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India and Israel- Gas Pact. What Will Iran Say?
Opening a co-operation in this field raises the question of the economic reactions coming from Iran to India. Iran and India have worked hard...- Pavel Replied
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Nigeria on warpath against foreign oil
Nigerian oil minister is saying the country lost over $20 billion in 20 years to foreign oil companies not holding up their commitments to...- LAOIL Replied
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Donald Trump decides to fight Covid 19 with censorship
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/03/media/fauci-network-tv-appearances/index.html Americans will keep on dying, and more and more will be dying, but they will just have to do so quietly, not to jeopardize...- Yoshiro Kamamura Replied
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Man Arrested in Saudi Arabia after Woman Feeds Him
I see the reforms are going well. Egyptian man was arrested because a colleague fed him some bread. In the office. She's almost completely covered...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Brexit Party Leader Farage Says He Will Run In Next Election
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said on Sunday he would run for a seat in Britain’s Westminster parliament in any upcoming... -
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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Eurozone GDP Data Confirm First-Quarter Growth Slowdown
Economic growth in the eurozone cooled in the first quarter to the weakest pace since mid-2016, according to figures released on Thursday that confirm...- ThunderBlade Replied
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Canada Feds declare war on Doug Ford and the Conservatives in Ontario, opening salvos
Now that Doug Ford and the Conservatives demolished the Ontario Liberal Party, grinding it into the dust, from 57 seats down to 7, the...- carbon pricing
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China does Middle East big time!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-arabstates/chinas-xi-pledges-20-billion-in-loans-to-revive-middle-east-idUSKBN1K0072. And the contest for the conquering of Middle East just got much more interesting. Enter China..- jose chalhoub Replied
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Top Political Risks and Geopolitics News for Oil and gas this week
This week's top global oil and gas news intersected with political risks worldwide: 1.) President Donald Trump announced U.S. decission to reimpose sanctions on...- geopoliticalrisk
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Watch All the 'Think Tanks' Line Up to Reject Further Saudi Influence Money
Loving watching all those think tanks squirming uncomfortably when (though it's pubic knowledge) they have to refuse to accept any more Saudi money to...- saudi arabia
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In August China produced 27% more steel than all other countries combined and US is the only country that could lead global effort to stop this.
Per yesterday’s data from World Steel Association global production of steel in August 2019 was 156.0 million tons, including China 87.3 million ton, whole...- Marcin Replied
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Don't expect Libya to disrupt oil supply glut this year, or next
I really don't think the on-and-off fears of Libyan oil production further upsetting the oil supply glut are founded in any way. There's no...- Seleskya Replied
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I’m Treating Too Many Young People for the Coronavirus
Americans in their 20s and 30s—no matter how healthy and invincible they feel—need to understand how dangerous this virus can be. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/young-people-are-not-immune-coronavirus/608794/ ..... Late in the night,...- Yoshiro Kamamura Replied
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IMF Warns of Recession round the Corner
IMF has just released a very upbeat World Economic Outlook but has warned recession can hit sooner than many expect. "The next recession may be closer...- imf
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A Double Standard?
Okay, over the past few days Trump has been vilified for supposedly throwing ‘the Kurds’ to the Turkish wolf by pulling out roughly 1000...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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Israel, Saudis in Secret Alliance against Iran
The latest non-news that everybody suspected but was never confirmed has just been confirmed. I wonder how this would sit with the rest of...- israel
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Europe Moves To Safeguard Interests In Iran After U.S. Pullout
Europe’s heavyweight economies took steps on Friday to safeguard their interests in Iran, seeking to keep the nuclear deal with Tehran alive after Washington...- Pavel Replied
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What Happens if Saudis Try to Go Nuclear?
I think one of the most pressing geopolitical issues we should be considering right now is whether the Saudis will really try to go...- saudi arabia
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Libya Producing 1 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day as Country Remains in Chaos
Libya is producing around 1.05 million barrels of per day (bpd) of oil, with much of it being exported abroad, primarily to Europe. However, the country’s oil output has been...- CMOP Replied
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The demise of petrocaribe
PETROCARIBE, a mechanism created during Chavez's heydays and which seemed to be a geopolitical tool leveraging on the use of oil to the Caribbean...- oil
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A Global Challenge Needs a Global Response
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/geopolitics-in-the-corona-era-a-global-challenge-needs-a-global-response-a-4d46818c-3619-4f93-834c-29a19780fec3 Geopolitics in the Corona Era A Global Challenge Needs a Global Response We need redundant supply lines for all critical products that we rely on....- ronwagn Replied
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UK Blames Russia for NotPetya
"An assessment by the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has found that the Russian military was almost certainly responsible for the ‘NotPetya’...- notpetya
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How the Iran Sanctions Drama Intersects with OPEC-Plus
While I don't agree with some of Pepe Escobar's views, I do enjoy reading his articles on global issues. Good food for thought. Without further comment, I...- iran
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Alberta Elections
I'd appreciate input from anyone on site, so to speak. I read the conservatives are in the lead.- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Vladimir Pozner: How the United States Created Vladimir Putin
Quote On September 27, 2018, Yale's Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the acclaimed...- Tomasz Replied
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