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Contradictory: Euro Zone Takes Step To Deeper Integration, Key Issues Unresolved
European Union leaders took a step toward deeper euro zone integration on Friday to help prevent future crises, but deep disagreement left key issues...- 50 shades of black Replied
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Sane Take on the Russia-Ukraine Case
Stories like this one are so rare they are precious, so I had to share it. No paranoia, no fear-mongering, and, outrageously, presenting both...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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COP24 conference in Poland's coal capital
Representatives of almost all the countries on the planet are gathering in Katowice, Poland, for the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the...- Guillaume Albasini Replied
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Sanctions Push Iran to Advance Crypto Efforts
US sanctions accelerate Iran’s blockchain drive I'm the last person to claim they understand anything about blockchain and cryptocurrencies but this sounds like a serious...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Congrats: 4 journalists and a newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year
Time magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for what it said was standing up...- rainman Replied
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Trump accuses Google Of Hiding 'Fair Media' Coverage of him
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Google’s search engine was hiding “fair media” coverage of him, without providing evidence, and said he would...- rainman Replied
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Venezuela assumes the presidency of OPEC. Consolation prize.
Venezuela will assume from January 2019 the presidency of OPEC as a mere symbolic consolation prize ( of course its known that it corresponds...- jose chalhoub Replied
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Feudalism: The Most Resilient System?
It's still the 99% pretty much dependent for their livelihood on the 1%. So, call it however you like but I think we're still...- political system
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Qatar Leaving what is the effect on prices
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/world/middleeast/qatar-withdraw-opec.html will this affect oil pries to go down ?- Udara Hemachandra Replied
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I Believe I Can Fly: Proposed U.S. Space Force Budget Could Be Less Than $5 Billion
The proposed U.S. Space Force, a new military service backed by President Donald Trump, could have an initial budget of less than $5 billion,...- us
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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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Iran Hopes Iranian-EU Oil Trade Mechanism To Start Working By Year-End
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Hopes-Iranian-EU-Oil-Trade-Mechanism-To-Start-Working-By-Year-End.html#join-discussion A breaking news article that shows what Trump's the greatest mistake of his presidency will be using the $ as a weapon and that it...- jaycee Replied
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Bloody Money: MbS As a Star On The G20
"Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told him about plans to scale up investments in India’s tech,...- 50 shades of black Replied
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China Changes Tack in South China Sea
China has offered joint exploration for oil and gas to Brunei. Could be a step in the right direction. If Brunei Takes China’s Energy Deal,...- china
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Macron at a crossroads with rising riots and protests over gasoline and nuclear
In recent days, President Macron of France has had to face interesting though critical unrests from both the consumers of gasoline and at the...- jose chalhoub Replied
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ZOMG RUSSIA ! PANIC ! ! ELEVENTY ! ! !
Normally I don't quote entire articles, but this is a Panic Service Announcement (and a gentle ribbing). My comment at the bottom, after the article. The...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Germany, EU at Each Other Throats on Migrants, Brexit
EU ON BRINK: Germany unleashes Brexit burden WARNING as migration row erupts I'll leave this here without any comments, shall I?- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Pompeo: Trump Is Shaping New 'Liberal' Order To Block Russia, China, Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat promised on Tuesday a new democratic world order in which Washington will strengthen or jettison international agreements as...- pinto Replied
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Saudi Arabia plans to physically cut off Qatar by moat, nuclear waste and military base
The Hatfields and McCoys of the Middle East are at it again. Saudi Arabia is going ahead with plans to turn Qatar into an island,...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Lebanon’s Economy Faces Stark Choice: Reform Or Collapse
Lebanon marked 75 years of independence with a military parade Thursday in Beirut, but many anxious Lebanese feel they have little to celebrate: the...- lebanon
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Is China an Emerging Market?
This from one of my favourite journalists covering "sensitive" countries such as China and Russia. Last for today, I promise!- china
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The effect of an EMP attack on America.
Should we be concerned about the effect of an EMP attack on America? Why or why not? I think we should very concerned about...- ronwagn Replied
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Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin
Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at this weekend's G-20 summit, citing Moscow's military tensions with Ukraine. The president’s...- Stormysaga Replied
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Deutsche Bank Raided in Laundering Probe Going Into 2018
Deutsche Bank's head office and other locations in Frankfurt were raided by 170 police officers and tax investigators on Thursday as part of a...- deutsche bank
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Trump & Xi meeting-before and after
Seems like U.S. stocks remained lower at midday Thursday focusing on this weekend meeting between U.S. President Dondald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The U.S.-China trade...- Stephen Replied
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US Senate votes to punish Saudi Arabia
Defying President Trump, senators sent a strong signal Wednesday they want to punish Saudi Arabia for its role in the slaying of journalist Jamal...- Guillaume Albasini Replied
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Vicious Circle: European Politicians Call For New Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine
Senior politicians from Germany, Austria, Poland and Estonia on Tuesday raised the possibility of new EU sanctions against Russia to punish it for capturing...- 50 shades of black Replied
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Argentine Might Charge MBS with War Crimes
"Argentine authorities are looking into possible criminal charges against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia as he prepares to attend an international...- saudi arabia
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And this?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/trump-warns-brexit-agreement-could-threaten-future-us-uk-trade-deal.html- Specyoulator Replied
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