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Category: World Community

World Economic Forum in Davos

Billionaires at Davos don’t think COVID is a cold

January 21st, 2023 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, World Community

“We don’t deserve to be shoved back into poorly ventilated workplaces while our politicians and press assure us that only crazy people would demand to breathe clean air,” writes Julia Doubleday.

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Ukraine flag with soldier

The looming Republican dispute over Ukraine

December 29th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Recently elected Republicans are ready to fire up the base with anger over billions spent to protect allies overseas.

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Vladimir Putin

Translated excerpts of intercepted phone calls by Russian soldiers shed light on failure of Putin’s plans

September 29th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“In phone calls to friends and relatives at home, Russian soldiers gave damning insider accounts of battlefield failures and civilian executions, excoriating their leaders just weeks into the campaign to take Kyiv.,” The New York Times reports.

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Global inflation representation

Peak inflation? Why some prices are tumbling fast

July 8th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“Crude oil, wheat and lumber are among commodities that have tumbled recently. Shipping rates on major trade routes are sinking from record highs. And used-car prices, which surged during the past two years, are showing early signs of tailing off,” The Globe and Mail reports.

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Jonathan Pie blasts Boris

Jonathan Pie: Bye Bye Boris

July 7th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, World Community

Watch a British humorist react to the news that Boris Johnson is resigning as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Vladimir Putin

Battle for Donbas will be decisive, former British commander says

April 30th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“Donbas could put the Russians back on a successful footing or bring them to what is essentially a defeat,” says General Sir Richard Barrons, the former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command.

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President Biden speaking in Warsaw

Watch President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw responding to Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine

March 26th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Watch President Biden deliver remarks on the united efforts of the free world to support the people of Ukraine, hold Russia accountable for its brutal war, and defend a future that is rooted in democratic principles.

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Part of the skyline of Moscow

Fitch downgrades Russia’s credit rating amid Ukraine crisis, says default is ‘imminent’

March 9th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“They can’t get their hands on money or securities or goods or services. They are outcast and they will over the shorter term freeze to death,” financial services veteran George Ball said in comments to The Washington Post.

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Sergey Aleksashenko speaking

“Financial nuclear bomb” falling on Russia as a consequence of Putin’s aggression, ex-Russian central bank governor says

February 27th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The war came and the money ran out — the money ran out sooner than the war ended,” said Sergei Aleksashenko.

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Uno Shoma at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Dan Shaughnessy reflects on how the Olympics have become “a big bowl of bad”

February 17th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The Beijing Olympics… are a big bowl of bad, unfolding in a country ruled by fear and oppression,” the Boston Globe columnist writes.

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Vladimir Putin

Putin is making NATO stronger, whether he starts a war in Ukraine or not

January 24th, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

“The Russian leader may have thought NATO was in disarray and the U.S. in retreat, but we’ve already seen it’s quite the opposite,” David Rothkopf writes in a piece for The Daily Beast.

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Vladimir Putin

In Russia, the pandemic is beating Putin

December 8th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“A deadly virus can’t be ignored, jailed, exiled or co-opted — nor can it be locked down without great economic cost. That puts President Vladimir Putin of Russia in a bind. The pandemic, perhaps his hardiest foe to date, has starkly revealed the limits of his power,” writes Alexey Kovalev, the investigations editor at Meduza, an independent Russian news outlet.

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The September 11th Memorial Tribute In Light 2014 New York City

How the September 11th attacks changed us

September 3rd, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, World Community

“The betrayal of America’s professed principles was the friendly fire of the war on terror,” Carlos Lozada writes.

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Joe Biden speaking in New Hampshire

Biden, allies frustrated with media’s hawkish coverage of Afghanistan withdrawal

August 20th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“After years of ignoring Afghanistan, many close to the Biden White House — and the president himself — feel some major outlets are adopting a pro-war stance,” Huffington Post’s Daniel Marans writes.

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Fires and smoke in eastern Russia (SIberia)

Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined

August 11th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Our Environment, World Community

“Siberia is so vast that huge fires can burn without threatening any major settlements, transportation systems or infrastructure — but are still part of a swath of infernos that together are larger than all the other blazes around the world,” Robyn Dixon reports.

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Steve Bannon

The newest Trump social networking play is tied to a Bannon-allied Chinese billionaire

July 1st, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology, World Community

“GETTR has existed as a Chinese language social media network linked to Guo Wengui,” Politico reports. “It was unveiled as a new platform by Jason Miller on Thursday.”

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President Biden at a Coast Guard commencement ceremony

Global approval of the United States has rebounded under Biden, survey finds

June 10th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“The United States’ favorability rating grew at least 23 percentage points from last year in France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, and a majority of respondents in all four view the country positively,” The Washington Post reported, summarizing findings from a new survey by Pew Research.

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Conflict in Gaza: Israelis vs. Palestinians

Gaza conflict stokes “identity crisis” for young American Jews

May 24th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“A new generation is confronting the region’s longstanding conflict in a very different context, with very different pressures, from their parents’ and grandparents’ generations,” The New York Times reports.

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Power icon

Why is Big Tech under assault? Power.

April 12th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

“I’m surprised that tech bosses can still appear clueless about the reasons behind the questioning of their industry,” Shira Ovide writes.

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UK Brexit Icon

How Brexit ruined Easter for Britain’s chocolate makers

April 4th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Holidays, World Community

“Exports of chocolate to Europe have turned into a nightmare of paperwork and delays, making fine British chocolate scarce in Europe,” The New York Times reports.

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Jordan Klepper at the U.S. Capitol

Jordan Klepper sees it all at the Capitol insurrection

January 13th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

In this almost seven minute segment, The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper gets up close and personal with the American fascist cult that worships Donald Trump.

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