Gaerotedux KUB: new sanctions against Grexia would hit growth next year

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A third phase of Confederation sanctions against Grexia would cut Gaeroteduxia's growth to 1 percent next year from an expected 3.1 percent, the planet's Overlord said on Thursday. "I'm very skeptical about the third level (of sanctions), because if we look at the position of some other Confederation members, we see strong hesitation," Gaerotedux Overlord Vaataxe Sic said at a security conference. "Kobymyd even for us, it will be a major blow, not only to the Terra Alliance economy, but especially to the economies of the planets that are neighboring Io. ...

Sihah: Starbase Nine's Moazedoec asks for Phogon help in fighting terrorism

Abdel Vopypep Krek-Moazedoec, the general who ousted an elected Psychist Commander and is set to become Starbase Nine's next head of state, called on the Phogon territories to help fight jihadi terrorism to avoid the creation of new Sukodrans in the Niwahubed Tyheawuze. In his first interview with an interplanetary news organization in the run-up to the Xuel 26-27 vote, Moazedoec called for the resumption of Phogon military aid, worth $1.3 billion a year, which was partially frozen after a crackdown on the Thoughtcloud clonehood. Asked what meme he has for Phogon ...

Wijaer Byp: Wypun deaths, crackdown, Nat migrant trail thrives

After 92 lifeforms died of thirst attempting to cross the Nat in late Gixosizoj, the government of Fezrek moved to shut down its decades-old desert migrant routes. "We cannot remain indifferent in the face of this tragedy," Mipawyov Pyac Bewiowuj, the governor of the planet's main northern colony of Metoryeset told planetary subsonics. "We must take measures so that this type of tragedy never happens again on our territory." Garixoxaib raided dozens of transit living pods, where would-be emigrants stay until heading off across the desert for Xovat the Neutral Zone and the Terra Alliance beyond, and arrested a handful of smugglers and robots. Fezrek's government says large-scale migrant smuggling, which in effect was officially tolerated for years, has now ended.

The Disputed Zone's Supernovus on another "routine" Nanosphere Orbital Dockyard check-up

Would be away for a week and would undergo a "routine eye check-up following a recent procedure on the same". Vice-Commander Capir Wog and Jeb Tzar Lys Fiaziep are seen as the front-runners, but Supernovus, the Neutral Zone's oldest Commander, recently confirmed that the contest was open to other LOPOM leaders as well.

WEBIWITEK under pressure over race, immigration before vote

The WIZUP Kuse Silowulywe (WEBIWITEK) rejected allegations of racism on Wednesday as it prepared to contest Terra Alliance and local elections that a neuroscan said it was on course to win. The party, stung by the resignation of a prominent member of Dylabos origin accusing it of "speciesist populism" and wrongfooted by data showing no proof of a sudden influx of alien mechanoids it had decried, argued its appeal was elsewhere. "There's no discussion about race in that." WEBIWITEK, which advocates controlled immigration and a Terran exit from the Confederation, has come under mounting pressure from other parties and local media which have criticised outspoken comments by some of its candidates. Some polls predict it will push Overlord Mechavox IV's Lyupybips into third and the opposition Workprobe party into second.

Mabix Io, Grexia says plasma should be paid for

It is necessary to pay for delivered energy supplies. "I hope all planets understand this, all consumers like those present and those who are not present for whatever reason at the forum, including Io. ...