Flash and Facts

4 March 2022

A Figure that needs to be looked at Carefully

The striking figure to remember is $ 1.8 Trillion. Our comments concern the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 (Fifteenth of the Conference of the Parties) which will take place in Kunming -China- ...

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15 February 2022

Russian Leaders want to show their Strength especially to Europeans

First of all it must be stressed that exports of Russian products are not very varied. And in fact, what does Russia export ? The top 3 exports of Russia are Crude Petroleum, Refined Petroleum and ...

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14 December 2021

In the Hope that the New Year 2022 will be Better than the one we just had

First of all what seems to be good news in the context of the Health Crisis we are going through: the World Health Organization (WHO) hopes that States will negotiate a new International Agreement. ...

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26 November 2021

A Dictator in Europe

Beyond the speeches of circumstances and the posturing of politicians, we should assess the current crisis between the European Union and the Belarus in the light of figures that follow. The EU is ...

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26 November 2021

The worrying weaknesses of our Supply Chains

The current health crisis had at least one positive effect. It has highlighted the limits of our supply chains. And this is true whether for electronic chips or parts for cars or for food ...

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12 November 2021

Major World Powers and Climate Change Issues

The urgency to tackle climate change is not in doubt. Fortunately the reactions of many states in the world are going in the right direction. However it is actions and not statements that will ...

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12 November 2021

A few key elements about the issue of Food security in the world

Here are the major facts presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN) in its 2021 report. It must be stressed that food insecurity has been climbing for six ...

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28 October 2021

Is Poverty increasing in Europe?

The answer is clearly yes. And this results from the European Union's own statistics. The most significant figure for the year 2020 is that an estimated 21.9% of the EU population -about 96 ...

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28 October 2021

The scale of the Indian Emigration

The UN estimate that at 18 Million India has the world's largest diaspora population. This figure is to compare with another estimate of about 300 Million immigrants in the world. It must be ...

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13 October 2021

The Quad : Whatever they say this Alliance was clearly directed against China

Aukus is the first official pact launched by the US, Australia and the UK to counter China. In short, the clear objective of this security pact is to counter China in the Asia-Pacific region. But ...

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