Germany/Tajikistan: Jailed after Deportation
A year ago Germany deported to Tajikistan an activist from that country’s exiled opposition movement who had been living in Dortmund since 2009. What happened next…
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War in Europe: Reading the tea leaf’s, hearing the warnings & ignoring the obvious
A Pole, a German, a Frenchmen, and a Swiss meet in a bar, or was it a Swiss, a French, a German, and a…
Panama Papers reveal Abbas’ son’s $1 million stake in company tied to PA
PA President’s son Tareq Abbas also holds positions in other ventures incorporated by offshore company. Leaked documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca reveal…
Four Ministers replaced in new government of Kazakhstan
President Kassym-Joomart Tokayev approved the new government of Kazakhstan under the leadership of Olzhas Bektenov. The names of the ministers were published on primeminister.kz….
Toby Keith: Country Music Legend Dies Aged 62
Toby Keith, a major country music star who sold tens of millions of records, has died at the age of 62 “[He] passed peacefully…
Canada Mining Firm Cuts 4,000 Jobs After Panama Rejection
Canadian firm First Quantum Minerals said Friday it was laying off more than 4,000 workers after a court prohibited it from operating the largest…
Mexico Detains 2 Iranians Being Monitored by FBI
5 Iranian nationals were detained in total, alongside Haitian driver Mexico’s immigration agency said Friday its agents have detained two Iranians who they say were…
Panama Gov’t Orders First Quantum to End Mining Operations, Country Unit Says
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s trade and industry ministry has ordered Canada’s First Quantum to end operations at its lucrative copper mine, the firm’s…
Descartes: November U.S. Container Import Volumes Down 9% From October; Panama Drought Impacting East and Gulf Coast Ports
In November 2023, U.S. container import volume decreased from October 2023, with East and Gulf Coast ports experiencing the greatest declines. While the decrease…
The Progress of Aukus, the New Joint Projects and the Space Surveillance Radar Network
The meeting last December 1st in California between the American Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, the British Secretary of State for Defense,…