News Events. Ukraine. Russia. Donbass. Odessa. Transnistria. Azog.
Events post Ukraine Invasion.
Global Events following. And what to watch for.
Events Preceding.
Factors behind Ukraine Invasion. Medium Article.
Events Following.
The war has gone on for more than two months. Selective media focus. Who is left from the group of Trump Putin Bolsonaro Orban Duterte NM.
Global dead in Covid epidemic at 6 million not in news. Real count at 15M. Covid epidemic still goes on. More and more vaccines still produced. Monkey pox scare starts.
Climate crisis out of the news. Global drought being ignored. Forest fires increasing. Also Urban building fires showing increases.
Rising interest rates. Real estate and housing problems. Logistics problems. Tech supply chains. Rising commodity prices. Oil.
Stock market crash. Collapse of FAANG stocks. Sectors down: Metaverse stocks. Crypto Currency. Electric vehicles. AI. Either the collapse of a bubble. Or a chance for hedge funds to load up.
Europe.
Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in Paris cell. Germany suddenly boosts defense spending. Sweden Finland nudged towards NATO. Macron wins in France. Fake mass graves found in Mali. Anthony Albanese become PM after Morrison in Australia.
Armenia Azerbaijan conflict continues. Viktor Orban wins big in Hungary. Russia shuts off gas to Poland Bulgaria. Oil flows to Hungary Slovakia.
Abkhazia, Crimea, the Donbas, Nagorno-Karabakh, Artsakh, South Ossetia, and Transnistria may be experiencing increased activity.
US.
Trump’s Truth Social launches. Manhattan DA drops Trump case. Musk buys Twitter. Trump could be back on Twitter. US Supreme Court Jackson confirmation. Roe v Wade decision. Biden lowest approval ratings. Jan 6 committee heats up.
US embassy in Kyiv reopens. Finally new US ambassador. US economy shrinks 1% in first quarter. Inflation rises. Baby formula shortage. Biden unveils Asia Pacific trade deal with 12 countries. Biden has quad meeting assuring to protect Taiwan.
UK.
Assange under confinement since 2012 and extradition appeal denied. Brexit problems forgotten. UK PartyGate mask party fines issued. British Virgin Islands premier arrested on drug charges. Harry and Meghan not to appear on Buckingham Palace balcony on jubilee. Sinn Fein wins in Northern Ireland for the first time.
Russia.
Trade relations between US and Russia disrupted. Russia out of UN Human Rights Council. India to reduce dependence on Russian oil. India still buying Russian oil.
Asia.
Imran Khan government in Pakistan is removed. Prince Hamzah gives up royal title in Jordan. Naftali Bennett government in Israel faces no confidence vote. Jamal Khashoggi trial moves from Turkey to Saudi Arabia. Palestinian American reporter for Al Jazeera killed on West Bank.
Yoon Suk-yeol wins in tight South Korea elections. Sri Lanka has major economic crisis. Sri Lanka government falls. Duterte out in Philippines. Marcos wins big in elections. Economic crisis in Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakh. Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years. Hong Kong crackdown again.
Oil and Gas.
Nord Stream 2 cancelled. Venezuela releases 2 US prisoners and sells oil. Oil prices rise and Russian oil embargo. Saudi Arabia executes 81 people. Yemen war goes on. Iran releases 2 UK prisoners with UK deal. Biden waives higher ethanol fuel sale restrictions for summer. Biden resumes leasing federal lands for oil gas drilling. Colombian drug cartel leader arrested and extradited. El Salvador starts mass arrests of street gangs.
What to watch out for next:
Arab spring 2 restart. Bread prices. Israeli settlements out of the news. More pressure on Iran. More pressure on Saudis. More pressure on Syria. Taiwan Straits. Ladakh. Afghan humanitarian crisis has been out of the news.
Sudan Ethiopia Somalia region and conflicts. Balkans region and refugees. Philippines region and law and order. South America debt issues.
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