September 2021 archive

War In Syria Heating Up Again, Prompting Tense Putin-Erdogan Summit War In Syria Heating Up Again, Prompting Tense Putin-Erdogan Summit On Wednesday Russia’s Vladimir Putin met with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in their first face-to-face summit in a year-and-a-half, also as tensions soar between the two countries on Syria policy. Their meeting in Sochi was lengthy, lasting about …

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Russia Scrambles Su-27 Jet To Escort US Spy Plane Away From Crimea Border Russia Scrambles Su-27 Jet To Escort US Spy Plane Away From Crimea Border Russian state media is reporting Tuesday a fresh incident between Russian and US aircraft over the Black Sea. The incident began when Russian radars detected an inbound foreign military …

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Erdogan Defiantly Says "Of Course" Turkey Will Buy More Russian S-400 Missile Defenses Erdogan Defiantly Says “Of Course” Turkey Will Buy More Russian S-400 Missile Defenses In a rare CBS interview which aired Sunday on “Face the Nation”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his intent to purchase another round of Russian S-400 air defense systems, after …

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Mercedes-AMG Boss Says V-8 Engine Will Be In Demand For "Next Ten Years" Mercedes-AMG Boss Says V-8 Engine Will Be In Demand For “Next Ten Years” Mercedes’ parent company Daimler has proposed tens of billions of dollars in battery-electric vehicle development between 2022-2030 and could go fully electric by the end of the decade. The …

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The Problem Is Not Just Xi Jinping; It Is Communism The Problem Is Not Just Xi Jinping; It Is Communism Authored by David Flint, op-ed via The Epoch Times, To communists and their ilk, the truth is whatever line the party is now promulgating – that is, until it is superseded by a new line. …

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"Immunity As A Service" – The Snake-Oil Salesmen & The COVID-Zero Con “Immunity As A Service” – The Snake-Oil Salesmen & The COVID-Zero Con Authored by Julius Ruechel via Julius Ruechel.com, The Snake-Oil Salesmen and the COVID-Zero Con: A Classic Bait-And-Switch for a Lifetime of Booster Shots (Immunity as a Service) If a plumber with …

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Lithuania Tells People To Throw Away Chinese Smartphones Due To "Cybersecurity Risks" Lithuania Tells People To Throw Away Chinese Smartphones Due To “Cybersecurity Risks” Lithuania’s National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) released a new report Thursday urging consumers to throw away their Chinese smartphones due to cybersecurity and censorship risks.  NKSC, which is part of the Defense Ministry, …

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UK Strikes Emergency Deal With CO2 Producer To Restart Operations Amid Shortage UK Strikes Emergency Deal With CO2 Producer To Restart Operations Amid Shortage US company CF industries will restart carbon dioxide (CO2) production this week at one of its two shuttered UK plants after the government offered financial support. CF closed both plants last week after …

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IEA Demands Russia Deliver More Gas To A Reeling Europe IEA Demands Russia Deliver More Gas To A Reeling Europe Over the weekend, Morgan Stanley’s global energy head Martijn Rats shared comprehensive yet streamlined analysis of what happened in 2021 that has sent many commodity prices, including Europe’s nat gas and electricity prices, surging to …

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A 'Cup Of Joe' Is About To Get A Whole Lot More Expensive A ‘Cup Of Joe’ Is About To Get A Whole Lot More Expensive Robusta coffee prices continued to soar to record-highs this week as concerns deepen over the outlook from Brazil, the world’s top producer.  “Cheaper robusta-coffee beans, used widely in instant-coffee …

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