Sunday, January 11, 2026

US and Ukraine plan to sign $800 billion deal at Davos -- When did Russia really begin its aggression against Ukraine? Hint: before 2000 -- Ukraine's military confirms strike on oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast -- UK allocates $270 million for future peacekeeping force ... and more

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For 80 years, #NewYork and #Washington have been the #world 's dominant centers of economic and political #power ,respectively. It's perhaps a symbolic turning point in the #history of #capitalism that the #city that is home to the largest #StockMarket and #multinational #corporations / #banks is now governed by a #socialist (#Mamdani ),while a clan of rentier #tycoons around #Trump ,linked to #cryptocurrencies & #HighTech ,has taken over #political power in Washington for its own economic gain.
“the world had truly become the ‘ #globalvillage’ that #MarshallMcLuhan anticipated in the 1960s, but it was a world shaped by #multinational #corporations and ‘elite globalisers’ …” aeon.co/essays/there...

There are no pure cultures – w...
There are no pure cultures – we have always been global | Aeon Essays

All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history

@tinjar.bsky.social #Leaked documents reveal how a #secret alliance of eleven large #multinational #enterprise has worked to tear down the #EU flagship #humanrights and #climate law, the Corporate #Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). mostly #US based coalition, which calls itself the #Competitiveness Roundtable targeted all #EU institutions, gov #Europe capitals, as well as the #Trump administration ... this research exposes the fragility of #Europe’s #democracy #bigoil

Good news/Bad news!!

The Walrus: The Overlooked Canadian Role in Trump’s Migrant Crackdown - https://thewalrus.ca/the-overlooked-canadian-role-in-trumps-migrant-crackdown/?utm_source=mastodon

#Trump administration **is hiring migrants** to be 'goons' in #Florida, including from #Canada. #Canadian corporations are involved in providing security and other services at the #ConcentrationCamp in the #US state.

Canada is deliberately impotent to enforce its laws on Candian #multinational corporations.

h/t @oldclumsy_nowmad @timo21

#USPol #CdnPoli

The Overlooked Canadian Role in Trump’s Migrant Crackdown | The Walrus

Experts say subsidiaries are operating abroad with little accountability

The Walrus

@bjoernsta @christianschwaegerl

zu den bedenklichen us-Plattformen ist m.M.n. auch der Twitter-Abkömmling ;) #blueSky zu nennen , zu einem echten UnPlug gehört neben Alpha & Meta auch Tick&Tok ... gute Daten- und echt Akku und gleichzeitig so Energie sparsame Software gibt ( es noch Werbungs- (be) freit u.a. als FOSS bei f-droid.org ) #mehrsprachlich und #multinational sowie #multiSourcing am besten als OpenSource ggf. von codeberg.org aus der EU .. #europeanalternatives wie OpenCloud.eu , Öffis, fairEmail, Mastodon, Conversations.im

Rich listers’ rescue of Ubco: Sale price revealed

Jubilee is affiliated with Ubco’s contract manufacturer in Taiwan, TDK. The rich-listers, who hold a majority of the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #families #investments #jubilee #latest #listers #million #multinational #NewZealand #NZ #of #paid #Plus #price #receivers #Report #Rescue #revealed #reveals #rich #richlist #sale #three #ubco
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