Danish Jehovah’s Witness gets 6 years for ‘extremism’ in Russia

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:48:27 +0000

Danish Jehovah's Witness gets 6 years for 'extremism' in Russia

A Russian court sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison for “extremism”, the first since a 2017 law outlawed the religious group.

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Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty in tit-for-tat with US

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 23:03:26 +0000

Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty in tit-for-tat with US

Russia vowed to develop “new types of weapons” as it suspended a Cold War-era nuclear missile treaty with the United States.

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Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 05:00:37 +0000

Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats

The Trump administration is pulling the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, lifting what it sees as unreasonable constraints on competing with a resurgent Russia and a more assertive China.

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Trump blames Russia as for US pulling out from arms treaty

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:28:17 +0000

Trump blames Russia as for US pulling out from arms treaty

  WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Friday it is freeing itself from the constraints of a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia and will begin withdrawing from the pact on Saturday. President Donald Trump blamed the Russians for the demise of the Cold War-era pact, known as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. “For too […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: World’s Biggest Power Companies

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000

In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]

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Russia renews commitment to help Philippines combat terrorism

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:54:16 +0000

Russia renews commitment to help Philippines combat terrorism

Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to help the Philippines improve its defense capabilities to combat terrorism.

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China Leads Investment in Coal Projects—and Also Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:42:16 +0000

China continues to finance new coal plants in more than two dozen countries, even as the country has taken the lead in global renewable energy investment, according to a report from a U.S. group of energy analysts. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in its report said China is backing more than […]

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