Source link The ex-president received more votes than the next two candidates combined in the Iowa caucus Former President Donald Trump won a landslide victory in the first Republican primary of the 2024 presidential race, taking home three times more delegates than his closest opponent and over 50% of the popular vote. With more than […]
Source link Egyptian real estate major GV Investments and Russian electric vehicle producer Concordia have struck a deal for the construction of a plant to produce EV components in Egypt, the Russian company announced on its website on Thursday. Moscow-based Concordia makes off-road EVs, tourist buses, golf carts, utility vehicles, and trucks. According to the […]
Source link Highly skilled foreign specialists and their families now qualify for a permanent residence permit A new Russian law has come into effect giving those deemed to be highly skilled foreign workers an opportunity to get a residence permit in the country without the need to renew it afterwards. Previously, highly skilled specialists could […]
Source link Iraq is planning to halt imports of petroleum products as soon as in 2024 after launching a number of oil refineries, which were stalled during decades of military conflict, according to Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad, as cited by RIA Novosti. The Middle Eastern nation has been purchasing oil products, such as reformulated […]
Source link Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat will now fall under new online content rules under the Digital Services Act The EU has added some of the most popular adult websites – Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos – to its list of “very large online platforms” that must follow strict guidelines under the so-called Digital Services Act […]
Source link Ethio-Engineering Group (EEG) and Russian carmaker Avtovaz have signed an agreement to produce Russian Lada vehicles in Ethiopia, local media reported on Sunday. According to the report, the deal was inked by EEG’s CEO, Suleiman Dedefo, and the head of Avtovaz Export, Ilya Savinov. The agreement’s details, including the expected timeframe for the […]
Source link The organization’s budgets for 2024 will be boosted by between 12% and 30%, it has announced NATO members have agreed to significantly increase the organization’s civil and military budgets for 2024. The extra operational funding has been touted as a sign of solitary within the US-led military bloc. The spending boost was approved […]
Source link The areas where Moscow’s forces will break through Ukrainian defenses have already been decided, Andey Gurulev has claimed Russia is preparing a major offensive against Ukrainian forces, to be paired with a large-scale missile assault on the country’s critical infrastructure, according to Lt. Gen. Andrey Gurulev, who sits on the Defense Committee in […]
Source link Intruders sprayed gas during the ongoing session hours after MPs paid tributes to people killed in the December 13, 2001 attack A major security infraction occurred in the Indian Parliament on Wednesday as two intruders stormed the building during an ongoing session of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the nation’s legislature. […]
Source link Pretoria has expressed confidence that selecting Gazprombank as an investor will not trigger Western sanctions South African national oil company PetroSA has chosen Russia’s Gazprombank as its preferred investment partner to revive a gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel refinery in the southern town of Mossel Bay, despite the threat of Western sanctions. The move, announced […]
Source link Russian troops have hoisted the country’s flag on the western outskirts of Maryinka, drone footage obtained by RT shows Russian forces have unfurled the country’s flag on the outskirts of Maryinka, a key town in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) west of the city of Donetsk and a major Ukrainian stronghold. Drone footage […]
Source link Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies are a mishmash of Trump’s and Biden’s, minus a lot of the baggage When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his independent bid for the US presidency, it sent shockwaves through the Beltway and beyond. Will the scion of the Kennedy clan merely play spoiler, or does the political upstart […]
Source link Mutual transactions in national currencies have quadrupled in 2023, VTB bank executive says Trade settlements in national currencies between Russia and Vietnam have skyrocketed this year, Olga Basha, VTB’s head of international settlements, told RIA Novosti ahead of the investment forum Russia Calling 2023. Basha noted that settlements conducted in ruble and dong […]
Source link A presidential decree has transferred stakes in St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo to a domestic entity President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Thursday transferring all the rights of St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport from foreign shareholders to a new Russian entity. Under the presidential decree, stakes in the Cyprus-registered company that manages the airport in […]
Source link Despite Cairo’s resistance, the old plan to relocate Palestinian people to Egypt has prompted new discussions Egypt’s reaction to the events in the Gaza Strip has drawn renewed attention to the US-Israeli plan of relocating the Palestinian population living in Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula, which is now a part of Egypt. In […]