🪖🇺🇦🇷🇺 Prof. Paniccia is concerned that the offensive / counteroffensive may last for years, even if, a big if, Biden decides to stop to renew the Lend-Lease act & budget next August.
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A Udine si sono aperti gli Open Dialogues for Future, una nuova iniziativa della Camera di Commercio dedicata alla geopolitica. Tra i temi affrontati la guerra in Ucraina e il ruolo della Cina.
#IoSeguoTgr
https://t.co/c8QSOGaTzg
Trade at the Port of Long Beach in March declined nearly one-third from the same period last year. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 603,878 TEUs last month, down 30% from March 2022, the Port’s busiest March on record. https://t.co/PTQLFfMWwV
🇮🇹Lo spazio cognitivo, la nostra mente, si propone come una nuova dimensione di guerra futura. Ma non dobbiamo aspettare il 2050 per vedere i cambiamenti.
🇺🇲The mind, it arises as a new arena in the future warfare. But we don't have to wait until 2050 to see the changes.
#IntelligenzaArtificiale. In Commissione 7a approvata proposta di indagine conoscitiva, con riferimento al servizio #ChatGPT. Ha introdotto il tema dell'indagine alla Commissione il sen. #AndreaPaganella 🔗 https://t.co/7W8T2amQ8V
"Ammirazione per l'attività umanitaria senza confini dell'@ordinedimalta, la cui opera di mediazione è preziosa per stabilità internazionale", così Min @GuidoCrosetto incontrando il Luogotenente di Gran Maestro, Fra’ John Dunlap.
Focus anche su impegno per Paesi del #NordAfrica.
Space and light are more than science: They're art. Meet @IreneFenara, an #Italian artist drawing inspiration from @elettrasincro, a research center in #Italy's Friuli Venezia Giulia region. 🇮🇹 #GRIM2023
South Korean weapons to Ukraine?
President Yoon opens door for 'Possible' military aid to Ukraine.
Possible weapons list..Artillery shell(already on it's way), Raybolt ATGM, Chunmoo MLRS, K9 and some short~mid air/missile defense systems(Manpads, M-SAM Block-II)
Russia’s population shrinks and China’s ages: the social and political instability resulting from bad demographics at home in these two nuclear powers are as threatening as that driven by external shocks. https://t.co/HyqXovCPPi via @elpaisinenglish
The "Green Transition" is here.
And it's one the most bullish events in metals and mining's history.
This month, the OECD released a paper on "Raw Materials Critical For The Green Transition."
I read it so you don't have to.
A thread on what I found most important ... 🧵
Something frequent in commodities :
Scarcity creates first further scarcity through pre-emptive hoarding.
Then if pushed too far (often happens) a subsequent glut.
Oscillations between feast and famine.
Whisper it, but it looks like the CAI will be back on the EU agenda next month.
Stalled investment deal with China set to be discussed by EU foreign ministers and leaders in May.
My report.
https://t.co/Bt2lTRYeFO
🇨🇳 CHINA RAMPS UP CONSTRUCTION ON NEW ANTARCTIC STATION – REPORT
China is increasing its Antarctic footprint according to new satellite imagery collected by a Washington-based think tank that shows construction has resumed for the first time since 2018 on the country's fifth station in the southern polar region.
CSIS used satellite images taken in January to identify new support facilities, temporary buildings, a helicopter pad, and foundations for a larger main building at the 5,000 square meter (53,820 square feet) station.
It estimated that construction could be done by 2024.
Read More: https://t.co/3mTh1GKwYh
China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts that his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported Tuesday.
Translation of the Chinese readout below:
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https://t.co/cLCwoGDb7G
This is pretty spectacular:
After the initial disruption of 🇨🇳🇺🇦trade, China now became the main beneficiary of the Black Sea "grain corridor"
🇨🇳 imports can surpass the record 2021, when China was Ukraine's main trade partner
Beijing is a major stakeholder in Black Sea trade
🇪🇺The European Investment Fund is helping to facilitate investments in Portuguese firms targeting the #energy transition, climate resilience, sustainable use of the #marine environment and the circular economy. 🌊
#BlueEconomy
https://t.co/Yr12VyttyY