Under The Radar: News Articles of the Past Week - 29th November 2022
General Geopolitics
· How COVID Became The Path to Global Financial Surveillance
· War a Possibility As Iran-Azerbaijan Tensions Flare
· The DRC: Threats and Opportunities in a Complex Neighbourhood
· Kurdish Oil Jitters As Iran Bombs Northern Iraq
· Poland Accepts German Offer For Patriot Defences
· Escalation Possible as Serbia and Kosovo Emergency Talks Over Car Plates Dispute Fail
· Moldova Warns of Acute Crisis As Powers Pledge More Support
· Erdogan Signals Turkish Ground Offensive in Syria and Iraq
· Anti-War Protests Stretch Across Central Europe
· Australian Business Hopeful Of Better Ties With China
· AP Fires Reporter Who Risked Escalation With Polish Missile Misinformation
· Western Countries Pledge Millions to Shore Up Moldova
· Canada Should Build Ties With Countries That Share Its Values - But Tread Carefully
· Italian Police Bust Nazi Cell Planning Terrorist Attacks
· In Poland, Peace May Be a Bridge Too Far
· Czech Army Leader Calls For Biggest Rearmament of The Army In Country's History
· Awaiting F-16s, Bulgaria Closes In On Interim Fighter Potentially From Sweden or France
· SECDEF Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Meet - Stress Lines of Communication Need to Be Kept Open
· France and German Ties Are Robust and Rooted in Trust Despite Recent Tensions
· France and Ireland See Window to Resolve Post Brexit Dispute With The UK
· Hungary to Approve Finland and Sweden's NATO Accession Next Year
· Taliban Conduct First Public Whipping Since The 1990s
US Geopolitics
· US Benfold Conducted Taiwan Strait Transit In Early November
· US Blames Iran for Drone Attack on Eastern Pacific Product Tanker
· Time For South Africa to Improve Intelligence-Sharing Channels With The US
· USS George H.W.Bush Operates With French, And Italian Carriers In The Ionian Sea
· US Military Report Rocket Attacks on Its Patrol Base in Syria
North Korea Geopolitics
· UN Security Council Statement on North Korea's ICBM Launch
· Kim Wants World’s Strongest Nuclear Force
Chinese Geopolitics
· Xi Tells Kim That China Wants to Work With North Korea For Global Peace
· China COVID Restrictions Are Actually Tightening
· 13 Chinese Providences Had Population Shrink in 2021
· Indonesia Is Good Friends With China But Will Protect Its Sovereignty
· Reunification with Taiwan Through Force
· UK Restrict Chinese Cameras in Government Buildings Over Security Fears
· US Bans Chinese Security Cameras and Network Equipment
Russia-Ukraine Geopolitics
· Russia-Ukraine - Navigating the Media Minefield
· Does the Collective West Military Want Ukraine War to End, For The Moment?
· AP Still Protecting Source Behind Its False Russia-Bombed Poland Story
· UK Bypassing Its Own Sanctions On Russian Oil
· Operation Uranus: When Soviets Started Taking The Upper Hand In WW2
· Russia Welcomes Algeria's Intention to Join BRICS
· Zelensky Trapped by Moscow and Washington
· De-Escalating Ukraine: The Back Channel
· Russia's Loss Is Turkey's Gain in Syria
· Russian Hackers Target Dutch LNG Terminal
· UK Increases Ukrainian Military Support, Delivers First Helicopter
· NATO, EU to Step Up Non-Lethal Aid to Ukraine Over Winter Woes
· Russians And Ukrainians Met in UAE to Discuss Prisoner Swap, Ammonia
· Zelensky Criticises Kyiv Mayor Klitschko Over Power Cuts
· Either Putin Loses or the West Does
Financial Markets
· Excessive Debt Will Be China's Biggest Challenge
· One in Five Germans Dipping Into Savings to Get By
· Can US Corporate Debt Markets Weather A Recession
· ECB: Might Need to Raise Rates Into Restrictive Territory
· Black Friday Sales Top $9bn - New Record
· Buy Now Pay Later Contributing to Record Black Friday Sales?
· 2023 Global Growth Set For Lowest Since 2009
· Investors Pump $16bn In US Corporate Bond Funds
Commodities
· Limits of Europe's Drive For Critical Minerals Autonomy
· Why the African Cocoa Cartel Is a Bad Idea
Shipping and Maritime
· Korean Tanker Hit By Pirates For Second Time This Year
· Colombian Alternative to Panama Canal Seeks Funding
· West Arctic Ocean Emerges As Major Source of Crude For India
· China Coastguard Ships Near Disputed Island Diaoyus, Days After Japan Talks
· Deadlock at Adani's South India Port as Protestors Block Trucks
Trade
· Sunak Denies Plans For Swiss-Style EU Deal
· Digital Product Passports Become The Norm in EU's Green Economy Plan
· Qatar and China Make History With 27-Year LNG Supply Deal
· South Korea Aims to Surpass China in Military Exports
· Clothes Pile Up In Bangladesh Warehouse As Western Imports Collapse
Cryptocurrencies
· Two Estonians Arrested in $575m Crypto Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme
· FTX Management Track Down $1.24bn in Cash Holdings
· Don't Regulate Crypto As Finance
· Senators Pressure Fidelity to Reconsider Crypto in Retirement Plans
· CEO of Ukrainian Crypto Firm Denies FTX-Ukraine Money Laundering Allegations
· US Prosecutors Opened Probe of FTX Months Before Its Collapse
· Crypto Lender Genesis Says No Immediate Plans to File For Bankruptcy
· Binance Launches Proof of Reserves System
· Competition in the Metaverse
· SBF Responds to SEC Special Treatment Conspiracy Allegations
· CZ Billion Dollar Bailout for Distressed Crypto
· FTX Failure Can Play Advantage of the Old Guard
· Regulators Can't Keep Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Craziness
Innovation
· Are Small Modular Reactors Becoming Too Expensive
· American's Electric Grid Can't Afford The EV Revolution
· EU's Push For Its Own Satellite Internet Is a Boon For Start-ups and Security
· 3D-Printed Personalised Meds Are Almost Here, Thanks to Finnish Startup
· Commission On Quest To Unlock Algae's Potential in EU
· How Far Off Are Practical Quantum Computers?
· American Offshore Floating Style Wind Turbines
· Are Dogs and Robots The Future of Energy Security
· A Bot That Watched 70,000 Hours of Minecraft Could Unlock AI's Next Big Thing
· Meta's Game-Playing AI Can Make and Break Alliances Like a Human
· Using Cells From The Deceased to Create New Life
· Could We Run Out of Data To Teach AI-Language Programs
· Quantum Resistant Algorithms
· CRISPR Is So Popular, Even Viruses Might Use It
· AI Learns The Art of Diplomacy
· SpaceX Dragon Launches Science and Solar Arrays to ISS
· India's First Private Rocket Company Looks To Slash Satellite Costs
· San Francisco PD Proposes Letting Robots Kill Suspects
· Google Signs Up For Moray West Wind Farm Power
Energy
· China's Zero-COVID Tweaks Are False Flag For Oil Markets
· Floating LNG Projects Boom as Europe Races to Stock Up On Gas
· Why Is The US Losing Oil Refining Capacity
· Europe Can't Quit Russian LNG
· Saudi Denies Output Hike Rumours
· Goldman Slash Oil Price Forecast By $10
· Europe Rush to Fill Up On Diesel Before Russian Ban Begins
· Saudi Green Agenda: Renewables at Home, Oil Abroad
· How Europe's Energy Crisis Can Turn Into A Food Crisis
· Russia Sends Oil Through Arctic Circle
· US Ease Venezuelan Oil Sanctions
· Slow Progress at COP27 Underlines Need For Systemic Solutions
· Exclusion of Afghanistan From COP27
· Drone Attack on VLCC Taking on Oil in Yemen
· Diesel Crunch Is Finally Causing Demand Destruction
· Exxon Emerging As An Unlikely Supporter of America's Decarbonization Efforts
· BP Snags Contract to market Guyana's Share of Exxon's Offshore Oil
· Chinese Oil Giant Spends $1.9bn on 5% Stake of Huge Brazilian Oilfield
· Germany Warns of Rationing This Winter If Gas Storage Dips Below 40%
· Saudi and Iraq Reiterate Support for Production Cut
· Deepwater Oil and Gas Production to Grow 60%
· How Will Republicans Influence Energy Policy In 2023
· Scandinavia Is Leading Green Energy Revolution
· Tap Oil Fields, Not Our Emergency Reserves, To Lower Energy Prices
· Oil Market Metrics Signal Sufficient Supply and Weakening Demand
· Biden Administration Approves Application for New Oil Export Project on Texas Coast
· Ocean Winds Forms Irish Offshore Wind Venture
Food
· Black Sea Grain Deal Extended For 4 Months
· Wholegrain Rich Diet Lifeline for Struggling Health Systems
· Food Aid into Ethiopia's Tigray Not Matching Needs Says UN
· US Bird Flu Worst on Record - Egg Hyperinflation
Water
· Israel and Jordan Agree To Team Up to Save Jordan River
· Catalonia Limits Water Use As Spain Prays For Rain
· In Andes, Farmers Pray for Rain to End Drought
Job Market
· UK Cash Shortage as G4S Cash Delivery Staff Vote to Strike
· ECB: Wages Will Be Primary Driver of Inflation In Coming Years
· Royal Mail Strikes: Dates in December and Christmas Last Posting Details
· Nurses Tell Health Secretary Its "Pay Negotiations or Nothing" to Avert Strikes
· Elliott Advisors Poised to Bankroll £70m Rescue of Superdry
· Biden Says Administration is Engaged in Talks to Avert Railroad Strike
· How Britain Can Solve Its Post-Brexit Labour Shortage
Housing Market
· Spain to Offer Mortgage Holders Relief From Higher Interest Rates
· Austrian Central Bank Defends Compulsory Mortgage-Lending Standards
· Lumber Prices As The Leading Indicator for Inflation and Housing
· 37% of Real Estate Agents Couldn't Afford October Office Rent
Politics
· Talks to Form New Malaysian Government
· Malaysian King Says Leading Coalitions Don't Have Numbers to Form Government
· Taiwan President Quits As Party Head After Local Election Losses
· Imran Khan Cancels Protest Marches to Avoid Chaos
· DRC Schedules Presidential Election for December 2023 Amid M23 Rebels Unrest
· Trump: Redo The Arizona Election
Technology
· Ukrainian Official Raises Concert About Musk Manipulation of Information
· Twitter Alternative Hive Hits 1 Million Users After Sign-Up Surge
· Twitter - Different Colour Ticks For Organisations
· Amazon Makes Push Into Health Care
· Amazon To Shut Down Food Delivery Business In India
· Amazon Workers Stage Walkouts/Protests on Black Friday
· Elon Will Build a Phone if Apple and Google Drop Twitter
· Foxconn Riot Could Cut China iPhone Production By More Than 30%
Other
· Indonesian Rescue Workers Race to Find Survivors After Java Quake
· Greece Launches Rescue Op For Boat With Hundreds Of People On
· One Killed, 30 Injured in Southern Thailand Car Bombing