July, 2022

• 29 July

  Migrants in Bosnia Risk All on Winning Border ‘Game’

  Migrants and refugees in Bosnia liken their attempts to cross the border into EU-member Croatia to a ‘game’ – in which victory means a new start in the West. Twenty-eight-year-old Mohasinne from Morocco “gamed” the border more than a hundred times before he finally succeeded. BIRN met him together with …

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• 28 July

  ExxonMobil Makes Two More Discoveries Offshore Guyana

  

  ExxonMobil said Tuesday it has made two new discoveries offshore Guyana to the southeast of the Liza and Payara developments in the Stabroek block. The discoveries at Seabob and Kiru-Kiru are the sixth and seventh in Guyana this year, with the total number of discoveries in Guyana at more than …

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• 28 July

  Rupee Convertibility: De-Dollarization Paves Way For Stronger Rupee

  

  The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to permit the rupee in global trade is a precursor to making it an international currency. The RBI said the move was to “support the increasing interest of global trading companies”. Although the convertibility is limited to current account, which means partial convertibility, …

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• 28 July

  Bitcoin: Balancing Risks And Benefits

  

  What makes Bitcoin a gold-like commodity is its perfect decentralisation and high cost of production, both traits lacking by every other cryptocurrency. Like gold can be found in physical nature, Bitcoin can be found in digital nature, by anyone with electricity, internet, and some hardware. Those who lack access to …

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• 28 July

  Renaud Girard: «La France doit réussir en Afrique!»

  

  Pour le deuxième déplacement international de son deuxième mandat, du 25 au 28 juillet 2022, Emmanuel Macron a décidé de se rendre en Afrique (Cameroun, Bénin, Guinée-Bissau). Le président de la République estime, à juste titre, que les destins de la France et du continent africain sont étroitement liés. Qu’est-ce …

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• 28 July

  The flaws in Europe’s deal to ration gas

  

  WHEN THE energy ministers of the European Union’s member countries gathered for an emergency meeting on July 26th, the deal came swiftly. They agreed that each country should cut gas consumption by 15%, compared with their average over the past five years, between August 1st and March 31st 2023. It …

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• 28 July

  Turkey: Torture Has Reached “Unprecedented Levels”

  

  “We saw his body while washing it. There was a scar on his neck as if he had been hanged with a clothesline. Both of his eyes had burst. Blood was coming from his eyes. His nose was completely broken and filled with cotton. There was such a large swelling …

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• 28 July

  Putin’s New Police State

  

  In the Shadow of War, the FSB Embraces Stalin’s Methods As the FSB spearheads a transformed, increasingly paranoid, and heavily securitized state bureaucracy, the shift has profound implications for the nature of Putin’s rule. In contrast to the largely surveillance-oriented agency of previous years, the FSB has become a far …

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• 28 July

  Saudi Arabia signs energy agreement with Greece

  

  Another purpose of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit is to seek greater economic and technological cooperation with Greece. Saudi Arabia and Greece have signed a new energy agreement. The memorandum of understanding, signed on July 27, establishes a framework for bilateral cooperation on a variety of energy fields, …

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• 28 July

  Syrian jihadi leader Golani meets with Idlib’s Christians

  

  Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani met with Christians as part of efforts to reshape the terrorist group’s image. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani continues his public appearances to promote his image as a leader who cares about the inhabitants of Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, …

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