📰 Politico magazine has compiled a list of unlikely but possible unexpected events this year with global consequences, compiled by futurologists and forecasters:
🔗 Ostashko News
▪️ The largest cyber attack in history will take down almost all infrastructure in the world
▪️ Mass epidemic in the US and clashes in the country due to changes in state borders
▪️ World market collapse and panic
▪️ Trump, Putin and Xi's Unexpected Geopolitical Alliance on Ukraine
▪️ Possible coup in Belarus (listed as "overthrow of Lukashenko" )
▪️ Secret agreements between the USA, Russia, Iran and Israel on the nuclear issue.
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🌆 Market News Digest
[Jun 20, 2026 06:00-16:30 EST]
🔥 Top Stories
• Hormuz shock risk vs. reality — Iran/IRGC declared the Strait “closed,” but U.S. and shipping reports said traffic kept flowing, limiting immediate oil-market disruption.
• U.S.-Iran talks move to Switzerland — Witkoff, Kushner, and Vance headed to Bürgenstock/Geneva with Pakistan/Qatar mediation; markets are watching for a de-escalation path.
• Israel-Lebanon escalation intensifies — Heavy Israeli strikes and Hezbollah rocket fire continued, with ceasefire claims, battlefield losses, and U.S. pressure to contain the fighting.
⛽ Oil & Energy
• Hormuz closure threat — Any genuine disruption would hit global crude/LNG flows fast, but U.S. forces said vessels continued transiting the strait.
• Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant outage — ZNPP lost off-site power again before being reconnected; recurring grid risk keeps nuclear safety elevated.
📊 Markets & Macro
• Tariff-like Hormuz fees floated by Trump ...