🇬🇧Large-scale union strikes have begun in Britain over the cost-of-living crisis. The strikes have already led to widespread disruption in the country's supply chain. People fear there will be shortages of goods and products by Christmas. Clothing and electronics are most at risk. Experts have warned that shortages could put pressure on commodity prices and spur already rapid inflation as Britons face the worst cost-of-living crisis in 60 years
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The Mirror: "A high-ranking British officer, Paul Carney, said that the military should prepare their families for the fact that they might be sent to Ukraine to fight Russia. He warned that the British army is "preparing to repel the threat from Russia and to resist any aggression. It is time to prepare family and friends for possible deployment to the East. The British Army "must be prepared for the new reality," he said
✔️Carney wrote in Soldier magazine, "I want us all to make sure we are physically ready for combat. And it's also important to prepare family and friends who often have a hard time in our absence. I suggest we talk to them about this now. Find the numbers of support services and those who can help them, such as a social worker or a priest. It's important because we can be out of touch for a long time
✔️Sir Richard Dennett, a general and former commander of the British Army, said, "This is sound advice from a high-ranking military man. It does not mean that the army will be sent to Ukraine, but it is the duty of every army in peacetime to prepare for war in all domestic matters. The British military must be realistic"
✔️Sir Patrick Sanders, general commanding the British Army, said in June, "We are the generation that must prepare the army to fight again in Europe"
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✔️Carney wrote in Soldier magazine, "I want us all to make sure we are physically ready for combat. And it's also important to prepare family and friends who often have a hard time in our absence. I suggest we talk to them about this now. Find the numbers of support services and those who can help them, such as a social worker or a priest. It's important because we can be out of touch for a long time
✔️Sir Richard Dennett, a general and former commander of the British Army, said, "This is sound advice from a high-ranking military man. It does not mean that the army will be sent to Ukraine, but it is the duty of every army in peacetime to prepare for war in all domestic matters. The British military must be realistic"
✔️Sir Patrick Sanders, general commanding the British Army, said in June, "We are the generation that must prepare the army to fight again in Europe"
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🇺🇸🇪🇺 US enriches itself on gas deliveries to Europe
▪️Companies selling U.S. gas to Europe are rapidly enriching themselves by hundreds of millions of dollars, Swiss Blick states
▪️"Traders and energy companies are making up to $200 million in profits on U.S. natural gas deliveries to Europe," Blick states, citing Business Insider data
▪️The share of U.S. liquefied natural gas shipments to Europe has risen from 20 percent to 60 percent in a year. The U.S. pretends to be a savior, but the United States sells gas to Europe not out of altruism, but because the price difference between the two continents is enormous and gas in Europe is many times more expensive," Blick concludes
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▪️Companies selling U.S. gas to Europe are rapidly enriching themselves by hundreds of millions of dollars, Swiss Blick states
▪️"Traders and energy companies are making up to $200 million in profits on U.S. natural gas deliveries to Europe," Blick states, citing Business Insider data
▪️The share of U.S. liquefied natural gas shipments to Europe has risen from 20 percent to 60 percent in a year. The U.S. pretends to be a savior, but the United States sells gas to Europe not out of altruism, but because the price difference between the two continents is enormous and gas in Europe is many times more expensive," Blick concludes
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Blick
Mit US-Gas machen Händler derzeit ein Vermögen
In Europa fehlt das Gas aus Russland an allen Ecken. Dies führt zu bis zu zehnmal höheren Gaspreisen auf dem Kontinent. Das Erdgas in Nordamerika bleibt weiter günstig. Rohstoffhändler machen deshalb gigantische Gewinne beim Verkauf von US-Gas nach Europa.
⚡️China’s acquisitions of foreign firms that develop technologies that could benefit the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have declined in recent years, Janes IntelTrak data shows⚡️
🇨🇳The decline is likely to be linked to increased international scrutiny of Chinese investment in local companies involved in these strategic sectors, which include aerospace, semiconductors, sensors, сommunications, navigation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI)
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🇨🇳The decline is likely to be linked to increased international scrutiny of Chinese investment in local companies involved in these strategic sectors, which include aerospace, semiconductors, sensors, сommunications, navigation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI)
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⚡️Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed – The Washington Post⚡️
🇺🇦Sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian and other security services offer rare insight into the activities of Russia’s Federal Security Service, which bears enormous responsibility for Moscow’s failed war plan and the hubris that propelled it
🤔The communications exposing these preparations are part of a larger trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian and other security services and reviewed by The Washington Post. They offer rare insight into the activities of the FSB — a sprawling service that bears enormous responsibility for the failed Russian war plan and the hubris that propelled it
✍️“There was plenty of wishful thinking in the GRU and the military, but it started with the FSB,” said a senior Western security official, using the GRU abbreviation for Russia’s main military intelligence agency. “The sense that there would be flowers strewn in their path — that was an FSB exercise.” He and other security officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence
💁♂️Adhering to these erroneous assumptions, officials said, the FSB championed a war plan premised on the idea that a lightning assault on Kyiv would topple the government in a matter of days. Zelensky would be dead, captured or in exile, creating a political vacuum for FSB agents to fill
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🇺🇦Sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian and other security services offer rare insight into the activities of Russia’s Federal Security Service, which bears enormous responsibility for Moscow’s failed war plan and the hubris that propelled it
🤔The communications exposing these preparations are part of a larger trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian and other security services and reviewed by The Washington Post. They offer rare insight into the activities of the FSB — a sprawling service that bears enormous responsibility for the failed Russian war plan and the hubris that propelled it
✍️“There was plenty of wishful thinking in the GRU and the military, but it started with the FSB,” said a senior Western security official, using the GRU abbreviation for Russia’s main military intelligence agency. “The sense that there would be flowers strewn in their path — that was an FSB exercise.” He and other security officials in Ukraine, the United States and Europe spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence
💁♂️Adhering to these erroneous assumptions, officials said, the FSB championed a war plan premised on the idea that a lightning assault on Kyiv would topple the government in a matter of days. Zelensky would be dead, captured or in exile, creating a political vacuum for FSB agents to fill
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⚡️Playing With Fire in Ukraine – Foreign Affairs⚡️
🇪🇺Western policymakers appear to have reached a consensus about the war in Ukraine: the conflict will settle into a prolonged stalemate, and eventually a weakened Russia will accept a peace agreement that favors the United States and its NATO allies, as well as Ukraine. Although officials recognize that both Washington and Moscow may escalate to gain an advantage or to prevent defeat, they assume that catastrophic escalation can be avoided. Few imagine that U.S. forces will become directly involved in the fighting or that Russia will dare use nuclear weapons
🇺🇸Washington and its allies are being much too cavalier. Although disastrous escalation may be avoided, the warring parties’ ability to manage that danger is far from certain. The risk of it is substantially greater than the conventional wisdom holds. And given that the consequences of escalation could include a major war in Europe and possibly even nuclear annihilation, there is good reason for extra concern
💁♂️To understand the dynamics of escalation in Ukraine, start with each side’s goals. Since the war began, both Moscow and Washington have raised their ambitions significantly, and both are now deeply committed to winning the war and achieving formidable political aims. As a result, each side has powerful incentives to find ways to prevail and, more important, to avoid losing. In practice, this means that the United States might join the fighting either if it is desperate to win or to prevent Ukraine from losing, while Russia might use nuclear weapons if it is desperate to win or faces imminent defeat, which would be likely if U.S. forces were drawn into the fighting
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🇪🇺Western policymakers appear to have reached a consensus about the war in Ukraine: the conflict will settle into a prolonged stalemate, and eventually a weakened Russia will accept a peace agreement that favors the United States and its NATO allies, as well as Ukraine. Although officials recognize that both Washington and Moscow may escalate to gain an advantage or to prevent defeat, they assume that catastrophic escalation can be avoided. Few imagine that U.S. forces will become directly involved in the fighting or that Russia will dare use nuclear weapons
🇺🇸Washington and its allies are being much too cavalier. Although disastrous escalation may be avoided, the warring parties’ ability to manage that danger is far from certain. The risk of it is substantially greater than the conventional wisdom holds. And given that the consequences of escalation could include a major war in Europe and possibly even nuclear annihilation, there is good reason for extra concern
💁♂️To understand the dynamics of escalation in Ukraine, start with each side’s goals. Since the war began, both Moscow and Washington have raised their ambitions significantly, and both are now deeply committed to winning the war and achieving formidable political aims. As a result, each side has powerful incentives to find ways to prevail and, more important, to avoid losing. In practice, this means that the United States might join the fighting either if it is desperate to win or to prevent Ukraine from losing, while Russia might use nuclear weapons if it is desperate to win or faces imminent defeat, which would be likely if U.S. forces were drawn into the fighting
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Foreign Affairs
Playing With Fire in Ukraine
The underappreciated risks of catastrophic escalation.
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⚡️Ukraine Support Tracker: Newly committed aid for Ukraine drops to almost zero⚡️
🇺🇦The flow of new international support for Ukraine has dried up in July. No large EU country like Germany, France, or Italy, has made significant new pledges. However, the gap between committed and disbursed aid has narrowed
💁♂️The newest update of the Ukraine Support Tracker (July 2 to August 3) data shows that, in July, Ukraine received only around 1,5 billion euros in new pledges of support. This is a drastic decline compared to April or May. Moreover, most of the new commitments came from one country, Norway, which pledged financial assistance of 1 billion euros. In total, the tracker now records commitments of 84.2 billion euros
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🇺🇦The flow of new international support for Ukraine has dried up in July. No large EU country like Germany, France, or Italy, has made significant new pledges. However, the gap between committed and disbursed aid has narrowed
💁♂️The newest update of the Ukraine Support Tracker (July 2 to August 3) data shows that, in July, Ukraine received only around 1,5 billion euros in new pledges of support. This is a drastic decline compared to April or May. Moreover, most of the new commitments came from one country, Norway, which pledged financial assistance of 1 billion euros. In total, the tracker now records commitments of 84.2 billion euros
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⚡️"It's the stupidest thing ever," Elon Musk said several years ago⚡️
🇪🇺European Space Agency is considering major investment in space-based solar power
✍️European Space Agency's (ESA) director general has proposed the development of Europe’s first space-based solar power system to be constructed in 2025
💁♂️ESA, an intergovernmental conglomerate of 22 member states, will decide on the director's plan in November this year, according to a report published in Ars Technica
🤔"It will be up to Europe, ESA, and its Member States to push the envelope of technology to solve one of the most pressing problems for people on Earth of this generation," said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the Space Agency
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🇪🇺European Space Agency is considering major investment in space-based solar power
✍️European Space Agency's (ESA) director general has proposed the development of Europe’s first space-based solar power system to be constructed in 2025
💁♂️ESA, an intergovernmental conglomerate of 22 member states, will decide on the director's plan in November this year, according to a report published in Ars Technica
🤔"It will be up to Europe, ESA, and its Member States to push the envelope of technology to solve one of the most pressing problems for people on Earth of this generation," said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the Space Agency
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Ars Technica
Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power
Such an initiative would require a 200-fold increase over current space-lift capacity.
⚡️UK inflation to hit 18.6% next year⚡️
🇬🇧UK inflation is on course to hit 18.6 per cent in January — the highest peak in almost half a century — because of soaring wholesale gas prices, according to a new forecast from Citigroup based on the latest market prices
😱Such a rate of inflation would squeeze household incomes hard and further push the UK economy into recession, but Nabarro said the scale of the likely inflation would push the Bank of England to tighten monetary policy further
📈UK and European wholesale natural gas prices are already trading at close to 10 times normal levels and other forecasters have also raised their inflation predictions
📊The energy regulator Ofgem will on Friday announce the energy price cap for the period between October and January, which most analysts expect to rise to more than £3,500 for a household with average usage of energy — an increase of 75 per cent on current levels
💁♂️The rate of inflation has exceeded expectations in most months of this year as price rises have spread through the economy. The ONS said it stood at 10.1 per cent in July, the highest level in more than 40 years and the highest rate among G7 countries
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🇬🇧UK inflation is on course to hit 18.6 per cent in January — the highest peak in almost half a century — because of soaring wholesale gas prices, according to a new forecast from Citigroup based on the latest market prices
😱Such a rate of inflation would squeeze household incomes hard and further push the UK economy into recession, but Nabarro said the scale of the likely inflation would push the Bank of England to tighten monetary policy further
📈UK and European wholesale natural gas prices are already trading at close to 10 times normal levels and other forecasters have also raised their inflation predictions
📊The energy regulator Ofgem will on Friday announce the energy price cap for the period between October and January, which most analysts expect to rise to more than £3,500 for a household with average usage of energy — an increase of 75 per cent on current levels
💁♂️The rate of inflation has exceeded expectations in most months of this year as price rises have spread through the economy. The ONS said it stood at 10.1 per cent in July, the highest level in more than 40 years and the highest rate among G7 countries
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Reuters
UK inflation to top 18% in early 2023, Citi warns
British consumer price inflation is set to peak at 18.6% in January, more than nine times the Bank of England's target, an economist at U.S. bank Citi said on Monday, raising his forecast once again in light of the latest jump in energy prices.
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⚡️The State Department urged US citizens to urgently leave Ukraine⚡️
❗️The security situation throughout Ukraine is highly volatile and conditions may deteriorate without warning
🇺🇸U.S. citizens should remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness
💁♂️The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options if it is safe to do so
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❗️The security situation throughout Ukraine is highly volatile and conditions may deteriorate without warning
🇺🇸U.S. citizens should remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness
💁♂️The U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options if it is safe to do so
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U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine
Location: Ukraine Event: The Department of State has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian
⚡️German recession increasingly likely⚡️
🇩🇪A recession in Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, is increasingly likely and inflation will continue to accelerate and could peak at more than 10% this autumn, the Bundesbank said in a monthly report on Monday
⛽️With its oversized industry heavily exposed to Russian gas, Germany is among the most vulnerable to any cut off in energy supplies and soaring costs are already weighing on output with more pain expected
🇷🇺Russia has been curtailing gas exports in response to Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine and many if not most economists now see a German recession as an inevitability. High prices and a shortage of gas are already forcing Germany to curtail consumption, with energy intensive sectors from metal output to fertilizer production suffering heavily
💁♂️Germany’s outlook is particularly dire: the country’s dependence on Russian gas leaves it more vulnerable to the war in Ukraine, while a recent dry spell has made the Rhine River - vital for the transport of fuel and other industrial goods - difficult to navigate
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🇩🇪A recession in Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, is increasingly likely and inflation will continue to accelerate and could peak at more than 10% this autumn, the Bundesbank said in a monthly report on Monday
⛽️With its oversized industry heavily exposed to Russian gas, Germany is among the most vulnerable to any cut off in energy supplies and soaring costs are already weighing on output with more pain expected
🇷🇺Russia has been curtailing gas exports in response to Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine and many if not most economists now see a German recession as an inevitability. High prices and a shortage of gas are already forcing Germany to curtail consumption, with energy intensive sectors from metal output to fertilizer production suffering heavily
💁♂️Germany’s outlook is particularly dire: the country’s dependence on Russian gas leaves it more vulnerable to the war in Ukraine, while a recent dry spell has made the Rhine River - vital for the transport of fuel and other industrial goods - difficult to navigate
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Bloomberg.com
ECB’s Nagel Wants More Rate Hikes, Says German Recession Likely
The European Central Bank should continue increasing rates, according to Bundesbank Chief Joachim Nagel, who warned that Germany faces a recession if the energy situation escalates.
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⚡️French politicians outraged by Family Planning campaign⚡️
😱An advertising poster by the Family Planning association, depicting a couple with a transgender man expecting a child, has become the subject of fierce controversy in France, reports Le Figaro. According to the publication, the image was accompanied by the statement that “a man can also get pregnant”, which caused an angry reaction from conservative politicians. The organization itself believes that it has become a victim of unfair attacks and is preparing lawsuits in court, the newspaper reports
🤦♂️A shower of criticism has fallen on Family Planning since the publication on August 17 of one of its posters illustrating a couple of men, one of whom has a rounded belly suggesting a pregnancy: “At Planning, we knows that men can also be pregnant”, is it thus written on this one
🤷♂️On social networks, several elected officials, denounced an attempt to promote "gender theory" by a subsidized association. “ According to Le Figaro, not only representatives of the extreme right spoke out against the campaign, but also politicians of other views
✍️The member of the Var and leader of the National Rally in the National Assembly, Laure Lavalette, denounces a “ridiculous communication”, transforming “Family Planning[…] in a societal propaganda pharmacy”. “It is necessary to unmask these archi-subsidized militants who seek only to spread their grotesque and false ideology,” she added.
❗️The Macronist deputy for Indre d’Horizons, François Jolivet, tweets with the hashtag “#wokisme” and says he is “critical of the militant positions of Family Planning”, because the elected official “considers that he is drifting towards an action in the service of an ideology more than of the general interest”. “Funded by public funds, it is legitimate to hold it to account and to refocus,” he continues
🔥The former spokeswoman for the Republicans, Lydia Guirous, believes for her part that “Family Planning continues its sad drift”. “Far, very far from its initial objectives, to be at the service of women by helping them in access to contraception in particular,” she considers
💁♂️Left-wing activists like Helen Franco, Céline Pina or the delegate to the Federal Council of Europe Ecology-The Greens, Pierre Minnaert-Guinedor, also criticize the Family Planning campaign. The latter judges that “fighting against discrimination is not supporting all the incoherent positions of all the groupuscular lobbies in competition”
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😱An advertising poster by the Family Planning association, depicting a couple with a transgender man expecting a child, has become the subject of fierce controversy in France, reports Le Figaro. According to the publication, the image was accompanied by the statement that “a man can also get pregnant”, which caused an angry reaction from conservative politicians. The organization itself believes that it has become a victim of unfair attacks and is preparing lawsuits in court, the newspaper reports
🤦♂️A shower of criticism has fallen on Family Planning since the publication on August 17 of one of its posters illustrating a couple of men, one of whom has a rounded belly suggesting a pregnancy: “At Planning, we knows that men can also be pregnant”, is it thus written on this one
🤷♂️On social networks, several elected officials, denounced an attempt to promote "gender theory" by a subsidized association. “ According to Le Figaro, not only representatives of the extreme right spoke out against the campaign, but also politicians of other views
✍️The member of the Var and leader of the National Rally in the National Assembly, Laure Lavalette, denounces a “ridiculous communication”, transforming “Family Planning[…] in a societal propaganda pharmacy”. “It is necessary to unmask these archi-subsidized militants who seek only to spread their grotesque and false ideology,” she added.
❗️The Macronist deputy for Indre d’Horizons, François Jolivet, tweets with the hashtag “#wokisme” and says he is “critical of the militant positions of Family Planning”, because the elected official “considers that he is drifting towards an action in the service of an ideology more than of the general interest”. “Funded by public funds, it is legitimate to hold it to account and to refocus,” he continues
🔥The former spokeswoman for the Republicans, Lydia Guirous, believes for her part that “Family Planning continues its sad drift”. “Far, very far from its initial objectives, to be at the service of women by helping them in access to contraception in particular,” she considers
💁♂️Left-wing activists like Helen Franco, Céline Pina or the delegate to the Federal Council of Europe Ecology-The Greens, Pierre Minnaert-Guinedor, also criticize the Family Planning campaign. The latter judges that “fighting against discrimination is not supporting all the incoherent positions of all the groupuscular lobbies in competition”
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Le Figaro
«Des hommes aussi peuvent être enceints»: une campagne du Planning familial fait polémique
Après la diffusion d'une affiche mettant en scène un homme enceint, l'association affirme faire l'objet d'attaques «extrêmement violentes» de la part de «personnalités d'extrême droite».
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⚡️Turkey doubles Russian oil imports⚡️
📈Reuters reports that Turkey benefits greatly from Russian oil that Europeans no longer consume. Turkish oil imports would thus have reached 200,000 barrels per day this year against less than 100,000 in 2021
🤔Unlike some of its NATO partners, Turkey is said to have doubled its oil exports in one year, thus taking advantage of the withdrawal of several European countries from the Russian market, reports Reuters on 22 August
📊The agency, which relies on data from Refinitiv Eikon, reveals that Turkish imports at this stage would amount to 200,000 barrels per day against 98,000 the previous year for the same period. A member of the Atlantic Alliance, Turkey has not, however, sanctioned Russia for the operation launched in Ukraine in February
🇪🇺In the European Union, the desire to put a definitive end to energy supplies from Russia is creating dissension and severely weighing down the economies, in particular those of the countries most dependent on these energies
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📈Reuters reports that Turkey benefits greatly from Russian oil that Europeans no longer consume. Turkish oil imports would thus have reached 200,000 barrels per day this year against less than 100,000 in 2021
🤔Unlike some of its NATO partners, Turkey is said to have doubled its oil exports in one year, thus taking advantage of the withdrawal of several European countries from the Russian market, reports Reuters on 22 August
📊The agency, which relies on data from Refinitiv Eikon, reveals that Turkish imports at this stage would amount to 200,000 barrels per day against 98,000 the previous year for the same period. A member of the Atlantic Alliance, Turkey has not, however, sanctioned Russia for the operation launched in Ukraine in February
🇪🇺In the European Union, the desire to put a definitive end to energy supplies from Russia is creating dissension and severely weighing down the economies, in particular those of the countries most dependent on these energies
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Reuters
Turkey doubles Russian oil imports, filling EU void
Turkey doubled its imports of Russian oil this year, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday, as the two countries are set for broader cooperation in business and especially energy trade in the face of western sanctions against Moscow.
⚡️Putin will fill Kiev with missiles!⚡️
🇵🇱According to Polish generals, the answer will come soon
✍️ "Retaliation will take place on August 24," says General Waldemar Skrzyczak. According to him, Putin will hit Kiev with missiles and that is how "the Russians will greet Ukraine's Independence Day" General Stanislaw Koziej even considers it possible that "Putin will decide to declare a new Patriotic War, stating that it is the Ukrainians who are now attacking Russian territory"
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🇵🇱According to Polish generals, the answer will come soon
✍️ "Retaliation will take place on August 24," says General Waldemar Skrzyczak. According to him, Putin will hit Kiev with missiles and that is how "the Russians will greet Ukraine's Independence Day" General Stanislaw Koziej even considers it possible that "Putin will decide to declare a new Patriotic War, stating that it is the Ukrainians who are now attacking Russian territory"
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⚡️Women Are Posting Partying Photos in Solidarity With Finnish Prime Minister⚡️
💪Professional women are taking the motto “work hard, play hard” to new heights in support of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin after video footage of the political leader dancing and partying with friends caused blowback from critics and local media
✍️In posts on LinkedIn with the hashtag #SolidarityWithSanna, women are posting pictures of themselves dancing and hanging out with friends. The trend on the social platform that’s mostly geared toward professional networking follows similar posts on Twitter and other platforms that tagged Marin
❗️On Monday, the government in Helsinki said a drug test taken by the 36-year-old prime minister was negative. Local media in Finland have faced criticism for alleging, without evidence, that drugs were used at the party where the videos were filmed. The scandal has led to no serious calls for Marin to resign and the ruling Social Democrats back their prime minister.
💁♂️“I have never used drugs in my life, not even in my younger years,” Marin, who confirmed the authenticity of the leaked videos, told reporters last week. “I wish we lived in a society where my word could be trusted. But when suspicions like this are raised here, that’s why I took these tests”
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💪Professional women are taking the motto “work hard, play hard” to new heights in support of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin after video footage of the political leader dancing and partying with friends caused blowback from critics and local media
✍️In posts on LinkedIn with the hashtag #SolidarityWithSanna, women are posting pictures of themselves dancing and hanging out with friends. The trend on the social platform that’s mostly geared toward professional networking follows similar posts on Twitter and other platforms that tagged Marin
❗️On Monday, the government in Helsinki said a drug test taken by the 36-year-old prime minister was negative. Local media in Finland have faced criticism for alleging, without evidence, that drugs were used at the party where the videos were filmed. The scandal has led to no serious calls for Marin to resign and the ruling Social Democrats back their prime minister.
💁♂️“I have never used drugs in my life, not even in my younger years,” Marin, who confirmed the authenticity of the leaked videos, told reporters last week. “I wish we lived in a society where my word could be trusted. But when suspicions like this are raised here, that’s why I took these tests”
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the Guardian
Women in Finland post party videos to back PM Sanna Marin
Prime minister embroiled in scandal after footage leaked of her dancing along with allegations of drug taking
‼️Inflation soars near double digits in EU‼️
🤔A post-pandemic spending euphoria, supported by copious government spending was set to drive the economy and help fatigued households regain a sense of normality after two dreadful years
🪖But all that changed on Feb. 24 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Normality is gone and crisis has become permanent
😱A recession is now almost certain, inflation is nearing double digits and a winter with looming energy shortages is fast approaching. Though bleak, this outlook is still likely to get worse before any significant improvement well into 2023
💁♂️Households and businesses are both suffering as the fallout of the war - high food and energy prices - is now exacerbated by a devastating drought and low river levels that constrain transport
📊At 9%, inflation in the euro area is sapping purchasing power with spare cash used up on petrol, natural gas and staple food.Retail sales are already plunging, months before the heating season starts and shoppers are scaling down their buys. Consumers turn to discount chains and give up high end products, switching to discount brands. They have also started to skip certain purchases
📈The change is dramatic. A year ago most forecasters predicted 2022 economic growth near 5%. Now a winter recession is becoming the base case
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🤔A post-pandemic spending euphoria, supported by copious government spending was set to drive the economy and help fatigued households regain a sense of normality after two dreadful years
🪖But all that changed on Feb. 24 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Normality is gone and crisis has become permanent
😱A recession is now almost certain, inflation is nearing double digits and a winter with looming energy shortages is fast approaching. Though bleak, this outlook is still likely to get worse before any significant improvement well into 2023
💁♂️Households and businesses are both suffering as the fallout of the war - high food and energy prices - is now exacerbated by a devastating drought and low river levels that constrain transport
📊At 9%, inflation in the euro area is sapping purchasing power with spare cash used up on petrol, natural gas and staple food.Retail sales are already plunging, months before the heating season starts and shoppers are scaling down their buys. Consumers turn to discount chains and give up high end products, switching to discount brands. They have also started to skip certain purchases
📈The change is dramatic. A year ago most forecasters predicted 2022 economic growth near 5%. Now a winter recession is becoming the base case
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⚡️The War on Drugs Failed. Colombia analyzes the decriminalization of cocaine⚡️
🇨🇴The administration of Colombia's new president, Gustavo Petro, announced a global experiment in drug legalization
✍️"The time has come for a new international convention that recognizes that the war on drugs has failed," Petro said
💁♂️Weeks after taking office, the first leftist president seeks to end the taboo and move toward a state-regulated cocaine market. So the Petro administration intends to create a bill to legalize marijuana and cocaine
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🇨🇴The administration of Colombia's new president, Gustavo Petro, announced a global experiment in drug legalization
✍️"The time has come for a new international convention that recognizes that the war on drugs has failed," Petro said
💁♂️Weeks after taking office, the first leftist president seeks to end the taboo and move toward a state-regulated cocaine market. So the Petro administration intends to create a bill to legalize marijuana and cocaine
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⚡️Parents Challenge Sex Education Lessons for Three-Year-Olds in Court⚡️
🏴In Wales, starting in September, all lessons for children will include elements of gender education, starting as early as age three
😱"There is no mention of the words 'boy,' 'girl,' 'man' or 'woman' in the guidance. Parents went to court to cancel mandatory sex education lessons for toddlers from the age of three. Mother of two Kim Isherwood stated: "Adult topics are woven into all subjects, and even in math they give tasks like 'find the area of the LGBT flag' or 'count the percentage of people with chlamydia'. It's dangerous, it's infuriating!" Similar guidelines for teachers in Scotland suggest teaching nine-year-olds what masturbation is"
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🏴In Wales, starting in September, all lessons for children will include elements of gender education, starting as early as age three
😱"There is no mention of the words 'boy,' 'girl,' 'man' or 'woman' in the guidance. Parents went to court to cancel mandatory sex education lessons for toddlers from the age of three. Mother of two Kim Isherwood stated: "Adult topics are woven into all subjects, and even in math they give tasks like 'find the area of the LGBT flag' or 'count the percentage of people with chlamydia'. It's dangerous, it's infuriating!" Similar guidelines for teachers in Scotland suggest teaching nine-year-olds what masturbation is"
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⚡️The world’s largest solar park will produce 5 GW energy by 2030. It was designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 6.5 million tons each year⚡️
🇦🇪The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is aiming for 5 GW by 2030 in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park - the largest single-site solar park in the world
🤔Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park project constitutes one of the key pillars of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy to provide 100 percent of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050
💸As per PV Magazine, it has been reported in July that Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park might have been scaled back, based on a budget update published by DEWA. That DEWA cost update said AED 12 billion ($3.27 billion) had been apportioned “to complete the independent power producer (IPP) projects in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park” – plus two other infrastructure sites – “in the next five years”
💁♂️However, an update published this week, following a site visit by DEWA CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, indicated that 2030 remains the project deadline for an eventual 5 GW site
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🇦🇪The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is aiming for 5 GW by 2030 in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park - the largest single-site solar park in the world
🤔Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park project constitutes one of the key pillars of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy to provide 100 percent of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy sources by 2050
💸As per PV Magazine, it has been reported in July that Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park might have been scaled back, based on a budget update published by DEWA. That DEWA cost update said AED 12 billion ($3.27 billion) had been apportioned “to complete the independent power producer (IPP) projects in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park” – plus two other infrastructure sites – “in the next five years”
💁♂️However, an update published this week, following a site visit by DEWA CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, indicated that 2030 remains the project deadline for an eventual 5 GW site
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Dubai solar site still aiming for 5 GW by 2030
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued an update indicating that the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is still targeting 5 GW of generation capacity within this decade.
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⚡️New Zealand's military has received reports of a soldier killed in Ukraine⚡️
🇳🇿The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said it has received reports that a soldier on leave has been killed in Ukraine
🪖In a statement Wednesday, NZDF said the "soldier was on a period of leave without pay at the time and was not on active duty with the NZDF"
💁♂️"At this early stage, there is still more information to be gathered in order to understand the circumstances fully," the statement said. "The New Zealand Army will work closely with the family of the soldier to offer support at this deeply sad time"
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🇳🇿The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said it has received reports that a soldier on leave has been killed in Ukraine
🪖In a statement Wednesday, NZDF said the "soldier was on a period of leave without pay at the time and was not on active duty with the NZDF"
💁♂️"At this early stage, there is still more information to be gathered in order to understand the circumstances fully," the statement said. "The New Zealand Army will work closely with the family of the soldier to offer support at this deeply sad time"
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