Putin’s Apocalyptic End Game in Ukraine

Annexation and Mobilization Make Nuclear War More Likely

On September 30, following a series of sham referendums held in occupied territory in Ukraine, the Russian government declared that four Ukrainian regions were now officially part of Russia. The annexation came amid a “partial” Russian mobilization that is in fact rapidly becoming a large-scale one and that has left many Russians aghast and anxious. With these moves, the war in Ukraine has entered a new stage in which the stakes have risen drastically.

Libya PM defends undersea gas deal with Turkey

Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has defended a deal signed earlier this week with Turkey over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, which angered European nations.

The memorandum of understanding, three years after a controversial maritime border deal, sparked a sharp reaction from Greece as well as from Dbeibah’s rivals in Libya, where two administrations are grappling for power.

Russia has again tried to change Europe’s borders by force. What’s next?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to begin the formal (and illegal) annexation of occupied parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions—an area nearly the same size as Hungary. The move comes just days after staged “referendums” held at gunpoint in which the Kremlin claimed a significant majority of voters chose to join Russia. How will the world respond to Putin attempting to forcibly redraw Europe’s borders for the second time in eight years? Our experts map out what to expect next.

Oil prices up after OPEC+ cut

Saudi Arabia has been pushing for production cuts due to fluctuations in global oil prices.

Oil prices are at a three-week high following the decision by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major oil producers to cut production.

The price of Brent crude oil topped $94 a barrel today, the highest price since Sept. 14, according to market data.

Burkina Faso : les nouvelles autorités accusent la France

La junte menée par le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré accuse le chef de la junte démis Paul Damiba de “planifier une contre-offensive” depuis une base française.

Le lieu où se trouve Paul-Henri Damiba reste encore inconnu, de même que son sort. Mais les nouvelles autorités l’accusent ce samedi (01.10.22) de faire de la résistance depuis une base française près de Ouagadougou.

Government Policy, Not The Market, Spurred The Rise In Inequality – OpEd

It is a complete article of faith in intellectual circles that the market is responsible for the rise in inequality that we have seen in the United States and elsewhere over the last half-century. Intellectual types literally cannot even consider the alternative that inequality was the result of government policies, not the natural workings of the market.

Europe’s Far-Right Populists Are On The March Again – OpEd

Each time the tsunami of populism engulfing the Western world appears to have been discredited and defeated, a new wave of far-right victories compels liberal pundits to eat their words.

Scarcely a country in the democratic West has remained unscathed, as these radical hooligans scale the walls and seize the seats of national power. Now Sweden and Italy are their latest two scalps.