Romania said it scrambled fighter jets late Saturday after its military detected a Russian drone inside its airspace just days after Poland said it shot down drones from Russia near its border region.
Tag: geopolitics
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INDONESIA’S PRESIDENT MOVES TO APPEASE PROTESTERS AFTER DEADLY CLASHES OVER INEQUALITY
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who has recently faced major protests over frustrations about the country’s inequality, has moved to remedy the crisis by attempting to meet some of the key demands by the demonstrators.
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NATO USES ALLEGED RUSSIAN DRONE INCURSION IN POLAND AS EXCUSE TO INTENSIFY WAR RHETORIC
NATO members used Poland’s engagement with Russian drones near its border last week as an example of why it needs to fortify its defenses in its eastern flank after Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, said the incident is the “closest we have been to open conflict” since the end of WWII.
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WAR IS BIG BUSINESS: MILITARY TECH STARTUPS IN EUROPE SEE BIG INVESTMENTS
Investments in European companies that focus on military technologies have seen a significant acceleration since the start of the Ukraine War as countries turn to surveillance and drone warfare to counter what they see as a looming threat from Russia.
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AS FORECAST: UKRAINE STRIKES MAJOR OIL REFINERY IN RUSSIA
Ukraine launched another drone attack on Russia in the overnight hours Saturday into Sunday and struck the Kirishi refinery in the Leningrad region, which produces 355,000 barrels of crude per day and is one of the country’s most important oil refineries.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER: FRANCE HIT WITH ‘BLOCK EVERYTHING’ PROTESTS OVER SPENDING CUTS
Hundreds of thousands of protesters across France clashed with police and attempted to interfere with normal traffic over the government’s plan to cut €44 billion in spending to rein in its ballooning budget deficit and debt load.
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PUTIN WARNS THAT WESTERN TROOPS IN UKRAINE WILL BE LEGITIMATE TARGETS
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned last week that Western troop placement inside Ukraine before there’s a peace deal would immediately become targets for his military as the war drags on with no end in sight.
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LONDON ARRESTS 890 DURING RALLY TO SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION
London continued its crackdown on support for the anti-genocide group called Palestine Action and arrested 890 at a rally in Parliament Square on Saturday that included at least 1,500 demonstrators.
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CHINESE PRESIDENT XI: WE’RE #1
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted leaders from 26 countries last week—including Russian President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—and his focus was to galvanize support in standing up to the collective West and use their economic power to their advantage.
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CHINA SHOWS U.S. MILITARY WHO’S BOSS DURING MILITARY PARADE
The Chinese government showcased some of its most advanced weapons last week during a military parade that was attended by President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, and Washington should take note: the Pentagon would get smashed in a conventional war against Beijing over Taiwan, as we have long said.