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Nearly 100% (specifically 99.9%) of Iceland's electricity is generated from renewable sources.... Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) currently account for roughly 98% of all new passenger car sales in Norway this year - via @The Rest is Politics @campbellclaret
If Africa's top referee is inadmissible in America, who qualifies? Many are calling it racism.
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry into the US "due to vetting concerns" even though he had a 3-month multiple entry visa and was traveling on a diplomatic passport
“It’s been easier to ship items from Ghana to Liverpool than it is to ship the same items from Ghana to Kenya.” — President John Dramani Mahama
Speaking during a discussion with the Chatham House Africa Programme, President John Dramani Mahama used the comparison to highlight the infrastructure and logistics challenges holding back intra-African trade, calling for stronger regional connectivity and deeper economic integration across the continent.
Mahama argued that improving transport links and trade networks is essential for unlocking Africa’s economic potential and strengthening the continent’s position in a changing global order.
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This video is credited to @ChathamHouse
"Thanks to advancements in engineering, materials and safety technology, today’s cars last longer than vehicles of generations past. The average vehicle on U.S. roads is about 13 years old," via @WSJ https://t.co/ptzxxOKkN3
37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.
“…at the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II…the Red Cross, on orders from the military, turned away black blood donors nationally at an emergency blood drive” — “Not In My Neighborhood” by Antero Pietila, p. 77.
Today’s Russian papers publish Moscow’s threat to launch a new wave of “systematic strikes” on Kyiv. But one paper reports on a “split [inside Russia] between those in favour of continuing the special military operation and those who believe it’s time to end it…” #ReadingRussia
no regime change in iran, no handpicking of the next supreme leader.
no dismantling of iran’s proxies, no restrictions on its ballistic missile and drone programs.
an agreement to downblend the highly enriched uranium inside iran.
the destruction of iran’s navy, but an emboldened iran that is prepared to disrupt the strait.
throw in the cost in lives, the global economy, and the global treasure, and the reputational damage to the united states…and president trump has some serious explaining to do.
next up: cuba
South Africa overtakes Spain as world's top citrus exporter. Trump's tariffs failed to halt the growth of SA's citrus exports.
https://t.co/JuP4oT45Cn via @News24_Business
Strange how little attention the British media have paid to the allegations of corruption against South Africa’s Pres Cyril Ramaphosa. He’ll probably survive, but they’re reinforcing the belief among many young SAfricans that the ANC is irredeemably corrupt.
“It will be a dish eaten cold,” how the @FT yesterday quoted an @IISS_org official in how Iran will retaliate later for the assassination of their Supreme Leader. @asger_leth