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17.02.26 - 09:45
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Kuba: US-Sanktionen führen zu Müllbergen in Havanna (Spiegel)
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Die US-Regierung hat Kubas wichtigsten Verbündeten entführt und den Druck auf das Regime in Havanna erhöht. Das hat unerwartete Folgen im Straßenbild der kubanischen Hauptstadt – weil die Müllabfuhren keinen Sprit mehr haben....
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17.02.26 - 08:18
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Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own | Johnny Ryan (The Guardian)
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By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe's digital sovereignty is an achievable goalThe French judge Nicolas Guillou knows exactly how deep Europe's dependence on US tech is. Guillou and his colleagues at the international criminal court are under US sanctions. They can no longer use e-commerce, book hotels online or hire a car. Their home smart devices ignore them. Credit cards from European banks no longer function, because Europe has still not developed its own EU-wide payments system, so most electronic purchases go through Visa and Mastercard. Converting euros to foreign currencies is extraordinarily difficult because everything passes through dollars. Living in Europe is no protection against Donald Trump bricking your digital life.This dependence is not limited to mod-cons. Last year, the chairman of the Danish parliament's defence committee said that he regretted his part in Denmark's decision to buy US-made F-35 fighter jets: “I can easily imagine a situation where the ...
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17.02.26 - 08:00
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Trump lashes out at California governor′s green energy deal with UK (The Guardian)
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President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in LondonDonald Trump has vented his fury against a green energy deal between the British government and California's governor, Gavin Newsom, a likely future Democratic presidential candidate.“The UK's got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” Trump said in an interview with Politico, using the derogatory nickname he reserves for Newsom. “Gavin is a loser. Everything he's touched turns to garbage. His state has gone to hell, and his environmental work is a disaster.” Continue reading......
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