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[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

They shouldn't rule it out. Make the capability a problem for Moscow. The fact that they COULD strike means that Moscow now needs better defence, which means less in other places, such as Ukraine.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder what it is that draws boys and young men into radical organisations such as IS. I doubt they are more religious than girls or young women.

 

MARLBOROUGH, England — After years of illegal polluting by Britain's water industry, an independent report planned for release in the coming days could lead to tightened regulation while also prompting an expensive modernization drive.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm boycotting bourbon, not because it's american, but because it's disgusting.

I'd rather have a Scottish or Irish malt.

 

The US Bureau of Labor of Statistics will be releasing its June inflation data this Tuesday, with economists forecasting a slight uptick in consumer prices because of the impact of tariffs. FRANCE 24 spoke to Nela Richardson, Chief Economist at ADP, about the impact of import duties on US inflation. Also in this edition: the French government considers a spending freeze in a bid to find €40 billion in savings and cut the deficit.

 

BRUSSELS — European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not saying that women are more intelligent than men, buuuuut...

 

PANNONHALMA, Hungary — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history.

 

Europe’s biggest economy on Sunday urged a tough EU response if the bloc is unable to strike a “fair deal” with the United States over trade tariffs. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump threatened to slap the European Union with 30 percent tariffs. “We won’t accept just anything,” Lars Klingbeil, finance minister of Europe’s biggest economy, told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

 

PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - French cheese and wine producers have warned of the damaging impact that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 30% tariffs on imports from the EU would have on the country's agriculture industry.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not opposing what you're saying, but just to be clear, plenty of countries have rebates in one form or another; Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany for example.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Depends on how you count I think. The lower tariff does almost nothing in offsetting the big drop in EU trade, so in pure economic terms it would have been better to have the full tariff but be a member of the EU. Kind of like dropping £100 and then seeing finding 10p a benefit.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

China is also opening new coal plants iirc. A few years ago I heard that if my home country (Sweden) stopped all co2 emissions today, the co2 savings would have been wiped out in a week, by China opening new coal plants.

The US might have gone dumb, but that does not make China good.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Feel free to cross post. I just put up content that I find interesting and that I think others might also want to check out.

Do it have to have an account on piefeed to post there?

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Caveat, is that a synonym for felon?

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Everything has benefits and drawbacks, question is if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I think it does personally, because a strong EU can stand up to the US and China.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Down almost 5% from western Europe in 2025. I thought (hoped?) that the drop would have been bigger.

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