Новости за 15.02.2021

Marion Solletty, Politico EU

President Emmanuel Macron may still be the favorite but he has no shortage of opponents hoping to take advantage of any fumbles. With a raging coronavirus pandemic, a return of the political debate around immigration and Islamist radicalism and an incumbent whose last campaign showed the electoral landscape can be upturned, the race is anything but predictable.

Rana Faroohar, Financial Times

Cryptocurrencies have a place in a new world order where the dollar has less of a starring role

How the prime minister of a tiny group of Pacific islands has become an international power player.

Hannah Beach, New York Times

Armored vehicles rolled in along with soldiers in camouflage in cities across the country as generals moved to crush the protest movement against the Feb. 1 military coup.

D. Marusic & D. Bechev, Atlantic Council

In the early 2000s, North Macedonia was a frontrunner on the path to EU membership as the first post-Yugoslav republic to sign both a membership action plan with NATO (in 1999) and a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU (in 2001). But it has since been overtaken by a number of its neighbors. This report, authored by Damir Marusic and Dimitar Bechev, offers a snapshot of a North Macedonia finally on the threshold of EU accession talks. Читать дальше...

A. Lashitew, FP

The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today's violence. Devolution could offer a way out.

Richard Rossow, CSIS

Defense relations are today the brightest area of U.S.-India cooperation. The perseverance of forward-thinking leaders in both countries in previous years has resulted in a potent mixture of successes on a range of fronts. Momentum in defense cooperation should easily continue into the Biden administration, with such cooperation becoming "hardwired" given our shared threat assessments in the region and regular, tangible progress in our bilateral ties. However, for the most part... Читать дальше...

William Bratton, Nikkei

There has been much chatter over recent years about an Asian arms race triggered by China's surging military expenditure. This, it is argued, is reflected in increased defense budgets and new equipment programs announced by a number of Asian countries.

The survey, conducted online on Feb. 1-8, showed 56.0% of the companies polled feel Japan should cancel or postpone the Games, up from 53.6% in the previous survey in August.

Crude oil prices pared weekly losses on geopolitical tensions on Iran while base metals gained on demand growth optimism. The dollar index ended 0.62 per cent down for the week.

High school sports in the Valley get a boost with immediate move to Phase 2 Yakima Herald-Republic

Stu Jackson

Approaching nearly three decades coaching special teams in the NFL, Joe DeCamillis knows what it takes to put together a successful group.

He's guided punters, kickers, cov

Unemployment rose 16,000 to 47,900, or 6.8 percent, between 2019 and 2020, state agency Statistics Estonia reports, with short-term (less than half a year unemployed) joblessness making up the bulk of that figure.

Day after fainting mid-speech, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani tests positive for Covid-19

It didn’t take Piers Morgan long to make his feelings known about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s pregnancy announcement.

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Winter sports return at college level Republican & Herald

Marking the tenth anniversary of the popular Bahraini uprising against the ruling Al Khalifah family, the country’s main opposition group has called for a vigorous commitment to the fight against the ruling monarchy.

Troopers responded to the single-vehicle crash at 10:01 p.m., according to Highway Patrol dispatch logs.

Spectators can view high school sports via livestreams NNY360

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the latest transfer talk for Chelsea on Monday, February 15.

Spring will come to Belarus on March 25.

White Arkitekter and The Royal Park Hospitality Hub launch a recent report on Transforming Hospitality Environments – scenarios and approaches for sustainable change.

Poet and writer Stanley Onjezani Kenani sets up initiative to raise funds to buy oxygen cylinders and pressure regulators after friend dies at country’s biggest hospital

Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has released the names and photos of those he claimed are carrying out targeted killings across Kabul. These individuals are directly facilitated and instructed by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence. Nabil posted the names and pictures of the three men in several tweets, saying […]