European countries are actively buying up liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative to Russian pipeline supplies, depriving poorer countries that cannot compete for the fuel due to high prices, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the publication, the price of LNG has skyrocketed 1,900% from its …
Read More »Feeding on tragedy: Ex-Blackwater boss Erik Prince squeezes profit from mad scramble at Kabul airport, charging $6.5k for escape
The message is clear to those trapped in Kabul: if you’re looking to escape, get on a flight this minute before it’s too late, and the urgency in that command is music to the ears of notorious military contractor Erik Prince. Because, according to news reports, he’s charging desperate, terrified …
Read More »Snapchat down as frantic users scramble to reboot app & 100,000+ outages reported
A flurry of problems were reported on the site on Thursday, with outage tracker DownDetector showing nearly 130,000 complaints at their peak. Snapchat’s support team assured that it is “aware of an issue preventing some Snapchatters from logging in,” requesting that users “hang tight” as it works on a solution. Patience was apparently a …
Read More »Accident in orbit! Cosmonauts scramble to right TILTED space station after new Russian module Nauka takes ISS for a spin
Roscosmos announced the docking of ‘Nauka’ on Thursday, the first new Russian component of the ISS in over a decade, which replaced the 20-year-old ‘Pirs.’ Around 16:45 GMT, however, the module’s thrusters began to fire, pushing the ISS about 45 degrees out of its normal rotation. As the station began …
Read More »American Airlines cancels hundreds of flights as US air carriers scramble to handle resurgence in travel demand
American canceled 180 flights on Sunday, or about 6% of its service, and 543 flights were delayed, according to Flightware.com data. That followed 123 flight cancellations and 591 delays on Saturday. The carrier has already canceled 97 Monday flights and 54 for Tuesday – numbers that are likely to grow …
Read More »A new scramble for Africa? Events in Ethiopia show how America and China are fighting a proxy war for influence on the continent
It’s been a weekend of extraordinary developments in Washington’s relationship with Ethiopia, which have also been of a contradictory nature. On Saturday, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) secured a contract with a consortium of companies to fund the country’s 5G network, on the condition the money isn’t used …
Read More »Democrats scramble to denounce Trump’s Kenosha visit plan, claiming he’s ‘literally pitting American against American’
Trump will be making his way to Kenosha on Tuesday, according to the White House, to assess damage from the riots that followed the death of Blake, and to speak to law enforcement agents, who have been the target of criticism from protesters objecting to the shooting. Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor …
Read More »Behind-the-scenes scramble for raw materials went into the hot phase
The draft law Ministry on establishment of the state Corporation “Rosshelf” criticized the Ministry of energy and Ministry of natural resources, writes “Kommersant”. Officials of the departments found the idea of Deputy Prime Minister and presidential envoy to the far Eastern Federal district Yuri Trutnev on the establishment of the …
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