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Netherlands buys up diesel before winter, sanctions on Russia

  Bloomberg The Netherlands is purchasing millions of barrels of diesel in preparation for what is set to be a winter like no other. The country’s petroleum stockpiling agency, COVA, has issued tenders seeking more than three million barrels of diesel for delivery before the end of the year, with potentially more to come. That comes as the European Union ...

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A weakened Vladimir Putin is no use to Russia

As Ukrainian troops probe Russian defenses along the entire front and only the Wagner Group mercenaries continue a small-scale offensive operation in the Donetsk region, the initiative in the Russo-Ukrainian war is firmly in the hands of the invaded, not the invader. While that can still change, perhaps more than once, it’s a good moment to consider whether the man ...

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Will Wisconsin’s India trip be great?

The project is fantastical: A $19 billion investment into semiconductor and display-panel sectors, with the creation of 100,000 jobs in a state with little experience in technology manufacturing. If voters and taxpayers in India’s northwestern Gujarat state are excited about this “landmark investment” they ought to read up on recent Wisconsin history. The US state bought into a similar pipe ...

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