It is one thing to write the news, and it is another thing to touch it, to become part of the story, even if in just the smallest of ways. Certainly, living in Russia, the Pariah Nation of the Planet, at least according to the West, draws its own share of curiosity about what life […]
An interesting piece on an agreement brokered by President Trump between Serbia and Kosovo. This comes to our attention from our friends at www.OrthoChristian.com, and we reprint in part their piece:
It may be a surprise to learn that the decades-old arch-rivals, the US and the Russian Federation, actually do have very significant military agreements that they abide to, even as the media meltdown over Russiagate tries its best to convince viewers and readers that “the Russians are coming.” Well, the Russians are here, and they are conducting aerial photography of our most secure military installations from close up. Open Skies is one such example.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia are nearing an agreement on Syria for how they hope to resolve the Arab country’s civil war once the Islamic State group (ISIS) is defeated, officials said Thursday.
If clinched, the deal was expected to be announced by President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vietnam on Friday, four U.S. officials said. The United States has been reluctant to schedule a formal meeting for the leaders unless they have a substantive agreement to announce.
President Donald Trump announced June 1, 2017, that he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord, keeping a campaign promise many had hoped he would abandon.
During a White House press conference, Trump said he was open to renegotiating aspects of the agreement. But France, Germany, and Italy said they considered the accord “a cornerstone in the cooperation between our countries, for effectively and timely tackling climate change” that could not be renegotiated. [1]
The agritech world got a lot bigger this week when German chemical giant Bayer inked an agreement to acquire Monsanto for $66 billion in cash. The 2 companies had been bickering for months, and this was the 3rd refurbished offer. In the end, Bayer agreed to pay $128 per share, up from the company’s previous offer of $127.50. [1]
The agreement makes it the largest all-cash deal on record.
Markus Manns of Union Investment, one of Bayer’s top 12 investors, said:
