June, 2022

• 25 June

  President Sheikh Mohamed welcomes Jordan’s King Abdullah to Abu Dhabi

  

  King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Abu Dhabi on an official visit on Thursday. He was welcomed by the President, Sheikh Mohamed, at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The leaders discussed increasing ties between the two countries at Qasr Al Shati Palace, where Sheikh Mohamed wished Jordan’s people continued progress, …

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• 25 June

  IS kills 9 pro-regime fighters in east Syria

  

  The ISIS terrorist group has killed nine pro-regime fighters in one day in eastern Syria, a war monitor said Thursday, the latest in a spate of attacks in the area. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring organization with a wide network of sources on the …

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• 25 June

  Lebanese billionaire Mikati picked to form new govt

  

  Lebanon’s lawmakers designated incumbent Prime Minister Najib Mikati to form a new government Thursday, more than a month after parliamentary elections that yielded no clear majority. The 66-year-old billionaire, who had been widely expected to keep his job, secured 54 votes during parliamentary consultations, giving him a clear edge over …

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• 25 June

  How America Can Feed the World

  

  To Prevent a Global Food Crisis, Expand the Lend-Lease Program The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and thrown global financial markets into chaos. But without serious international action, Moscow’s war will lead to another deepening crisis: worldwide hunger. Both Russia and Ukraine are …

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• 25 June

  Sudan: The Genocide No One Talks About

  

  Civilian institutions are concerned that Sudan’s new puppet government is simply a cover for the return of Bashir and that, although he is in prison, he is behind every development in the Sudanese government. This, apparently, is also the conviction of El Nur. He notes with distress that the massacres …

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• 25 June

  Szczyt sojuszników Putina. Tu nikt go nie potępia. Czy to groźne dla Zachodu?

  

  Rozpoczynający się w środę szczyt krajów BRICS to dowód, jak bardzo iluzoryczne jest patrzenie na świat przez pryzmat euroatlantyckiej bańki. Poza nią istnieje rzeczywistość polityczna oparta na zupełnie innych wartościach. Przywódcy Chin, Brazylii, RPA oraz Indii spotykają się już po raz 15. Gospodarzem, tym razem wirtualnie, jest reżim w Pekinie, …

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• 25 June

  The Ukraine War In Historical Perspective: The Shadow Of Barbarossa

  

  June 22, 2022 is the 81st anniversary of the launch of Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, when fighting on a massive scale truly began in the Second World War. It was the largest military campaign in the history of humanity. This date is being especially …

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• 25 June

  Neoliberals Don’t Like Free Markets, But They Want You To Think They Do

  

  It was very frustrating to read Noam Scheiber’s profile of Jaz Brisack, the person who led the first successful union organizing drive at a Starbucks. Brisack does sound like a very impressive person and it is good to see her getting the attention her efforts warrant. However, Scheiber ruins the …

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• 25 June

  Who Is A Primary Winner In Emerging Food Crisis?

  

  Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, international grains prices, especially wheat, corn and sunflower, have soared. The circumstance has abruptly aggravated the already serious shortage of grains due to frequent droughts and other adverse climatic variations, now developing into a global food crisis. According to the U.N. World Food …

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• 25 June

  From 1980s Debt Crisis to Crypto Era, Financial Stability Monitoring Is Always Evolving

  

  Twenty years ago, the IMF released its inaugural Global Financial Stability Report to strengthen surveillance of financial markets after a series of crises in emerging market economies and the dot-com bust. This semiannual publication by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department has since evolved through years of seismic shifts in …

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