Source link Norway will boost its defense budget to 2.7% of GDP, its government announced on Friday Norway has announced a plan to almost double military expenditure over the next 12 years. Focusing on its navy and air defense, the plan will make Norway one of NATO’s largest spenders. The Norwegian government will pump a […]
Source link The bloc’s leaders have called for an “immediate” humanitarian pause in Israel’s military operation UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged EU leaders to show the same concern for civilians in Gaza as in Ukraine. While the EU has funnelled tens of billions of euros into repelling Russian forces in Ukraine, it is only […]
Source link Russian fast-food chain Vkusno i Tochka, which replaced McDonald’s after the US company left the country due to sanctions, more than doubled its revenues last year, according to an earnings report cited by Interfax. The fast-food chain saw revenues jump to 155.7 billion rubles ($1.68 billion) in 2023, which was 2.1 times higher […]
Source link Kiev alone has hiked its weapons purchases by more than 6,600% in the last five years, a new report has found European nations nearly doubled their weapons imports over the last five years, with the conflict in Ukraine the primary factor behind the increase, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace […]
Source link Berlin is backing a genocidal action against innocent civilians, Adamu Garba told RT The West needs to review its own values, democracies, human rights policies, and its institutions, Adamu Garba, a former Nigerian senator, has told RT in an exclusive interview. That Germany follows double standards is shocking, he said. Garba, who served […]
Source link The pledge comes amid a halt in US contributions and Kiev’s increasing clamor for arms following its failed counteroffensive Germany will shell out more than €7 billion ($7.6 billion) on military aid for Ukraine this year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. Late last year, Bild reported that Berlin was going to double its […]
Source link Prolonged disruption in the Red Sea could eventually have a major impact on energy markets Global prices for crude oil will double if disruptions triggered by Yemen’s Houthi rebels also affect the Strait of Hormuz, Daan Struyven, Goldman Sachs’ head of oil research, said on Saturday in an interview with CNBC. The Houthis […]
Source link He dismissed rumors that he uses doppelgangers during a live Q&A event, telling an audience he prefers to be one of a kind There should only be one person who looks and speaks like Vladimir Putin, the Russian president said in response to a question from what appeared to be an AI replica […]
Source link The burden is expected to shoot up to £151 billion by 2026, according to a tax and spending watchdog Household debt in the UK will rise from the current level of £73 billion ($92 billion) to $190 billion in 2026, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) reported this week. The increase means the […]
Source link Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal visited the automaker’s factory in California as part of New Delhi’s efforts to woo the company Tesla is set to increase imports of components from India, New Delhi announced on Tuesday, amid reports that the South Asian nation is seeking to encourage the automaker to establish a manufacturing plant […]