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Gas deals beyond 2050 show reality gap on Europe ‘Climate Goals’

11:22 28.11.2023

Gas deals beyond 2050 show reality gap on Europe ‘Climate Goals’

Qatari liquefied natural gas for Europe.Photo: AP Two days after the European Union declared it will push for a global phase-out of most fossil fuels well before 2050, Shell Plc signed a 27-year agreement to buy Qatari liquefied natural gas for the Netherlands, Bloomberg informs. It’s not the first multi-decade …

POLITICO: How JP Morgan and ‘friends’ got out of anti-Russian sanctions in New Jersey

11:21 28.11.2023

POLITICO: How JP Morgan and ‘friends’ got out of anti-Russian sanctions in New Jersey

“We cannot have 50 different states with 50 different foreign policies,” stresses a former state Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin. But they have… Nearly two years later, the state has halted enforcement of the Russian sanction law following a legal challenge — and after it became clear the effort could …

Look how the British incite Germany

10:49 27.11.2023

Look how the British incite Germany

More than 50 countries are supporting Ukraine. Yet Ukraine’s existential struggle in Europe’s largest war since 1945 currently hinges mainly on two countries. US leadership, as well as financial and material support for Kyiv, have been essential to Ukraine’s survival. Germany is its second largest supplier of weapons and money, …

Sweden: In just a few months a support for military aid to Ukraine fell from 93% to 77%

10:47 27.11.2023

Sweden: In just a few months a support for military aid to Ukraine fell from 93% to 77%

According to the latest opinion poll, support for military aid to Ukraine among Swedes has fallen from 93% to 77% in just a few months, Swedish Television reports. The same trend has emerged in neighboring countries. Previously, Swedes supported Ukraine with the greatest enthusiasm in the entire bloc (the percentage …

Something new from Canada

10:46 27.11.2023

Something new from Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (photo) blamed “MAGA influence” on Friday for falling support for aid to Ukraine among Canadian conservatives. “The real story is the rise of a right-wing, American MAGA-influenced thinking that has made Canadian Conservatives — who used to be among the strongest defenders of Ukraine, I’ll …

Submarine stories from UK and US: ‘The worst Royal Navy disaster since World War Two was averted at the last minute’ and ‘The era of total U.S. dominance over China is ending’

10:49 26.11.2023

Submarine stories from UK and US: ‘The worst Royal Navy disaster since World War Two was averted at the last minute’ and ‘The era of total U.S. dominance over China is ending’

A Royal Navy nuclear sub sinking towards its crush depth was saved moments from disaster, informs ‘The Sun’. A depth gauge failed on the decades-old Vanguard class vessel, carrying 140 crew and – Trident 2 doomsday – missiles in the Atlantic. Such a catastrophe would also have triggered a nightmare …

NYT: A.I.-controlled killer drones become reality

10:48 26.11.2023

NYT: A.I.-controlled killer drones become reality

Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers are resistant, writes ‘The New York Times’. It seems like something out of science fiction: swarms of killer robots that hunt down targets on their own and are capable of …

Crisis point at Congress: Can Ukraine “survive until February of 2024?”

10:48 26.11.2023

Crisis point at Congress: Can Ukraine “survive until February of 2024?”

As Democrats continue to publicly express hope for the Biden administration’s nearly $106 billion funding request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, they also remain vexed about how to move a bill through the Republican-run House, writes POLITICO. The dynamics of the GOP House have alarmed the West Wing. Speaker Mike …

Timothy Garton Ash: ‘We Europeans became lazy and hubristic’

10:46 26.11.2023

Timothy Garton Ash: ‘We Europeans became lazy and hubristic’

The British journalist and historian defines the ‘post-Wall era’ in Europe at an interview for Spanish ‘El Pais’. You define this era in your book, from 2008 to the war in Ukraine, as the ‘post-wall’ era. This period begins with the fall of the Berlin Wall and ends with the …

View from Washington: The Ukraine war is a 'great bargain' for US in the Black Sea

10:44 25.11.2023

View from Washington: The Ukraine war is a 'great bargain' for US in the Black Sea

It seems that the American press has finally begun to write about the real reasons for Washington’s participation in the process of provoking and maintaining the war in Ukraine. For the United States, this war represents an opportunity to achieve its goals, which are far from supporting the Kyiv regime. …

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