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Italy's Defence Minister Says, Joining China's Belt and Road Was "Atrocious" Decision

‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence minister

Italy made an "improvised and atrocious" decision when it joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday.

With its economy in tatters, Turkey is taking a pragmatic approach that puts its cash flow first

satty 2.2.1 Interestingly, one of my reasons to move to NZ was the close distance to several nuclear power plants in Europe (Germany and France). My neighbour worked in one of them and after hearing his "inside" stories you know that most promises / claims by the nuclear industry are worthless bullshit. If they really believe they are 100% safe, they wouldnt have the nuclear power plants in limited liability sub-companies and they would be able to properly ensure them. And...

So, the govt has spent 30 mil on a piece of dirt by ak airport. Heard a parasitic real estate agent say on the radio that the dirt is valued at 40 mil. That sounds ok. So not a bad deal?? Furthermore looks a hell of a lot better than a 23 mil flag referendum, that has no ROI. Ad 2

4 hours ago March 2021 The housing crisis right now in New Zealand is one of our biggest contributors to income and wealth inequality. “With the explosive increase in sales and prices, those with houses have their income and/or wealth rapidly increasing, and those who are not on the property ladder are falling ... 4 hours ago Samoans went to the polls on Friday, and delivered a stinging blow to Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi one-party state. Pre-election Malielegaois Human...

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I see very few homeowners saying house prices need to drop. Escalator needs to slow down a bit is a euphemism for my lifestyle income is more important than you having a home you can afford (home = rented or owned). McFlock 2.1.1 lol I used it, and I rent, and don’t exactly have a massive “lifestyle income”. But house prices dropped under the GFC. Big deal. Homeowners bitched for a couple of years, but shit was still in overdrive. A drop just puts them a few years b...

The academic, who has been studying English literature with the OU, was expressing his thoughts on planned hate crime laws in Scotland that would allow men to self-identify as women as well as the furore around author JK Rowling’s views on gender. He wrote the SNP’s new Bill “would make it a crime for anybody to deny that a ‘trans’ woman (i.e. a man) was a real woman”. Where comes this hysteria about young people uncertain about who they are that has taken over our world? The young ...