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Drone attack against Venezuela's Maduro raises more concern of political risks in Venezuela
Last Saturday there was an attack by drones loaded with explosives trying to kill President Maduro during a public act at the iconic Avenida...- jose chalhoub Replied
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Russian Ruble Hits Lowest Point in Five Years
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/03/20/russia-coronavirus-ruble-stock-market-reaction-live-updates-a69640 https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/USDRUB:CUR My Russian Stories https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TNLgFNBS_jURlZiqkdZfYjG6DoGiYbcwcdn1e-62rUM/edit Rising Oil Prices Lift Russian Ruble and Stocks The latest on how the ruble and Russian stock markets are reacting to the coronavirus. Updated: March...- ronwagn Replied
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EU Fights Dollar Dominance
The European Union has convened a wide-ranging industrial group to work on promoting the euro and fighting the monopoly of the U.S. dollar in...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Trump Talks Trade With China As Project Linked To His Company Gets Chinese Business - CNN Money
President Donald Trump is negotiating with China on trade while the Trump Organization is involved in a deal linked to a Chinese developer. A...- rainman Replied
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To Survive, Maduro Gives up Control of Oil
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/08/world/americas/venezuela-oil-maduro.html To Survive, Venezuela’s Leader Gives Up Decades of Control Over Oil Faced with a severe economic crisis, the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, is letting foreign...- ronwagn Replied
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february 26 I wrote: "Scenario oil <25$/b: think hard to get prepared"
Remember? 12 days ago I wrote about, what happend today: the worst case. - Meanwhile, I have sold all papers containing oil. So, start...- Wolfgang Horn Replied
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FBI Director: Russia Continues to Sow Discord In The U.S.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday that Russia continues to use fake news, propaganda and covert operations to “spin up” Americans on both sides...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Theresa May Wants To Extend The Brexit Transition
Brexit transition period, by the government sources, is indefinitely beyond December 2020. It's obvious how PM T. May has many different kind of problems...- Pavel Replied
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Putin Offers to Help America on Oil
So, now Putin has offered to help America with regard to oil prices ... Does anyone see a problem with that?- russia
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US 4th of July; a time of reflection
This year, America reaches its 4th of July day in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. The 4th is America's big day, the date...- Jan van Eck Replied
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He Saved Maduro? Putin Says He Hopes Venezuela Talks Will Normalize Situation
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Norway-brokered talks between Venezuela’s government and the opposition would normalize the situation in country and...- 50 shades of black Replied
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Theresa May to Step Down
To quote one of my all-time favourite movie lines, "AND THEN?" Serious question, how is this going to help anything? Another serious question, when did...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Retaliation: Iran Launched Missiles on Eastern Syria
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Monday that it launched ballistic missiles into eastern Syria, targeting militants the force blames for a recent attack on...- damirUSBiH Replied
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'Vaccine Nationalism': Is It Every Country For Itself?
It’s dog eat dog in the world of COVID-19 vaccines. That’s the fear of global health agencies planning a scheme to bulk-buy and equitably...- Adam Varga Replied
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Bezos Unseats Gates On Forbes Rich List As Trump Slumps Over 200 places.
As Trump slumps down Forbes annual list of billionaires, Bezos rises to the top. Trump’s net worth fell by $400 million last year, causing...- Pavel Replied
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12 Quotes That Signal Democrats Are Primed To Impeach Trump
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Democracy and Regime: Iranian Woman Gets 20 years In Prison For Removing Her Obligatory Headscarf In Protest
An Iranian woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf out of protest in December says she has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Shapark...- ThunderBlade Replied
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"Reset" Of Relations Between Two Countries? Mike Pompeo Arrives in Pakistan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday at a time when relations between the two countries have sunk to a...- damirUSBiH Replied
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Could Syria War Alliances Get Any More Complex?
So, now we learn that Assad has been aiding the Syrian Kurds to fight the Turks ... Keeping in mind that the Kurds are...- Kate Turlington Replied
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Brent Crude trades above $30 a barrel for first time in almost a month ...
Brent Crude trades above $30 a barrel for first time in almost a month ...Brent Crude trades above $30 a barrel for the first...- geopolitics
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Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro closes border with Brazil
Starting Thursday evening, Venezuela is closing its border with Brazil, President Nicolas Maduro has announced. He added the same measure may apply to the...- ThunderBlade Replied
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From bad to worse: Latin America And The Year That Was And The Year To Come
Without any doubt, 2019 will be a crossroad for many Latin American countries. Let’s paraphrase Shakespeare and Hamlet: To be, or not to be?...- latin america
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Planning for a Panic-demic : Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
2010 document. Seems relevant to the current Covid-19 Panicdemic. 5 MB PDF link is here: https://web.archive.org/web/20100701154450/http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/bba493f7-cc97-4da3-add6-3deb007cc719.pdf A 1 MB compressed version of the PDF is also attached at the...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Prince MBS Mystery
I hadn't noticed, but apparently, MBS has not been seen in public since April 12. Speculation abounds, with Iran quick to start a rumor...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Carbon Tax war brewing in Ontario
Yesterday, Jun 7, 2018, the electorate in Ontario handed a stunning defeat to the Liberal Party, which had run the place as a personal fiefdom...- Jan van Eck Replied
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MBS trying to pretend it's all business as usual post purge
Now that he's 'freed' some business elite who cut 'settlement' deals for more money to fill royal coffers, MBS is trying to let the...- mbs
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Boris Johnson as UK leader- Gap With EU Is Going up
Brussels is bracing for Boris and Brexit. According to AP, Three decades ago, journalist Boris Johnson wrote stories for London’s Daily Telegraph playing up...- Pavel Replied
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Iranian Regime Refuses Cooperation For Peace In The Region!
Just three day after official visiting of French foreign minister to Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said how Tehran refused any dialog with...- damirUSBiH Replied
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