Under The Radar: News Articles of the Week – 4th April 2023
United States Geopolitics
· Global South Solidarity Key To Lifting Up Central America – Not Monroe Doctrine
· The Necessity of the Iraq War
· US Occupiers Lash Out As Syria War Draws To An End
· US, Japan Reach Deal On Critical EV Battery Materials
Chinese Geopolitics
· Albanese Could Visit China In September, October After “In-Principle” Invite
· Brazil and China Sign Pact to Abandon Dollar
· Chinese Spy Balloon Gained Intel On US Military Sites, Transmitted In Real Time
· Taiwan Says Chinese Jets Carried Out “Combat Readiness” Patrols
Russia & Ukraine Geopolitics
· Russia Arrests US Journalist On Espionage Allegations
· Russia Confiscates Passports of Senior Officials To Stop Defections
· Russia Warns Armenia Against Joining ICC
· Russian Embassy in Stockholm Threatens Sweden, Finland Over NATO Accession
· Senior Members of South Africa’s Ruling Party In Russia Ahead of BRICS Summit
· What You Need To Know About Russia-China Relations, But Were Afraid To Ask
· Zelenskyy Thanks Bakhmut Defenders As Wagner Head Says Town Has Fallen
General Geopolitics
· BRICS Expansion: Gauging Kazakhstan’s Potential
· EU’s Big For Multipolarity: De-Risking From China, Without Naming the U.S.
· Finland To Become Newest NATO Member As Foreign Ministers Meet
· Kosovo-Serbia Tensions Spike Over Weekend
· Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders Punjab Election On May 14th
· The UK Joining The CPTPP. What Comes Next?
· With Or Without EU Money, Greece Says It Will Finish Border Fence
Financial Markets
· China’s Soaring Loan Demand Overstates Its Business Recovery
· L’Oréal Agrees To Buy Aesop In $2.5B Deal
· Shanghai Offers Cash, Tax Incentives In Fight For Foreign Investment
· UAE Cancels Licence For Russia’s Sanctioned MTS Bank
· What Unprecedented Volatility In The $24T Treasury Bond Market Looks Like
Food and Agriculture
· EU Grants Egypt $40M To Enhance Food Security
· Polish Farmers Threaten To Disrupt Zelenskyy Visit As Ukrainian Grain Floods Market
Energy
· Czechia Replaces Russian Nuclear Fuel Imports With U.S. Imports
· How China Is Winning The Race For Africa’s Lithium
· India's Demand For Urals Crude Keeps Russia’s Exports Up
· Iraqi Federal Government and Kurdish Region Reach Oil Export Deal
· Kenya’s President Ruto Urges EU To Ramp Up Green Energy Investment
· Morocco Features In UK Energy Strategy Plan As Electricity Supplier
· Nuclear vs Renewables: Two Camps Clash in Brussels
· Third Egyptian Reactor Receives Construction Permit
· UK Assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR Design Progresses
· What Fast-Growing Oil Demand In Asia Means For The Rest Of The World
Technology
· After New Zealand, Australia Bans TikTok On Official Devices
· Battle of The Chatbots: GPT-4 vs Bard
· New Ceramic Battery Could Replace Lithium-Ion
· Norway Should Push For A Global Moratorium On Deep-Sea Mining
· Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Files For Bankruptcy
· Western Regulators Take Aim At ChatGPT
Cryptocurrency
· Bitcoin and Geopolitical Rivalry
· Bitcoin Ordinals Daily Inscriptions Surge Due To” BRC-20 Tokens”
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