and Brazil being the top destinations. Possible reasons for strong performance of international stocks include...

格隆汇3月8日｜伊朗最高安全官员：美以通过袭击伊朗的学校和医院，企图煽动民众走上街头，但这一图谋已告失败。

格隆汇3月8日｜据伊朗国家电视台：伊朗准备至少再打六个月的战争。

格隆汇3月8日｜以色列总理内塔尼亚胡：以色列已在德黑兰获得“几乎完全的空中控制”。

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Detectives are investigating if alleged surveillance of Jewish locations and individuals is linked to possible attacks on British soil Counter-terrorism detectives have been granted more time to question four men arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran on locations and individuals linked to the Jewish community. The suspects, one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals, can now be held in custody until 13 March, the Metropolitan police said on Saturday. The men, aged 22, 40, 52 and 55, were arrested under the National Security Act at addresses in Harrow, Watford and Barnet shortly after 1am on Friday. The Met said six other men, aged between 20 and 49, arrested at the same location in Harrow, have been bailed pending further investigation. One of the men was further arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, the force added. Detectives are understood to be investigating why the alleged surveillance of Jewish locations and individuals was being carried out and whether it was linked to a wish to carry out attacks on British soil. Part of the investigation is looking at claims that in-person surveillance in London took place and whether it was directed from overseas. The operation by counter-terrorism police and MI5 had been going on for months. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, said on Friday the arrests meant police had kept “Britain safe from a potential threat”. Mahmood said: “I want to thank the police and our security services for the action they’ve taken today to keep Britain safe from a potential threat. “The Jewish community and the wider public will understandably be concerned by today’s arrests. We continue to monitor the situation closely and engage with those affected. “I can reassure you that our police and security services are world-leading and won’t hesitate to take action to counter any threat to the UK. They will continue to use the full range of tools and powers available to them to keep this country safe. They have the gover...

Iran's New Supreme Leader To Be Chosen Within 24 Hours: State Media Iran could be hours away from installing a new supreme leader , with state Fars News reporting early Saturday that a successor may be selected within the next 24 hours, but there are signs of a potential factional power struggle - somewhat expected given the complex history of reform vs. hardline Islamic interpretations inside Iran. The outlet cited sources within the Assembly of Experts, which is the 88-member body of Islamic jurists elected every eight years and tasked with choosing the country's top clerical authority. The process was "paused" this week amid the heavy bombing campaign. File image: Assembly of Experts There were reports earlier this week that the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury had struck a Tehran building where the Assembly of Experts were meeting, but such battlefield claims by US and Israeli officials remain hard to ultimately verify, given the intensify of the bombardment and fog of war. The development comes as the war continues to intensify, as President Trump vows to keep hitting Iran harder. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran will "never surrender" to Washington or Tel Aviv , even as he issued an apology to neighboring Gulf states after Iranian strikes targeted locations linked to American military assets stationed in the region. And civilian sites in Gulf cities have also clearly been directly hit , such as airports - though the Iranians' own airports have been struck. The process for choosing a new Supreme Leaders is likely intense as the bombs fall, and there's likely internal divide over how to handle the crisis among the country's long-standing political factions... Succession Crisis in Tehran, A Coup in the Making? Divisions inside Iran’s leadership are now spilling into the public sphere. Hardline outlet Raja News @Rajanews_ir , which reflects the views of hawkish factions within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard aligned camp, sharply… https://t.co/tBmu3G4...

格隆汇3月8日｜乌克兰总统泽连斯基：有证据表明，在中东使用的“沙赫德”无人机中含有俄罗斯组件——这些无人机针对的是阿拉伯国家和该地区的美国人。每一个这样的事实都表明，我们面对的不仅是相互关联的政权，而是相互维系的政权。

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格隆汇3月8日｜乌克兰总统泽连斯基：我们看到关于俄罗斯对伊朗政权提供援助的信息——有报道称，俄罗斯正在向伊朗政权提供情报，以帮助其调整对美国的打击。

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