“In the war of propaganda, it is very difficult to defeat the United States because the United States controls all the world’s media and many European media. The ultimate beneficiaries of the biggest European media are American financial institutions.” This is an excerpt from this week’s Tucker Carlson rather tepid interview with Vladimir Putin and...
Bertrand Monnet has been forced to snort cocaine and had a gun held to his head. Sean O’Neill meets the university tutor on a mission to understand the criminal economy. Bertrand Monnet has a ready supply of war stories: he has been held hostage by the Brazilian mafia, threatened by a machete-waving pirate in the...
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same effect on everyone. As a global health watchdog, the WHO rarely has good...
German chemical giant BASF will divest from two joint ventures in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, following reports that its business partners were involved in human rights abuses. “Recently published reports related to the joint-venture partner contain serious allegations that indicate activities inconsistent with BASF’s values. Consequently, BASF will accelerate the ongoing process to divest its shares,” read...
As human-caused climate change points a giant hair dryer at Western North America’s glaciers, melting them ever more rapidly, potential Pacific salmon habitat is opening up. New river systems are starting to flow, and rain and snowmelt will keep many running even after the ice disappears. In some, salmon are appearing for the first time. But mining...
Japan firm probed over sale of ship to Iran. A Japanese firm is being probed on suspicion of falsely declaring that it was planning to sell a ship to a company in the United Arab Emirates before selling the vessel to a company in Iran, an investigative source said Wednesday. The Osaka-based firm was searched...
ADNOC-backed Indian oil project tainted by allegations of land grabs, oppression and journalist’s murder. An Indian oil refinery project backed by Saudi Aramco and the UAE’s state oil firm Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is giving rise to government oppression of local communities in Maharashtra, India, according to a new investigation by Global Witness. The investigation...
Some Russian banks appear to have maneuvered around a ban on shipping dollars and euros to the country by trading gold in the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, according to research from a financial-intelligence company. The sanctions on export of banknotes were introduced after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. The report compiled by Sayari found...
As the war in Ukraine drags on, Dubai has emerged as a safe haven for wealthy Russians seeking to escape the effects of Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion. An estimated 250,000 Russians have relocated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the conflict began, with most settling in Dubai. This article is the first...
The nexus between government, business and overseas money is becoming ever tighter. At this rate, it won’t be long before George Osborne buys a stately home to rival that of Tony Blair. The former chancellor bagged his 13th job this week: he has been recruited as an adviser to Coinbase, a cryptocurrency outfit. All this...