Author Archives: Richard Fernandez

To compensate for European reluctance to take Putin on

“Extreme food prices slam the world”

Biden folds, won’t oppose Putin gas pipeline

The doctors owe him another amputation for free

The ‘stash theory’ of economics

Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. CNN

New at the Belmont Club. To what epic period will our times be compared?

New at the Belmont Club. The best society doesn’t care for fossil fuels from Arabia but the phone book people do.

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But the highly anticipated summit yielded no major breakthroughs — none were expected ahead of time — and officials dismissed the notion the summit was intended to ease what has become an increasingly tense relationship. CNN

International Space Station crew sheltered in escape pods for two hours Monday after Russia blew up satellite Audio captures the moment Houston Mission Control woke up the crew and ordered them to get to safety Russia has confirmed the satellite was destroyed during a test, but denied that debris ever threatened the ISS NATO has …

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New at the Belmont Club. Win and the world laughs with you but losing is a lonely place to be.

On Friday, Aswan’s governor Ashraf Attia temporarily barred ships on the River Nile and Lake Nasser from travelling too close to the city. He also ordered the temporary closure of some roads due to reports of reduced vision caused by the storms. Road and vessel traffic resumed on Saturday.