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☆ Israeli and Iranian strikes transform Middle East geopolitics
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Israel and Iran have now thrust the Middle East into a dangerous new era by erasing the taboo against overt military strikes on one another’s territory. Most immediately, the ball is in Iran’s court after Israel conducted strikes near the city of Isfahan early Friday. Initial reports suggest that the action was limited and, according to US officials, did not target Iranian nuclear sites in the area. Hours before the Israeli strikes, for instance, Iran had warned that any Israeli attack would be met with a robust response. “I do think it sends a message to Tehran that really they are more vulnerable to Israeli strikes than they would like to admit,” Davis said.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, John Kennedy, Netanyahu, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden’s, it’s, Antony Blinken, Donald Trump, ” Aaron David Miller, ” Israel, they’d, Malcolm Davis, CNN’s Michael Holmes, ” Davis, Israel – Organizations: CNN, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s, Cuban, Israel, American, Hamas, Republicans, Democratic, US, Australian Strategic Policy Institute Locations: CNN — Israel, Iran, Isfahan, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Damascus, Gaza, United States, Washington, Italy, Lebanon, Tehran

☆ A potential first-of-its-kind fighter jet purchase could be a sign Saudi Arabia isn't happy with what it's getting from the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a large number of French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets. In July, Germany announced it would not allow additional Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to be delivered Saudi Arabia. The Saudi air force's 72 Eurofighters are its second most numerous fighter type behind its US-made F-15s. Bandar Algaloud/ReutersIn the near-term, Saudi Arabia may find Rafales more burdensome than beneficial, given its extensive investment in US and British aircraft. A Saudi Air Force F-15 taxis for takeoff at King Faisal Air Base in February 2021.

Persons: France's, Toni Anne Barson, Sebastien Roblin, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Joe Biden, Roblin, Salman, FAYEZ NURELDINE, Ryan Bohl, RANE, Rafales, Jamal Khashoggi, Bohl, Justin Bronk, Katherine Walters, Paul Iddon Organizations: Dassault Rafale, Saudi, Service, Privacy Policy, France's La Tribune, Eurofighter Typhoon, United Arab, La Tribune, French Dassault Rafale, Saudi Eurofighter Typhoon, Getty, East, NATO, Bandar Algaloud, Reuters, British, Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal United Services Institute, Saudi Air Force, King Faisal Air Base, US Air Force, Staff, Rafale, Washington Locations: Saudi Arabia, British, Riyadh, Wall, Silicon, Privacy Policy Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, French, Provence, Washington, Yemen, Iran, China, France, AFP, London, Russia, North Africa, NATO, United States, Bandar, Croatia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Greece

☆ The new Trump indictment takes aim at his closest allies. They can save themselves by flipping against him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The new indictment against Donald Trump refers to six unindicted co-conspirators. The last time a prosecutor tried flipping people close to Trump, it didn't go too well. According to the new federal indictment against him, brought by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith, Trump had six criminal co-conspirators. Smith is also overseeing a separate prosecution against Trump and two alleged co-conspirators related to the ex-president's hoarding of government documents. The Manhattan district attorney's office charged Weisselberg and the Trump Organization with a litany of white collar crimes in 2021.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith's, Donald Trump didn't, Jack Smith, Trump, Joe Biden's, isn't, fervid Trump, Smith, Sarah Krissoff, It's, Cozen O'Connor, Rudy Giuliani, baselessly, Sidney Powell, Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Ted Goodman, Trump —, — Mayor Giuliani would've, Trump's, Goodman, Andrew Kelly Giuliani, He's, he's, Powell, Clark, Bill Barr didn't, Eastman, Chesebro, wasn't, Krissoff, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Stormy Daniels, Bragg, Daniels, Cyrus Vance Jr, Prosecutors, Allen Weisselberg, Michael M, I've, Weisselberg, Michael Cohen, Mary Altaffer, they'd Organizations: Service, Justice, Trump, West, Trial, Justice Department, CNN, — Mayor, Former New York City, REUTERS, Twitter, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney, Trump Organization's, Former Trump Organization, Fox News, Trump Organization, New York Attorney, AP, Department, Republican, FBI, DOJ Locations: Trump, Wall, Silicon, Washington, DC, Manhattan

☆ Christopher Nolan and the ‘Oppenheimer’ cast discuss the atomic bomb and its chilling echoes today: ‘Humanity can only deal with one apocalypse at a time’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Thomas Page David Daniel | Thomas Page | David Daniel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It would have seemed inconceivable then, but the atomic bomb did fade out of mind. And it’s precisely at this moment that Christopher Nolan is asking audiences to look it soberly in the eye. As the name suggests, Nolan has taken on the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific genius and conflicted godfather of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy as godfather of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer." But even if a war involving a nuclear power hadn’t erupted in Europe in 2022, Nolan believes “Oppenheimer” contains crossover anxieties.

Persons: CNN —, Dimitri, Stanley Kubrick’s, Strangelove, Christopher Nolan, ” Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Nolan, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer, –, Robert Oppenheimer ”, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin, “, “ We’re, ” Murphy, McCarthy, Kitty, Emily Blunt, Jean Tatlock, Florence Pugh, Chris, Matt Damon, Leslie Groves, Spielberg, Ryan, ’, Chris Nolan, Robert Downey Jr, Lewis Strauss, Damon, it’s, ” Cillian Murphy, Melinda Sue Gordon, Universal Pictures Nolan, Murphy, Universal Pictures Kubrick, There’s, ” Downey, Knight ”, there’s, ” “ Oppenheimer ” Organizations: CNN, Manhattan, U.S . Atomic Energy Commission, Universal Pictures, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Trinity Locations: Cambridge, Russia, Ukraine, New Mexico, Europe

☆ Opinion: Apple Vision Pro augmented reality could change the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Opinion Rizwan Virk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —It’s not surprising that Apple’s debut Monday of its $3,499 Vision Pro headset integrating virtual and augmented reality was greeted with mixed reactions, including skepticism, criticism and even lampooning. Each previous incarnation of a headset that immerses the wearer in a virtual world (called virtual reality, or VR) or lets wearers see their surroundings with virtual objects overlaid on them (augmented reality, or AR) started with overhyped expectations only to flame out. I am also doing my doctoral research on the history of virtual and augmented reality (known together as “extended reality”). These apps will be available to Vision Pro users as well. It’ll do anything your Mac or iPhone can do — and more.”And that’s why I believe that over time Apple’s Vision Pro will actually make science fiction scenarios of ubiquitous computing a reality.

Persons: Rizwan Virk, CNN — It’s, Rizwan, Tom Cruise’s, ’, Mark Zuckerberg’s, Tiago Amorim, Adrees Latif, I’m, Cathy Hackl, Samantha Kelly, I’d, Bob Iger, Tim Cook, CNN’s Kelly, Ivan Sutherland, Apple, ”, Cook, “, you’ll, Tom Cruise Organizations: Labs, MIT, Physics, Eastern, Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures, Twitter, CNN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Samsung, Sony, Reuters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apple, VR, Vision, Disney, Facebook Locations: Brazil, Manhattan , New York

☆ Jobs of the Future: ChatGPT, AI Will Create Careers That Need Humans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Paris Marx | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Automation technology has ushered in a fleet of secret workers behind screens, machines, and smiling robot faces. On the AI side, tools like ChatGPT have been used to write real articles and take college exams. Truck drivers are still in high demand, and self-driving technology is nowhere near replacing human jobs. The human behind the curtainAmid the fear-mongering about a robot takeover, people often miss the degree to which machines still require human workers in order to function. Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesThese technologies are often deployed to de-skill work — jobs are broken down into more specific tasks and can be done with less training.

/USThe dollar index fell 0.21% from one-month highs, while the Japanese yen gained 1.21% to 131.08 per dollar after unusually strong Japanese wage data. The Australian dollar bolted 1.02% higher after its central bank reiterated further increases would be needed. Asian stocks stabilized overnight after they, like most global share markets, suffered steep losses following that U.S jobs data. Oil prices climbed more than 3% after Powell eased market concerns over rate hikes, while recovering demand in China also boosted prices. Gold eked out gains, tracking a slight pullback in the dollar, as investors mulled comments by Powell and the outlook for the Fed's rate-hike policy.

European stocks have vastly outperformed their U.S. peers. The euro STOXX (.STOXXE) benchmark has beaten its U.S. peer, the S&P 500 (.SPX), by over 18 percentage points since September. "It's a very big move in European gas prices and that has dramatically improved the outlook. "Lower gas prices are surely a positive, but their rapid fall also tell us that they can rise just as fast should things go wrong. A closely watched index of European corporate credit (.MERER00) has seen its yield fall nearly 50 basis points this year.

☆ Davos 2023: Germany's Scholz upbeat on energy, warns on deglobalisation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In an upbeat speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Scholz highlighted efforts to get over the energy crisis unleashed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the swift creation of liquid natural gas terminals. These terminals will help replace Russian pipeline gas that used to account for half of Germany's gas imports. Critics say that Germany might not have faced a major energy crisis if it had taken such measures to diversify supply before the war. "It shows: Germany can be flexible; we can be unbureaucratic; and we can be fast," Scholz said. Scholz warned however against the danger of deglobalisation that hung like "a sword of Damocles" over the world.

☆ It's hard to see what an avowed far-right militant 'would be doing much differently' than Elon Musk with his Twitter policies, extremism expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Berger, a researcher on extremism and extremist movements on social media, explained what constitutes extremism and how Musk fits into the right-wing extremist ecosystem. Elon Musk wouldn't be considered a right-wing extremist, right? It's hard to say if he's an extremist, but he is most definitely implementing policies that favor extremism. Is Elon Musk just bad at his job and unintentionally letting these right-wing extremists through or is it more sinister than that? There's a mythology of the center that the far right advances and that is the mythological center that Elon Musk is interested in promoting.

Emerging economies started hiking before the Fed, and quickly, partly because their currencies had weakened against the dollar, raising funding costs and importing inflation. That had quickly fed through to prices, especially energy and some food commodities that are generally traded in dollars. "Total reserves in the emerging markets had fallen by over $400 billion, down 7%, this year as of September." ECB & BOJAt the ECB, the Fed's signal bolsters an already strong case for more measured rate hikes after back-to-back 75 basis point moves and eases growth concerns. Slower Fed rate hikes also help the Bank of Japan, whose ultra-low rates have been criticised for fuelling a sharp yen decline that inflates the cost of imports.

☆ Nomura warns seven emerging economies face currency crisis danger
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Nomura has warned that seven countries - Egypt, Romania, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Czech Republic, Pakistan and Hungary - are now at a high risk of currency crises. Based on data from 61 different EM currency crises since 1996, Nomura estimates that a score above 100 indicates a 64% chance of a currency crisis in the following 12 months. Default-stricken Sri Lanka and currency crisis-regular Turkey both generate scores of 138, while the Czech Republic, Pakistan and Hungary notch 126, 120 and 100 respectively. Nomura also ran the Damocles model on the G7 group of leading economies, with the results showing that all but Japan now have Damocles scores above the 100 threshold, led by the United States and Britain. "It is somewhat surprising that there have not been more full-blown EM currency crises this year," Nomura added.

☆ The UN has said nuclear war is 'back within the realm of possibility.' Here are the places in the US most likely to be hit in a nuclear attack.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Alex Lockie | Abbie Shull | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier in the year that nuclear war is "back within the realm of possibility." A Russian nuclear attack would likely focus on high-value targets in North Dakota or Montana. Even if every single US intercontinental ballistic missile silo, stockpiled nuclear weapon, and nuclear-capable bomber were flattened, US nuclear submarines could — and would — retaliate. Brooke Buddemeier/Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe US has strategically positioned the bulk of its nuclear forces, which double as nuclear targets, far from population centers. Update: This article was originally published in 2017 but has since been updated and re-published amid concerns that the war in Ukraine could escalate to nuclear war.

Capacitatea unui râu de a curge într-o direcție a fost tot timpul exploatată de om. Apa râurilor, mai ales a fluviilor, a fost utilizată tot mai des odată cu construcția morilor de apă. Ca urmare a construcției hidrocentralei, a fost format un lac de acumulare (principal), poreclit „Marea Galicia”. Scandalul centralelor hidroelectriceÎn 2016, în Ucraina a fost adoptat Programul guvernului de dezvoltare a energiei hidroenergetice până în 2026. În acel moment, nu a existat disponibilitatea Moldovei și a fost corect asta.

Persons: ., Valeriu Munteanu, Ilia, Munteanu, Filat, Maia Sandu, Volodimir Organizations: Hidrocentrala, Novodnestrovsk, Convenția Europeană, Comisia, Organizației Națiunilor Unite, Convenția, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunii Europene Locations: URSS, Republica Moldova, Ucraina, Moldova, Ucrainei, Republicii Moldova, Ucrainean, omonim, Cernăuți, Galicia, Novodnestrovsk, Nistru, . Nahoreanî, Vinița, Dubăsari, Ivano - Frankivsk, Ternopil, Hotin, Moldovei, Kiev, Suediei, Ilia Trombițchi, Naslavcea

Capacitatea unui râu de a curge într-o direcție a fost tot timpul exploatată de om. În perioada sovietică, a fost planificat un complex de hidrocentrale, menit să regleze debitul apei pentru a preveni inundațiile, dar și de a produce energie electrică. Ca urmare a construcției hidrocentralei, a fost format un lac de acumulare (principal), poreclit „Marea Galicia”. Scandalul centralelor hidroelectriceÎn 2016, în Ucraina a fost adoptat Programul guvernului de dezvoltare a energiei hidroenergetice până în 2026. În acel moment, nu a existat disponibilitatea Moldovei și a fost corect asta.

Însă interesele din jurul centralelor existente și cele planificate ar putea avea efecte devastatoare, atât pentru oameni, cât și floră și faună. Râul Nistru are lungimea de 1362 de km și curge pe teritoriul a două state – foste membre ale URSS – Republica Moldova și Ucraina. Ca urmare a construcției hidrocentralei, a fost format un lac de acumulare (principal), poreclit „Marea Galicia”. Scandalul centralelor hidroelectriceÎn 2016, în Ucraina a fost adoptat Programul guvernului de dezvoltare a energiei hidroenergetice până în 2026. În acel moment, nu a existat disponibilitatea Moldovei și a fost corect asta.

☆ Vi se fură cu camioanele, dar vi se dă cu punguța, vă plimbă cu trenuțul sau vă dau huța în scrânciob
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-13 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +28 min

Dacă și au fost, acestea au fost foarte repede acaparate de pseudopatrioți, care au executat ordinele generate de muribundul stat sovietic. Este atâta minciună în spațiul mediatic, încât instrumentul, deocamdată de neînlocuit al democraţiei – alegerile, a fost grav deteriorat. Vi se fură cu camioanele, dar vi se dă cu punguța și vă plimbă cu trenuțul sau vă dau huța în scrânciob. Ce posibilități are el să denunţe acțiunea şi să vadă că, într-adevăr, dacă a denunțat, cazul a fost soluţionat? Odată ce crima organizată a putut să se infiltreze mai sus, a corupt și a pus mâna pe întreg sistemul.

Persons: Victor Munteanu, Luca Filat, Putin, Vi, Munteanu, Moraru, Serghei Sîrbu, Sergiu Sîrbu, poliţia, Plahotniuc, ., . Or, George Soros, . Ea, Şor, Luminița Organizations: Fundația Soros Moldova, Uniunii Europene, Fundația Soros, Soros Moldova, US Locations: Moldova, sovietic, România, Europa, Prut, Nistru, URSS, sovietică, Abhazia, Osetia de Nord, Nagorno - Karabah, Ucraina, Donbas, Crimeea, Transnistria, Rusia, Belarus, Statele Unite, Moldovei, scrânciob, Poliţia, Orhei, poliţiştii, SUA, justiţie, Britanice, R.Moldova, Elveţia, Italia, Britanie, Londra, Uniunii Sovietice, repoziționarea

☆ VIDEO/ „În 25 de ani, am asistat doar la distrugerea justiției”. De vorbă cu magistratul Ion Cotea despre un sfert de secol din viața sa
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +16 min

E dezastru… Și e puțin spus dezastru. „Am avut și succese, și insuccese, și stare de depresie, de multe ori fiind dezamăgit. Nu vreau să critic, dar undeva, din punct de vedere organizatoric, Procuratura a fost ridicată deasupra judecătorului. Ce fel de justiție vom avea, atâta timp cât o parte care participă în procesul de înfăptuire a justiției o ridicăm deasupra judecătorului? Nu numai că a fost corupt, dar a fost impus, pentru că mulți judecători depind de dânșii, pentru că au fost promovați și slujesc intereselor.

Persons: Ion Cotea, Judecătorul, Cotea, ., Poți, Damocles Organizations: Magistraturii, CSM, Comunitatea Europeană Locations: Moldova, Judecătoria Cahul, Cahul, ., n.r, Judecătoriei Cahul, comunist, Procuratura

☆ Armenia ii este datoare Azerbaidjanului peste 1 trilion de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-25 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +9 min

Armenia ii este datoare Azerbaidjanului peste 1 trilion de dolari30 de ani trăiesc ilegal pe teritoriile azere. Inamicul a comis o crimă de război și a fost deja instruit să calculeze daunele provocate, pentru a se asigura că acestea sunt înregistrate. Apropo, prin decretul fostului președinte al Armeniei Serzh Sargsyan, Sirmakes a fost numit consul general în Franța și a primit Ordinul de merit pentru Patrie. Acest lucru a fost afirmat de șeful departamentului de investigații speciale al Parchetului Militar Emil Tagiyev. Dreptul internațional umanitar, Convențiile de la Haga și Geneva oferă, de asemenea, baza urmăririi penale a persoanelor și a funcționarilor, dacă nu a statelor.

Persons: Armenia ., Aliyev, elvețian Vartan, Valery, Artur Mkrtumyan, Vartan Sirmakes, Franck Muller, Armeniei Serzh Sargsyan, Sirmakes, Emil Tagiyev, Hajiyev, El, Natig Jafarli Organizations: Franck Muller Group, Armeniei Serzh, ONU, Banca Mondială, Curtea Europeană, Drepturilor, Europene, Armeniei Locations: Armenia, Azerbaidjanului, azere, Azerbaidjan, Karabah, armeană, Elveția, Franța, jefuita, Armeniei, Azerbaidjanul, Armenia statului azer, Nagorno, CEDO, Moscova, Republica Armenia, Haga, Geneva, Republicii Azerbaidjan, Moldova

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