Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The NATO-sponsored 2023 “Alliance of Democracies” polls in 53 countries found that the country that in 2022 had the highest percentage marking “Disagree” with “their country has limited freedoms too much during COVID” was China. The country where the “Agree” percentage on that was the highest was India. The question […]
Blinken’s reaction, priceless. Biden calls Xi a dictator. Trudeau warns Israel. Cameron in Kiev. U/1 Topic 1150
Kit Knightly Last week the United Nations Development Program officially launched their new initiative promoting “Digital Public Infrastructure” (DPI) around the world. The “50in5” program – so-called because it aims to introduce DPI in fifty countries in the next five years – began with a live-streamed event on November 8th. For those of you unsure …
By Rhod Mackenzie For the past five months, Russian oil has been traded above the $60 price limit set by Western nations. This oil is transported by numerous parties including Greek shipping companies and tankers that have lacked Western registration and insurance. As a result, Russia’s monthly income has exceeded the amount of the previous […]
By Rhod Mackenzie The current state of the liquefied gas (LNG) spot market is relatively placid compared to their usual seasonal conditions. Whilst the outdoors are still warm, the subterranean storage facilities throughout Europe and Asia are brimming with gas and poised for the imminent winter. The demand for LNG in both continents has increased […]
20 years ago in the civil war in Bosnia, hundreds of Arab jihadists came to join Bosnian Muslims fighting against their neighbours the Serbs and Croats. Grouped into secret fighting units in Central Bosnia, this was the first time in centuries Jihad had been fought against a Western, Christian enemy. Two decades later Bosnia is still reaping the consequences. In the past month ISIS declared the Balkans the next front of Jihad - and in remote mountain villages extremists are flying the ISIS flag.
source You probably don’t know that off the coast of Gaza sits $453 billion in natural gas. But you probably CAN guess why many observers who do know about these deposits are suggesting that Israel’s interest in driving the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip may have more to do with money than religion or […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Among the 524 U.S. pollsters that are rated at fivethirtyeight.com, Marist College gets an “A” rating, and ranks as #9, near the very best in its accuracy. On November 15th, the Marist College poll headlined “The Looming Government Shutdown: NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll”, and reported that, Half of Americans (50%) […]
