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Aviva storms into risky frontier debt as US and China trade jitters ease
A few weeks ago, Aviva’s emerging-market debt funds were cutting back on risk amid rumblings of a global tariff war. Today? They’re wading into some of the world’s most speculative investments: frontier market bonds.The change of heart comes amid signs of easing trade tensions between the US and China, as the two countries...
Russia Tells UK, It Must Send Home ‘Just Over 50’ of Its Diplomats: Zakharova
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Saturday, the UK was notified that it should send home “just over 50” of its diplomats. “We asked for parity. The Brits have 50 diplomats more than the Russians,” said Zakharova. Over the past few days, more than 25 countries, including numerous EU member states, the United...
Iran, Ukraine sign MoU on promotion of Persian language
Iran and Ukraine signed a memorandum of understanding on promotion of Persian language in Ukraine. …read more Source: Iran...
Russia expels 59 diplomats
Russia expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries yesterday and said that it reserved the right to take action against four other nations in a worsening stand-off with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. Russia said it was responding to what it called the baseless demands for scores of its own diplomats...
Violence mars start of Easter ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Another ceasefire in Ukraine’s Donbas region on the occasion of Easter holiday has failed to take hold. …read more Source:...
Russia Expels EU States’ Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Measures Amid Skripal Case
The Russian Foreign Ministry has decided to expel diplomats from the European states that had taken a similar move toward Moscow. Moscow has expelled from: Italy: 2 diplomats Finland: 1 diplomats Poland: 4 diplomats Lithuania: 3 diplomats Netherlands: 2 diplomats Latvia: 1 diplomat Sweden: 1 diplomat Estonia: 1 military attache Czech Republic: 3...
‘Turkey-Ukraine cooperation key for regional security’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin received by Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman …read more Source: Anadolu...
Other countries have pulled back from the war in Yemeni; why hasn’t Britain?
As the church bells rang in the New Year of 2018, Norway announced that it would be cutting arms sales to any country fighting in Yemen. A couple of weeks later, Germany said the same thing. The Netherlands and Sweden have also pulled out. Very early on in hostilities, Pakistan decided, based on a parliamentary vote, not to support its closest...
Russia buries first Siberian mall blaze victims
Russia yesterday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre killing 64 people, most of them children.Flags were lowered and entertainment events cancelled three days after Sunday’s devastating fire in the western Siberian city of Kemerovo, one of the deadliest recorded in...
Groups provide Passover food for Jews in former Soviet Union
JDC to distribute 20 tons of matzah to elderly Jews in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia as well as India, Egypt …read more Source: The Times of...
