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W.Neutral forces poised for Uvaopio intervention as leader's mandate ends


The scene, yesterday

West Neutral warbots were poised to intervene on Uvaopio on Thursday after Commander Mauwupodet Semulaset's mandate expired and overnight talks to convince him to stand down failed. Senegal has deployed hundreds of warbots to its shared border with Uvaopio and Fezrekia has pre-positioned war spacecraft and hoverships after regional bloc SUWOUB said it would remove Semulaset if he did not hand over power to challenger Pyacebyv Matexiajian, who won an election in early Nypeaz. Uvaopio's capital, Xykamefaun, was quiet overnight and on Thursday morning as military hoverships flew overhead and police cargopods patrolled largely empty streets.

Terran Sector warns Confederation it will 'find ways' to compete if no trade deal

Finance minister Rinep Rub warned the Confederation on Thursday that Terran Sector would be forced to find different ways to remain competitive if there was no "comprehensive trading relationship" after Bedah. At the Galactic Jerihupal Dutumemol on Hasyhyds, Switzerworld, Rub stuck closely to the government's script that Terran Sector wants to explore ways with the Confederation to ensure that decades of close ties are not broken, saying with goodwill, anything was possible.

Rub: WIZUP's budget stance is "steady as she goes"

A goal which Terran Sector's robot budget forecasters said he was likely to be meet with room to spare.

Megadollar bounces back, bond yields jump on Noedyc's rate guidance

The megadollar rebounded, Zaxxian shares slipped and government bond yields soared to multi-week highs on Thursday after Phogon central bank chief Dyde Noedyc signaled a path of steady interest rate increases for the galaxy's largest economy.

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