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Nord Stream 2 ma kłopoty, ale cudu nie będzie

W Polsce nadzieja, że jakimś cudem uda się zatrzymać powstanie gazociągu Nord Stream 2, nie gaśnie. Dlatego spore emocje wywołała informacja, że niemiecki regulator Bundesnetzagentur Federalna Agencja ds. Sieci wstrzymał certyfikację spółki Nord Stream 2 AG jako operatora gazociągu. Zdarzył się cud? Rosyjsko-niemiecka rura, którą gazpromowski gaz z Syberii ma …

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Rebel groups take sides on Sudan coup

Rebel leaders who integrated into the transitional bodies through the civilian side after the 2020 Juba Peace Agreements have allied with the military, but some defiance remains. Flanked by two national flags and dressed in military uniform, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the military coup in Sudan last month, …

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Turkey’s war of attrition against Syria’s Kurds

Alongside shelling and drones, Turkey is weaponizing water supplies in northeast Syria, turning an already horrible situation into a nightmare A concrete shack pockmarked with bullet holes and with no running water, electricity, windows or doors is what Faslah Hussein Osman, her husband and five children call home. It faces …

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Il confronto tra Biden e Xi

L’incontro virtuale fra Joe Biden e il presidente cinese Xi Jinping non ha prodotto risultati immediati, che d’altra parte nessuno si aspettava. Ma ha permesso di affermare l’unico principio condiviso fra Washington e Pechino: la competizione estrema fra le due superpotenze di oggi può e deve essere gestita. Il rischio …

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Ukraine doesn’t need blankets. It needs weapons

For fear of provoking Putin we have done far too little to help Kiev. Now it faces full-scale invasion Three years ago I stood on the shore of the Sea of Azov at Mariupol, Ukraine’s eastern seaport, and asked the local commander which way the Russians might come if they …

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