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Cold War 2.0 The Japanese government has announced it will bolster its coast guard capabilities to defend disputed islands in the East China Sea. China also claims and regularly patrols these islands. The coast guard budget is expected to reach a record of 210 billion yen (approximately $1.8 billion), adding eight new ships and more than 200 law enforcement officials. Japan’s government also just approved a record defense budget of 5.1 trillion yen (approximately $44 billion), with a focus on China and North Korea. The budget is set to include six new submarines equipped with improved sensor technology, which is to be used to deter the challenges presented by the Chinese. The increased funds will also go toward an upgraded missile defense system. Japan has supposedly been investing in a submarine program since the 1950s and analysts consider the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s submarine fleet to be one of its core strengths. However, it remain

The Syrian Army has regained control over all of Aleppo and has returned “ security and stability to the city, ” the army's general command said. The Red Cross has confirmed that a complex operation to evacuate those who "wished" to leave has been completed. The city has been liberated from "terrorism and terrorists" the statement said, as quoted by Syria's state SANA news agency. Aleppo will now mark a turning point in the war against terrorism, the Syrian Army statement said. “ It strikes a smashing blow to the forces that backed a terrorism plot against Syria, ” the statement added. " All civilians who wished to be evacuated have been, as well as [the] wounded and fighters, " International Committee of the Red Cross spokeswoman Krista Armstrong said, according to Reuters. Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday that the liberation of Aleppo from terrorism is a victory not just for Syria but for all those who

After ECB's silent coups against Ireland and Italy , Frankfurt will keep sending ultimatums to the eurozone governments. If they don't bailout the banks, or impose austerity, it threatens to sink the economy into chaos by cutting liquidity. The pretext is always the huge public debt. But when Cyprus' turn comes, there is a 'slight' problem: Cyprus did not have a significant debt. globinfo freexchange The real problem of Cyprus was not the public debt, but the speculation of its private banks. In collaboration with Greek bankers and thanks to ECB's tolerance, they were burdened with Greek bonds - which was worse than trash. According to Pampos Papageorgiou, a Cypriot politician with the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), Deutsche Bank and other foreign banks were trying to get rid of them. They offered them with discount and Cypriot banks bought them. Papageorgiou concludes that, it is surprising that the supervising authoritie

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned future oil and gas drilling in most of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, the latest move to cement his environmental legacy before he leaves office next month. Using his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that allow presidents to withdraw areas from oil and gas leasing and exploration, Obama has protected the entire U.S. Chukchi Sea and the vast majority of the U.S. Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean and 31 canyons in the Atlantic Ocean from drilling, the White House said. Canada will also freeze offshore oil and gas leasing in its Arctic waters, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science-based assessment, according to the White House. More: http://www.china.org.cn/world/2016-12/21/content_39957425.htm

«Είναι λυπηρό ότι ο Ε. Βενιζέλος καταφεύγει εκ νέου, προς τέρψιν και αγαλλίαση, τώρα, του μεταλλαγμένου νεομνημονιακού Τσίπρα και ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, σε ένα είδος ευτελούς τρομοκρατίας κατά μιας ενδεχόμενης μετάβασης της χώρας στο εθνικό νόμισμα. Δεν ξέρω τι μπορεί να έλεγε κατ' ιδίαν ο Β. Σόιμπλε στον Ε. Βενιζέλο για τη μετάβαση στο εθνικό νόμισμα και κατά πόσο ήταν παρόμοια με όσα ευχαρίστως διέδιδαν την πρώτη περίοδο για την έξοδο από την ευρωζώνη πολλά παραδομένα κεντρικά στελέχη του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ για να φοβίσουν τους πολίτες και τα απέδιδαν σε όσα υποτίθεται τους ελέγοντο από τον Υπ. Οικ. της Γερμανίας και το περιβάλλον του. Αυτό που όλοι γνωρίζουμε και δεν είναι καθόλου τυχαίο, είναι ότι ουδέποτε βγήκε επισήμως και δημοσίως ο Β. Σόιμπλε για να προβεί σε οποιαδήποτε πρόταση εξόδου της χώρας από το ευρώ. Δεν είναι το καλύτερο να σπεύδουν ορισμένοι να εμφανίζονται ως «παπαγάλοι», υπαρκτών ή ανύπαρκτων, πραγματικών ή ευφάνταστων, προτάσεων του Β. Σόιμπλε για το εθνικό