Russia has warned the United States against equipping the Ukrainian military with Patriot air-defense missile systems, saying such a move could lead to “unpredictable consequences.” “An information campaign has been launched in the United States about alleged preparations for sending cutting-edge air-defense systems to Kyiv,” Russia’s embassy in Washington said in a Dec. 15 statement….
Moscow Warns US Against Sending Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine
December 15, 2022
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H&M Shares Drop as September–November Sales Fail to Impress
COPENHAGEN—Shares in H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, fell 4.5 percent in early Thursday trade as a 10 percent rise in net sales in the September–November quarter failed to match a recent pick up in some analysts’ expectations. H&M, which has struggled to keep up with bigger rival Zara, last month became the first big…
US Experts Worried About China Cornering Market for Old-Gen Chip Technology
December 15, 2022
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With Chinese firms increasingly focusing on boosting the production of older generation chips, experts in the United States and the Western world more broadly, are worried about the development posing a significant international security threat. Older generation chips are still critical for various technologies. For instance, 28-nanometer chips have been in use since 2011 in…
Australian Officer Awaits Decision After Hearing Into ‘Sling Tackle’ During Pandemic Protests
Acting Sergeant Beau Barrett, 37, may need to wait months before he faces trial for a “sling tackle” at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station last year that left Daniel Peterson-English allegedly with facial injuries and unconscious. The Melbourne Magistrates Court held a three-day committal hearing after Acting Sergeant Barrett was charged with assault and recklessly causing injury….
Living a Leftist Dream
Commentary “When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing; they then become capable of believing in anything.” (Anon, but ascribed to G. K. Chesterton). “… it is not possible to pierce the mystery of the religious mind, the religious conscience of another, with the sword of logic.” (Eugenio…
CNY Mainly ‘Internationalized’ in Offshore Hong Kong
December 14, 2022
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Commentary Recently, Xi Jinping of mainland China visited Saudi Arabia, arousing speculation of some new deals to be done. Specifically, some nationalists expect a substantial portion of Saudi oil exported to China to be settled in the Chinese Yuan (CNY) rather than the U.S. dollar. Such wishful thinking is obviously self-defeating by looking at the…
Shell Suspends Deals in Response to Australian Government’s Energy Price Controls
December 14, 2022
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Global energy giant Shell has suspended talks to supply gas to Australian businesses in response to the federal government’s contentious move to cap the wholesale price of gas and coal—effectively cutting into the profits of energy companies—an action supposed to lower retail prices for households. Shell’s move comes amid a wave of opposition from energy…
Kyiv Cracks Down on Ukraine’s Moscow-Linked Orthodox Church
Recent weeks have seen Kyiv crack down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which shares historical links with the Russian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Moscow. Claiming the UOC harbors pro-Moscow sympathizers, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has raided several church buildings and monasteries and detained an indeterminate number of Orthodox clergymen. Ukrainian President…
US Military Creates New Space Force Unit in South Korea Amid North’s Threat
The United States Space Forces Korea (USSFK) formed a unit in South Korea as the two allied nations seek to further synchronize space operations in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command region, the agency announced on Wednesday. In a press release on Dec. 14, USSFK said Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion will lead the new program, which is…
New Zealand Places Lifetime Tobacco Ban on Young People in World-First Law
New Zealand has passed its world-first legislation that bans young people from buying tobacco for life as it aims to make the country “smoke-free” by 2025. The laws prohibit all young people born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, from buying tobacco for life, meaning the minimum age for buying a pack of smokes will…
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