Day: August 28, 2020

Categories Business

Nord Stream 2 must be completed: Don’t politicize Russian energy project over Navalny situation – Merkel

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against politicizing the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, saying that construction of it should be finished, despite US attempts to derail the energy project. … Read More >Nord Stream 2 must be completed: Don’t politicize Russian energy project over Navalny situation – Merkel

Categories EU

Merkel says Navalny & gas pipeline two ‘separate’ issues & Berlin won’t change policy towards Russia, important to ‘keep talking’

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled that Berlin isn’t interested in fundamentally changing its relationship with Russia, stressing that it was important to keep communication channels open with Moscow. … Read More >Merkel says Navalny & gas pipeline two ‘separate’ issues & Berlin won’t change policy towards Russia, important to ‘keep talking’

Categories Russia

‘I’ll strip them of their clothes’: When Navalny’s health recovers, businessman Evgeny Prigozhin plans to financially ruin him

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When Alexey Navalny recovers from his alleged poisoning, he’ll have another battle ahead. A businessman dubbed “Putin’s chef,” has vowed to take every single penny of a 88 million rubles ($1.2 million) debt owed by the activist. … Read More >‘I’ll strip them of their clothes’: When Navalny’s health recovers, businessman Evgeny Prigozhin plans to financially ruin him

Categories Middle East

US troops operating (illegally) in Syria tried to block Russian patrol despite being warned, Moscow says, after vehicles collide

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The Russian Defense Ministry has said that US troops involved in a dangerous incident in Syria were informed beforehand of a military convoy moving into the area – but deliberately blocked its path, prompting a Russian response. … Read More >US troops operating (illegally) in Syria tried to block Russian patrol despite being warned, Moscow says, after vehicles collide

Categories Op-ed

The new media elite will stop at nothing to protect their profits. They’re rapacious monopolists, and we are their food

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The likes of Facebook & Google are spending tens of millions on lobbying and buying up government insiders. We need to call their bluff and bring in controls over their ever-growing financial and networked empires. … Read More >The new media elite will stop at nothing to protect their profits. They’re rapacious monopolists, and we are their food

Categories Asia & Pacific

Beijing says Chinese military won’t ‘dance to tune’ of US, urges Washington to quit policy of ‘anxiety and paranoia’

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China’s military won’t bend to US posturing in the region, Beijing has warned, adding that Washington should abandon its current foreign policy trajectory and seek mutual cooperation. … Read More >Beijing says Chinese military won’t ‘dance to tune’ of US, urges Washington to quit policy of ‘anxiety and paranoia’

Categories World

Life in prison with NO chance of parole: Court hands Christchurch mosque shooter harshest criminal sentence in New Zealand history

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A New Zealand court has sentenced mass shooter Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 Muslim worshipers at a mosque last year, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first such ruling ever handed down in the country. … Read More >Life in prison with NO chance of parole: Court hands Christchurch mosque shooter harshest criminal sentence in New Zealand history