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Lithuania’s new PM says allowing Taiwan’s de-facto embassy was ‘maybe too brave’
VILNIUS, July 14 – New Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius said on Tuesday the 2021 decision to allow Taiwan to open a de-facto embassy in the country was “maybe too brave” as he sought to repair relations with China on h…
Futures Mixed Ahead Of CPI And Warsh Testimony, As IBM Sinks, Bank Earnings Fizzle
US stocks are struggling for direction as traders waited to buy the dip on a busy day that kicked off with Wall Street earnings whichwith JPM, BofA, Goldman, Citi and Wells all reporting. Kevin…
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Red Sea: a hinge between West Asia and Horn of Africa
When commercial ships started bypassing the Red Sea due to attacks from Yemen’s Houthis, the immediate consequences could be felt thousands of kilometres away in the form of higher freight charges, slower supply chains and ships taking the longer rout…
Switzerland takes part in EU initiative for Gaza
The Swiss Confederation is taking part in an EU initiative for Gaza
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Switzerland is taking part in an initiative aimed…
Alliances Duel To Reshape Middle Eastern Energy
As the fighting in the Persian Gulf expands, competition between major region-adjacent powers, including Turkey and Pakistan, is plain to see. While Iran is attacking the U.S., Israel, Kuwait, the UAE, and other Gulf states, the Sunni bloc led by Turk…
Futures Slide, Oil Surges As Iran War Returns, Chip Stocks Tumble As Korea, SK Hynix Crash
US equity futures are lower on a combination of US/Iran escalation (which is feeding inflationary concerns) and a violent crash in South Korean stocks (which saw SK Hynix plunge by 15% overnight, the most on record, and unironically follows its re…
Pollution kills hundreds of fish and crayfish in Swiss stream
Hundreds of fish and crayfish have died in a stream in Frauenfeld, TG
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Several hundred fish and crayfish have died in …
What Trump, Putin and others will make of him
Beneath the surface, however, US officials are already pressuring the Burnham team to form a government to their liking. While they have the aforementioned concerns about Miliband, they are hoping for continuity in British foreign policy leadership, w…
Lindsey Graham tributes from Israel and Ukraine point to complicated, often bloody legacy
It was revealing that one of the first tributes to Lindsey Graham, a US senator who died on Saturday aged 71, came from Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, a far-right provocateur who recently caused widespread anger by sharing footag…
Quote of the day by Ho Chi Minh: ‘Write in such a way that you can be understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women’ and why simple words have the power to change the world
‘Write in such a way that you can be readily understood’
In 1962, a team of structural engineers faced a serious problem at the newly built international terminal of an American airport.…
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