Source link The donations on the first anniversary of the armed conflict will help to prevent starvation in the African nation, says France France and its allies have pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to support relief efforts in Sudan, where the UN says nearly 18 million people including children are facing acute […]
Source link Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye have been seeing a big surge in tax revenues, according to the fiscal authorities Tax revenues in Russia’s four new regions have continued to grow, with a total of 210 billion rubles ($2.27 billion) raised in 2023 in the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People’s Republics, as well as […]
Source link Allocating more aid could enable Ukraine to launch a new counteroffensive next year, William Burns told the US Senate The US is standing at “a profoundly important crossroads” in terms of whether to continue funding Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, according to CIA Director William Burns. With a White House request to appropriate […]
Source link The EU’s agricultural sector lost €19 billion ($20.6 billion) in 2022 and 2023 as a result of a liberalization of trade with Ukraine, European Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski announced on Monday. Members of the bloc lifted tariffs and quotas in 2022 for Ukrainian agricultural produce in order to enable foodstuffs, mainly grain, to […]
Source link Agency head Rafael Grossi has voiced doubts that the bloc would sanction Russia’s Rosatom The European Union is dependent on Russian uranium deliveries and sanctioning them would be unrealistic, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi said on Monday. Grossi was in Brussels, briefing EU foreign ministers on the Iranian nuclear enrichment […]
Source link Germany is set to make a large investment in four gas-fired plants, the government has announced Germany is set to spend €16 billion to construct four gas-fired power plants as it seeks to ensure an adequate supply of electricity after scrapping its nuclear reactors, the Economy Ministry announced earlier this week. This comes […]
Source link The bloc intends to turn the Trans-Caspian transport corridor into a “cutting-edge” route to Central Asia The EU plans to raise up to €10 billion ($10.8 billion) in investment to create a transport corridor to Central Asia through the South Caucasus and Türkiye that bypasses Russia, the European Commission announced on Monday at […]
Source link Thousands of dignitaries and celebrities will attend a major inauguration event in Ayodhya along with PM Modi The Indian temple town of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state is abuzz with frantic activity leading up to the highly-anticipated inauguration of a temple devoted to the Hindu deity Ram. Around 8,000 people, including Indian Prime […]
Source link The uncertainty over the key route linking Asia and Europe threatens global supply chains Shipping companies have redirected about $35 billion worth of cargo away from the Red Sea amid the risk of attacks from Houthi militants in Yemen, CNBC reported this week. According to the report, there are currently 57 container vessels […]
Source link The US Secretary of State has boasted that 90% of Ukrainian military aid is spent within the US economy Kiev needs to understand that Washington earns billions on the war in Ukraine while ordinary Ukrainians die, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press conference on Friday. He spoke a day after US […]
Source link Banque Pictet used “a variety of means” to help customers evade taxes, prosecutors say A major Swiss bank has admitted to helping American taxpayers and others to hide billions of dollars from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday. According to US prosecutors, Banque Pictet held […]
Source link The UK spends more than any other European country on financing structural inequality in favor of the rich, the latest research by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found. According to the report, Britain spends £106.2 billion ($133.8 billion) annually to subsidize income, wealth, and power inequalities compared with the […]
Source link London has pledged the funds seized from sanctioned Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich will be spent exclusively in Ukraine The British government was asked to spend an estimated $3 billion in funds seized from sanctioned businessman Roman Abramovich in Israel rather than Ukraine, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The money came from the sale […]
Source link Completely closing the Finland-Russia land border would cost Helsinki up to $3.3 billion, according to Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. He said the Finnish authorities were “punishing” their own citizens and hindering the development of the country by “lowering the Iron Curtain in the east.” “Finnish authorities have closed all checkpoints on […]