Editor's Reflections
Information about a global war conflict in different regions is emerging from news balloons. On the one hand, there is a clear nuclear threat from one of the parties involved. However, the West does not see it as latent; paradoxically, it intensifies military cooperation with Ukraine daily. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been firing long-range missiles from his territory, causing alarm in South Korea and Japan and putting US forces in the region under high tension. Furthermore, today he announced US military reinforcements in the Philippines before an eventual military incursion of China to Taiwan.
With all this information, the question arises: where are we going?
Perhaps the most logical reaction to the war's unraveling is...
What is war?
Quote of the day…
Working meeting with Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov
Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov. They discussed focus areas of the supervising agency’s work.
January 31, 2023
The Kremlin, Moscow
The Fed Raises Rates a Quarter Point and Signals More Ahead
America’s central bank has shifted into a new phase, raising rates more slowly as inflation shows signs of moderating.
NYT by Jeanna Smialek and Isabella Simonetti
US to step up military presence in the Philippines
The agreement, made public as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Manila, comes amid heightened tensions in the South China Sea.
Le Monde with AP
Calls for larger windfall tax after surge in gas prices fuels ‘outrageous’ doubling of profits at Anglo-Dutch group
Shell’s spending on renewables ‘a fraction of what it claims’
Nearly 14,000 Nigerians sue over pollution impact
Analysts had expected Shell to report adjusted earnings of $7.97bn for the fourth quarter and $38.17bn for the year. It made $9.8bn.
The Guardian by Alex Lawson Energy correpondent
