🇺🇸☢️ Biden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US

Holtec International acquired the 800-megawatt Palisades plant in 2022 with plans to dismantle it. But now the emphasis is on restarting it by late 2025, following support from the state of Michigan and the Biden administration.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it would be the first nuclear power plant to be reopened in the U.S. It still faces hurdles, including inspections, testing and the blessing of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, known as the NRC.

“Nuclear power is our single largest source of carbon-free electricity, directly supporting 100,000 jobs across the country and hundreds of thousands more indirectly,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 Independent suggests Biden has “ended America’s love affair with Israel.”

Viewed with the benefit of hindsight, the UN Security Council resolution passed on Monday was no more than the logical conclusion of a painfully gradual revision of US policy that has been going on since at least January. That does not make it any less of a landmark.

Practically every word of Resolution 2728 illustrates just how far the US stance has changed, and how far what was once unacceptable to the US – and its ally, Israel – has now been accepted by the US. These include the demand for an “immediate ceasefire”, although initially only for Ramadan, the fact that it should be “unconditional” – that is, not linked to the release of the hostages, which is the subject of a separate demand.

There is no mention of Hamas, and the resolution implies the release of hostages/prisoners by both sides. A second clause “emphasises the urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance and reinforce the protection of civilians in the entire Gaza Strip”, which amounts to direct criticism of Israel.

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🇲🇦❌🇪🇸 — Spanish Media reports that Moroccan Royal Armed Forces will carry out large-scale military exercises 125 km from the islands of Gran Canaria while the Spanish authorities request information and explanations from the Moroccan government for this unilateral decision

💰❌💰 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | Gold Vs. Bitcoin: Comparing The Top 10 Monetary Characteristics | March 27, 2024:

"(...) There will never be more than 21 million Bitcoins, and there is nothing anyone can do to change that.

Today, the Bitcoin supply is about 19.6 million, meaning the vast majority—over 93%—of the total Bitcoin supply has already been created.

The remaining 1.4 million BTC will come onto the market at a preset, ever-decreasing rate until the last Bitcoin is created 116 years from now, in 2140."

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🇵🇱 Europe has moved into the pre-war era, this has not happened since 1945 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

"What is most alarming now is that literally any scenario is possible. We haven't experienced a situation like this since 1945. I know it sounds crushing, especially for people of the younger generation, but we must morally get used to the new era. We are in pre-war times. I'm not exaggerating. Every day it is more and more evident," he told El pais.

He also urged Europeans to spend more on defense. In particular, he reminded about the need to allocate at least 2% of GDP to defense, according to the fundamental principle of NATO.

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⚛️🌘❗️ — 📰 Daily Mail: CERN to test world's most powerful particle accelerator during April's solar eclipse to search for 'invisible' matter that secretly powers our universe

➡️ The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator is set smash protons together on April 8 to search for invisible particles secretly powering our universe.

➡️ Theories have suggested there are 17 different particle groups and the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, confirmed the existence of one using its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012.

➡️ Now, the team has restarted LHC after a two-year hibernation with hopes of unraveling more mysterious - specifically dark matter.

➡️ Scientists began preliminary tests by sending billions of protons around LHC's ring of superconducting magnets to boost their energy and ensure the $4 billion machine was in working condition.

➡️ And next month, CERN will shoot them down a 17-mile-long tunnel at nearly the speed of light to recreate conditions a second after the Big Bang.

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📱📈❗️🇺🇸 — 🇯🇵 Nikkei Asia | Huawei says 2023 net profit doubled despite U.S. crackdown | Chinese tech titan saw good growth for smartphones and car business | March 29, 2024:

"TAIPEI -- China's Huawei Technologies said on Friday its net profit more than doubled in 2023, with revenue in all business segments rising on the year.

At 87 billion yuan ($12 billion), Huawei's net profit was the highest in the past five years, excluding 2021, when it recognized an undisclosed amount of gain from spinning off its budget smartphone line, Honor.

The numbers provide a strong sign that the company has been able to withstand a sustained crackdown by Washington that includes stringent export controls.

Huawei's resurgence in the domestic smartphone market, in particular, has put pressure on rivals, most notably Apple.

Once the world's second-largest smartphone maker, Huawei said revenue from its sanctions-hit consumer electronics business grew 17.3% versus 2022 to 251.5 billion yuan last year, and that the momentum is continuing into the first quarter of this year."

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