Dear Democrats, about that Harris coronation last summer….
Back in July, we took exception to the decisions by the leadership of the Democratic Party to anoint Kamala Harris to take over President Biden’s re-election campaign without any form of open decision...
View ArticleThe Key Issue for a new Government
After 14 years in the political wilderness, the new UK Labour government could be excused for being somewhat rusty when it comes to running the country – and especially its finances. The recent Budget...
View ArticleWashington Targets Syrian Conglomerate Funding Iran and Houthis
On November 14 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 26 companies, individuals, and vessels associated with the Al-Qatirji Company, a Syrian...
View ArticleStarvation in Sudan
Aid workers have warned that one of the worst famines in decades could be under way in Sudan, a country in the middle of a civil war. According to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
View ArticleAzerbaijan’s Space Shot: Satellites Tracking Climate Change Clues
The Space Agency of Azerbaijan sees the UN’s annual climate conference (COP29) currently taking place in Baku as an opportunity to extend global collaboration between space agencies, providing valuable...
View ArticleU.S. sanctions Russian banks, finance officials and securities registrars
The U.S. announced on November 21 new sanctions targeting Russia’s largest remaining non-designated bank (Gazprombank), as well as dozens of other financial institutions and officials in Russia, which...
View ArticleLula’s G20 Rio Summit: Forgettable but not inconsequential
Seen from the perspective of a week after the November 19-20 Rio de Janeiro Summit, but before the event has completely receded into the mists, one is tempted to kick back and dismiss the entire...
View ArticleSyensqo: Transforming the Hydrogen Value Chain
In the framework of European Hydrogen Week, Syensqo’s Head of Marketing Green Hydrogen Growth Platform, Sophia Song, spoke to NE Global about the company’s sustainable solutions, providing advanced...
View ArticleAn Italian parliamentarian’s perspectives on COP 29
On the second day of COP 29 in Baku (November 12), NE Global interviewed Chairman of the Environment Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Mauro Rotelli (FDI – Brothers of Italy). Rotelli...
View ArticleCOP29: Multilateral diplomatic stalemate circumvented
COP29 in Baku ended in the early hours of November 24, reaching a compromise deal on finance that will advance the global climate agenda to the next stage, but some countries’ negotiators said the...
View ArticleNE Global’s November Edition: COP29: Multilateral diplomatic stalemate...
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View ArticleFacing mounting challenges, new EU Commission takes office
Amidst global geopolitical turmoil, the European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen officially took office on December 1 with the President pledging that over the next five years the new college of...
View ArticleGeorgia’s political confrontation continues at low boil
It is difficult to find anyone other than current government officials from the “Georgian Dream” party that will claim the country’s October 26 Parliamentary elections were in fact “free and fair.”...
View ArticleEurope’s Vaping Policy Needs Education, Not Heavy-Handed Bans
Europe’s vaping crackdown is about to backfire spectacularly. As countries across the continent gear up to ban disposable vapes and puff devices in an attempt to protect the environment and safeguard...
View ArticleBiden administration takes final steps to counter global corruption and human...
Announcing a global grab-bag of new sanctions, possibly some of its last, the Biden administration took major steps on December 9 by authorizing new measures against human rights abusers and corrupt...
View ArticleResources for the Common Good: New Taxation in Times of Crisis
Do you wonder whether the world is crumbling before your eyes? If so, you are not alone. The global human rights map is alarming: everywhere, we see wars, massacres that aggravate natural disasters,...
View ArticleA Christmas Carol for the new European Commission
In the novel “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens it is noted that “there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” With the new European Commission having...
View ArticleUnited States-Japan-Philippines inaugural maritime dialogue focuses on...
The United States, Philippines, and Japan raised “serious concerns” over China’s repeated blocking and continuing harassment of Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea during their inaugural...
View ArticleOPEC+ postpones plans to increase production over supply unease
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia, known collectively as OPEC+, decided on December 5 to delay its planned output increase by three months to...
View ArticleDemocrats and Republicans agree, the Athens embassy posting has become a...
The Trump administration has just confirmed what some had suspected for several years now — that the posting to Athens as U.S. Ambassador has become little more than a sinecure to be utilized by the...
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