Reports emerged last week that the US would lift some sanctions against Venezuela, including those against at least one individual and the resumption of operations for US and European oil companies in Venezuela. This news was later confirmed by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. The US is reportedly easing sanctions …
Read More »EU states offer Russian gas to neighbors – media
Germany and Greece are poised to send more gas to Poland and Bulgaria after Russia’s Gazprom halted supplies this week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing market and port data. According to data posted by the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator, orders for gas to flow through the pipeline …
Read More »EU urges India and neighbors to ditch Russia trade
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged India to drop its trade in oil and gas with Russia, insisting that such business is not “sustainable.” She spoke while in the South Asian country for a multinational conference. The fighting in Ukraine, which has not spilled over into any …
Read More »Ankara works with EU neighbors amid drifting naval mine alert
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said his country was working with Romania and Bulgaria after several drifting naval mines were recently discovered in the Black Sea. Russia accused Ukraine of laying hundreds of obsolete floating mines in order to prevent it from seizing its ports. “The mines are detected …
Read More »US doesn’t want Iran to have missiles. Some of its neighbors are fine though
Recent news reports, based on analysis of high-resolution photographs, conclude that Saudi Arabia has purchased from China the technology necessary to manufacture solid-fuel ballistic missiles. This news comes at a time when the US is seeking to ratchet the pressure up on Iran in an effort to compel it to …
Read More »US asks Afghanistan’s neighbors to shelter its ex-employees who fear Taliban retaliation after troop pullout – media
Afghanistan’s neighbors Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Kazakhstan, may shelter as many as 9,000 Afghans qualified for the so-called Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program. It is meant for people who worked for the US government or the NATO-led coalition that invaded Afghanistan two decades ago and now face retribution …
Read More »Guinea’s neighbors ‘not ready’ for resurgent Ebola, says WHO, as risk of cross-border transmission ‘very high’ in West Africa
“There are six neighboring countries to Guinea, and we conducted an assessment of readiness. Two of the countries are not ready and one is borderline and there are three countries more or less ready,” WHO Regional Emergency Director Abdou Salam Gueye said on Friday, by videoconference from Guinea. Guinea, which …
Read More »Trump may face EVICTION from Mar-a-Lago as officials consider bid by ex-president’s neighbors
Non-employees of Mar-a-Lago are not allowed to stay at the resort for more than seven consecutive days or three weeks, according to an agreement Trump signed upon converting what was then a private residence into a members-only club in 1993. However, Palm Beach’s own lawyer, John Randolph, put forth a …
Read More »Trump may face EVICTION from Mar-a-Lago as officials consider bid by ex-president’s neighbors
Non-employees of Mar-a-Lago are not allowed to stay at the resort for more than seven consecutive days or three weeks, according to an agreement Trump signed upon converting what was then a private residence into a members-only club in 1993. However, Palm Beach’s own lawyer, John Randolph, put forth a …
Read More »‘Like Communist East Germany’: UK minister chided for urging people to spy on neighbors for breaching Covid restrictions
The minister has encouraged people throughout the UK to report anyone not complying with a new regulation that came into force overnight which has quickly become known as the ‘rule of six’. It bans social gatherings of more than six people if they’re not from the same household, and violators …
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