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2024-02-06: News Headlines

albawaba (2024-02-06). Germany approves $17B support for gas power plants transitioning to hydrogen. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The German Ministry of Economy announced on Monday that the government has approved plans to support gas power plants that can transition to hydrogen, with a support cost of $17 billion. This move is part of the efforts to address the gaps in renewable energy intermittency and accelerate the shift to low-carbon energy generation.The decision comes after pressure from the industry for more details, following the government's promise of this strategy last year, as Germany relies on hydrogen to move away from gas and coal, Bloomberg reported.After closing its remaining nuclear power plants, Germany has to…

Frida Berrigan (2024-02-06). Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight. counterpunch.org What's in your basement? Mine is full of things I've mostly forgotten about — tools I bought for projects I never completed, long abandoned sports equipment, furniture I planned on refinishing ages ago, and unused cans of paint I thought I wanted when someone was giving them away. We've owned this house for nearly 12

Editor (2024-02-06). Feb 6, 2024. sitrepworld.info Polyushko-Pole — –û–ª—å–≥–∞ –Ø–∫–æ–≤–ª–µ–≤–∞ They Hate Us for Our Bases and Bombs, by Bill Astore Russia Demilitarizing NATO | Larry C. Johnson (Video) Ukraine War Day #712: Russian Break Through In Avdeevka, by yalensis Rus Storm Central Avdeyevka, Ukr Defence Chaos, Rus Prepare Kupiansk Strike, Kiev Leaders Quarrel (Mercouris Podcast) Ukraine Distracts from Multiplying Catastrophes; Why US Analysts Get Ukraine Wrong — New Atlas (Vide…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2024-02-06). Nuland leaves a sense of foreboding in Kiev. peoplesdispatch.org All indications are that the US strategy through this year is to 'hold, build and strike' at Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow's best option would be to create a buffer that keeps Russian territories out of reach of game-changing western medium and long-range missiles…

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-02-06). Ethiopian-Russian business forum promotes investment opportunities. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, February 6 (Prensa Latina) An Ethiopian-Russian business forum held in Moscow with the participation of companies from Ethiopia and Russia focused on presentations to promote investment, trade and tourism opportunities, local press reported.

tvbrics (2024-02-06). Russian journalist wins Chinese Government Friendship Award. tvbrics.com Every year thousands of specialists from different countries apply for this award…

Prensa Latina (2024-02-06). Russian cosmonaut sets new record for time spent in space. pressenza.com Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, 59, today set a new record for the time he has spent in orbit around the Earth, the Roscosmos space corporation announced. | According to the corporation, Kononenko surpassed the previous record of almost 879 days accumulated over 17 years, which his compatriot Guennadi Padalka had held since 2016. | Kononenko is completing his fifth mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and is on track to become the first cosmonaut to spend more than 1,000 days in space on 4 June. | By the date of his return to Earth on 23 September 2024, Kononenko will have accumulated 1,110 days…

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2024-02-05: News Headlines

_____ (2024-02-05). NASA Goes Nuclear. transcend.org 30 Jan 2024 – Nuclear Industry Takes Control of NASA…

Gerard Boyce (2024-02-05). Do the Right Thing: Put the South African Government's Nuclear Plans to a Popular Referendum. counterpunch.org Ever since South African Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced that Cabinet had approved the updated Integrated Resource Plan last December, local media has been awash with articles by nuclear supporters and sundry lobbyists exhorting politicians and government to 'show true leadership' and 'do the right thing' when it comes to nuclear power. Invariably, doing

_____ (2024-02-05). Abolishing Nuclear Weapons — No Utopian Dream. transcend.org 28 Jan 2024 – The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into effect three years ago (on January 22, 2021) making nuclear weapons illegal under international law for the first time in history.

geo.tv (2024-02-05). Ukraine hits Russian-controlled Lysychansk, killing 28. geo.tv The latest attack, however, by Ukrainian forces has been regarded as the deadliest…

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-05). Russia Says Ukraine Killed 28 in Shelling of Bakery With US-Provided HIMARS. news.antiwar.com Russia said on Sunday that at least 28 people were killed in the Ukrainian shelling of a bakery in Lysychansk, a city in the Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The bakery was hit on Saturday afternoon, and the death toll rose as emergency workers searched through the rubble overnight. According to Reuters, local officials …

tvbrics (2024-02-05). Ethiopia's Ambassador to Moscow: We expect a big increase in trade within BRICS. tvbrics.com The Congress Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation hosted the Russian-Ethiopian Business Forum with the participation of the Ethiopian delegation…

infobrics (2024-02-05). Brazil overtakes Turkey as largest buyer of Russian diesel, while preserving ties with Moscow despite Western pressures. infobrics.org The consistent Brazilian diplomatic tradition of pragmatism helps explain why there has not been any major foreign policy change with regards to Russia from Jair Bolsonaro' last years in office to the incumbent president.

infobrics (2024-02-05). New BRICS Member Iran Calls for Digital Currency Systems this Year. infobrics.org BRICS, the intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, started meetings this morning in Russia. After agreeing to expand its membership in August, the group added Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on January 1…

tvbrics (2024-02-05). Vladimir Putin holds a telephone conversation with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. tvbrics.com The leaders discussed the development of bilateral relations…

albawaba (2024-02-05). Putin refuses to shake hands with Netanyahu! (Video). albawaba.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-02-05). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

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