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New US ballistic missile may cost so much that project risks being terminated

11:22 18.12.2023

New US ballistic missile may cost so much that project risks being terminated

The US Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile program is at risk of blowing past its initial $96 billion cost estimate by so much that the overruns may trigger a review on whether to terminate the project, informs Bloomberg. By one estimate, each of the ICBMS and related expenses, such …

Bloomberg: Zelenskiy feels the chill from Ukraine’s allies

11:21 18.12.2023

Bloomberg: Zelenskiy feels the chill from Ukraine’s allies

Three moments point to a slow disentanglement from Ukraine by its closest allies. There was Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who felt compelled to go all the way to Argentina just to get some face time with the man stonewalling European Union aid. Next a detour to Washington, where the Ukrainian president, once …

Global warming slices and dices Greenland

11:19 18.12.2023

Global warming slices and dices Greenland

Northern Greenland is under attack by global warming at the same time as delegates to COP28 heap praise on a purported landmark deal to transition out of fossil fuels but beware of the true meaning behind the language. Its disingenuousness is a stamp of approval for much more climate upheaval …

View from Washington: Hamas can’t be defeated militarily

11:18 18.12.2023

View from Washington: Hamas can’t be defeated militarily

“Yes, there are too many civilian casualties in Gaza. And yes, we continue to urge the Israelis to be as careful and cautious as possible. But Israel is not trying to wipe the Palestinian people off the map. Israel’s not trying to wipe Gaza off the map. Israel is trying …

Shippers avoiding Red Sea transits after attacks, watching Suez Canal traffic

8:37 17.12.2023

Shippers avoiding Red Sea transits after attacks, watching Suez Canal traffic

Shippers are diverting from Middle East transit routes in response to a growing number of drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, shippers and industry have warned, informs SPGlobal. Risks to shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb area – through which about 10% of global …

UK special forces secretly operated in Ukraine

8:34 17.12.2023

UK special forces secretly operated in Ukraine

Special forces operators of UK were embedded with Ukrainian troops in the early days of the conflict, Declassified UK reported, citing the newly published book by Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz. The author is Ukraine correspondent for a daily newspaper in Warsaw and had access to political insiders and senior officials. …

America’s Ukraine problem: When your friends threaten you, they aren’t your friends

8:33 17.12.2023

America’s Ukraine problem: When your friends threaten you, they aren’t your friends

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was back in Washington begging for more money and guns. President Joe Biden offered his typical assurances of support, but otherwise, Zelensky’s reception was different than it has been in the past. But Zelensky’s bizarre threat against those whose assistance he is seeking is yet another …

California: 'Severe revenue decline' – record $68 billion budget deficit

8:31 17.12.2023

California: 'Severe revenue decline' – record $68 billion budget deficit

California has lost billions due to reduced tax revenues, Fox News informs. California is facing a major budget crisis due to a "severe revenue decline," and a record $68 billion budget deficit, likely forcing Democrats running the state to cut spending as the mass exodus of people and businesses moving …

WP: In Ukraine, the risk isn’t stalemate. It’s defeat

10:21 16.12.2023

WP: In Ukraine, the risk isn’t stalemate. It’s defeat

An unspoken, unspeakable potential endgame in the Russia-Ukraine war is suddenly being uttered out loud: Kyiv is at risk of losing — and suffering unimaginable carnage and consequences, stresses ‘The Washington Post’. The fact that Ukraine’s fate is hanging in the balance arises not from its inability to recapture territory …

COP28: Winners and losers in the new global climate deal

10:20 16.12.2023

COP28: Winners and losers in the new global climate deal

The far-ranging global climate deal struck Wednesday in Dubai is, like those that preceded it in nearly three decades of such talks, a mixed bag. Island nations left COP28 disappointed. The UAE gained some bragging rights. And the prospect of the world hitting its most ambitious climate goal remained in …

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