It has been revealed that officials in the Green Party-led German Economy Ministry intentionally ignored and falsified expert opinions to suppress the support for extending the lifetime of the last three nuclear power plants (NPP) operating in Germany. At the time, faced with the prospect of severe power shortages after the German government abruptly decreed an end to imports of […]
Read moreAfter the U.S. Congress finally passed the supplemental war budget of $61 billion for Ukraine last week (cf. SAS 17/24), Kyiv’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed the vote, but told London’s The Guardian (april 24) that it was simply not enough. “No single package can stop the Russians”, he said. “The West has to realize the era of peace in […]
Read moreAn Israeli-Palestinian settlement will not bring peace to the region unless there is also a peace agreement with Syria, where Israel still occupies the Golan Heights, and Lebanon. In addition, a rapprochement between the United States and Iran is required. A Southwest Asia peace conference would then be in order. Not one modeled on the abortive 1992 Madrid Peace conference, […]
Read moreIt was reported by major news media that representatives of both Hamas and Fatah (Palestinian Authority) were in Beijing on April 26 to discuss cooperation on forming a unity government and putting an end to the slaughter in the territories. Many actors in the region have urged the Chinese to play a more active diplomatic role in the region, in […]
Read moreSabino Vaca Narvaja, who served as Argentina’s ambassador in Beijing from April 2021 to Dec. 10, 2023, has just completed a working trip to five Chinese cities, during which he discussed exciting plans for continued bilateral cooperation among academic, cultural and communication institutions, despite President Javier Milei’s insulting and offensive behavior toward China’s leaders. Notable was his meeting in Shanghai […]
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