ترامب قاله أنا عايزك ترفع 500 مليار. بن سلمان قاله طال عمرك خد 600 مليار. ترامب:احلبوووه
Trump said [to the Saudi Crown Prince]: I want you to raise 500 billion. Bin Salman said to him: May you have a long life to take 600 billion. Trump: Milk it.
Postcard from Ghaza:
The ceasefire will be signed tomorrow to enable its coming into effect on Sunday, January 19, 2025. Painful concessions were needed for the Netanyahu government to appease the Trump administration, willing to raise "hell and fire" if the hostage deal isn't completed on the day of Trump's inauguration.
مشاهد لعناصر الجناى العسكري لحماس تجوب في شوارع خان يونس
" Scenes of [criminal elements] from Hamas military roaming the streets of Khan Yunis. "
[Al-Hadath, Saudi Arabia, January 19]
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[German national broadcaster DW on January 17, 2025]
This morning, Iran's Prime Minister and Russia's president Putin met in Moscow to sign a mutual agreement comprising economic and military features. The treaty is intended to fix the strategic plannings of both sides for the 20 years to come. It has already been announced on Early Bird in December 2024.
Ghaza ceasefire and strategic agreement between Russia and Iran come shortly before Donald Trump's inauguration as the new president of the United States on Monday, January 20, 2025.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Massoud Bizeshkian that Moscow and Tehran are discussing the possibility of supplying Iran with Russian gas, in a move aimed at diversifying Russian gas flows and finding new buyers after the decline in exports to Europe as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Putin noted that the project, once fully implemented, could supply Iran with up to 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, but stressed that the initial phase would begin with small quantities not exceeding two billion cubic meters.
For his part, Bizshkian explained that there are some technical issues that need to be addressed before the project can go forward, according to Reuters.
In a related context, the Russian Interfax news agency, quoting Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsevelev, reported that the proposed gas pipeline between Russia and Iran will pass through the territory of Azerbaijan if it is actually implemented.
Putin reiterated that Russia is looking for ways to diversify gas flows and secure new gas outlets, in light of the challenges posed by recent geopolitical developments, Reuters reported.
[Al-Jazeera, January 17, 2025]
🎥 بزشكيان و بوتین يوقعان اتفاقية جديدة للشراكة الاستراتيجية الشاملة بين ایران و روسیا pic.twitter.com/DtJbQy5OMS
Translation of the Brazilian article published in Spanish
by clickpetroleoegas.com.br on December 29, 2024:
Elon Musk has shaken up German politics by defending the far-right AfD party in an article published in 'Die Welt'. The controversy resulted in the sacking of an editor at the newspaper and intensified debates over ethics and free speech in the media. The intervention comes on the eve of parliamentary elections in Germany and highlights the billionaire's political impact.
Editor's Note:
Brazil is one of the founding nations of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), an intergovernmental organization considered to be a counterpart and alternative to the G7 bloc of the world's largest economies. Further member states are Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Jan. 2025), Iran and the United Arab Emirates UAE. On the 2024 summit, further nations like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Thailand and Vietnam have been invited as 'partner nations'. Most of them have already shown up in my weekly blog statistics.
Some days ago, a big German newspaper 'Die Welt' published an article written by business & media tycoon Elon Musk in which he gave a recommendation to vote for AFD in the upcoming Federal Elections on February 23, 2025.
AFD is a party on the rise during the actual period of economic uncertainty in Germany and, as well, known to be opposed to basic rules of democracy. Therefore many elements of society, still forming a majority in Germany, and who would like to avoid AFD as a major player in the building of a new government after the elections, are now outraged. Here is an excerpt of the comment published by German National Radio 'Deutsche Welle' on that subject:
Musk sorgt sich nicht um die deutsche Politik, von der er erkennbar wenig Ahnung hat, sondern um seine Investments als Unternehmer. Als solcher ist er daran interessiert, möglichst viel Geld zu verdienen, seine Tesla-Autos in Deutschland zu verkaufen und sein Tesla-Werk in Brandenburg zu betreiben. Deshalb fordert er weniger Bürokratie und Regulierung sowie scheinbar billigen Atomstrom.
Auf seinem eigenen sozialen Netzwerk X verbreitet er rechtsextremes Gedankengut und Verschwörungsmythen und erlangte auch damit einen Job unter dem künftigen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump, wo er politische Rahmenbedingungen für seine wirtschaftlichen Interessen selbst mitgestalten kann.
Musk isn't worried about German politics, of which he understandably has little knowledge, but about his investments as an entrepreneur. As such, he's interested in making as much money as possible, selling his Tesla cars in Germany and running his Tesla factory in Brandenburg. That's why he wants less bureaucracy and regulation, as well as seemingly cheap nuclear power.
On his own social network, X, he spreads far-right ideas and conspiracy myths and even landed a job under future US President Donald Trump, where he can help shape the political framework for his own economic interest.
[Deutsche Welle on December 31, 2024]
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The facility of Rummelsburg was the central prison of Eastern Germany's People's Police, the Vopos. As there were numerous inmates kept for political reasons, it was as well a prison under control of the Ministry of State Security, the Stasi. However, Vopos that formally belonged to the Ministry of the Interior were in charge of guarding the convicts and for regularly beating them up under the slightest pretext.
In 1989 the East German state GDR eventually crushed under the pressure of its subjects that took to the streets, in a climate of suppression and haunted by the consequences of an approaching national bankruptcy after 40 years of economic mismanagement.
Some specially chosen sadistic Vopos, known for their cruel treatment, took to their heels and immediately fled to the German Federal Republic GFR where they could be sure to miss their uninformed new neighbours' attention. Favourite destinations for former GDR officials became Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Some of them arrived in mixed groups, others showed up first, for a certain time, in some southern part of the former “Eastern Zone“ and from where they left, weeks later, to their final destination.
However, any crime whatsoever they might have committed in one or another case could qualify for “a crime against humanity“ and which might have juridical consequences even decades later.
