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Reuters: Chinese buyers interested in unwanted German Volkswagen factories

11:32 22.01.2025

Reuters: Chinese buyers interested in unwanted German Volkswagen factories

Chinese officials and automakers are eyeing German factories slated for closure and are particularly interested in Volkswagen's sites, opens new tab, a person with knowledge of Chinese government thinking told Reuters. Buying a factory would allow China to build influence in Germany's prized auto industry, home to some of the …

The Telegraph: ‘Dusk for Norway is dawn for Russia’ – alarm as gas fields supplying the UK begin to run out

11:31 22.01.2025

The Telegraph: ‘Dusk for Norway is dawn for Russia’ – alarm as gas fields supplying the UK begin to run out

For decades, Norway has been Britain’s leading source of imported energy. However, that relationship may be set to come under strain after the Scandinavian nation warned that its vast oil and gas fields are in decline, ‘The Telegraph’ notes. The threat of dwindling production would herald a potential energy crisis …

Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping

16:28 21.01.2025

Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping

Vladimir Putin held talks, via videoconference, with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. Beginning of talks with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping (retranslated): President Putin, my dear friend, I am very happy to see …

Trump sworn in as 47th US president

11:43 21.01.2025

Trump sworn in as 47th US president

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the United States’ 47th president. The inauguration ceremony was held inside the Capitol Rotunda, for the first time in the past 40 years, TASS reports from Washington. "I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president …

Steve Bannon: Ukraine risks being ‘Trump’s Vietnam’

11:42 21.01.2025

Steve Bannon: Ukraine risks being ‘Trump’s Vietnam’

Donald Trump is in danger of failing to make a clean break with Ukraine and could be sucked deeper into Vladimir Putin’s war — just as Richard Nixon was stung in his attempts to pull out of Vietnam — Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon warned in a wide-ranging interview …

State Dept. diplomats got an order – “Resign before Trump’s inauguration!”

11:42 21.01.2025

State Dept. diplomats got an order – “Resign before Trump’s inauguration!”

Trump’s team requested the high-level resignations as the president-elect prepares a sharp break with the Biden administration. Scores of senior career diplomats are resigning from the State Department effective at noon on Monday after receiving instructions to do so from President-elect Donald Trump’s aides, three U.S. officials familiar with the …

NYT: Are Russian sanctions working? A quiz for Mr. Trump

11:41 21.01.2025

NYT: Are Russian sanctions working? A quiz for Mr. Trump

The president-elect has said he will use sanctions sparingly while vowing to end the war in Ukraine, renewing questions over their efficacy. Mr. Trump has stated, “I want to use sanctions as little as possible.” And he has made clear that there will be a shift in American policy toward …

Vladimir Putin: “We extend our congratulations to the President-elect of the United States of America on his inauguration... We are open to dialogue with the new US Administration concerning the Ukrainian conflict”

1:19 21.01.2025

Vladimir Putin: “We extend our congratulations to the President-elect of the United States of America on his inauguration... We are open to dialogue with the new US Administration concerning the Ukrainian conflict”

Vladimir Putin held, via videoconference, a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council. January 20, 2025, Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of …

Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC: “In Lebanon, during the recent ground invasion, the IDF units occupied part of the territory north of the Blue Line and attacked UNIFIL facilities, including using tanks”

11:44 20.01.2025

Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC: “In Lebanon, during the recent ground invasion, the IDF units occupied part of the territory north of the Blue Line and attacked UNIFIL facilities, including using tanks”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UN Security Council briefing on the Situation with Peacekeeping Missions in Lebanon and the Golan Heights. Key points: - What matters most amid heightened tensions in the region is whether UN member States and the Security Council are willing to stand up …

View from Delhi: Why Trump’s Greenland gambit caused such a weak EU response

11:42 20.01.2025

View from Delhi: Why Trump’s Greenland gambit caused such a weak EU response

President-elect’s bullying tactics as leader of the world’s foremost power inevitably send worrying signals across the globe, writes Kanval Sibal, a former Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia. Even before he becomes president, Donald Trump is causing dismay with his idiosyncratic diplomacy. …

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