The UN General Assembly on September 4 adopted an important resolution by a vote of 164 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstentions, encouraging countries to replace world maps drawn using the Mercator projection with new maps created under the Equal Earth project that more accurately reflect the actual area of each continent. The old-style Mercator map artificially enlarged regions such as North America and Europe while shrinking the true areas of developing regions such as Africa and South America, and has long drawn criticism.
The European Parliament’s Left group on Wednesday slammed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over what it called “glaring double standards,” saying she condemns attacks on civilians in Ukraine while continuing to defend Israel over its war in Gaza.
I heard a statistic the other day that the output of Germany’s energy-intensive industries – things like cement, glass, steel – have collapsed 20% in the last six years. I don’t know why I found it too shocking to be true given the state of elite governance in the west, but I did. Some research confirmed that it is of course true.
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Don’t rule out warmer ties with Moscow.
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“This Is the midnight – let no star
“Delude us – dawn is very far.
“This is the tempest long foretold
“Slow to make head but sure to hold.”
India kept BRICS from going anti-U.S. at the recent New Delhi summit. The U.S. thanked India with 100 percent tariffs for importing Russian oil.
