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The 10 Most Important things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know for Monday. 1. German deputy chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warned on Monday that imposing additional sanctions on Russia might plunge the country into further chaos. 2. Oil prices hit new 5-and-a-half-year lows on Monday amid a supply glut and weak demand. 3. Pope Francis named 20 new cardinals on...
Russia ‘may face chaos’ if extra sanctions imposed: Germany
Frankfurt (AFP) – Tougher sanctions may destabilise the situation further in Russia and plunge the country into chaos, German deputy chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warned in a newspaper interview on Sunday.”The goal was never to push Russia politically and economically into chaos,” Gabriel told the Bild am Sonntag.”Whoever...
Poland’s would-be guerrillas: The Home Army is back
Marcin Waszczuk is ready for action. Dressed in camouflage fatigues with a Polish flag on the shoulder, the heavyset 41-year-old is the head of Strzelec, one of Poland’s largest paramilitary organisations, and he wants to be prepared in case of a Russian attack. His office sits in a notable location: the PAST office block, one of...
Here Are The Drunkest Countries In The World
Alcohol consumption varies widely across the globe, and US drinkers can keep up with the residents of many other countries. As the map below from the World Health Organization shows, Russians and their neighbors drink more than almost everyone else in the world. Portugal, Grenada, and Andorra are also ranked in the highest category at more than...
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days.It’s not just that exams are coming up soon at the National University in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and some of the stuff she’s been studying this term has been really complicated.What’s adding to the slight...
Recovery teams narrow AirAsia search
Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 30 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea.French and Singaporean investigators joined the hunt for the Airbus A320-200, which disappeared...
Searchers hopeful in AirAsia search
Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 16 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea.French and Singaporean investigators with equipment for detecting the signal from the...
Energy-rich Turkmenistan devalues currency against dollar
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) – The energy-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent Thursday, in the latest sign of contagion among Russia’s neighbours from the plunging ruble.The secretive Central Asian country has vast oil and gas reserves and has erected grandiose...
Lithuania joins eurozone to seal ties with West
Vilnius (AFP) – Lithuania switched over to the euro on Thursday, becoming the last Baltic nation to adopt Europe’s single currency, in a bid to boost stability despite fears of inflation and eurozone debt woes.Baltic leaders withdrew their first euros from a Vilnius bank machine just after midnight, as the eurozone gained its 19th...
S&P CLOSES 2014 UP 11%: Here’s What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, USO, XHB)
For the third straight year, the S&P 500 posted double-digit gains. With Wednesday’s close, the S&P 500 finished the year with 53 record highs and an 11% gain (excluding dividends). On Wednesday, the major stock indexes declined in an ugly close that saw the averages fall to session lows in the final half hour of trading for the...
