In the 2nd week of August Donald Trump managed to get a lot of eyes from the world looking at his ‘telenovella’ or American soap.
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The New York Times from July 11 – July 17
July 11 Ukrainain soldiers salvaging parts from a Russian armoured vehicle. The British military recently estimated the number of dead Russians at 25,000.Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times Russia seeks recruits for its war in Ukraine Russian forces desperately need new soldiers. Already, the government is using what some analysts call a “stealth mobilization”Continue reading “The New York Times from July 11 – July 17”
If France can lower the prices at the pump, why not Belgium?
Opposition party PVDA demands that the Belgian government should reduce excise duty and prices and levy a tax on excess profits.
Bloomberg main messages for 11-17 July 2022
July 11 In the end, the anger on the streets of Sri Lanka finally breached the security, tear gas and rubber bullets that had helped President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to hold on to power. The defining images that surrounded his resignation this weekend were of people jumping into the presidential pool, rifling through medicine cabinets, and helpingContinue reading “Bloomberg main messages for 11-17 July 2022”
Bloomberg looking at the Balance of power June 23
The Group of Seven summit or G7 facing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the ensuing economic and humanitarian fallout.
Stories the Week brought to you from 2022 June 09 – June 15
From Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee hearings and Republicans exploring possible bids for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination throwing their hats in the ring even if former President Donald Trump runs, gun-control rallies across the U.S., The Week looking at flooding in Yellowstone and the disappearance of British journalist Don Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in a part of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest near the borders with Colombia and Peru.
Stories the Week brought to you from 2022 June 02 – June 08
June 02 Goats are giving firefighters in Northern California an assist Firefighters in West Sacramento, California, have a not-so-secret weapon in their arsenal: goats. Lots and lots of goats. The city regularly uses hundreds of goats to clear out weeds, high grass, and other dry brush that could easily go up in flames. The goatsContinue reading “Stories the Week brought to you from 2022 June 02 – June 08”
How to defuse the ‘carbon bomb’ crisis
As the Guardian’s new ‘climate bombs’ series shows, there are 195 gigantic oil and gas projects underway around the world that would each result in at least one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over their lifetimes, in total equivalent to around 18 years of current global emissions.
2022 March 21-31 according to the Week
Looking at what happened in 2022 March 21-31 in review by The Week
Electric cars are no quick fix in this ‘fossil fuel war’
Russia’s brutal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has seen the US ban oil imports from Russia and forced a scrambling Europe to put together a plan to quickly wean itself off Russian oil and gas
Some View on the World 