Source link Medics are allegedly demanding fighting-age men collaborate with mobilization centers before admitting them for treatment Ukrainian men who may be eligible for military service are reportedly required to have paperwork from recruitment centers before being admitted for treatment by public hospitals, as Kiev’s efforts to mobilize additional troops have been undermined by mass […]
Source link The false claim of a blaze at the US president’s home has come amid a wave of “swatting” calls targeting political figures Fire crews and other emergency responders have rushed to the White House following a bogus 911 call falsely claiming that US President Joe Biden’s home was ablaze with someone trapped inside. […]
Source link German tabloid Bild alleged that Moscow is contemplating an assault on the US-led military bloc A report by German tabloid Bild claiming that Russia is gearing up for an “open attack” on NATO is nothing but “a hoax,” Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said. Bild said in article on Sunday that it […]
Source link A growing number of Britons are choosing cheaper funerals amid declining living standards Funeral costs have risen to a record high in the UK, prompting nearly one in four people to opt for a direct cremation or burial with no send-off, according to a report by insurance firm SunLife. Almost one in five […]
Source link World trade plunged by 1.3% from November to December 2023 as a result of Houthi attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea, according to a new report by the IfW Kiel. The German economic institute said on Thursday that the volume of containers transported via the Red Sea had plummeted by more […]
Source link Spending during the holiday season was weaker than expected, according to industry data UK retailers reported lackluster sales around Christmas as consumers continue to struggle amid soaring inflation, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and consultancy KPMG have jointly reported. Data released on Tuesday shows that total sales rose just 1.7% in December, compared […]
Source link The reduction caused by the industrial slump is not sustainable, a think tank has warned A slump in industrial production and an economic downturn in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, have caused carbon emissions to drop to their lowest level in seven decades, a German think tank has reported. Last year, Germany’s greenhouse gas […]
Source link India is expected to progress on free trade agreement negotiations with several countries, including Russia, in 2024 New Delhi is poised to sign free trade agreements (FTAs) with various countries in 2024, which is driven by their interest in tapping into India’s “large and rapidly growing market,” according to a report by the […]
Source link Carrefour said to be stopping sales of soft drinks and potato chips after a fresh price hike French supermarket Carrefour is telling shoppers that it will no longer sell PepsiCo products such as carbonated soda drinks Pepsi and 7up or Lay’s chips products because they’ve become too expensive, Reuters has reported. According to […]
Source link The growth of the EU’s economic powerhouse has continued to slow as a result of the energy crisis Germany’s economy is expected to continue to slow in the coming years; the country is slated to relinquish its position as the fourth-largest economy to India in 2027, according to a new report by the […]
Source link The UK’s cost-of-living crisis is fueling a record surge in shoplifting as people increasingly turn to the black market for food, The Guardian has reported, citing official data. Estimates by the British Retail Consortium show that retail thefts cost the industry £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in 2023, the newspaper said. Meanwhile, Home Office […]
Source link Western sanctions have failed to sink the Russian economy due to a “big country trap” effect, a recent study by the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has found. If a state is a major player on the global market – like Russia – the imposition of restrictions on its […]
Source link The unsatisfied demand for workers is stalling economic growth, a researcher says The Russian economy is suffering from a shortage of skilled labor according to a recent study by Nikolay Akhapkin, a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Published in the RAS Herald earlier this week, […]
Source link A UN agency employee was among those who perished in one of the deadliest strikes of the ongoing war in Gaza More than 90 Palestinians, including 76 members of one extended family, have reportedly been killed in Israeli airstrikes that leveled two homes in Gaza, marking one of the deadliest bombardments in West […]
Source link Self-driving tractors have tilled over two million hectares of land in 2023, according to Cognitive Pilot The mass introduction of AI-based (artificial intelligence) autonomous tractors into the Russian agro-industrial sector has begun, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing developer Cognitive Pilot. The company, which is producing the Cognitive Agro Pilot autonomous driving system for […]