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SECRET PAKISTANI ARMS sales to the U.S. helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the arrangement, …
U.S. aids Pakistan IMF bailout with secret Ukraine arms deal Read More
KYIV, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use …
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, driving up global grain prices Read More
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Increased supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Novatek (NVTK.MM) mean the company is close to overtaking Kremlin-controlled Gazprom (GAZP.MM) as the country’s leading fuel supplier to Europe, …
Novatek set to oust Gazprom as Russia’s top gas supplier to Europe Read More
India has emerged as a major buyer of Russian oil over the past year, after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine triggered Western sanctions, forcing Russia to offer its crude at discounted rates. The South …
Russia’s rupee problem risks harming trade ties with India Read More
The Ukrainian government is continuing with wide-reaching reforms to its social welfare system as the country faces the ever-increasing cost of war with Russia, now in its second year. National …
Ukraine is reforming its welfare system as the cost of war rises Read More
As the power returns following one of the now frequent electricity cuts that ripple across Ukraine, Kylyna Kurochka logs on to her laptop and finds herself faced with dozens of …
One year on, Ukraine exposes the limits of well-funded international aid Read More
The government has promised Vladimir Putin’s cronies total privacy if they launch a legal bid to be removed from the UK’s sanctions list. The Foreign Office said it would be …
UK government promises ‘confidentiality’ for Putin allies fighting sanctions Read More
DAVOS, Switzerland — For the second year in a row, Western sanctions have prevented Russian officials and oligarchs from attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Swiss ski-resort town …
Davos struggles to get used to a world without Russia Read More
Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country’s winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity …
China’s uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy Read More