After an exchange of missiles and drones on Saturday, the US backed down and declined to continue striking Iran. Qatar reportedly intervened to broker a new ceasefire. The US and Iran, in response to Qatar’s intervention, agreed to halt attacks against each other and plan to meet in Doha on Tuesday for technical talks aimed at resolving their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios.
Geopolitics
Harici: Scrambling for power – Differences between the Haqqani Network and the Taliban
Over the past 20 years, the Haqqani network did not consider itself as a separate armed structure from the Taliban. Now it appears to be coming out of the shadows. Read HERE Photo: PFC Codie […]
Climate Crisis
Jan Douwe van der Ploeg – Right wing farmers’ protests in the Netherlands
For those who are less than familiar with the intricacies of Dutch agriculture, the current wave of farmers’ protests (see DutchNews.nl: “Up to 40,000 farmers demonstrate against farm closures”, June 2022) will surely be puzzling. […]
Climate Crisis
Jordyn Dahl – 5 things to know about Europe’s electric vehicle transition
As European car manufacturers fall well behind their Chinese competitors, the EU is getting twitchy about its own targets to eliminate the internal combustion engine. In ‘Politico’. Read the article HERE.
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