December 23, 2020 – Page 3

Record public borrowing brings UK debt pile to £2.1 trillion

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

UK public debt grew to the size of the entire British economy in the first eight months of the financial year, the highest level since the early 1960s, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >Record public borrowing brings UK debt pile to £2.1 trillion

Business

Russia looking to bolster oil supplies to India for decades ahead

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Russia retains a solid place in the Indian energy market, and wants to expand its oil exports to the South Asian country, says Russian Ambassador to India Nikolai Kudashev. … Read More >Russia looking to bolster oil supplies to India for decades ahead

Business

PetroChina makes HUGE gas find

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

PetroChina discovered a natural gas field with reserves in excess of 100 billion cubic meters, Chinese states news agency Xinhua reported this weekend. … Read More >PetroChina makes HUGE gas find

Business

Google & Facebook to team up in fight against govt accusations of secret pact to rig online ad market – report

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Silicon Valley behemoths Google and Facebook have reportedly foreseen that a secret deal to manipulate the advertising market could be exposed and vowed to cooperate if one of them faces an antitrust lawsuit. … Read More >Google & Facebook to team up in fight against govt accusations of secret pact to rig online ad market – report

USA

They lied, they cheated: West Point cadets caught in largest cheating scandal in 45 years

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Over 70 cadets at the US military academy have been accused of cheating on a math exam, defying the famous motto once mocked by alumnus Mike Pompeo. The scandal has become the school’s worst in nearly half a century. … Read More >They lied, they cheated: West Point cadets caught in largest cheating scandal in 45 years

Asia & Pacific

Farmers Attack Police as Thousands March Towards Delhi Against Modi’s ‘Historic’ Reforms – Video

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

As farmers’ agitation against three farm laws entered its 27th day, the protest shows no indication of losing its steam in near-zero temperatures. Thousands of farmers from states such as Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, have started marching towards Delhi as states and federal government forces have tried to stop them with force at various points. … Read More >Farmers Attack Police as Thousands March Towards Delhi Against Modi’s ‘Historic’ Reforms – Video

Middle East

Zarif Urges US to Get Out of Afghanistan, Accuses Trump of Using Taliban Talks for Electioneering

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

US Acting Secretary of Defence Chris Miller paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and discussing military aid and security issues. The US and the Taliban signed a peace deal in Doha in February, with the US committing to pulling NATO troops out of the country in exchange for intra-Afghan peace talks. … Read More >Zarif Urges US to Get Out of Afghanistan, Accuses Trump of Using Taliban Talks for Electioneering

Journalism & Mass media

Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Former UK ambassador to Syria Peter Ford on how the US and its allies continue to wage war on Syria via sadistic sanctions, an illegal US military occupation, the OPCW cover-up, and media propaganda that masks the brutality. … Read More >Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

Middle East

US Targets Syrian Central Bank, President Assad’s Wife in Fresh Round of Sanctions

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

Earlier, the US Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against Syria’s Central Bank, as well as nine other entities and seven individuals in Syria. … Read More >US Targets Syrian Central Bank, President Assad’s Wife in Fresh Round of Sanctions

Asia & Pacific

US Navy Sends Warship Through China’s Claimed Waters for Second Time in a Week

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Editor

China’s new aircraft carrier, Shandong, is also on its way to the South China Sea for military drills. The warship was spotted near Hainan on Tuesday and is reported to be carrying a new squadron of J-15 fighters. … Read More >US Navy Sends Warship Through China’s Claimed Waters for Second Time in a Week

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