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CSTO summit
The President of Russia took part in a regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in a restricted format.
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in a restricted format.
Talks continued in an extended format with… Continue reading
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Bolsonaro Rises
Bolsonaro Fights Brazil Election Defeat
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is arguing some votes from the knife-edge election battle defeat to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be “invalidated” after his coalition found “signs of irreparable malfunction” in older models of electronic voting machines.
Gleisi Hoffmann, President of Lula’s Workers Party, branded the move as “chicanery” and an… Continue reading -
COP27: No Commitments on Climate Change
Climate change is a hot topic. We know of course that there is a portion, a large percentage of the climate change playbook that is pure twaddle and pure commoditizing of climate in order to be able to sell it, and trade on it. But our climate changes all the time. Currently, it is measured… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Notes: The technical commenting issues are looking better. In the main, the comment formatting now works as designed, but there are still conditionalities where it loses… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 
Bombs away: in Jerusalem
The first blast was during the morning rush hour close to the Central Bus Station in the city. The second, just a scant 30 minutes after the first, happened near the Ramon intersection in northern Jerusalem with a bus as target. There are injuries and deaths. These were nail bombs. This has not happened in… Continue reading
