Source link Truong My Lan stole the equivalent of 4.69% of Vietnam’s GDP in a decade-long embezzlement scheme Real estate developer Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court for her role in Southeast Asia’s largest ever embezzlement scheme. The verdict was handed down by a court in Ho Chi Minh […]
Source link Fears of American withdrawal, over reliance on the Russian bogeyman, and Washington’s tilt to Asia make for shaky foundations The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary – the founding documents were signed in Washington this week in 1949. NATO is so firmly embedded in the international landscape that even its decisive […]
Source link Billionaire Niranjan Hiranandani reveals how the focus on infrastructure is moving the country forward in the show Let’s Talk Bharat Indian billionaire, co-founder and managing director of Mumbai-based real estate giant Hiranandani Group, Niranjan Hiranandani, has lauded the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on improving India’s infrastructure to achieve double-digit growth […]
Source link Foreign nationals will be permitted to buy real estate in Ethiopia in a major change to the country’s laws, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on state TV late on Saturday. Ethiopia, with a population of approximately 120 million, is grappling with significant economic challenges, including inflation and currency reserve shortages. The landlocked country’s […]
Source link Biden and Blinken chose a China hater over their chief Russophobe. This may have pushed her over the edge. By Sergey Strokan, Kommersant columnist The forthcoming resignation of US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has given rise to various theories as to the reason for her unexpected departure from the State Department. Moscow believes […]
Source link A discussion between senior German military officers was intercepted, the nation’s defense ministry has confirmed The discussions between German officers, including a top Air Force commander, about aiding Kiev in a potential attack on the Crimean Bridge are genuine, a German Defense Ministry spokeswoman told the national public broadcaster, ARD, on Saturday. DETAILS […]
Source link The makers of a drug used off-label to induce lactation in men warn it could adversely affect a baby’s heart The drug-induced nipple secretions of trans women are as good as mothers’ breast milk for babies, the University of Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust claimed in a letter to campaigners made public in a […]
Source link Having nuclear weapons is a powerful deterrent and something Poland should look into going forward, a retired Polish Army general said in an interview on Monday. Speaking with the RMF24 radio, Jaroslaw Kraszewski was asked about last week’s proposal to “give Poland nuclear weapons,” made by American Enterprise Institute scholar Dalibor Rohac in […]
Source link Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has become the latest lender to put away more provisions for its commercial property loan book Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, a German bank focused on commercial real estate, has become the latest lender in the country to report having put aside more provisions for its loan portfolio amid what it calls the worst […]
Source link Will Western media outlets look past their egos and establishment narratives to take advantage of the insights from the conversation? American establishment media spent the days in the run-up to Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin pre-judging it as propaganda, and soliciting the opinions of establishment figures, like former US secretary […]
Source link Last night’s event was sensational, but what was the real motivation behind the Kremlin encounter? A few years ago, Russia was accused of interfering in American political processes. Now the opposite has happened. US domestic politics is dragging the Russian factor – represented by President Vladimir Putin – into its own electoral process. […]
Source link It has long been on the minds of doomsday preppers and fiction media creators alike – but how likely is it, really? Let’s sketch a big country in three broad strokes: First, its population is over 333 million. These citizens privately own about (or at least) 339 million guns. They are unique in […]
Source link Helsinki is seemingly ready to violate any principles to follow the collective West’s drive against Russia, Maria Zakharova says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has condemned Finland’s plans to impose a blanket ban on Russian nationals buying property in the country, slamming the potential move as an “inherently segregationist action.” Zakharova provided […]
Source link The lack of shells has become a “pressing problem” for Kiev’s forces, the Ukrainian defense minister has said Ukrainian ammunition stocks are low, the country’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, has said. His comments come as Kiev’s allies announced the launch of the so-called “artillery coalition” to help Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia. […]
Source link The measure is the only way to ensure national security, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen has said Finland is set to introduce tighter controls on any real property transactions involving persons or companies from outside of the EU, the nation’s defense minister, Antti Hakkanen, told a group of Finnish newspapers in an interview […]