Source link Lack of American funding is the reason Ukraine is failing on the battlefield, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday. He demanded the House Republicans pass the $61 billion aid bill as soon as possible. Schumer, a New York Democrat, brought up Ukraine in a speech about the upcoming legislative agenda. The […]
Source link Nearly $7 billion worth of aid could be jeopardized if the legislation is signed into law Ghana could lose $3.8 billion of World Bank funding if its anti-LGBTQ legislation is signed into law, the West African nation’s Finance Ministry has warned. A $3 billion IMF loan package could also be jeopardized, it claimed […]
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 The country is now in a “particularly” difficult situation, Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck has warned The German economy has lost its competitive advantage after abandoning Russian gas supplies, Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck stated on Wednesday. The EU’s top economy benefited from cheap Russian energy for over two decades. It relied on the […]
Source link Antonio Guterres claims a reformed UN could repair the loss of faith in public institutions People no longer trust their governments to tackle climate change, war, and inequality, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. While Guterres views a reformed UN as the solution, polling shows that most Westerners want their leaders to […]
Source link Hospitals could end their studies into chronic health issues affecting people exposed to lethal chemicals in 1984 Firoza Bi was just a teenager when the world’s worst industrial disaster – the Bhopal gas tragedy of December 3, 1984 – wreaked havoc on the citizens of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (MP), in the heart of […]
Source link The greenback’s share of global reserves plummeted below 60% in the third quarter of 2023, according to the IMF The US dollar’s share of global central bank reserves has continued to decrease, nosediving to 59.2% in the third quarter of 2023, according to the latest data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). […]
Source link A fifth of global supplies were sold and purchased in other currencies, according to analysts’ estimates Global consumers and exporters of crude are now managing without dollar-denominated trade deals, the Wall Street Journal reported this week, citing the head of global commodities strategy at JPMorgan Chase, Natasha Kaneva. The report comes a day […]
Source link Russian wine lovers are switching from red wine to white and rosé, Maxim Protasov, the head of Roskachestvo, the food quality regulator, told RIA Novosti news agency in an interview published on Saturday. According to Protasov, the trend is strong with regard to both domestic and imported wines. “The trend that needs to […]
Source link Reality is different from public statements, the German journalist who just visited Kiev has said While the Ukrainian government paints a rosy picture of the conflict at press conferences, senior officials admit in private that the situation is grim, Paul Ronzheimer, a deputy editor-in-chief at the German outlet BILD, said on Friday. Ronzheimer […]
Source link The bloc has paid a high price for cutting economic ties with Moscow, Brussels’ top diplomat has said By weaning itself off Russian energy after the start of the Ukraine conflict, the EU may have simply traded one dependency for another, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell has said. Speaking at a geopolitical […]
Source link Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer had previously expressed concerns about the nation’s war readiness The German army has neither the strength nor the equipment required to effectively defend the nation, the tabloid Bild reported on Wednesday, citing its own analysis of the state of the armed forces. The outlet was fact-checking a warning […]
Source link The US president declared that Israel “can’t say no” to the creation of a Palestinian state US President Joe Biden warned that Israel risks losing international support if it continues its “indiscriminate” bombing campaign in Gaza at a campaign fundraiser in Washington, DC on Tuesday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “change […]
Source link Andrey Yermak has called for more funds for Kiev as Congress remains at loggerheads President Vladimir Zelensky’s chief of staff has admitted that there is a “big risk” that Ukraine will lose its conflict with Russia unless the US Congress approves more funding to support Kiev. Andrey Yermak was among a number of […]
Source link The outlet mocked “comically bad” propaganda stunts, such as the fake Palestinian nurse The Israeli government is resorting to “preposterous” and “increasingly wild” disinformation online and appears to have lost control over the narrative about its war on Gaza, the Daily Beast said in an article published on Wednesday. As one example, author […]