Good morning. Vladimir Putin is gathering allies at the BRICS summit to show the West that he’s no pariah. HSBC appoints a new Chief Financial Officer and simplifies its organization. And read the Big Take that delves into the Amazon’s relentless poverty cycle. Listen to the day’s top stories. The Russian president will play host…
South Korea summons Russian ambassador over Pyongyang’s alleged dispatch of soldiers to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to criticise Pyongyang’s decision to send hundreds of soldiers to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says as it calls for their immediate withdrawal. In Pyongyang’s first…
Apple has informed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) that its apps are to be removed from the Russian App Store, Current Time TV, a Russian-language RFE/RL project, reported on Friday. In a letter to the broadcaster, Apple explained that it had decided to remove the company’s apps at the request of Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor….
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech to parliament on Wednesday that North Korea was a de facto participant in the war in Ukraine, siding with Russia. He said that Ukrainian intelligence had found that Pyongyang was transferring not only weapons, but also soldiers to Moscow. The deepening military ties between Russia and North…
United States President Joe Biden has expressed optimism about preventing an all-out war between Israel and Iran, but he sounded less confident about the prospects of a ceasefire in Gaza soon. Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Friday, where he met with the leaders of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, Biden assessed the efforts…
Meeting between leaders of US, UK, Germany and France in Berlin yields ‘no consensus’ on long-range weapons for Ukraine. United States President Joe Biden has called on NATO allies to “sustain our support” for Ukraine during a visit to Berlin ahead of US elections next month that could disrupt military support for Kyiv. Biden’s one-day…
Berlin — President Joe Biden made a lightning-fast, pomp-filled visit to Germany Friday, making an in-person push for transatlantic unity and scooping up Germany’s highest civilian honor. Biden also met in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, President Emmanuel Macron of France, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom to discuss a…
Last week the head of MI5 warned the country that Moscow’s intelligence agencies were carrying out “arson” and “sabotage” in Britain. Yesterday, we learnt that Russia is suspected of having planted an incendiary device on a plane to the UK. The parcel containing the device subsequently caught fire while stored in a warehouse in Birmingham;…
Hi, this is Konrad Krasuski in Warsaw. Welcome to our weekly newsletter on what’s shaping economics and investments from the Baltic Sea to the Balkans. You can subscribe here. The mood at the Warsaw Stock Exchange was jubilant when Polish convenience store chain Zabka began trading this week. The $1.6 billion initial public offering –…
washington — The United States on Thursday announced fresh sanctions targeting Chinese and Russian entities for their role in designing, building and shipping attack drones that have resulted in mass casualties in Ukraine. The sanctions target two Chinese entities, Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd., and Redlepus Vector Industry Shenzhen Co Ltd (Redlepus), Russian entity…