Von der Leyen heads to Azerbaijan to secure new gas import deal (www.euronews.com)
Twitter says it will sue Elon Musk after he sends letter seeking to end $44B acquisition deal (www.cbc.ca)
90% of Ukrainians support joining EU, 73% support joining NATO (www.eurointegration.com.ua)
EU approves end to combustion engine sales by 2035 (www.lemonde.fr)
Ukraine Bans Main Opposition Party, Seizes All Its Assets (www.zerohedge.com)
The leader of the opposition was already in house arrest.
Yellen: Not legal for U.S. to seize Russian official assets (www.reuters.com)
Operation Surprise: leaked emails expose secret intelligence coup to install Boris Johnson - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’ (news.yahoo.com)
Russia cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria; EU vows coordinated response (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkey, a NATO member-state, has launched an invasion of Iraq. Not a word from NATO and EU representatives who have been screaming about Ukraine for the past two months. (www.pbs.org)
Green warmongering escalates to unseen proportions (www.outputblog.de)
What happened to Germany’s pacifists?
U.K. Judge OKs Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S. (www.wsws.org)
A British judge has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces a 175-year sentence. The final decision on Assange’s extradition will now be made by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Amnesty International’s Simon Crowther spoke outside the courthouse prior to today’s...
Why non-Western countries tend to see Russia's war very differently (www.msnbc.com)
Mexico to Nationalize its Lithium - Kawsachun News (kawsachunnews.com)
Twitter users are exposing pro-Russian sentiment in China, and Beijing is not happy (edition.cnn.com)
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P (edition.cnn.com)
The ‘Ukraine effect’ on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia Demands Wikipedia Take Down Information About Ukraine War (www.forbes.com)
G7 refuses Russian demand for its gas to be paid in rubles (www.bne.eu)
Microsoft under threat of nationalization or asset seizure by Russia (www.windowscentral.com)
Debunking of Ukraine biolab claims (threadreaderapp.com)
This thread does a good rundown of why the whole pathogen biolab allegation is just a bunch disinformation. Like with many such claims, it’s appealing at first blush, but someone with more knowledge can spot that it’s misleading.
During today’s Regular Press Conference, Chinese MFA spokesman Zhao Lijian released more information about US biological labs in Ukraine. (threadreaderapp.com)
UK Supreme Court denies Assange permission to appeal his extradition (dontextraditeassange.com)
UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in Assange extradition. The case now moves to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to authorize the extradition....