Source link Lawyers reportedly warn that the attempt to outlaw a “historic institution” will harm Ukraine’s EU bid Kiev’s attempts to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) could have “dire consequences” for the nation’s hopes of joining the EU, The Telegraph newspaper quoted lawyers as saying on Saturday.The Ukrainian parliament is expected to vote later […]
Source link China is on track to become the world’s top car exporter this year for the first time ever, Nikkei Asia reported on Friday, citing preliminary data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Statistics show the country exported 4.41 million automobiles from January through November, up 58% from the same period in […]
Source link Angola is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) because membership is not serving its interests, Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo announced on Thursday. The African nation, which joined the alliance in 2007, reportedly produces about 1.1 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), compared with 28 million bpd for the whole […]
Source link Banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church might violate human rights, the intergovernmental organization has said Kiev’s push to outlaw the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) would violate freedom of religion, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Tuesday. Turk spoke at the meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
Source link The former president’s comments came a day after he said undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country” Former US President Donald Trump has said he will oversee the largest mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in the history of the United States should he be reelected to office in 2024. Trump, the […]
Source link Legislation outlawing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) over alleged Russia links should apparently be passed in early 2024 A bill that would ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) might be passed already in early 2024, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has said. Authorities in Kiev have long accused the UOC of having […]
Source link Indian tycoon Gautam Adani shared pictures of his venture in Gujarat that will power over 20 million homes India’s second-richest man, Gautam Adani, who is developing the world’s largest green energy park in the Rann of Kutch desert in the Gujarat state bordering Pakistan, has shared a glimpse of the project that he […]
Source link The South Asian nation will be the fastest-growing emerging market in the coming years, the rating agency said India is set to overtake the EU’s powerhouse, Germany, in terms of economic might by the end of the decade, the S&P Global Ratings has projected. In its latest report, the Global Credit Outlook 2024, […]
Source link The 16-meter banner was torn in half by strong winds, officials in Kiev have said A storm in Kiev has torn Ukraine’s largest flag in half, city officials reported on Monday. The national symbol was damaged despite being lowered to half-mast in an attempt to protect it from the strong winds. Officials in […]
Source link The giant hunk of ice, three times the size of NYC, is on the move for the first time in decades An iceberg roughly equivalent to three times the area of New York City has broken free from the ocean floor and has begun drifting north towards the so-called ‘Iceberg alley,’ scientists have […]
Source link The three largest Israeli banks have segregated assets in accounts belonging to Russian citizens or Russian tax residents, Forbes reported on Wednesday, citing Mark Oigman, the founder of international financial company SmartGen. Previously, the EU’s largest depositary Euroclear demanded that its partner-banks separate accounts that belong to Russians in order to monitor compliance […]
Source link Energy giant Gazprom has topped the Forbes ranking of Russia’s biggest investors for the second year in a row, the outlet revealed on Monday. Gazprom led Russia’s 30 largest companies by capital expenditure, after investing almost $26 billion last year. According to the outlet, the gas giant’s investments in 2021 totaled nearly $23 […]
Source link US officials have backed the country’s allegations that militants are stationed within the complex The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched an operation against al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, the Palestinian enclave’s largest medical complex. IDF officials say the facility has been used for military purposes by Hamas, a claim rejected by the […]
Source link The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) paid a ransom after it suffered a cyberattack against some of its US-based systems last week, LockBit, the hacking group behind the attack, claimed on Monday, according to media reports. The breach of the country’s largest global lender by total assets, which was disclosed on […]