cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/41667815

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[When Spain's King Felipe visits China] Madrid will describe it as a gesture of goodwill and opportunity. In reality, it is a calculated gamble that may cost Spain and Europe far more than it gains. Behind the ceremonial smiles lies a strategic miscalculation, engaging Beijing on Beijing’s terms at a time when the European Union is struggling to build a coherent position on China.

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Spain’s enthusiasm for Chinese capital also reveals a worrying short-sightedness. Madrid faces a large trade deficit with China and believes new projects can offset it. In practice, they seldom do. Chinese investors import their own supply chains, labour, and technology. They create limited local value while drawing European know-how into Chinese networks. Spain risks seeing its renewable energy and manufacturing sectors absorbed into Beijing’s wider strategic designs, leaving it exposed if relations sour or global trade tensions rise.

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When an EU member breaks ranks, it weakens the credibility of that approach and gives China a wedge to exploit divisions inside the bloc. This fragmentation is exactly what Chinese diplomacy aims for. Every bilateral agreement, every royal handshake, chips away at Europe’s collective leverage.

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If Spain chooses to play Beijing’s game, it may soon discover that the price of Chinese goodwill is far higher than it expected.

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/michigan/p/403803/a-small-town-is-fighting-a-1-2-billion-ai-datacenter-for-america-s-nuclear-weapon

Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

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[When Spain's King Felipe visits China] Madrid will describe it as a gesture of goodwill and opportunity. In reality, it is a calculated gamble that may cost Spain and Europe far more than it gains. Behind the ceremonial smiles lies a strategic miscalculation, engaging Beijing on Beijing’s terms at a time when the European Union is struggling to build a coherent position on China.

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Spain’s enthusiasm for Chinese capital also reveals a worrying short-sightedness. Madrid faces a large trade deficit with China and believes new projects can offset it. In practice, they seldom do. Chinese investors import their own supply chains, labour, and technology. They create limited local value while drawing European know-how into Chinese networks. Spain risks seeing its renewable energy and manufacturing sectors absorbed into Beijing’s wider strategic designs, leaving it exposed if relations sour or global trade tensions rise.

...

When an EU member breaks ranks, it weakens the credibility of that approach and gives China a wedge to exploit divisions inside the bloc. This fragmentation is exactly what Chinese diplomacy aims for. Every bilateral agreement, every royal handshake, chips away at Europe’s collective leverage.

...

If Spain chooses to play Beijing’s game, it may soon discover that the price of Chinese goodwill is far higher than it expected.

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The Galaxy awaits. The official trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is here. Only in theaters April 2026.

Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates and connectivity modules could, in theory, provide external access to vehicle systems. Such technology is being implemented in new generation buses: the new Mercedes eIntouro for instance (Daimler Buses enthusiastically stressed in late 2024 as being the “first bus manufacturer in Europe to present a bus that is compatible with over-the-air updates“).

Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open pile up.

These are older power plants slated for retirement. They kick out a fair bit of local pollution, which means this is going to kill a lot of people in the immediate future, not to mention the long-term reduction in the planet's capacity to support human life.

74-year-old Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer just crashed his party’s car so badly that it’s time to take his keys away. And not when he’s up for reelection in three years. Now.

After plunging the country into its longest government shutdown ever, eight Senate members from the Democratic Party caucus folded on Sunday, joining their Republican colleagues in voting to open the federal government.

The defections took place without any meaningful healthcare concessions — the whole point of the shutdown in the first place — and in a clear break with the rest of the Party, most notably helpless Chuck.

This is far from Schumer’s only car crash as leader, but this time many of his insurers in the Democratic Party seem unwilling to cover the damages. Nearly a dozen House Democrats are calling for his ouster. These are not just progressives, but moderates too, like Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Mike Levin of California, and Glenn Ivey of Maryland.

The usual Washington smokescreen of process-oriented excuses isn’t working anymore. As Rep. Ro Khanna bluntly told Breaking Points, Schumer is Leader of the Senate Democrats and the buck stops with him.

“Come on, Schumer’s been in politics for 50 years,” Khanna said. “He controls the caucus, he determines when a deal can be cut.”

Two Israeli soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian detainee were met with cheers as they arrived at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday.

Supporters in the courtroom shouted “We are all Unit 100,” referring to the military unit to which the suspects belong, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

Footage shared on social media showed the two men, their faces concealed by hats, sunglasses and masks, embracing each other as some in the room applauded.

Two Israeli soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian detainee were met with cheers as they arrived at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday.

Supporters in the courtroom shouted “We are all Unit 100,” referring to the military unit to which the suspects belong, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

Footage shared on social media showed the two men, their faces concealed by hats, sunglasses and masks, embracing each other as some in the room applauded.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52916313

The delegation will include banks like Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank and insurance companies like Allianz and Ergo, the source said.

One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, based on publicly available documents, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.

Over the last month and a half, Drop Site News has published four reports about Epstein’s intelligence ties under the headlines “Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement With Mongolia”, “Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War”, “Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire”, and the most recent report titled “Israeli Spy Stayed for Weeks at a Time With Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan”.

In the latest article, Drop Site’s Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussein write, “we’re left wondering why the rest of the media, which has demonstrated no lack of excitement when it comes to the saga of Jeffrey Epstein, has all of a sudden lost its reporting capacity, in the face of reams of publicly available newsworthy documents.”

The US navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.

The deployment of the ship and the strike group it leads – which includes dozens of aircraft and destroyer ships – had been announced nearly three weeks ago, and its arrival marks an escalation in the military buildup between the US and Venezuela.

The regime of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, meanwhile, announced what it called a “massive deployment” of land, sea, air, river and missile forces, as well as civilian militia, to counter the US naval presence off its coast.

Donald Trump has sought to justify the massive military buildup as part of his “war on drugs”, targeting traffickers allegedly smuggling narcotics through Caribbean and Pacific waters. That campaign has included airstrikes on boats that have so far killed at least 76 people in South American waters since September.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/49662834

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country's energy sector.

The decision comes a day after anti-corruption prosecutors accused the former energy minister in connection with the scandal, which has sparked widespread anger.

"A decision was made to suspend Herman Galushchenko from performing the duties of minister of justice," Svyrydenko said in her statement.

His job has been taken over by deputy minister for European integration, Lyudmyla Sugak, she added.

Galuschenko said in a statement that he had spoken with the prime minister and agreed with her decision.

"A political decision must be made, and only then can all the details be sorted out," he added.

"I believe that suspension for the duration of the investigation is a civilised and correct scenario. I will defend myself in court and prove my position."

The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has accused Timur Mindich, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky, of orchestrating a $100-million corruption scandal involving embezzlement in the energy sector.

They said Galushchenko, who served as energy minister for four years, had received "personal benefits" from Mindich in exchange for control over the money flows in the energy sector.

The investigation has come to light even as the country's infrastructure is battered by Russian attacks.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/49662834

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that justice minister German Galushchenko had been suspended amid a corruption scandal in the country's energy sector.

The decision comes a day after anti-corruption prosecutors accused the former energy minister in connection with the scandal, which has sparked widespread anger.

"A decision was made to suspend Herman Galushchenko from performing the duties of minister of justice," Svyrydenko said in her statement.

His job has been taken over by deputy minister for European integration, Lyudmyla Sugak, she added.

Galuschenko said in a statement that he had spoken with the prime minister and agreed with her decision.

"A political decision must be made, and only then can all the details be sorted out," he added.

"I believe that suspension for the duration of the investigation is a civilised and correct scenario. I will defend myself in court and prove my position."

The Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has accused Timur Mindich, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky, of orchestrating a $100-million corruption scandal involving embezzlement in the energy sector.

They said Galushchenko, who served as energy minister for four years, had received "personal benefits" from Mindich in exchange for control over the money flows in the energy sector.

The investigation has come to light even as the country's infrastructure is battered by Russian attacks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38694457

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52916313

The delegation will include banks like Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank and insurance companies like Allianz and Ergo, the source said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52915542

https://archive.is/KdSuc

It was the first time in modern British history that a protest group that does not call for violence against people had been labeled a terrorist organization.