Can Russia Divide Europe?

EU

2022-08-05 / www.foreignaffairs.com

On July 26, the European Union announced a gas deal that was aimed at showing member states’ continued resolve on Russia: according to the agreement, EU states will reduce gas consumption by 15 percent between August and March, thus helping ...

Germany’s Olaf Scholz pins blame for Nord Stream 1 gas turbine glitch on Russia

Energy

2022-08-04 /

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has laid the blame for delays in the deployment of a crucial turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline on Russia, accusing it of failing to take delivery of the equipment.
Gazprom, the Russian ...

Niger Is Turkey’s Newest African Ally

Turkey

2022-06-08 / www.foreignpolicy.com

Niger has reportedly received six Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones as part of an arms contract signed in November 2021. The agreement also includes Hurkus light attack aircraft and armored vehicles. Niger’s government hopes the drone purchases will help in its ...

The Global Fight Over Chips Is About to Get Even Worse

Technology

2022-03-16 / www.bloomberg.com

Intel Corp. unveiled plans on March 15 to build a giant, 17 billion-euro ($18.7 billion) factory making cutting-edge semiconductors in the city of Magdeburg in former East Germany , adding to new plants in Arizona and Ohio the company announced ...

Xi Jinping Has Transformed China’s Middle East Policy

Strategy

2022-02-01 / www.foreignpolicy.com

Last month, China hosted foreign ministers of several Persian Gulf countries to hash out ways to upgrade ties and deepen security cooperation. A few days later, Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Beijing to discuss a $400 billion investment and security ...

Pandora leaks are damning for Latin America

Tax Evasion

2021-10-25 / www.ft.com

Latin America has again hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Politicians and officials from the region feature prominently in the Pandora Papers, a release of leaked files on wealth held in offshore havens. Ninety out of the 330 politicians ...

Le dessous des ONG, une vérité cachée

politics

2020-06-28 / www.agoravox.fr

AGORA VOX publie le 13 octobre 2017 un article intitule « Qui est derrière Amnesty International ? ». le site se demande si la soi-disant organisation de défense des droits de l’Homme, avec un C.A dépassant €278,000,000 en 2015, est vraiment une entité indépendante. A ...

France Weighs Its Love of Liberty in Fight Against Coronavirus

Pandemic

2020-04-17 / www.nytimes.com

The French are cautiously considering digital tracking, which has proved effective in Asia. But can a country that so prizes personal freedom and privacy ever accept it?

As France sought clues last month on how to tame the coronavirus, experts looked ...

Airbus reaches deal to settle corruption probes

Industry

2020-01-28 / www.ft.com

Airbus has agreed to settle a bribery and corruption probe with regulators in the UK, France and the US, in a move that could see the aerospace group pay billions of dollars in penalties.
Airbus said it has reached an ...

Crypto scam offers modern twist on classic pyramid fraud

cybercrime

2019-12-19 / www.ft.com

 Bulgarian entrepreneur accused of helping to trick millions of investors.

It was billed as an exciting new cryptocurrency that would one day become more popular than bitcoin and turn myriad small investors into multimillionaires. But OneCoin, launched by a Bulgarian entrepreneur ...

Carmakers’ battery plans in peril as raw material costs soar

Car Industry

2022-08-11 / www.ft.com

In the race to electrify the car industry, Silvia-Luna Yzaguirre Sánchez’s battery cell development expertise is in ever higher demand.
VW and its partners are committing to €20bn in investments for six European battery plants, the Spaniard hopes to ...

Strong ties bind Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi

Israel

2021-10-31 / www.jns.org

A new report notes growing venture investment, acquisitions of Israeli companies, Israeli-founded unicorns and public companies in Silicon Valley, and corporate and binational R&D.
A new San Francisco-based Bay Area Council Economic Institute report, “Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi: California’s ...

Meet the ex-Googler who’s exposing the tech-military industrial complex

Military

2021-10-08 / www.fastcompagny.com

Formed by Jack Poulson and other Silicon Valley dissidents, Tech Inquiry uncovers the tech industry’s role in weaponry and surveillance.

Jack Poulson has developed an encyclopedic knowledge of how tech companies are evolving into military contractors. Tracking such intricate connections has ...

Business scenario for the future of cybercrime

Cybercrime

2020-12-30 / www.icspa.org

The rate of mainstream uptake of some technologies depicted in the narratives may seem somewhat ambitious for 2020. This is a conscious choice, which not only allows for a richer and more consistent realization of emerging technologies, but also reflects ...