The head of a U.S. oil industry association warned that the Biden administration is wantonly draining the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a bid to keep Democrats afloat ahead of the 2022 midterms. “This is the first time in history, honestly, that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been used as a campaign credit card to buy…
Biden Draining Strategic Petroleum Reserve Like ‘Campaign Credit Card’: Industry Official
Trump Offers to Mediate a Peace Deal Between Russia, Ukraine, and US
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to step in to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, citing the recent damage that was reportedly done to the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines. The pipelines, which Trump wrote have been “SABOTAGED,” could lead to a “major escalation” between the United States, Russia,…
Russia Claims Victory in Ukraine Polls Amid Allegations of Pipeline ‘Sabotage’
Four Ukrainian provinces have overwhelmingly voted to join the Russian Federation, official Russian sources announced on Sept. 28 following five days of polling. Most western capitals describe the polls as a “sham” and say they will not recognize the results. According to Russian media, 99 percent of voters in the Donetsk region voted in favor…
Ukraine Polls Wrap Up Amid Widening Policy Fissures in Europe
Referendums in four Russia-held regions of Ukraine wrapped up on Sept. 27 amid warnings from Kyiv that Ukrainian citizens who took part in organizing the polling could expect to face jail time. “We are talking about hundreds of collaborators,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhailo Podolyak said. “They will be prosecuted for treason.” The vote, which began…
Ukraine Refugees Push German Population to All-Time High
BERLIN—Refugees arriving from Ukraine have helped drive Germany’s population to its highest level, the Federal Statistical Office said, with more than 84 million people now living in the European Union’s most populous country. In a report issued on Tuesday, the Federal Statistics Office said that the population had grown by 1 percent, or 843,000 people,…
Droughts, Ukraine War Push Global Grain Stocks Toward Worrying Decade Low
September 27, 2022
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CHICAGO—The world is heading toward the tightest grain inventories in years despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine, as the shipments are too few and harvests from other major crop producers are smaller than initially expected, according to grain supply and crop forecast data. Poor weather in key agricultural regions from the United States to…
Medvedev Raises Spectre of Russian Nuclear Strike on Ukraine
LONDON—An ally of President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday outlined the scenario of a nuclear strike on Ukraine, saying that the U.S.–led NATO military alliance would be too scared of a ‘nuclear apocalypse’ to directly enter the conflict in response. Dmitry Medvedev, a former president who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said…
John Robson: Gap Between ‘Social Justice Warrior’ and ‘Warrior’ Sums Up Canadian Military’s Recruiting Crisis
September 26, 2022
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Commentary It doesn’t seem so long ago that you could say “social justice” bears the same relationship to “justice” as “social worker” does to “worker,” and warn that integrating female soldiers into front-line combat would devastate military effectiveness. Nowadays such things are taboo. But the Canadian military’s recruiting crisis suggests a lingering gap between “social…
Kazakhstan Refuses to Recognize Russia’s Referendums in Occupied Ukrainian Territories
Kazakhstan has stated that it will not recognize Kremlin-organized referendums in four occupied regions in Ukraine aimed at annexing territory to Russia, despite being a close ally of Russia. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aibek Smadiyarov said Monday that Kazakhstan’s stance on the referendum is consistent with “the principles of territorial integrity of states, their sovereign equivalence…
Ukraine Polls Enter 4th Day Amid Escalating Rhetoric From Russia, US
Referendums now being held in four Russian-held regions of Ukraine entered their fourth day on Sept. 26, amid continued denunciations by the West that the move represents the de facto “annexation” of the territories by Russia. The polling, which began on Sept. 23, will decide whether residents of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson…
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