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US weapons sent to Ukraine were not adequately tracked

12:02 29.01.2024

US weapons sent to Ukraine were not adequately tracked

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has circulated a memo to Republican colleagues in advance of a closed-door meeting on Ukraine aid warning that nearly 60 percent of the $1.699 billions in weapons with sensitive technology that were given to Ukraine were not tracked, according to a recent Pentagon watchdog report. The …

Entry of a new German left party shakes up the country

12:01 29.01.2024

Entry of a new German left party shakes up the country

Polls show that the new party, Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, could win 14% of the vote, which would be three times the Die Linke share and would make BSW the third-largest party in the Bundestag. In October 2023, as many as 10 members of the German parliament (Bundestag) left Die Linke …

US rethinks gas exports: there be no American LNG for Europe

12:00 29.01.2024

US rethinks gas exports: there be no American LNG for Europe

Will there be no US LNG for Europe? The US is abandoning its allies. Yes! The Biden administration’s climate-driven rethinking of U.S. natural gas exports is spooking Europe’s fragile energy industry. The reassessment of how the Department of Energy approves gas export permits, first reported by POLITICO, threatens to stall …

The Telegraph: “War is coming. Britain is determined to lose”

11:59 29.01.2024

The Telegraph: “War is coming. Britain is determined to lose”

With the global threat environment becoming more ominous by the day, the overriding priority for major Western powers such as Britain should be to strengthen our military resources as a matter of urgency, in order to tackle any future hostile acts, be they Russian operations against Nato’s eastern flank or …

A dry Panama Canal slows down the Globalization

10:50 28.01.2024

A dry Panama Canal slows down the Globalization

Global shipping companies excited by the potential new routes that climate change and melting ice are opening up around the North Pole have gotten walloped by some unexpected bad news, writes ‘The Washington Post’. The Panama Canal might be on its way out as one of the most critical routes …

Combat news from the West economic front

10:47 28.01.2024

Combat news from the West economic front

More than 47,000 UK companies are on the brink of collapse after a 25% jump in the number of businesses facing “critical” financial distress in the final three months of 2023, ‘The Guardian’ reports. It marks the second consecutive quarter-on-quarter period when critical financial distress has risen by a 25%, …

ICJ ruling on Gaza is on the way

10:46 28.01.2024

ICJ ruling on Gaza is on the way

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was outraged by the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which ordered Israel to take all necessary measures to prevent genocide in Gaza. "The court's willingness to consider genocide is a disgrace," he says. According to him, Israel is defending itself and fighting Hamas, …

Gov. Abbott: Texas prepared in ‘unlikely event’ Biden federalizes National Guard

10:43 28.01.2024

Gov. Abbott: Texas prepared in ‘unlikely event’ Biden federalizes National Guard

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Texas is prepared in the “unlikely event” that President Biden federalizes the National Guard as the standoff over the southern border heats up. “Well, first, I’d be shocked. That would be a boneheaded move on his part, total disaster,” Abbott told conservative host Tucker …

Just look at these crazy – they want to deprive people of normal food!

10:22 27.01.2024

Just look at these crazy – they want to deprive people of normal food!

Green madness. Western scientists have found that ‘growing vegetables and fruits pollutes the atmosphere.’ Those scientists want to deprive people of normal food: ‘It will be better for the environment’, they say, but not for men and women. Carbon footprint of homegrown food five times greater than those grown conventionally. …

Houthi attacks and shipping in the Red Sea

10:21 27.01.2024

Houthi attacks and shipping in the Red Sea

The crisis in the Red Sea has disrupted shipping through the Suez Canal. And the Suez Canal is the shortest sea route between Asia and Europe, through which about 15% of world maritime trade passes. What is happening has an impact on the European economy, writes ‘Al-Ain’ from the United …

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