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The Munich Security Conference starts tomorrow and many foreign high-profiled guests have arrived in the city.
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🇺🇸 — RFK Jr. has been confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human services by the US Senate
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🇦🇷🇨🇳🔨China's Ganfeng starts lithium production at Argentina's Mariana project
China's Ganfeng Lithium mining company has begun producing lithium at its Mariana project in northern Argentina, it said on Wednesday, kicking off one of several of its new lithium projects under way in the South American country.
The Mariana plant, in the province of Salta, represents a $790 million investment and has the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tons of lithium chloride per year from extraction at the Llullaillaco salt flat.
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China's Ganfeng Lithium mining company has begun producing lithium at its Mariana project in northern Argentina, it said on Wednesday, kicking off one of several of its new lithium projects under way in the South American country.
The Mariana plant, in the province of Salta, represents a $790 million investment and has the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tons of lithium chloride per year from extraction at the Llullaillaco salt flat.
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The New York Stock Exchange to Launch NYSE Texas
Texas is home to more NYSE-listed companies than any other U.S. state NYSE to open Dallas office The New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced plans to launch…
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🇪🇨 🗳 ⁉️ — Ecuador’s president claims "irregularities" in first-round election
🔶 Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed that the first round of the country’s presidential election was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round with a slim lead
🔶 Noboa is set to face leftist Luisa González in the second round
🔶 Noboa even suggested that “armed groups” were forcing voters to cast their ballots for his opponent
🔶 Prior to his allegations, González made a similar claim on Monday in an interview with local channel Teleamazonas, saying that there were “inconsistencies” in the vote in certain provinces throughout Ecuador.
🔶 The European Union’s observation mission to Ecuador pronounced the election “transparent, well-organized, and peaceful” on Tuesday, and pushed back against any allegations of fraud.
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🔶 Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed that the first round of the country’s presidential election was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round with a slim lead
🔶 Noboa is set to face leftist Luisa González in the second round
🔶 Noboa even suggested that “armed groups” were forcing voters to cast their ballots for his opponent
🔶 Prior to his allegations, González made a similar claim on Monday in an interview with local channel Teleamazonas, saying that there were “inconsistencies” in the vote in certain provinces throughout Ecuador.
🔶 The European Union’s observation mission to Ecuador pronounced the election “transparent, well-organized, and peaceful” on Tuesday, and pushed back against any allegations of fraud.
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🇳🇬🤝🇳🇪🇩🇿 — Nigeria signs gas pipeline deal with Algeria, Niger Republic
🔶 Nigeria has signed a pipeline deal which would transport billions of cubic metres of gas 4,128 kilometres (2,565 miles) from Nigeria in West Africa through Niger and on to Algeria.
🇪🇺 Officials from the three countries on Tuesday signed the deal in Algiers, Algeria’s capital, aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline toward Europe.
🔶 The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) deal would also see the gas pumped through the undersea Mediterranean pipeline, Transmed to Italy, or loaded onto liquefied natural gas tankers for export.
🔶 The contracts centred on “an update of the feasibility study” and other issues, including non-disclosure agreements among their state energy companies.
❗️ While no update was given for the pipeline’s cost, which was estimated at launch at $10 billion, the project has been given new urgency by a surge in gas demand worldwide and soaring prices sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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🔶 Nigeria has signed a pipeline deal which would transport billions of cubic metres of gas 4,128 kilometres (2,565 miles) from Nigeria in West Africa through Niger and on to Algeria.
🇪🇺 Officials from the three countries on Tuesday signed the deal in Algiers, Algeria’s capital, aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline toward Europe.
🔶 The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) deal would also see the gas pumped through the undersea Mediterranean pipeline, Transmed to Italy, or loaded onto liquefied natural gas tankers for export.
🔶 The contracts centred on “an update of the feasibility study” and other issues, including non-disclosure agreements among their state energy companies.
❗️ While no update was given for the pipeline’s cost, which was estimated at launch at $10 billion, the project has been given new urgency by a surge in gas demand worldwide and soaring prices sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Nigeria signs gas pipeline deal with Algeria, Niger Republic
Officials from the three countries on Tuesday signed the deal in Algiers, Algeria's capital, aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline toward Europe.
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🇺🇸 🛢 🇬🇾 — Exxon seeks permit for its eighth oil, gas project in Guyana as output rises
🔶 A consortium led by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab has requested environmental permits from Guyana for its eighth project, the first that will generate gas not linked to oil production, and to explore another well at its massive offshore block.
🔶 Exxon plans to boost output capacity this year to 940,000 barrels per day (bpd) versus the 616,000 bpd it produced in 2024 after upgrades at two of its three floating oil facilities and the arrival of a fourth vessel, Alistair Routledge, president of Exxon Guyana, said at a press conference.
🔶 Guyana has been pressing Exxon to produce and deliver more natural gas, part of the government's strategy to rely on the fuel for power generation, to industrialize the country and begin petrochemical and liquefied natural gas (LNG) businesses that can expand government revenue.
🔶 Guyana's economy achieved its fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in 2024, expanding 43.6%, driven by crude production. Oil output rose 58% from 391,000 bpd in 2024.
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🔶 A consortium led by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab has requested environmental permits from Guyana for its eighth project, the first that will generate gas not linked to oil production, and to explore another well at its massive offshore block.
🔶 Exxon plans to boost output capacity this year to 940,000 barrels per day (bpd) versus the 616,000 bpd it produced in 2024 after upgrades at two of its three floating oil facilities and the arrival of a fourth vessel, Alistair Routledge, president of Exxon Guyana, said at a press conference.
🔶 Guyana has been pressing Exxon to produce and deliver more natural gas, part of the government's strategy to rely on the fuel for power generation, to industrialize the country and begin petrochemical and liquefied natural gas (LNG) businesses that can expand government revenue.
🔶 Guyana's economy achieved its fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in 2024, expanding 43.6%, driven by crude production. Oil output rose 58% from 391,000 bpd in 2024.
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🇻🇳 🤝 🇺🇸 — Vietnam Looks to Placate Trump By Vowing No Limits on US Goods
🔶 Vietnam says it has no intention of imposing measures that “create burdens or restrict trade” with the US, and is “ready to open its market, increasing imports of US agricultural products.”
🔶 Vietnam welcomes US investors to participate in “new energy projects, oil and gas areas, as well as mining,” to ensure energy security and sustainable supply chain development between the two countries, Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said at a meeting with the country’s top US envoy, according to a statement on Vietnam’s trade ministry website.
🔶 Vietnam’s trade surplus with the US widened to $123.5 billion last year, giving it the third-highest trade gap that any country has with the US, behind China and Mexico, making the manufacturing powerhouse a potential prime tariff target.
🔶 Vietnam is among the world’s most trade-dependent nations, with exports equivalent to about 90% of economic output, and counts the US as its most significant customer. Shipments have surged since the US-China trade war broke out during Trump’s first term, which accelerated global brands shifting production away from China to countries such as Vietnam.
🔶 Vietnam is also currently the ninth largest market for US agricultural products, importing goods such as beef, soybeans, and apples, according to the trade ministry.
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🔶 Vietnam says it has no intention of imposing measures that “create burdens or restrict trade” with the US, and is “ready to open its market, increasing imports of US agricultural products.”
🔶 Vietnam welcomes US investors to participate in “new energy projects, oil and gas areas, as well as mining,” to ensure energy security and sustainable supply chain development between the two countries, Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said at a meeting with the country’s top US envoy, according to a statement on Vietnam’s trade ministry website.
🔶 Vietnam’s trade surplus with the US widened to $123.5 billion last year, giving it the third-highest trade gap that any country has with the US, behind China and Mexico, making the manufacturing powerhouse a potential prime tariff target.
🔶 Vietnam is among the world’s most trade-dependent nations, with exports equivalent to about 90% of economic output, and counts the US as its most significant customer. Shipments have surged since the US-China trade war broke out during Trump’s first term, which accelerated global brands shifting production away from China to countries such as Vietnam.
🔶 Vietnam is also currently the ninth largest market for US agricultural products, importing goods such as beef, soybeans, and apples, according to the trade ministry.
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Vietnam Looks to Placate Trump By Vowing No Limits on US Goods
Vietnam says it has no intention of imposing measures that “create burdens or restrict trade” with the US, and is “ready to open its market, increasing imports of US agricultural products,” as it seeks to stave off Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
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🇺🇸 🛃 🇪🇨 — Ecuador's most wanted arrested in Ohio suburb by US Marshals taskforce, ICE
🔶 A man who has been on Ecuador's most wanted list since at least 2022 was arrested in a Central Ohio suburb.
🔶 Luis Naula-Candelario, 29, was wanted for the 2019 killing of Brenda Alexandra Garcia Puya in the Cañar province of Ecuador.
🔶 Federal agents said he exited the home after a brief standoff and was taken into custody.
🔶 According to ICE's Detainee Locator System, a man with the same name from Ecuador is being held at a detention facility in Calhoun County, Michigan.
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🔶 A man who has been on Ecuador's most wanted list since at least 2022 was arrested in a Central Ohio suburb.
🔶 Luis Naula-Candelario, 29, was wanted for the 2019 killing of Brenda Alexandra Garcia Puya in the Cañar province of Ecuador.
🔶 Federal agents said he exited the home after a brief standoff and was taken into custody.
🔶 According to ICE's Detainee Locator System, a man with the same name from Ecuador is being held at a detention facility in Calhoun County, Michigan.
“The U.S. Marshals in Southern Ohio and ICE work together daily to locate and apprehend violent fugitives in our community," said Michael D. Black, United States Marshal. "This arrest is the result of the daily sharing of resources and information with all our task force partners. We will continue to support ICE in their immigration enforcement efforts by locating and arresting those in the country illegally who are wanted for violent crimes.”
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A man who has been on Ecuador's most wanted list since at least 2022 was arrested in a Central Ohio suburb.
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"I just spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The conversation went very well. He, like President Putin, wants to make PEACE. We discussed a variety of topics having to do with the War, but mostly, the meeting that is being set up on Friday in Munich, where Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the Delegation. I am hopeful that the results of that meeting will be positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous War, where there has been massive, and totally unnecessary, DEATH and DESTRUCTION. God bless the people of Russia and Ukraine!
Donald Trump Truth Social Post 01:11 PM EST 02/12/25"
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Very substantive negotiations with the United States of America. I had a conversation with President Trump – a good and detailed discussion; I am grateful to the President for his genuine interest in our shared opportunities, in how we can work together to bring real peace closer. It was a long conversation. We discussed many aspects – diplomatic, military, economic – and President Trump informed me of what Putin had told him. We believe that America's strength is sufficient to pressure Russia and Putin into peace, together with us, together with all our partners.
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Very substantive negotiations with the United States of America. I had a conversation with President Trump – a good and detailed discussion; I am grateful to the President for his genuine interest in our shared opportunities, in how we can work together to…
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"Meeting with Scott of the Bessent and his first foreign visit to Ukraine. We appreciate partnerships with the United States, grateful for help in protecting our independence and striving to make our common opportunities, especially security.
Safety matters. It is impossible to give Moscow and its accomplices control of Ukraine, which means that we need to work together — everyone in the free world.
We received an American vision of deepening our work, discussed the content of these proposals today, and we work for the sake of a strong agreement. We expect progress already during the Munich Security Conference."
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European leaders insisted they shouldn’t be sidelined after US President Donald Trump said he’d agreed to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin
"European officials fear they will have to bear the cost of postwar security and reconstruction as they reel from being cut out of US-Russia peace negotiations on Ukraine.
Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that their delegations would “start negotiations immediately” to end the war, blindsiding European capitals who had failed to make their case for being included in the process.
More than half a dozen senior European officials told the Financial Times they expected the US president to tell them they must pay for Ukrainian reconstruction and deploy troops there to maintain a peace deal in which they would not be involved.
“The Americans don’t see a role for Europe in the big geopolitical questions related to the war. It’s going to be a real test of unity,” said one senior EU official.
“Trump sees us as money. And frankly we haven’t been clear on what our seat at the table would look like in exchange for that money.”
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📰🗯 🗣 🤝 🗣 — 🇬🇧 Financial Times | Trump opens the door to Putin’s grandest ambitions | Russian leader wants a new security architecture to give his country a sphere of influence in Europe | February 13, 2025:
"Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in a few days ended in disaster. But after Donald Trump bypassed Kyiv and European allies to set up direct peace talks with Moscow, the Russian president is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted from his three-year-long invasion.
Putin’s main ambition, said people who have spoken to him during the war, is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of influence in Europe — much as the Yalta conference did for the Soviet Union at the end of the second world war.
Now, the US may be open to letting him have it. Defence secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed Ukraine’s aspirations to join Nato and reclaim its territory from Russia. Putin and Trump discussed “bilateral economic co-operation”, suggesting that the US was prepared to roll back its sanctions against Moscow.
And Trump appears intent on rolling back the US’s commitment to Nato and leaving the job of sustaining a peace to European countries.
“The situation looks much more favourable for Putin than at any point during the entire war over the last three years,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. “If the US just unilaterally ends its military and diplomatic support, as well as intelligence sharing, then Ukraine will be in a very tough position. And it’ll be hard to get out of it even if the Europeans get more involved.”
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"Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in a few days ended in disaster. But after Donald Trump bypassed Kyiv and European allies to set up direct peace talks with Moscow, the Russian president is now closer than ever to getting what he wanted from his three-year-long invasion.
Putin’s main ambition, said people who have spoken to him during the war, is to establish a new security architecture that gives Russia a sphere of influence in Europe — much as the Yalta conference did for the Soviet Union at the end of the second world war.
Now, the US may be open to letting him have it. Defence secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed Ukraine’s aspirations to join Nato and reclaim its territory from Russia. Putin and Trump discussed “bilateral economic co-operation”, suggesting that the US was prepared to roll back its sanctions against Moscow.
And Trump appears intent on rolling back the US’s commitment to Nato and leaving the job of sustaining a peace to European countries.
“The situation looks much more favourable for Putin than at any point during the entire war over the last three years,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. “If the US just unilaterally ends its military and diplomatic support, as well as intelligence sharing, then Ukraine will be in a very tough position. And it’ll be hard to get out of it even if the Europeans get more involved.”
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📰🗯 🗣 🤝 🗣 — 🇬🇧 Financial Times | Trump opens the door to Putin’s grandest ambitions | Russian leader wants a new security architecture to give his country a sphere of influence in Europe | February 13, 2025: "Vladimir Putin’s initial plan to capture Ukraine in…
"It is hard to overestimate the significance of the recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He also noted that the presidents have instructed their teams to lay the groundwork for the summit.
The call on Wednesday marked the first known conversation between the US and Russian leaders since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Trump has since signaled that he is “okay” with keeping Ukraine out of NATO and suggested that it is “unlikely” that Kiev could regain all of the territory it has lost to Russia over the past decade. Trump also noted that the presidents had exchanged invitations to visit each other’s countries.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Peskov described the phone call as “a very important conversation.” “Against the backdrop of what has been happening for several years, there have been no contacts at the highest level between Moscow and Washington,” he said, noting that this landscape did not contribute to solving the Ukraine crisis."
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Putin-Trump summit on the way – Kremlin
The Trump-Putin phone call is incredibly important and is a sign that Washington wants peace in Ukraine, the Kremlin has said
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"GREAT TALKS WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE YESTERDAY. GOOD POSSIBILITY OF ENDING THAT HORRIBLE, VERY BLOODY WAR!!!
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