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UN chief condemns deliberate energy crisis made by greedy oil barons

The United Nations chief sharply criticized the "grotesque greed" of oil and gas companies on Wednesday for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world's poorest people, "while destroying our only home." Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was "immoral" that the largest energy companies in the first quarter of the […]

The West Can’t Stop Pillaging Other Countries’ Bank Accounts

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BY EVE OTTENBERG With the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole over $300 billion of Moscow’s money. With the explanation that 9-11 families deserved compensation, the U.S. stole $7 billion from Afghanistan (oh no, it had nothing to do with revenge for losing the war, how could […]

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Ukraine insists Syrian ship in Tripoli carrying stolen grains

The Ukrainian Embassy in Lebanon on Friday issued a statement to clarify why it believes that flour and barley aboard a Syrian-flagged ship docked in Lebanon’s Tripoli had been “stolen” from Ukraine. “During the Russian occupation, more than 500,000 tons of grain were stolen from the occupied Kherson, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv region,” it said. “There […]

Macron wants MBS to alleviate fallout of Ukraine war

French leader Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed to work "to ease the effects" of the Ukraine war, Macron's office said Friday, after talks in Paris that marked the full diplomatic rehabilitation of the Saudi leader. Like U.S. President Joe Biden who visited Riyadh earlier this month, Macron had been keen […]

Lebanon to use $150 million World Bank loan for wheat imports

Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday voted to use a $150 million World Bank loan to pay for wheat imports into the cash-strapped country. Already in the throes of a crippling economic crisis, Lebanon is also struggling to cope with a food security crisis that has left half its roughly 6 million people without adequate food. The […]

Iran reading for global arms export push

Tehran is ready to export military equipment and weapons, Iran's army ground forces commander Kiumars Heydari said on Tuesday according to the student-led news agency Young Journalists Club (YJC). "Currently, we are ready to export military equipment and weapons," Heydari said, a week after the United States acccused Iran of preparing to send "several hundreds […]

Security Council extend cross-borer Syrian aid for six months

The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday extending a system for cross-border aid to Syria by six months, the duration demanded by Russia while other members had sought a full year. The measure received votes in support from 12 of the 15 members, including Russia, China, and the Security Council's 10 non-permanent members. Britain, […]

BREAKING NEWS - Boris Johnson vacates 10 Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but plans to remain as prime minister while the leadership contest is held. He said he has appointed a new Cabinet following a multitude […]

Iran proposes solution to Turkey, Syria problem

Iran is working towards a political solution to keep Turkey from invading northern Syria, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday during a visit to Damascus. "We announced our readiness to offer a political solution and our readiness to help in this regard," he told a news conference with his Syrian counterpart. "We will expend […]

Iran wants to join BRICS as West imposes sanctions on Russia

Iran has submitted an application to become a member in the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, an Iranian official said on Monday. Iran's membership in the BRICS group, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, "would result in added values for both sides," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Russian Foreign […]

China tests new missile-intercept system as antidote to THAAD

China has carried out a land-based missile interception test that “achieved its expected purpose,” the Defense Ministry said, describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country. China has been ramping up research into all sorts of missiles, from those that can destroy satellites in space to advanced nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, as part of […]

Biden adamant on Saudi visit, forgets election pledges

US President Joe Biden said on Friday he was not explicitly traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet with de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman during a trip next month, and said he was seeing the Saudi heir to the throne. as part of a wider “international meeting”. Biden’s plans to see the heir to the […]

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - Some messenger services never get old!

... Notice also that Washington’s obtrusiveness is hinted at too since Maverick tells Charlie that she probably knows more about the case than he does, given that she has security clearance. Simultaneously, she doesn’t abuse this privilege by snooping on Tom Cruise’s family life. (It’s like watching Blade Runner, Deckard refusing to look into Rachel’s […]

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – A call to arms or sober reminder of days past and gone? Who cares when you’re having this much fun!

I finally watched Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Even the most cynical reviewers out there liked it, and I grew up with the original 1986 movie, so naturally, I had to watch it, and in a cinema too.[1] And to be completely objective, I re-watched the original shortly afterward to pair up the two films to […]

US fracking industry failing to keep gas prices under control

The very boom that bolstered the US's energy independence is now making its gas-price problem much, much worse. For much of the past decade, fracking gave the US energy sector a massive tailwind. In the so-called shale revolution, fields in New Mexico, North Dakota, and Texas became the next boomtowns for energy commodities. In just […]

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