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🇨🇳 🇪🇺 "The rise of yuan usage in global trade has been remarkably rapid. Its tripled in usage since the war in Ukraine broke out."
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🇨🇳 ❌️ 🇺🇸 China bans export of rare earths processing tech over national security
🔶️ China, the world's top processor of rare earths, on Thursday banned the export of technology to extract and separate the strategic metals, in a further step towards protecting its dominance in several strategic metals.
🔶️ China has significantly tightened rules guiding exports of several metals this year, in an escalating battle with the West over control of critical minerals.
🔶️ The move to protect its rare earth technology comes as Europe and the United States scramble to wean themselves off rare earths from China, which accounts for 90% of global refined output.
🔶️ Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets for use in electric vehicles, wind turbines and electronics.
🔶️ China has mastered the solvent extraction process to refine the strategic minerals, which Western rare earth companies have struggled to deploy due to technical complexities and pollution concerns.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/china-bans-export-rare-earths-processing-technologies-2023-12-21/
https://archive.ph/0JRje
🔶️ China, the world's top processor of rare earths, on Thursday banned the export of technology to extract and separate the strategic metals, in a further step towards protecting its dominance in several strategic metals.
🔶️ China has significantly tightened rules guiding exports of several metals this year, in an escalating battle with the West over control of critical minerals.
🔶️ The move to protect its rare earth technology comes as Europe and the United States scramble to wean themselves off rare earths from China, which accounts for 90% of global refined output.
🔶️ Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets for use in electric vehicles, wind turbines and electronics.
🔶️ China has mastered the solvent extraction process to refine the strategic minerals, which Western rare earth companies have struggled to deploy due to technical complexities and pollution concerns.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/china-bans-export-rare-earths-processing-technologies-2023-12-21/
https://archive.ph/0JRje
Reuters
China bans export of rare earths processing tech over national security
China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to make rare earth magnets on Thursday, adding it to a ban already in place on technology to extract and separate the critical materials.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 How will the Ukraine war end? Victory against Russia looks unlikely
As the second anniversary of the war approaches, Kyiv is finding it far more difficult to impose its sovereignty on the battlefield, with hopes of imminent victory fading and the focus shifting to ensuring that no further land is lost.
Ukrainian generals said this week that Russia was on the offensive in the east of the country and that troops were being forced to downsize some military operations because of artillery shortages. “We can’t respond to everything the Russians are throwing at us. It’s as painful as hell,” said Yurash.
The scale of Ukraine’s casualties is classified but there is no longer any attempt to disguise that losses are huge. “I don’t even give the new guys call signs any more. Most of them don’t last long,” said a Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
📎 The Telegraph
As the second anniversary of the war approaches, Kyiv is finding it far more difficult to impose its sovereignty on the battlefield, with hopes of imminent victory fading and the focus shifting to ensuring that no further land is lost.
Ukrainian generals said this week that Russia was on the offensive in the east of the country and that troops were being forced to downsize some military operations because of artillery shortages. “We can’t respond to everything the Russians are throwing at us. It’s as painful as hell,” said Yurash.
The scale of Ukraine’s casualties is classified but there is no longer any attempt to disguise that losses are huge. “I don’t even give the new guys call signs any more. Most of them don’t last long,” said a Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
📎 The Telegraph
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I will not be bullied by foreign government demands to censor Rumble creators. My statement on turning off Brazil.
Recently, the Brazilian courts demanded that we remove certain creators from Rumble. As part of our mission to restore a free and open internet, we have committed not to move the goalposts on our content policies. Users with unpopular views are free to access our platform on the same terms as our millions of other users. Accordingly, we have decided to disable access to Rumble for users in Brazil while we challenge the legality of the Brazilian courts' demands.
We are disappointed by the court decisions that have caused the Brazilian people to lose the ability to view a wide range of Rumble content. This action will not have a material effect on our business, but we hope the Brazilian courts reconsider their decisions so we can restore service soon.
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NOTICE TO USERS IN BRAZIL: Because of Brazilian government demands to remove creators from our platform, Rumble is currently unavailable in Brazil. We are challenging these government demands and hope to restore access soon.
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Venezuela agrees with Trinidad and Tobago to start exporting gas with the help of Shell
https://acortar.link/D4UTVk
https://acortar.link/D4UTVk
El Universal
Venezuela pacta con Trinidad y Tobago para empezar a exportar gas con ayuda de Shell
La vicepresidenta de la República, Delcy Rodríguez catalogó este pacto como un hecho histórico donde por primera vez Venezuela exportará gas
Physical attacks against crypto asset owners, which tend to be correlated with exchange rates, were predictably lower in 2023.
https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1738271395874775338
https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1738271395874775338
X (formerly Twitter)
Jameson Lopp (@lopp) on X
Physical attacks against crypto asset owners, which tend to be correlated with exchange rates, were predictably lower in 2023.
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— 🇺🇸/🇫🇷/🇪🇸/🇮🇹 CONFIRMED: France, Spain and Italy have withdrawn from Operation Prosperity Guardian, refusing to put their warships under U.S. command
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— 🇺🇸 So, 'Operation Prosperity Guardian' now consists of the following nations:
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Bahrain and Seychelles.
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United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Bahrain and Seychelles.
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📢 🇮🇷 🇲🇦 Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claim they can shut down the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
🔶️ “They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways,” Tasnim quoted Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, coordinating commander of the Guards, as saying.
🔶️ Iran has no direct access to the Mediterranean itself and it was not clear how the Guards could attempt to close it off, although Naqdi talked of “the birth of new powers of resistance and the closure of other waterways.”
🔶️ “Yesterday, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz became a nightmare for them, and today they are trapped … in the Red Sea,” Naqdi was quoted as saying.
https://gcaptain.com/iran-threatens-strait-of-gibraltar-closure-without-saying-how/
🔶️ “They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways,” Tasnim quoted Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, coordinating commander of the Guards, as saying.
🔶️ Iran has no direct access to the Mediterranean itself and it was not clear how the Guards could attempt to close it off, although Naqdi talked of “the birth of new powers of resistance and the closure of other waterways.”
🔶️ “Yesterday, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz became a nightmare for them, and today they are trapped … in the Red Sea,” Naqdi was quoted as saying.
https://gcaptain.com/iran-threatens-strait-of-gibraltar-closure-without-saying-how/
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— 🇾🇪/🇺🇳 NEW: After 9 years, all factions in the Yemeni civil war have reached an agreement to work towards a permanent settlement end to the conflict - UN
According to Hans Grundberg, special UN rapporteur to Yemen, the warring factions, including the Houthis & the internationally recognized Yemeni government, have agreed on three basic steps towards peace:
1. A permanent nationwide ceasefire.
2. The improvement of basic living conditions throughout the country.
3. An inclusive political process under UN supervision.
According to informed sources, negotiations regarding the political future of Yemen as a unified nation will begin in 2024, with a real possibility being the restoration of the country to its pre-1990 borders, which would mean the Houthis gaining legitimate rule over much of Western Yemen.
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According to Hans Grundberg, special UN rapporteur to Yemen, the warring factions, including the Houthis & the internationally recognized Yemeni government, have agreed on three basic steps towards peace:
1. A permanent nationwide ceasefire.
2. The improvement of basic living conditions throughout the country.
3. An inclusive political process under UN supervision.
According to informed sources, negotiations regarding the political future of Yemen as a unified nation will begin in 2024, with a real possibility being the restoration of the country to its pre-1990 borders, which would mean the Houthis gaining legitimate rule over much of Western Yemen.
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— 🇾🇪/🇺🇳 UN press release regarding the roadmap for peace in Yemen:
'The UN roadmap will include, among other elements, the parties’ commitment to implement a nationwide ceasefire, pay all public sector salaries, resume oil exports, open roads in Taiz and other parts of Yemen, and further ease restrictions on Sana’a Airport and the Hudaydah port.
The roadmap will also establish implementation mechanisms and prepare for a Yemeni-owned political process under UN supervision.'
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'The UN roadmap will include, among other elements, the parties’ commitment to implement a nationwide ceasefire, pay all public sector salaries, resume oil exports, open roads in Taiz and other parts of Yemen, and further ease restrictions on Sana’a Airport and the Hudaydah port.
The roadmap will also establish implementation mechanisms and prepare for a Yemeni-owned political process under UN supervision.'
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