TAG: Intelligence
Why Greta Thunberg is up in a London court
LONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is due to appear in a London court Thursday morning...
8 months ago
How Houthi rebels are threatening global trade nexus on Red Sea
The U.S. is mustering an international armada to deter Iranian-backed Houthi militias from Yemen fro...
8 months ago
US urges Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, report says
The U.S. has pressed Ukraine to halt drone strikes on Russian energy facilities, fearing that it could provoke massive retaliation and drive up global oil prices.In recent months, Kyiv has ramped up its strikes against Russian energy infrastructure, hitti...
6 months ago
How China ended up financing the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks
China is unwittingly helping Iran choke off ship traffic in the Red Sea, impairing global trade flows and damaging Beijing’s own interests in the process, Western intelligence officials say.China’s illicit purchases of Iranian oil are indirectly financing...
6 months ago
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
BRUSSELS — Put your money where your mouth is.Such grumbling is percolating across Europe as new data reveals France quietly ramping up gas payments to Russia just as President Emmanuel Macron loudly positions himself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest defend...
6 months ago
Macron warns Europe ‘can die’ in alarmist speech on protectionism, geopolitical threats
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that Europe faces possible demise if it does not take bold action to tackle U.S. and Chinese protectionism, amid serious geopolitical threats from authoritarian regimes.In a bleak and solemn speech...
5 months ago
Putin’s fuel problem: How Ukraine is sapping Russia’s diesel and gasoline
A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries deep inside Russia has left the Kremlin racing to defend its own territory while still waging war on its neighbor. But the attacks have also achieved the unthinkable — leaving the world’s largest petrost...
5 months ago
Hungary teases veto over new EU Russian gas sanctions
BRUSSELS — The EU’s unprecedented effort to penalize Russia’s lucrative gas sector is already crashing into a familiar sanctions foe: Hungary. The country expressed significant reservations about the new proposal during initial conversations among ambassa...
4 months ago
How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions
RIGA — When your most important ally swoops in and closes your third-largest bank while calling it a “money laundering institution,” it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.That’s exactly what Latvia did when confronted by the U.S. Treasury Depa...
4 months ago
Europe’s manufacturing slump shows no signs of ending
Manufacturing in Europe’s industrial heartland weakened further in July, confirming the worst fears of EU leaders concerned by the direction that the bloc’s economy is taking. S&P Global said today its eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers index...
2 months ago
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
The killjoy’s guide to how the financial turmoil might screw up your life
BRUSSELS ― What if everything suddenly got really, really bad?What if, instead of getting respite after years of pandemic, war, terrorism and, most recently, global IT paralysis, it all just kept getting worse?Because in the past few days a wave of volati...
2 months ago
Germany zeroes in on Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream pipeline explosions
The man accused of being behind the most serious attack on Germany's energy supplies since the World War II can be seen on Facebook standing by the sea and smiling at the camera.His name: Vladimir Zhuravlev. Nationality: Ukrainian. Place of residence: Kyi...
2 months ago
Ukraine to Belarus: Pull back from the border or risk ‘tragic mistakes’
Belarus must pull its troops back from the Ukrainian border and "cease unfriendly actions" or risk becoming further embroiled in the war, Kyiv warned in a statement issued late Sunday."We warn Belarusian officials not to make tragic mistakes for their cou...
1 month ago