Colombia’s Ecopetrol Examining Gas Imports from Venezuela
November 26th, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on Colombia’s Ecopetrol consideration of importing gas from Venezuela: Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN) is exploring an offer from Venezuela’s PDVSA to supply the Andean country with gas from December 2024, it said on Tuesday. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said during a visit to Venezuela over the weekend it was […]
Read more »AI Models Estimate State of Economy in North Korea
November 24th, 2023
Via Energy Daily, a report on how AI models and satellite imagery can be used to estimate the state of economy in hard-to-visit, low-resource countries such as North Korea: An international team of scientists has succeeded in using an artificial intelligence model to estimate socioeconomic situations of difficult-to-visit, information-scarce countries such as North Korea. The […]
Read more »A Chinese Map App Wants To Be a Super App for Everything Outdoors
November 24th, 2023
Via MIT Technology Review, a look at how China’s Amap is not satisfied with just giving you directions, but rather wants to offer you everything from real estate listings to car rentals: Thanksgiving is almost here. This year, when you get together with your family, may I suggest a fun little game that reinvents hide-and-seek for […]
Read more »Angola Says It Plans to Remain in OPEC as Quota Spat Emerges
November 24th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on Angola’s plans to remain in OPEC as quota spat emerges: Nigeria recently surpassed quota limit, Angola remains below Meeting of coalition delayed to Nov. 30 after dispute Angola, Africa’s second biggest crude producer, has no plans to leave OPEC+, an official said, following a broader dispute over output quotas that […]
Read more »Unrest in the Middle East Is Bad for Both CPEC and IMEC
November 24th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at what – as regional unrest deepen – lies ahead for these dueling connectivity projects? The flare-up of the Israel-Palestine conflict following the attacks on October 7 has triggered geopolitical tremors in the Middle East. While Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day “pause” in fighting and the […]
Read more »Mali Signs Agreement With Russia To Build Gold Refinery
November 23rd, 2023
Via Reuters, a report on a new Russian agreement to invest in Mali: Mali’s military government said it has signed an agreement with Russia to build a gold refinery in the capital Bamako, one of a slew of deals between the two countries as Russia seeks to extend its regional influence. The accord, a non-binding […]
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