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Miscalculations by Putin's Russia and Neglect by Merkel and Bush-Obama- WSJ's Analysis of Events Leading to Ukraine war
04/03/2022
The highly detailed WSJ reports on events going back 20 years throw light on the failure of Merkel in Germany and Bush-Obama in the US to grasp the situation of Russia under Putin's nationalism and the miscalculations made by president Putin about the changing situation in Ukraine that had created a national identity. While Putin looked to history something different had emerged on the ground for the people of Ukraine that both German and Russian leaders failed to grasp as they continued to pursue economic integration. Business in Europe and the US had no clue what was happening, and how the situation was unraveling till the end. It is also leading to the unexpected effect of accelerating weaning western nations from fossil fuels, a goal of Glasgow's COP26 Climate Change Summit, the only constructive effect of the war.
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Vladimir Putin’s 20-Year March to War in Ukraine—and How the West Mishandled It
WSJ 04/01/2022
Russian Strategy in Ukraine Shifts After Setbacks, and a Lengthy War LoomsWSJ 04/01/2022
Deforestation- is the pledge at COP26 Glasgow a bit too late for Indonesian rainforest?
11/02/2021
This is one of the amazing links in Lyrarc because it shows WSJ article from 2007 noted by Lyrarc that year, showing UN maps on deforestation in Borneo island in Indonesia for 2000, 2005, 2020. By 2020 most of the rainforest is shown as gone. Deforestation and climate ecologist Clare Rewcastle Brown, sister in law of former British prime minister Gordon Brown, from Britain, recalls colonial days in Sarawak, north Borneo Island, where her father was a police officer. And how much of the canopy of forest from that part of Malaysia was disappearing. She continued her protests from outside Malaysia in 2013 as reported by NYT and noted in Lyrarc that year. This is an amazing story of how deforestation of some of the last rain forests in the world took place at a time when awareness of climate change was sorely lacking in 2007-2013, and how by 2020 the rain forests in Borneo may have already disappeared from planet earth to combat climate change. One woman's fight and a fight that is still on after world leaders took a pledge to end deforestation on the planet by 2030 including Russia, Brazil, Indonesia, China, and the US, and a UN report that had the foresight to show a rainforest disappearing in 2007 in Tom Wright's WSJ report from Surabaya, Indonesia the same year.
Linked Articles
WSJ 07/03/2007
Barred From Malaysia, but Still Connecting With Critical JabsNew York Times 08/16/2013
The shift in Europe's relations with China from Prague to Paris
10/26/2021
Linked Articles
In Germany, Hamburg is at the heart of a growing dilemma over China
South China Morning Post 10/26/2021
Taiwan Gains Favor in Europe’s East, Angering ChinaWSJ 10/26/2021
Germany's aid to India making a difference in May 21 coronavirus crisis
05/05/2021
Linked Articles
COVID: Why is India facing an oxygen shortage? | DW | 04.05.2021
DW.COM 05/04/2021
India pledges $6.7 billion in COVID loans amid record daily deaths | DW | 05.05.2021DW.COM 05/05/2021
Germany sayings around running and practices such as "Feierabend" for healthy living during the pandemic
02/01/2021
Deutsche Welle gives pictures and sayings around the theme of running for practicing good mental health during the pandemic. The German practice of "Feierabend" is about breaking the workday and taking up something else such as running, biking or something relaxing. Overworking and irregular hours are two dangers to avoid during the pandemic.
Linked Articles
German expressions to get you 'running' | DW | 27.01.2021
DW.COM 01/27/2021
How 'Feierabend' helps Germans disconnect from the workdayBBC News 07/12/2022
U.S. China Phase 1 Trade Agreement not working out
01/15/2021
Linked Articles
A Year On, China Falls Short on Trade-Deal Targets
WSJ 01/15/2021
China Exports Generate Record Trade SurplusWSJ 12/07/2020
Pfizer BioNTech Vaccine - the history of two Turkish born immigrant scientists in Germany and how it happened
12/02/2020
Linked Articles
How a Couple’s Quest to Cure Cancer Led to the West’s First Covid-19 Vaccine
WSJ 12/02/2020
Pfizer Gets $1.95 Billion to Produce Coronavirus Vaccine by Year’s EndNYTimes.com 07/22/2020
Floods and climate change in Bangladesh, China, India, and Indonesia in 2020
09/22/2020
Linked Articles
A third of my country was just underwater. The world must act on climate | Sheikh Hasina
The Guardian 09/22/2020
Floods Inundate Sinking Jakarta, Leaving 16 Dead After Torrential RainWSJ 01/02/2020
Bringing factories and jobs home from China
08/27/2020
Linked Articles
Opinion | Bringing the Factories Home
WSJ 07/19/2020
Covid-19 forces France to look at relocating its pharmaceutical industryFrance 24 05/15/2020
The Leshan Buddha on the Yangtze River and China today
08/20/2020
Linked Articles
Is a Buddhist Group Changing China? Or Is China Changing It?
NYTimes.com 08/20/2020
Floods reach toes of China's Leshan Giant BuddhaBBC News 08/19/2020
What to know about face masks imported from China
08/04/2020
Why FDA has failed in its quality control of face masks imported from China. WSJ analysis shows the unreliability of many of the N95 masks imported from Chinese suppliers. These imported masks follow a Chinese standard K95.
Linked Articles
WSJ News Exclusive | FDA’s Shifting Standards for Chinese Face Masks Fuel Confusion
WSJ 08/03/2020
What to Know About KN95 Face MasksWSJ 08/03/2020
Macron's role in setting up the nonrepayable $390 billion common funding for the European Recovery Fund
07/31/2020
Macron's effort to persuade Merkel and Germans of the need for common funding for European recovery and his persistence at negotiations with the Dutch and Swedes to secure 390 billion euros of funding aid has earned him increasing popularity in France. It also brings Spain, Italy, Greece and eastern European nations closer together with France and Germany as they fight the pandemic.
Linked Articles
Macron's popularity climbs after signing EU pandemic stimulus, reshuffling gov't
France 24 07/30/2020
Opinion: Extraordinary times call for extraordinary EU measures | DW | 21.07.2020DW.COM 07/21/2020
Luckin Coffee a China startup for aspirational coffee drinkers- billions of dollars in investment that never reached infrastructure and health services,and huge losses
06/13/2020
Linked Articles
China’s Changing Tastes Offer Upside for Coffee
WSJ 06/13/2020
Fraud Rocks China's Hottest Coffee Startup - The Journal. - WSJ PodcastsWSJ 06/13/2020
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+Europe
12/08/2021
Insititut Montaigne and The Times of London offer new and better understanding of Olaf Scholz as he takes on the task of Renewal of Germany+Europe.
Linked Articles
Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/2021
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?The Times 12/08/2021
China burns more coal with power shortages in 2021 risking climate change targets
10/29/2021
Linked Articles
China Takes the Brakes Off Coal Production to Tackle Power Shortage
WSJ 10/20/2021
China’s Ambitious Climate Goals Collide With Reality, Hampering Global EffortsWSJ 10/27/2021
American men - losing the battle to get a university education
09/21/2021
The percentage of men at universities in America falls to an all time low of 40% creating shock waves about problems related to the cost of education, failing social safety nets, and social issues during the pandemic.
Linked Articles
Opinion | Why Men Are Disappearing on Campus
WSJ 09/19/2021
A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’WSJ 09/06/2021
"Feierabend"- disconnecting from work the German way, the need of the times during a year of remote work 2021
04/23/2021
"Feierabend" simply means disconnecting in German so that one has time to renew and revive oneself. At 4.00 pm or 5.00 pm one simply disconnects from work and gets on the bike for a ride or does something else. Can British and American cultures learn from their German or European counterparts? Ireland has passed a law calling for this disconnect requiring it because of the huge negative impact on mental health of remote work that has no structures. Microsoft has recognized this issue in 2020. More needs to be done by companies than to simply shift this burden,shift this task on someone else, or to workers who have no idea what working from home requires. Associations and other groups also need to get involved.
Linked Articles
Right to disconnect is vital for future health of home workers
04/23/2021
How 'Feierabend' helps Germans disconnect from the workdayBBC News 07/12/2022
America's self-reliant economy - Biden with Trumpian undertones
01/21/2021
The Biden administration is seen as continuing the efforts of president Trump to pursue American interests in trade, technology, American workers and business to restore America's leadership role in the free world to what it was in the 1950's. Biden from Delaware is in the same tradition as president Harry Truman from Missouri in that period. Because of Biden's age this could be a one term presidency, and strange as it may sound it could be a presidency of Trump in foreign affairs and trade, technological leadership, without the rhetoric, and a socially cohesive presidency of Democrats in the tradition of Harry Truman. What then to make of all the fights of the Trump presidency? Much of this can be seen as an effort to break the status quo which did not benefit American workers.
Linked Articles
Biden’s Economic Team Charts a New Course for Globalization, With Trumpian Undertones
WSJ 12/01/2020
Trump touts record of ‘no new wars’, standing up to China in farewell addressFrance 24 01/21/2021
Robert Lighthizer and the fight to make Made In America the new symbol of American revival
12/18/2020
Robert Lighthizer talks about the efforts under the Trump administration to bring American manufacturing back to where it was in the days after World War II, and restore the rights and dignity of American workers. For three decades the U.S. lost jobs and allowed its manufacturing to be outsourced hurting American workers and reducing the manufacturing base of the U.S. The efforts to ensure fairness in trade also protects American workers and manufacturing at home.
Linked Articles
How to Make Trade Work for Workers
Foreign Affairs 12/18/2020
We're proud of what we've done, says Trump's trade chiefBBC News 12/17/2020
German practice of breaking off from work once the day is done and good health
11/24/2020
Linked Articles
Can Germans’ right to switch off survive the digital age?
BBC News 11/24/2020
How 'Feierabend' helps Germans disconnect from the workdayBBC News 07/12/2022
China's buildup since Doklam on the LAC with India
09/22/2020
Linked Articles
China doubled its air bases, air defences and heliports near LAC in three years: Report
Hindustan Times 09/22/2020
Exclusive: In Doklam, Chinese Built New Roads In Last 2 Months, Show Satellite PicsNDTV.com 12/12/2017
How the Coronavirus test in the U.S. got delayed for 3 crucial weeks in February letting the pandemic spread quickly
08/21/2020
Three lost weeks in February starting February 9 when the FDA realized its third component of the test to test mutated virus had failed in use by labs but continued to persist in doing this on its own. Private labs of well known medical companies and university teaching hospitals were ready to develop and use their own tests with lightning speed and yet the FDA required its approval stalling that effort. FDA and HHS failure in the crisis led to the quick spread of the virus in Feb- March making any use of test and contact trace for containment ineffective. a crucial window of time was lost!
Linked Articles
FDA’s Authority to Regulate Lab Tests Is Curtailed
WSJ 08/21/2020
What Derailed America’s Covid Testing: Three Lost WeeksWSJ 08/18/2020
France and Germany - the struggle to get young people to adopt responsible behaviours during the pandemic
08/04/2020
Three police officers hospitalized after a protest against coronavirus restrictions in Berlin and an outbreak in the Quiberon peninsula with 72 cases after beach parties, show the persistent problem in both Germany and France to get young people to adopt responsible behaviors.
Linked Articles
Coronavirus cluster in western France pits youth against authorities preaching caution
France 24 07/30/2020
Germany: 45 officers injured at Berlin rally against coronavirus curbs | DW | 02.08.2020DW.COM 08/02/2020
German failure in the Wirecard scandal
07/31/2020
Linked Articles
WSJ News Exclusive | SoftBank Saw Opportunity in Wirecard Before It Unraveled
WSJ 07/29/2020
Merkel Lobbied for Wirecard Despite German ProbeWSJ 07/22/2020
U.S. and China's Communist party
07/27/2020
Linked Articles
Secretary of State Pompeo Urges Chinese People to Change Communist Party
WSJ 07/23/2020
Pompeo blames China for Galwan, calls it rogue actor - Times of IndiaThe Times of India 06/20/2020
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