Ben Aris

Berlin

Publisher and Editor at bne IntelliNews

long time Russia reporter. ex Daily Telegraph moscow bureau, ex Banker/Euromoney contributing editor, 15 yrs freelance. founder & editor business new europe

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Russia demands Ukraine's de facto capitulation with Istanbul demands

5 days ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul for the second direct ceasefire talks on June 1 that made little progress in laying out the groundwork for the mooted 30-day ceasefire suggested by the Trump administration in March.
Will the weather on June 1 decide the Polish presidential vote?

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

Poles go to the polls this weekend and the two candidates for the presidency are literally neck and neck ,with less than a point between them. The outcome is far too close to call so that tiny random factors could play a decisive role – even the weather. The latest weather forecast for Sunday, June 1, is not good.
Putin has gone "CRAZY," Trump says, as Russia rains down missiles on Ukrainian cities

1 week ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone “crazy”, US President Donald Trump said at the weekend, after two days of intense missile and drone attacks on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” Trump posted on his Truth Social media.
Russia runs down Ukraine’s air defences with a “weekend of hell” drone and missile strikes across the country

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

Russia was running down Ukraine’s air defences with a “weekend of hell” with one of the most intense drone and missile barrages since the war began three years ago that struck Kyiv and other major cities.
China accelerates push into “low-altitude economy” of drone deliveries and flying taxis

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

China is rapidly advancing plans to build a “low-altitude economy” where groceries are delivered to your door by drone and workers can avoid the crowds by taking flying taxis home. It sounds like science fiction, but Chinese planners are preparing the groundwork for just this “low-altitude economy”, and projecting the sector could generate up to CNY2 trillion ($280bn) in annual output as soon as 2030, Urban Land reports.
China launches first offshore carbon capture project to support emissions goals

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has commenced operations at the country’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, located in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, as part of Beijing’s efforts to curb industrial emissions and enhance crude oil production. The Enping 15-1 project, situated approximately 200 km southwest of Shenzhen, captures carbon dioxide produced during oil extraction, processes it into a supercritical state and injects it into subsea reservoirs.
Countdown to disaster: timelines to cross temperature thresholds tabulated

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

By Ben Aris in Berlin #REM #climatecrisis #ESG #bneGreen #BRICS #Brazil #Russia #China #India #SouthAfrica #G7 Global warming results from man-made greenhouse gas emissions that have doubled the heating effect from incoming sunlight, which is now more than the heat radiated by earth into space in the last decade, according to a research paper.
Timeline for global climate thresholds laid out

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

By Ben Aris in Berlin #REM #climatecrisis #ESG #bneGreen #BRICS #Brazil #Russia #China #India #SouthAfrica #G7 Global warming results from man-made greenhouse gas emissions that have doubled the heating effect from incoming sunlight, which is now more than the heat radiated by earth into space in the last decade, according to a research paper.
KYIV BLOG: How is Ukraine going to fund the rebuild and a growing trade deficit?

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

The money the West grants to support Ukraine’s economy and military campaign gets a lot of attention. So far the West has sent a total of $133bn to Ukraine over the last three years, according to the Ministry of Finance (MinFin) and continues to get a bit less than $40bn a year, although MinFin is anticipating that to more than halve in the next two years. From a fiscal point of view, Bankova needs the war to stop in the next year or so as it will become increasingly difficult to finance.
Sunlight heating effect on earth more than doubles in the last decade

2 weeks ago | intellinews.com | Ben Aris

Global warming results from man-made greenhouse gas emissions doubled the heating effect from incoming sunlight that is now more than the heat radiated by earth into space in the last decade, according to research paper in AGU Advances published this month.