Author: Steven Sahiounie

Failure to recognize that countries and their officials have immunity can sometimes be a step toward war, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. “As for immunity, this topic has already come up here, and I have already talked about it. In short, failure to recognize the immunity of a country, including immunity of property, immunity of officials, is a most decisive step toward the beginning of war, and in some situations even a world war,” he said. He was commenting on arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against former Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief…

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CAIRO: One of Egypt’s largest fertilizer companies said on June 27 it would partially switch to hydrogen supplies as the country struggles with a shortage of natural gas that has led to widespread blackouts. Abu Qir Fertilizers — along with three other major companies in the fertilizer and chemicals sector, Mopco, Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals, and KIMA — had said this week it would halt production due to the shortage of natural gas, a key input. The closures coincided with a worsening of regular blackouts that Egyptians have experienced since last year, due to a surge in summer power consumption and the shortage of…

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