The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault....
When it was reported on the radio news yesterday they said “jumped into the engine”. I cannot find anything else to confirm if that’s true. Either way it’s horrific.
For a few years now I’ve thought that the food industry will feature as the next controversy as tobacco has been. Years ago I read an article about High Fructose Corn Syrup, its history and its negative effect on the liver. I can’t find the original but this one comes close. Ever since I’ve avoided HFCS.
The bottom line is that these ingredients are produced to make food production cheaper but at the expense of a healthy diet. Industry sector lobbying helps these ingredients to the market.
There was a time that the UK government had China involved in the development of a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C. They corrected their mistake.
Competition was always going to happen it was just a question of when and to what degree. The established car makers weren’t going to sit around and watch Tesla take their market share. But the rise of Chinese car manufacturers hitting the EV market has been swift and brutal. These are huge companies that are generally unheard of in the West such as BYD.
Edit, the link is almost a year old so I suspect figures have changed a fair bit since.
Here in the UK the price of a delivered newspaper is as high as £3.40 midweek (The Financial Times).
Your typical weekly rag could set you back between £7.80 to £22 per week.
The last time I bought a newspaper was about 10 years ago and that was to light a fire! Yet I avoid pay wall as I do not feel I’m getting as much as a physical paper.
After being dismissed from his position as English-language government spokesperson, Eylon Levy launched a new crowdfunding campaign on the JGive website in order to fund a private international advocacy project under his leadership, which will promote his and other spokespersons’ independent public diplomacy efforts. Four...
I can see hundreds of small businesses going under along with thousands of jobs because of these stupid import tariffs and fees. Yet they dress it up and justify it as something good. That income stream will dry up damn quickly when the imports stop along with exports.
Brexit has been a vote to repeatedly punch ourselves in the face.
It’d be interesting to know what percentage of those that voted for Brexit actually knew what the Customs Union was. I suspect incredibly low. Yet Brexit got through on jingoism, populism and downright lies, oh and greed.
Israeli and foreign human rights groups have documented a long history of snipers firing on unarmed Palestinians, including children, in Gaza and the West Bank....
The whole event of 7th Oct, as horrendous as it was, is now completely and utterly overshadowed by these evil events in Gaza. The whole thing is deplorable on both sides. This is pure evil.
Levy’s suspension follows a tweet, in response to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, that ‘there are NO limits on the entry of food, water, medicine, or shelter equipment into Gaza, and in fact the crossings have EXCESS capacity’
Russia will use this as bargaining for Russia to be allowed to compete under their flag rather than the individual neutrals that’s has been previously agreed and lob some cruise missiles at Odessa when everyone is watching the 100m final.
In all likelihood Russia will continue its murderous campaign on the region Olympics or not.
The thing is that Russia Ukraine is history repeating itself.
Finland was invaded by the Soviet Union (pretty much Russia so I’ll refer them as Russians) in 1939 resulting in the Winter War . This started Nov 1939 and ended in March 1940.
The Finnish put up one hell of a fight that caught out the Russians despite their superior numbers and military strength. It was the intention of the Russians to take over the whole of Finland but they suffered large losses.
The outcome resulted in Finland conceding land bordering Russia and signed the Moscow Peace Treaty. .
This is why Finland was reluctant to join Nato until now. Finland now in Nato is a big thing when you look at the past.
Consequently, Finland has a military that is finely honed to take on a Russian invasion.
This Trump, Orban, Putin triangle makes me think of the TV series The Handmaid’s Tale where the US slides into civil war and global isolation. Instead of the Sons Of Jacob you have Trump.
Seriously, if Trump is besties with Orban and he beats Biden to the Whitehouse the US is heading for very dark times.
Kotak’s CEO says Indians should work 84 hours a week (hellobanker.in)
Burek King loses battle for the crown to Burger King - SWI swissinfo.ch (www.swissinfo.ch)
US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say (apnews.com)
The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault....
Person dies after falling into jet engine at Schiphol airport (www.theguardian.com)
Aircraft operated by KLM was preparing to depart when incident occurred at busy Amsterdam hub...
“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes wild conspiracy theory about Slovakia PM’s shooting: ‘No wonder they shot him’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage | BBC News (www.bbc.com)
China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns (news.sky.com)
MPs will be told of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence later today, targeting service personnel....
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with British weapons, UK’s Cameron says (www.politico.eu)
UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’...
Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand (www.theverge.com)
Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls (www.theatlantic.com)
Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Israeli advocacy star Eylon Levy launches private public diplomacy project (www.ynetnews.com)
After being dismissed from his position as English-language government spokesperson, Eylon Levy launched a new crowdfunding campaign on the JGive website in order to fund a private international advocacy project under his leadership, which will promote his and other spokespersons’ independent public diplomacy efforts. Four...
President Javier Milei fires 24,000 government workers in Argentina: ‘No one knows who will be next’ (english.elpais.com)
## Public sector employees denounce that the cuts will put many state functions on hold...
Russia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset (www.reuters.com)
Food price fears as Brexit import charges revealed (www.bbc.com)
The government has revealed how much companies will have to pay to import foods from the EU due to Brexit....
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli and foreign human rights groups have documented a long history of snipers firing on unarmed Palestinians, including children, in Gaza and the West Bank....
Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid (www.bbc.co.uk)
Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes (news.sky.com)
Chocolate prices could soar as changing climate patterns worsen cocoa crisis (news.sky.com)
Pouria Zeraati: Iranian journalist shares defiant photo of himself from hospital bed after being stabbed in London (news.sky.com)
Russia has questions to answer over response to Moscow terror attack (news.sky.com)
The West has the capability to halt Putin's brutal war - but does it have the resolve? (news.sky.com)
Finnish authorities detect sulphur-like smell in Helsinki region (www.reuters.com)
France to send old armoured vehicles, new missiles to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Passport checks for air travellers lifted as Bulgaria and Romania join EU's Schengen (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine says Russia fired 16 missiles, 11 drones overnight (www.reuters.com)
Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription (www.reuters.com)
Philippines' Marcos boosts maritime security as China tension rises (www.reuters.com)
Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine (apnews.com)
France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge (apnews.com)
IMF confirms increasing Egypt's bailout loan to $8 billion (apnews.com)
Putin wants Berlin assassin Vadim Krasikov. but prisoner swap is murky (www.bbc.co.uk)
Chance Perdomo: British-American actor, 27, dies in motorcycle accident (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Brazilian farm workers exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient (www.bbc.co.uk)
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)
Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Israel government spokesman Eylon Levy suspended after comments about Gaza aid (www.haaretz.com)
Levy’s suspension follows a tweet, in response to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, that ‘there are NO limits on the entry of food, water, medicine, or shelter equipment into Gaza, and in fact the crossings have EXCESS capacity’
Russia will be asked for ceasefire during Olympics, Macron tells Ukraine interviewer (www.reuters.com)
Don’t rule out troops to Ukraine, Finnish FM says (www.politico.com)
Trump's plan to end the Ukraine war is to totally cut off funding, says Putin's closest EU ally (www.businessinsider.com)
Trump “will not give a penny” more to Ukraine if he becomes president, Hungary’s prime minister said....