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That article skips over the fact that the US encouraged India to buy Russian oil. I expect India to continue to import Russian oil. Tough choices as India is now dependent on the imports. Source: https://idrw.org/how-us-encouraged-india-to-buy-russian-oil-to-stabilise-global-energy-markets/ America has actively encouraged such imports by India in the past for strengthening global energy market stability. In November 2022, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen remarked: “The United States is happy for India to continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, including at prices above a G7-imposed price cap mechanism, if it steers clear of Western insurance, finance and maritime services bound by the cap.” In March 2024, Amos Hochstein, former US President Joe Biden’s energy and global infrastructure adviser, said, “At the end of the day, my goal is not to take it off the market, I’m not looking to take these tankers, take the crude, the product, off the market”. In February 2024, US Assistant Secretary of State Geoffrey Pyatt acknowledged India’s role in stabilising global energy markets, saying, “India has played a key role in efforts to stabilise global energy markets through its purchases of Russian crude.” In May 2024, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti admitted that India bought Russian oil because the US wanted somebody to buy Russian oil. “The US allowed the purchase to take place to ensure the prices did not go up globally,” he added. Garcetti also highlighted that due to this arrangement, global oil prices didn’t shoot up and “India delivered on that.”

Good on the Australians making a bid to get into the rocket launch game. Not like NASA and Space-X didn't have failures along the way, sometimes deadly. Hopefully they regroup and try again. Aim for the stars lads!!

Assuming that something big is coming, it is projected to hit Hawaii at around noon today Thailand time. Sirens blaring and people seeking higher ground. 🙏

Seems like common sense to me. If a non-immigrant unaccompanied teen was found somewhere in the USA there would be every reasonable effort made to return them to their home/family.

Sounds like an "immigrant" we can do without, no sympathy for a criminal.

Indeed, drive up the price of real estate and allow foreign control of land for at least 3 generations to come. Land ownership will become more expensive for the average Thai - only a few will benefit. Shameless !!

We will never forget how they sang it from the mountaintops! SaveTwitter.Net_KfUH3bMOIAt2dxl6_(720p).mp4

Hang on, Thaksin is having visions now? We not going to be a mere "hub" anymore, rather a "powerhouse"!!

Correct, they sort of went away on their own.

I have/had them, they were very prominent about 5 years ago, I don't know if my brain has adapted to them or they were reabsorbed into the eye fluid - I think both are possible, It has been about 5 years now since they first appeared, but except for one small spot they have "disappeared". Occasionally I still get tricked into thinking that small dot is a gnat or an ant, bit annoying that is !!

good question indeed. Just want to add this all dates back to Epsteins first trial and conviction tho back in 06-08. Makes it feel more political at this moment, but the whole affair has been compromised since long ago.

There was a peace deal on the table in 2022, neutrality for Ukraine (no NATO), semi-autonomy for the Donbas, etc etc - prior to that there was Minsk 1/2. Call it what you like, there were many opportunitys to avoid the mess we are now in. Continuing down a path of further escalation. weapons and sanctions, is simply not going to solve the problem nor deter Russia from settling this on the battlefield. Extremely dangerous, may diplomacy prevail.

We see what they have done to the Sukhumvit area. Long gone are the small shops, eateries, bars, street vendors and the charm that made the city an interesting tourist spot. It's now high rise hotels, condos, malls etc - in a word "gentrification". RIP Bangkok