Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ggersh who wrote (199898)	6/28/2023 7:11:51 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220757

in the meantime Putin seems strong, post coup / mutiny / 9D chess manoeuvre, whichever the true case t.me

To: ggersh who wrote (199898)	6/28/2023 8:03:14 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220757

News flow, suspects openly ID-ed and cut off “This is our house,” Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at a news conference after that meeting. bloomberg.com OPEC Shuts Bloomberg, Reuters and WSJ Out of Oil Conference No reason for the decision was given by OPEC secretariat It’s the second time OPEC bars journalists in a month Emma Ross-Thomas 29 June 2023 at 02:05 GMT+8 OPEC has canceled accreditation for reporters from three major news organizations to cover a conference in Vienna that will feature the head of BP Plc and the European Union’s top energy official. “We are very concerned by the prospect of OPEC excluding certain journalists, including from Bloomberg, from next week’s seminar,” Bloomberg News said in a statement. “For the sake of market transparency, we strongly advocate for OPEC to allow journalists from relevant global news outlets to attend.” Reuters and the Wall Street Journal have also had their accreditations withdrawn, according to people familiar with the situation. Reuters and the WSJ had no immediate comment. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which together with allies in the wider OPEC+ coalition sets oil production policy for 23 countries, is gathering for a seminar at the state-owned Hofburg palace in Vienna on July 5-6. It’s the second time that OPEC has excluded the journalists from its meetings in about a month. In May, the group decided against inviting reporters from Bloomberg, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal to a policy meeting on June 3-4, even as other reporters were allowed to attend. The group defended its decision at the time, without explaining it. “This is our house,” Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at a news conference after that meeting. Late on Tuesday, OPEC’s press office told Bloomberg reporters that next week’s event was invitation only — despite having earlier given accreditation to its reporters to attend. The OPEC press office declined to comment. Executives including BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney are set to join the seminar, which typically focuses more on the industry and its outlook than specific OPEC policy. European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson is also attending. A spokeswoman for BP declined to comment. Asked about the ban, Simson said: “I am attending the OPEC Seminar on 5 July as a speaker on the topic of energy sustainability and have decided to not engage with media present at the conference.” Austria’s Foreign Ministry said it didn’t have knowledge of the agenda or participation arrangements of specific events hosted by OPEC. “We take this opportunity to highlight that media freedom, including enabling media coverage of political developments, is a cornerstone of any democratic society,” the ministry said by email. Bloomberg News will still travel to Vienna to cover policymakers and executives, as it did for the meeting earlier this month. (Adds statement from Austria’s Foreign Ministry in tenth paragraph.)

To: ggersh who wrote (199898)	6/28/2023 8:20:14 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220757

News flow, from the fringe, stuff continues to happen OTOH t.me OTOH am guessing that an Israel - Saudi Arabia - Iran - Syria deal can be worked out as long as all sincere about all rights, so that all can get on with business of growth, building, educating, etc etc as opposed to endless / permanent conflicts and be pawned agnostic, but much possibilities if all players at the table are astute, and if nothing works out, some give & take shall happen, doubtless thecradle.co With no White House invite in sight, Netanyahu says headed to China Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on 27 June that the Israeli prime minister has been invited to make an official visit to China next month, making sure to emphasize the trip is in no way a message to Washington, as some have suggested. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, met with members of the US House of Representatives and informed them that he has been invited to visit China,” the statement read. The prime minister has “stressed to the members of Congress that the security and intelligence cooperation between the US and Israel is at an all-time peak, and emphasized that the US will always be Israel’s most vital and irreplaceable ally.” According to the statement, Washington was informed of the upcoming visit one month ago. The planned visit comes as US President Joe Biden has yet to extend an official invitation for Netanyahu to visit the US. Prior to the release of the statement, Israeli sources said that contacts have been held between the offices of Netanyahu and Chinese President Xi Jinping, adding that the upcoming trip signals Israel’s “growing impatience with Washington.” The sources added that Netanyahu aims to show the US that Israel has other diplomatic alternatives. Lately, Washington has expressed a distaste for Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plans and has criticized the Israeli government’s continuous expansion of illegal settlement building. As a result, Biden has kept Netanyahu at a distance. “Netanyahu is not going to stand and wait for an invitation that is not forthcoming to visit the White House. He is also working in parallel channels. China has stepped up its involvement in the Middle East of late, and the prime minister needs to be there in order to represent Israel’s interests,” one Israeli diplomatic source explained. This year, China brokered a historic agreement to restore relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which has seen the kingdom double down on its conditions for normalizing ties with Israel. Beijing also recently announced the establishment of a ‘strategic partnership’ between China and the Palestinian Authority (PA) during PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent trip to the country. China has been strengthening ties with several other regional countries, and of late, many have lauded how Chinese diplomacy has taken center stage across West Asia, particularly in the “absence” of US diplomatic efforts to resolve crises. Despite this, the move is being seen as a strategic mistake in Israel. Former Israeli general Amos Yadlin said in reference to the upcoming visit: “This is a step that will harm Israeli interests and not advance them. If someone in the prime minister’s circle thinks it’s smart to act like [Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed] bin Salman and travel to China to annoy Biden … he’s making a serious mistake and doesn’t understand the importance of the competition between the geopolitical superpowers of the 21st century.