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Business Standard
06-08-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Russia backs India's right to choose trade partners, commits to partnership
The Russian government on Wednesday backed India's right to decide its trade relationships, asserting that sovereign nations are entitled to set the terms of economic cooperation based on their own national interests. Responding to questions about recent threats from the United States over India's trade with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: 'We believe that sovereign countries must have and do have the right to choose their trade partners, the partners in trade and economic cooperation, on their own and independently determine those modes of trade and economic cooperation that suit the interests of a country in question.' Defence ties reaffirmed Separately, Russia's Deputy Defence Minister, Col. General Aleksandr Fomin, recently held talks with Vinay Kumar, India's ambassador to Russia, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence. The ministry said both sides discussed current issues relating to defence cooperation and reaffirmed their commitment to deepening the strategic partnership between the two countries. Trump threatens tariff hike over oil trade He linked the proposed increase to India's continued oil trade with Russia, alleging that such purchases were helping to fund Russia's military actions in Ukraine. 'They're fuelling the war machine, and if they're going to do that, then I'm not going to be happy,' Trump said in an interview with CNBC. India rejects US criticism as unjustified India strongly objected to the US stance, describing it as unfair and lacking justification. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the government would take all necessary measures to safeguard national interests and economic security. 'Where the United States is concerned, it continues to import from Russia uranium hexafluoride for its nuclear industry, palladium for its EV industry, fertilisers, as well as chemicals. In this background, the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable. Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security,' the MEA said in a statement. The ministry also reiterated that India began importing oil from Russia only after traditional suppliers redirected their energy exports to Europe following the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict. India has consistently maintained that its energy decisions are guided by national interest and shaped by global market dynamics and prevailing conditions.
New Indian Express
14-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Activists marching to Gaza say were stopped in Libya, Egypt
CAIRO: Pro-Palestinian activists seeking to march to Gaza with the stated aim of breaking Israel's blockade on the territory were stopped Friday in both Libya and Egypt, organisers said. "Forty participants of the Global March to Gaza have had their passports taken at a checkpoint on the way out of Cairo," organisers said in a statement. "They are being held in the heat and not allowed to move," the statement said, adding that another "15 are being held at hotels". The activists are from France, Spain, Canada, Turkey and the United Kingdom, it said. "We are a peaceful movement and we are complying with Egyptian law." The group urged embassies to help secure their release so they could complete their voyage. It later sent video footage to AFP showing Egyptian security forces intervening to break up impromptu sit-ins. Women were "molested and carried like cattle onto the bus", according to a message from Florence Heskia, one of the protesters stuck on the road. Nadia, another activist, told AFP "they confiscated our passports and are pressuring us to board a bus to take us to the airport where we will be deported". The Global March to Gaza had earlier said around 4,000 participants from more than 40 countries would gather in Cairo on Friday to head to the war-devastated Palestinian territory. According to the plan, participants were set to travel by bus to the city of El-Arish in the heavily securitised Sinai Peninsula before walking 50 kilometres (30 miles) towards the border with Gaza. They would then camp there before returning to Cairo on June 19. Tunisia convoy Separately, the "Soumoud" convoy, meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, which took off from Tunisia, was also stopped Friday morning at the entrance to the Libyan city of Sirte, controlled by the forces of military strongman Khalifa Haftar. "The caravan was barred from passing through at the entrance to the city of Sirte," Tunisian organiser Wael Naouar said in a video posted to Facebook on Friday.
ABC News
22-04-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Santos's $5.6 billion Barossa project wins final approvals from regulator NOPSEMA
Santos's offshore Barossa gas project off the coast of the Northern Territory has won final approvals from the national offshore gas regulator. The $5.6 billion project involves drilling for gas under the Timor Sea, about 300 kilometres north of Darwin, to export as LNG to overseas buyers such as South Korea and Japan. Federal offshore gas regulator NOPSEMA on Tuesday accepted Santos's final environment plan for its production operations, clearing the way for the Barossa project to go ahead following multiple legal challenges. The project attracted national attention last year when a Separately, a successful legal case run by the EDO on behalf of Tiwi Islands traditional owners in 2022 led to a Photo shows a woman uses a pencil to draw on a colourful map Newly released videos show evidence involving "confection" used by the EDO in its failed legal bid to halt Santos's Barossa gas pipeline. Santos's Barossa project is one of Australia's largest oil and gas investments in a decade — and is expected to be among the worst polluting in the world. Reports have previously estimated the reservoir's Santos's own project documents suggest the Barossa project could produce 15.2 million tonnes of climate pollution per year — a total of 380 million tonnes during its 25-year life span. Barossa gas is expected to be shipped to overseas buyers as LNG. ( ABC News: Michael Franchi ) Critics question how Barossa project will comply with Labor climate policy Kirsty Howey, executive director of Environment Centre NT, described Santos's Barossa project as "one of the dirtiest gas fields in Australia". "It's unfathomable that it's been approved in 2025 when the climate science is clear that we can't have new fossil fuel projects if we're going to avoid dangerous climate change," she said. In a statement, a Labor campaign spokesperson confirmed the project was still subject to the safeguard mechanism, which requires major carbon emitters to progressively reduce or offset their emissions over time. The policy is a key plank of the Albanese government's efforts to reach a 43 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030, and net zero by 2050. Some Tiwi Islands elders have voiced opposition to the project. ( (ABC News: Tristan Hooft ) But Ms Howey said the Barossa project's approval showed "the safeguard mechanism has done very little to stem the flow of fossil fuel approvals". "This approval in the middle of an election campaign just goes to show the failure of climate policy in Australia to ensure the necessary phase out of fossil fuels," she said. Climate Council analyst Ben McLeod said the decision was "completely at odds with all our other efforts to cut climate pollution". "This project is set to become one of the most carbon-intensive gas developments in the world," Mr McLeod said. A Labor campaign spokesperson said the project's final approval was made separately to government. "Technical regulatory decisions for offshore resources projects in Commonwealth waters are a matter for the independent expert regulator NOPSEMA," they said. "The Albanese Labor government is working to put downward pressure on energy prices and emissions after a decade of delay, dysfunction and denial." A Santos spokesperson said the Barossa project remained on track for first gas in the third quarter of 2025. They did not answer how the project would comply with Australia's safeguard mechanism.
Boston Globe
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Marijuana legalization advances in New Hampshire — toward a brick wall
One of the leading GOP voices who pushed for legalization last year has said he Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up In urging his colleagues to vote against Advertisement 'If we decide to legalize marijuana, then we should do it correctly, in an orderly way,' Roy said. 'I know we've tried in 50 different bills over the last few years. Nothing seems to go through. And let me tell you, this one ain't going to go through either,' he said. 'We know it's not going to get all the way through. So let's do it smart and do something that takes care of children, has guardrails and protections, not just throw it out there.' Democratic Representative Jodi K. Newell of Keene, who spoke in favor of HB 75 on Thursday, said she lost an older brother to alcoholism and a fiancé to a heroin overdose. Marijuana is safer than those drugs, and the state should trust adults 21 and older to use it responsibly, she said. Advertisement 'Who knows,' she added. 'We may just save some lives while we're at it.' Democratic Representative Alissandra Murray of Manchester wrote in Separately on Thursday, the House also approved Both HB 75 and HB 196 passed the chamber on voice votes. They head next to the Senate. Polling conducted last year by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found that legalizing cannabis for recreational use is an idea that This story first appeared in Globe NH | Morning Report, our free newsletter focused on the news you need to know about New Hampshire, including great coverage from the Boston Globe and links to interesting articles from other places. If you'd like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, Steven Porter can be reached at
