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By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Ukraine will have to wait longer for the battle tanks it says it needs from Western allies in order to recapture territory occupied by Russia. A...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- China's President Xi Jinping again signaled his displeasure with the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, urging former President Dmitry Medvedev to...

By Alessandro Albano and Francesco Casarella Investing.com - It's called OMA3. The Association, born in Zurich, includes among its core members some of the biggest and most...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- A Russian businessman widely seen as a key ally of President Vladimir Putin admitted on Monday to interfering with U.S. elections, only a day...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Chinese President Xi Jinping explicitly warned Russia against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine Friday, one of the clearest signs yet of...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Rishi Sunak is set to be the next Prime Minister of the U.K., after his last remaining rival Penny Mordaunt failed to gather enough support from...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister of the U.K., less than two months after taking power.  In a brief statement outside 10 Downing Street,...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday imposed martial law on four regions of Ukraine that he annexed earlier this month, in the latest...

(Bloomberg) -- On the eve of a landmark Communist Party congress that’s set to confirm Xi Jinping’s third term in power, China’s economy is confronted with one of its most...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Elon Musk's SpaceX has told the Pentagon that it can no longer afford to subsidize the use of its satellite-supported Internet service Starlink...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Russia unleashed a wave of missile attacks against cities all across Ukraine on Monday, explicitly targeting power plants and water supply...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Elon Musk's impromptu attempt to broker peace in Ukraine fell on deaf ears on Tuesday, with both Russia and Ukraine ruling out his...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Russian President Vladimir Putin formalized the biggest land grab the world has seen in nearly 50 years on Friday, even as Ukrainian forces...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- A military commissioner in eastern Siberia is in critical condition after being shot at a recruiting center on Monday, as resistance to Russian...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The Kremlin pushed back against a report claiming that the mobilization measures announced on Wednesday are much more ambitious than President...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a mobilization of the country's 2-million-strong military reserve and confirmed his intention to annex...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- Narendra Modi added to the international pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, telling him that "now is not a time for...

By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com --  Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. A statement...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai’s latest Covid-19 outbreak appears to be stabilizing, with most new cases already in government-mandated quarantine, but authorities are taking no chances,...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai’s Covid-19 cases appear to be leveling off following a recent spike, though some residents have been urged to stockpile food and medicines as the fear of...

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Manufacturing from the US to Asia is very much in a slowdown as...

(Bloomberg) -- The price of basic goods in UK stores is rising at the fastest pace in almost 14 years, leaving poorer families taking drastic action to make ends meet, according to...

(Bloomberg) -- The US said it will provide another $450 million in advanced weaponry and aid to Ukraine, the latest tranche in what has become a multibillion-dollar effort to help...

(Bloomberg) -- The World Bank approved a $2.3 billion program to help countries in eastern and southern Africa increase their ability to deal with spreading food stress that’s...

(Bloomberg) -- Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro took an early lead in a partial vote count for Colombia’s presidential election.  Petro had 50.3% to 47.5% for construction magnate...

(Bloomberg) -- The UK transport minister has condemned rail workers’ plans for what would be Britain’s largest train strike in 30 years, saying it will cause chaos for workers and...

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong won’t tighten virus curbs before July 1 despite rising Covid cases because hospitals aren’t overwhelmed, the city’s outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam...

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is preparing for President Joe Biden to visit Saudi Arabia -- and even laid out a general agenda for the trip -- but won’t say when it would happen...

(Bloomberg) -- The UK said it will prioritize food security in its new strategy for farming to be published on Monday, with funding aimed at boosting production to help protect...

(Bloomberg) -- After persuading a few traditional friends of Moscow to chastise Russia over its war in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will now try to bring others...

(Bloomberg) -- Life in Beijing will take a step closer to returning to normal Monday, as the capital rolls back Covid-19 restrictions having previously declared the latest outbreak...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s carbon emissions have posted their longest sustained drop in a decade due to Beijing’s efforts to rein in the property market, boost clean energy and control...

(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden embarked on his first presidential trip to South Korea and Japan, where he’s set Friday to visit a Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) Co.’s semiconductor...

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Sweden's Prime Minister confirmed that the country will formally apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formally ending a policy...

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The leaders of Russia and Germany spoke for over an hour by telephone on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine but the two sides' respective...