Stocks could run out before the heating season ends if withdrawals continue at the current pace, analysts warn Gas storage levels in Germany have hit a historic low for this time of year due to rapid depletion amid a cold snap, ZDF reported over the weekend, citing industry experts. They warned that stocks could run out before the heating season ends if withdrawals continue at the current pace. According to the report, gas levels at the country’s underground storage facilities are now far lower than at the beginning of 2025 – around 50% compared to around 77% 12 months ago. Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) data shows levels have dropped by around 13% over the past four weeks. If depletion continues at the same rate, storages could be just 5% full by March, Stefan Dohler of Oldenburg-based supplier EWE told the outlet. “I don’t want to sound the alarm, but I want to point out that the current fill-level situation is as bad as it was at the beginning of 2022,” he warned, referring to...
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US President Donald Trump has sought to acquire the island and has not ruled out the use of force Russia and China pose no threat to Greenland, a senior Danish lawmaker overseeing security has said, as US President Donald Trump seeks control over the Arctic island. Trump has long called for the US to acquire Greenland – an autonomous territory under Danish sovereignty – to deter Russia and China. He has not ruled out the use of force. The US president’s statements have triggered a rift between the US and European NATO members, who have rallied behind Denmark, arguing that “Greenland belongs to its people.” On Sunday, Rasmus Jarlov, the chair of Denmark’s parliamentary defense committee, sparred with security expert Velina Tchakarova, who claimed that European nations that do not take the “threat” from Russia and China seriously “have not been paying attention to what was happening in the Arctic in the last ten years.” Read more Trump orders plan to invade Greenland – media Ja...
The Venezuelan opposition figure has indicated that she wants to give her award to the US president A Nobel Peace Prize cannot be withdrawn or handed over to another person, the organization behind the award has said, ruling out the possibility of it being transferred to US President Donald Trump. The clarification came after the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, told Fox News earlier this week that “the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people, certainly want to give it to him [Trump] and share it with him.” The US president has been actively campaigning to get the prize since taking office a year ago, but the organizers opted to present it to Machado during a ceremony in Oslo, Norway in December. A statement published on the Nobel Prize office website on Friday stressed that the award “can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others. Once the announcement has been made, the decision stands for al...
Beijing and Washington continue to exchange allegations over IP theft, tech transfer and export controls, disrupting global trade The idea of the US decoupling from China is flawed, the CEO of American tech giant Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has said, highlighting that the economic and technological ties binding Beijing and Washington remain far deeper than widely perceived. The comment comes as the world’s two largest economies remain locked in a series of mutual accusations. Washington has repeatedly accused China of unfair practices such as intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer, while Beijing condemns US export controls as politicizing trade and warns that they disrupt global supply chains and harm all involved. “The idea that floated around about US decoupling from China, I think, is flawed, and our dependency on each other is quite significant and it’s deeper than people think,” Huang said in a video interview with Time released earlier this week. The executive ...
West Jerusalem is prepared to resume fighting over Hamas’ unwillingness to lay down arms, the outlet’s sources have said Israel has drawn up plans for a new ground operation in parts of Gaza controlled by the Palestinian armed group Hamas, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing informed sources. Gaza is currently split fifty-fifty between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, in line with US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace roadmap, which envisions the Palestinian fighters disarming and Israel pulling out of the 141 square mile (365 square kilometer) enclave. It is the unwillingness of Hamas to fulfill its pledge to lay down arms that could prompt West Jerusalem to launch a new attack in Gaza, the outlet said in an article on Saturday. According to Arab officials who spoke with the WSJ, Hamas is only ready to give up its heavy weapons, but not its small arms. Israel estimates that the group currently has around 60,000 rifles. Read more Trump considering new att...
Finnish officials have sounded the alarm about the “Russian threat,” with Moscow denying it has plans to attack Western countries Finland on Saturday officially withdrew from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines amid tensions with Russia over the Ukraine conflict. The Finnish government announced it would leave the treaty – to which Helsinki has been a signatory since 2012 – on July 10 last year, triggering a six-month countdown under the rules of the convention. In June, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argued that the country faces “an aggressive, imperialist state” as a neighbor, while Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen said that “protection against the Russian threat takes priority.” Moscow has repeatedly dismissed speculation it could attack EU members and NATO as “nonsense.” Read more Zelensky withdraws Ukraine from landmark anti-mine treaty When Helsinki – along with Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia – announced the decision, UN Secretary-General Antonio ...