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Do The World's Energy Policies Make Sense?
The world today has a myriad of energy policies. One of them seems to be to encourage renewables, especially wind and solar. Another seems to...- copy and paste
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Brex(out): Tony Blair Sees 50-50 Chance Of Another Brexit Referendum
Former British leader Tony Blair said there was a 50-50 chance of another Brexit referendum as Prime Minister Theresa May will be unlikely to...- brexit
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Hard To Believe: UAE Will Work To Defuse Middle East Tension
The United Arab Emirates seek a de-escalation of tension in the Middle East, the head of state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said...- rainman Replied
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Everything You Need To Know About Trump
Authored by Sylvain LaForest via Oriental Review #copyandpaste #DTisnotajournalist #theclueisinthename The timing is right for everyone to understand what Donald Trump is doing, and try to... -
Putin: U.S. Military Intervention In Venezuela Would Be A Disaster
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that U.S. military intervention in Venezuela would be a disaster and said even Washington’s allies did not...- rainman Replied
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US to rejoin Paris climate pact by 2020?
The White House has been considering a plan to rejoin the Paris climate agreement by 2020, George David Banks, former top White House adviser on international...- Stephen Replied
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Nor Chicago, nor Detroit: Killings By Police Divide Rio De Janeiro Weary Of Crime
It happens, on average, more than five times a day in Rio de Janeiro: Police open fire and someone dies. Brazilian human rights and...- brazil
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Taiwan, another Chinese comedy
In recent weeks we have seen that the people of Hong Kong have expressed displeasure over the meddling of Communist China (PRC) into their...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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Knock-Knock: Aircraft Carrier Seen As Barometer Of Tensions With Iran
Ordered by the White House to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become a 100,000-ton barometer of the tensions between...- ThunderBlade Replied
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New legislation could cause major conflict with EU
Full article: Legal chaos in Poland deepens, posing major challenge for EU https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/24/legal-chaos-deepens-in-poland-in-new-challenge-for/ The right-wing populist governing party has tried to take control of Poland’s court system...- Marcin2 Replied
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Donald Trump is Zaphod Beebleblox . US citizens have elected TV personality and we need to accept their choice. Please stop whining.
Election of Donald Trump is impersonification of American Dream. It tells us more about modern politics than we would like to acknowledge. My only...- Marcin2 Replied
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Forthright message: "When the U.S. 'Crosses the Line,' Europe must act" - Germany's Foreign Minister
Europe should scale up military spending in order to act as a counterpoint to an unpredictable and unreliable United States, the German foreign minister...- pinto Replied
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Half Of US Military Sites Threatened By Climate Change
According to a Pentagon study, nearly half of U.S. military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change. We are talking about...- cliamte change
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Venezuela O&G assets next target? China prepares to seize Kenya's port of Mombasa
China's predatory lending to corrupt African countries may bear dividends soon. With all of the predatory loans that China has made to Venezuela's government, it...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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The Perfect Solution To Remove Conflict Problems In The South China East Asia Sea
The Perfect Solution To Remove Conflict Problems In The South China East Asia Sea It is too easy to solve the problems, conflict between nations...- Messiah_Buddha Replied
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Was Trump's Iran Move Bad for US?
Thought it might be time to start a list of all the ways Trump's Iran withdrawal could go very badly: 1. Give Tehran the idea...- Royalblood Replied
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No Breakthrough In Nuclear Talks As Iran Demands More After U.S. Exit
World powers and Iran appeared to make no concrete breakthrough on Friday in talks to provide Tehran with an economic package to compensate for...- rainman Replied
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Russian Effect: U.S. May Soon Pause Preparations For Delivering F-35s To Turkey
The United States could soon freeze preparations for delivering F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, officials told Reuters, in what would be the strongest signal...- rainman Replied
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Brink of Disaster with North Korea
The North Korea saga has definitely been stepped up a few notches to the point that I'm hoping isn't one of no return, however...- north korea
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Zeihan World growth distribution looks like in 2030
Zeihan points to the ongoing transition in supply chains moving out of China, the boomer retirement date of 2022 where more boomers are retired...- peter zeihan
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The Key Players In Libya's "Potential" Civil War
Excellent scanning of Libya's geopolitical-criminal-military scene... After this analysis it’s pretty clear why Libya is where it is: nowhere. HIFTER’S ARMY The self-styled Libyan National Army,...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Meet W.H.O.'s Goodwill Ambassador: Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping
2 of WHO's Goodwill Ambassadors are: 1) the wife of China's President Xi 2) a news presenter and host for the English-language channel of the Chinese...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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The EU Sets New Leaders:Italian Socialist Sassoli Elected EU Parliament Speaker
The European Parliament elected Italian socialist lawmaker David Sassoli on Wednesday as its speaker for the next 2-1/2 years, completing the round of appointments...- Pavel Replied
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CDU to Merkel- "Danke", Merkel to CDU- "It's been an honour"
Angela Merkel bowed out as leader of her Christian Democrats on Friday with an emotional speech to her conservative party as it met to...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Libya - UAE backed Haftar loses Airbase
Things hotting up in Libya over the last few months as Turkey and their 'Syrian' fighter backed GNA take the Al-Watiah airbase and destroy...- El Nikko Replied
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Old - New Kim: Nuclear Negotiations With U. S. Will Never Resume Unless Washington Changes Its Position
In short, a new message, the same distance. But this time, KJU sent a message that means just one: end of the nuclear talks....- north korea
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100 lawmakers call to designate climate change a security threat
A group of more than 100 bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. House urged President Donald Trump to reconsider the omission of climate change from his...- Meanwhile Replied
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Brace yourselves
Oil Price article says it all Just read this article and it neatly summarizes a lot of things we've been discussing in disparate places. Wonder if...- Ward Smith Replied
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Macedonia Says Ready To Change Its Name And End Row With Greece!?
Prime minister of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev said how would like the negotiations (with Greece) to succeed . "We are ready for a geographical qualifier...- damirUSBiH Replied
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US, Taliban Scramble To Rewrite Draft On Troop Withdrawal
Taliban and U.S. negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and...- ThunderBlade Replied
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