JPMorgan Chase plans to expand its corporate banking team by about 10 per cent across Asia-Pacific this year, as its plans in the region will not be slowed down by uncertainties arising from the US-Israel war on Iran, according to a senior executive. The hiring campaign was part of the lender’s longer-term plan, which aimed…
March 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military intelligence has “irrefutable” evidence that Russia continues to provide intelligence to Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday after meeting the head of military intelligence. “Russia is using its own signals intelligence and electronic intelligence capabilities, as well as part of the data obtained through cooperation with partners…
March 21 (Reuters) – Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators trying to move towards a settlement of the four-year war pitting Kyiv against Moscow opened their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions planned through the weekend. Russian representatives were not present at the meeting. “We continued discussing key issues and the next…
VIENNA, March 19 (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a 57-nation east-west body comprising former Cold War foes, agreed on a budget on Thursday for the first time in five years, with heavy cuts demanded by the United States. In recent years the Vienna-based security and rights organization, which includes…
March 19 (Reuters) – A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, Russian media reported on Thursday. Ilya Remeslo made a career denouncing Putin’s critics until he became one himself, posting…
March 13 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted as saying on Friday the U.S. had sought a postponement of the latest round of three-sided talks on a settlement to Ukraine’s four-year-old conflict with Russia. Zelenskiy, whose comments were quoted by various Ukrainian media outlets at the end of a visit to France, said the…
Ukrainian widow Olga Garbuz, who lost her husband to the war in Ukraine, came to Dubai with her daughter in 2022 to rebuild her life. But the recent escalation in the Gulf has revived the fears she thought she had left behind. “The war in Ukraine took many things from me and my daughter. My…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tehran’s strike campaign threatens to disrupt shadow shipping networks and sanctions-evasion routes, raising energy costs for Moscow and Beijing and potentially squeezing Russia’s war funding and China’s industrial and military supply chains. As of Monday, the Iranian regime declared the crucial Strait of Hormuz — between Hormuz…
VIENNA, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States joined Russia, China, and Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board denouncing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, diplomats said. The resolution, passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors, is the…
The first passenger flight to return to Hong Kong from the Middle East on Wednesday night amid the escalating conflict in the region was made possible by safe corridors in United Arab Emirates (UAE) airspace, an aviation expert has said, outlining the challenges of flying over conflict zones. Captain Steven Dominique Cheung, chairman of the…