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[stonedyou] 26/4/2024 22:43

NATO bears direct responsibility for Ukraine crisis — Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Spokesman Wang Wenbin stressed that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones.


BEIJING, April 26. /TASS/. The North Atlantic Alliance bears direct responsibility for the Ukrainian crisis, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing.

"NATO bears indisputable responsibility for this crisis. The alliance should give thought to its role, stop shifting the blame and effectively take practical action for the political settlement of the crisis," he said.

Wang added that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones.

He said that "more than 60% of the weapons components and dual-use items imported by Russia come from the United States and Western countries." He emphasized that Russia and China maintained normal and open trading and economic cooperation.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg earlier said that 90% of microelectronics imported by Russia in 2023 came from China and that China was allegedly providing Russia with satellite imagery.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 21:28

Outrageous excess deaths

Dr. John Campbell

[idandy] 26/4/2024 18:57

Buy backs seem to have been scaled back - they must think they are going to get them cheaper - they wont be buying mine yet .....

[makinbuks] 26/4/2024 17:35

UK market loves a cost cutter

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 17:07

Trying to rig the market with tax penalties on petrol or incentives on electric will never be enough to persuade the majority of people to purchase EVs, they are expensive, no second hand value, inconvenient if drive reasonable miles and not environmentally friendly since require rare metals to build, can’t recycle the batteries and majority of charging is from carbon produced electricity.

My mode of transport, four wheel drive diesel, It's Fantastic

[stonedyou] 26/4/2024 17:03

RUSSIAN ARMY CAPTURES ANOTHER AMERICAN ENGINEERING VEHICLE FROM KIEV FORCES
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The Russian military has captured an American-made M88A1 Recovery Vehicle from Kiev forces in the Donetsk direction.

Photos of the captured vehicles were posted to social networks on April 25. The vehicle was reportedly captured near the settlement of Stepovo, to the northwest of the city of Avdeevka, then pulled back to the rear by units from the Tsentr Group of Forces.

The M88A1 was designed around the now obsolete M60 Patton main battle tank. Its primary role is to repair or replace damaged parts in fighting vehicles while under fire, as well as extricate vehicles that have become bogged down or entangled.

The medium recovery vehicle, which weights 50,8 tone, has 432 mm ground clearance, 2.6 meter fording depth, 1.1 meter wall climb and 2.6 meters trench crossing capabilities. It is powered by an AVDS-1790-2DR V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine and equipped with a winch and a spade. The vehicle is also armed with an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun with 1,300 rounds for self protection.

Kiev forces received at least eight M88A1 vehicles from the United States last year. Most of them have already been destroyed or damaged by the Russian military.

The U.S. and other allies of Ukraine have been struggling to supply Kiev forces with engineering vehicles for the recovery of damaged vehicles as well as to clear obstacles and minefields. The shortage and misuse of such vehicles contributed to the failure of the Ukrainian spring counteroffensive.

The M88A1 captured by the Russian military will likely end up on display at the Kubinka tank museum near the capital, Moscow, or some other military museum.


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[johnwise] 26/4/2024 16:20

Four Candles

All that tax payers money spent on the Torys New Green Wind Mill Deal, To make energy unaffordable..

Wind producing 1.5 percent

Live generation data from the Great Britain electricity grid

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 15:22

The latest Lefty Buzz Word "sustainable" meaning more red tape regulations to screw British Business, Communist China enjoys every moment Watching the West destroy itself


Manufacturing firms face heightened pressure to become more sustainable

Almost half of production and manufacturing firms face heightened pressure to adopt more environmentally sustainable practices, research from Calor Ireland shows.

Around 46% of businesses face "a lot of supply chain pressure" to adopt more sustainable practices, while 53% said they are experiencing at least some pressure to do so.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 14:58

VIDEO

Quentin Letts the mask slip as he attacks Tommy Robinson on GB News.




VIDEO Dave Rubin interview with Tommy Robinson:

[bridggar] 26/4/2024 14:42

Curious to see where this goes now. Seems more confidence in current CEO than has been for a while.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 14:26

Four including ex-Patisserie Valerie chief financial officer deny fraud charges


The former chief financial officer of Patisserie Valerie along with three other defendants, including his wife, have denied being part of a plot to commit fraud at the collapsed cafe chain.

Christopher Marsh, a former director and chief financial officer of Patisserie Holdings (PHP), the company behind Patisserie Valerie, and his wife, accountant Louise Marsh, were charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Christopher Marsh, Mistry and Lad also pleaded not guilty to five charges of fraud by false representation and one of making or supplying an article for use in fraud.

The trio are accused of making false statements to lenders HSBC and Barclays about the bakery’s cash reserves before it collapsed and the reason that cheques were being stopped.

They also allegedly made false statements to auditor Grant Thornton, including issuing certain invoices between 2015 and 2018 that were “untrue or misleading” or were not genuine.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 10:45

Monster insider trading alert: Former Tesla executive sells $180 million of TSLA shares

Although criticism is growing regarding the ethics and fairness of individuals trading stocks of companies in which they have extensive insider information, such a practice continues, with one of the recent examples including a former Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) top engineering executive.

Specifically, Andrew Baglino, who resigned from his position as the senior vice president of powertrain and energy engineering at Tesla a couple of weeks ago, has sold over 1.1 million TSLA shares worth about $181.4 million, according to the information shared by markets analyst Barchart in an X post on April 26.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 10:32

NatWest becomes latest UK bank to report sharp drop in profits


The lender said pre-tax earnings in the first quarter of 2024 were £1.3bn - a decline of nearly 28% on the same period a year ago. Lloyds and Barclays also reported falls earlier this week.

Increased competition for savings, lending and mortgage products has squeezed margins across the banking sector in recent months.

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 10:17

Pret a Manger brings back co-founder to get a handle on coffee chain's nearly £700million debt pile that surged during Covid - as boss vows to get finances under control

Sinclair Beecham has returned to the chain following a boardroom shakeup

[johnwise] 26/4/2024 10:07

Double glazing giant Everest slips into administration

Everest, one of the UK’s largest double-glazing providers, has slipped into administration as it searches for an immediate buyer to save hundreds of jobs.

This week, the 350-employee-strong business, which has been owned by Jon Moulton’s Better Capital for over ten years, appointed ReSolve as administrator.

[jordaggy] 26/4/2024 08:32

Where's Mr. Wise? I miss his informative news items.