New research by think tanks Ember and Global Witness has found that at current prices, the EU’s projected natural gas demand for 2030 could cost €250 billion ($263 billion) more than the European Commission originally estimated. Europe is so reliant on gas that even cutting Russian supplies still means governments …
Read More »Australia’s hefty price for AUKUS
The focus of Australia’s reinvigorated friendship with the UK and US exposes the true purpose of the new partnership: global military expansion and buy-in on Cold War 2.0. It’s nothing to do with making the world a better place. In past years, treaties were often a force for good. A …
Read More »Florida passes law to impose hefty fines on tech giants that deplatform politicians
Under SB 7072, tech giants like Facebook and Twitter will be prohibited from “permanently” blacklisting a candidate running for political office. Fines of $250,000 per day will be issued for knowingly deplatforming a candidate for statewide office, while $25,000-per-day fines will be imposed for banning other office-seekers. The bill only …
Read More »Moscow issues hefty fines to US state-run media RFERL for failure to declare ‘foreign agent’ status on material aimed at Russians
Roskomnadzor, the country’s press regulator, announced on Wednesday that a court had ruled in its favor over charges brought against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL). In a statement, the agency said that it had been fined “for the lack of labelling of information disseminated on the websites of foreign media …
Read More »Women pirates, forced to tremble with fear hefty merchants. Photo
They were feared by the captains of other ships. At the mention of the pirates in the head usually brings forth images of a bearded man in a cocked hat with a bottle of rum in one hand and a sword in the other. However, the glory dashing explorers and …
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