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9. 1. 2023 No Responses

Dozen Dead, Over 100,000 Without Power In California

A moisture conveyor belt of atmospheric rivers continues to pound storm-battered California as the latest system could be the most severe yet. Power outages plague Northern California, as a dozen people have died across the Golden State in the last two weeks...

8. 1. 2023 No Responses

Rumor: Challenger 2 tanks for Ukraine

As another escalation and another extension of the war by several hours up to 10 Challenger 2 MBTs will be considered by the UK for supply to Ukraine. This will be the first time Western tanks have entered the war...

7. 1. 2023 No Responses

China’s Petro-Yuan Ambitions

Credit Suisse’s Zoltan Pozsar said the de-dollarization of the global oil industry is in full swing–even if we can’t see the final end game from here. Some 40% of proven oil reserves belonging to OPEC+ members is owned by Russia,...

6. 1. 2023 No Responses

FDA approves controversial new Alzheimer’s drug

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in mild and early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA approval of the drug, Leqembi, also known as lecanemab, comes...

5. 1. 2023 No Responses

Baltic Index Crashes Most On Record

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index crashed on Tuesday in the worst decline on record, sinking on prospects of a global recession. Baltic Dry Good Index is a measure of global shipping and economic health. The overall index,...

4. 1. 2023 No Responses

88% Of New Cars Sold In Norway Are EVs And PHEV

According to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), electric cars accounted for 79 percent of new passenger car registrations in 2022, and 87 percent when including plug-in hybrids. For some contrast in the United States, electric vehicles excluding hybrids ac...

30. 12. 2022 No Responses

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its legal opinion on the Zionist regime’s occupation of Palestinian territories.

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly voted on the resolution on Friday. Eighty-seven countries voted in favor of the resolution against 26 negative votes cast by the Israeli regime, the United States, its oldest and strongest ally, and 24 others,...

29. 12. 2022 No Responses

ExxonMobil Sues EU Over Investment-Destroying Windfall Profit Tax

ExxonMobil Corp. is suing the European Union on the grounds that the 33% windfall tax will hinder investment. Exxon’s chief financial officer Kathryn Mikells said the tax could cost $2 billion between now and the end of next year. Exxon Mobil...

28. 12. 2022 No Responses

SpaceX Launches Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Into New Low Earth Orbit

Falcon 9 launches 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit; completes SpaceX’s 60th mission of 2022. Starlink has launched the first batch of next-generation satellites into orbit early Wednesday to add even more broadband capacity to the network. Around 04...

27. 12. 2022 No Responses

China Starts Work On The World’s Largest Desert-Based Renewable Energy Project

China has broken ground on a renewable energy project worth an estimated $11 billion in the province of Inner Mongolia. According to a Bloomberg report, the project will have a capacity of 16 GW and produce some 40 billion kWh of...

26. 12. 2022 No Responses

5 North Korean UAVs flew into South Korea

On the morning of December 26th, several North Korean UAVs crossed the demarcation line dividing the Korean peninsula and entered the airspace of South Korea. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of South Korea, several...

23. 12. 2022 No Responses

Russia Close To Legalizing International Trade In Bitcoin, Crypto

Russia’s Congressional finance committee chairman, Anatoly Aksakov, said the country is moving to greenlight international trade in cryptocurrency within the next month, according to a report by national news agency TASS. “In January, we want to legali...

EU Imposes The World’s Largest Carbon Tax Scheme

22. 12. 2022 No Responses

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