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“The priority is to restore peace and security in Cabo Delgado and the lifting of force majeure,” a Total spokesperson told Reuters. Contacted by POLITICO, TotalEnergies acknowledged the delay without giving a new timetable or commenting further. The $20 billion project, the largest private investment in Africa at the time of its announcement, is under pressure from European lawmakers and NGOs who have denounced the human rights violations associated with the project. “While TotalEnergies seems to be putting on hold its threat of an imminent relaunch of the project, we are not forgetting the severe impacts that its project continues…

Historians disagree over the significance of Musk’s gesture, which is reminiscent of the greeting used by 20th century fascists and their modern-day supporters. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has sparked widespread speculation after he made two swift gestures at Trump’s inauguration rally which have been likened to a ‘Nazi’ salute.Musk, who will head Trump’s newly-created department of government efficiency, greeted supporters by thumping his chest before emphatically extending his right arm forward, palm facing down. The gesture was repeated twice.While many have slammed Musk’s move as a hostile evocation of 20th century fascism, others have dismissed it as a spontaneous act…

Tech billionaire Musk was roundly criticized by the European left wing after his stiff-armed salute went viral at a Trump Inauguration Day party in Washington on Monday. Musk later denounced the criticism as “dirty tricks” from his opponents. “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired,” he said. On Thursday, Musk was also backed up by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said the Tesla chief was being “falsely smeared.” Covering familiar ground during his speech, Argentina’s leader blamed international organizations such as the World Economic Forum — the event at which he was speaking — for “promoting the sinister agenda…

Ukrainian troops on the frontlines in the Donetsk region have called for more weapons to help fend off Russian advances in the region. Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the frontlines in Donetsk in the Donbas region say more weapons are urgently needed to fend off Russian aggression and territorial advances.They say the situation is “quite difficult” adding that the Kremlin is accumulating its forces and readying itself for further assaults and occupation of territory.The soldiers have been on one of the most active fronts in this war for a long time, some almost three years. They say it is necessary to…

Updated: 23/01/2025 – 17:33 GMT+1The flowering of the amorphophallus titanum, nicknamed “Putricia”, attracted more than 13,000 visitors to the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. … More On Thursday, thousands of enthusiasts came to a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia, to admire the bloom of an endangered tropical plant.The Amorphophallus titanum, nicknamed “Putricia” by its fans, bloomed and gave off a foul smell of rotting flesh.Many visitors queued up to admire the 1.6 metre high flower, which smelt like a corpse.The bloom, the first in 15 years at the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden, generated an incredible response, with more than 13,000 admirers.In the…

The comments explicitly blame the ongoing war on Moscow, as Russian energy revenues are funding its war chest, and are the latest indication of Trump’s evolving perspective on the conflict and warming of relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It comes after Trump on Tuesday told reporters that “Zelenskyy told me he wants to make a deal.” But, he added in the Oval Office on the first day of his second presidency, “I don’t know if Putin does … He might not. I think he should make a deal. I think he’s destroying Russia by not making a deal,” a…

Poland has reframed the debate on migration through the lenses of national security, forcing the EU to change its tune. There is an eerie silence at the Połowce-Pieszczatka crossing point.Heavily armed border guards stand still, one after the other, with their gaze fixed on the other side of the snow-covered forest. A five-metre-high steel fence, decked out with thermal cameras and sensor cables, stretches as far as the eye can see. The large road in between, once used for shipping everyday goods, is firmly blocked with successive lines of concrete barriers and hedgehogs, interlaced with barbed wire. Infantry vehicles move…

In addition to his typical arguments that the measures are damaging the EU’s economy, Orbán has also been saying the EU must wait to see how Trump would approach Russian sanctions before taking action. On Wednesday, Orbán got his answer via an unexpectedly bellicose Truth Social post.  Russia, the U.S. president said, must “STOP this ridiculous war.” If it didn’t, he added, “I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the U.S.” By Thursday, diplomats in Brussels sensed Hungary was ready to drop its veto threat,…

TikTok users and young people in Germany are significantly less suspicious and have a more favourable view of Moscow and Beijing, according to the study, which flags it as a concern ahead of Germany’s upcoming elections. Young Germans who use TikTok are more likely to be climate sceptics, be less critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and believe that the Chinese political system is better than democracy, according to a new study.The liberal politics Friedrich Naumann Foundation, which commissioned the study, said that it shows how disinformation narratives and foreign propaganda are impacting Germany as its February elections approach.”Ahead of…

US District Judge John Coughenour said he couldn’t remember seeing a case that challenged violated the constitution so clearly. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional”. The decision came during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.US District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the attorney, Brett Shumate, said he’d like a chance to explain it in a full briefing, Coughenour told him the hearing was his chance.The temporary…