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Last Updated: Sep 25, 2020 - 2:22:37 PM |
Business
Air Transportation: Ukrainian Last Chance
Antonov, the Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer, rolled out the first Ukrainian manufactured An-178 cargo transport in August 2020. This aircraft contained no Russian components, with American components as substitutes. Antonov found that the American components were not only of better quality but were also cheaper than the Russian ones.
Sep 25, 2020 - 2:21:43 PM
Africa
The Role of Egypt′s Armed Forces: A Military Empire
Since 2011, the Egyptian armed forces have played an unusual political role, at the center of Egyptian governance on a very wide range of matters. The set of crises imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping — and even diminishing — parts of that role in some ways that are subtle but still very clear from the public record. The result is the emergence (or re-emergence) of a wider field for the cabinet and civilian technocrats.
Sep 25, 2020 - 2:20:26 PM
Business
El Salvador’s President Bukele Linked to Venezuelan Money Laundering Scheme
Public officials and private individuals close to the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, have been linked to a massive money-laundering scheme involving Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, according to a report recently published by Washington DC-based thinktank IBI Consultants.
Sep 25, 2020 - 2:19:03 PM
Dysfunctions
How Drug Cartels Moved into Illegal Logging in Mexico
Chihuahua is Mexico’s biggest state, and more than a fifth of its 25,000 hectares is forested, mostly with pine trees of the type that are harvested in vast quantities in this country
Sep 25, 2020 - 2:17:46 PM
Defence & Arms
Russia Initiates Military Maneuvers with Iran and China, Defies United States
Moscow announced military cooperation with Tehran effective from October 18. On Monday, operation Kavkaz-2020 began with the participation of Iranian Navy ships
Sep 25, 2020 - 2:14:31 PM
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