They grew by $17.1 billion, or 2.9%, since August 1. According to the regulator, the previous record was registered on August 27, when Russian international reserves amounted to $615.6 billion. These comprise highly liquid foreign assets including stocks of monetary gold, foreign currencies and Special Drawing Right (SDR) assets, which …
Read More »‘Not enough time to fly everyone out’ of Kabul by August 31, Maas says as 100 Germans & their families remain in Afghanistan
“We will not be able to get everyone out of Afghanistan in the remaining days of this military evacuation operation,” Maas told Germany’s Bild TV broadcaster, adding that “honesty” demands he admit this fact. The foreign minister said that German officials are “in contact” with 100 “citizens and their families” …
Read More »White House and Pentagon stand by ‘unlikely’ August 31 Afghan evacuation deadline, despite heavy criticism
Biden has decided to stick with the Pentagon’s recommendation that all US troops and civilians permanently leave Afghanistan by August 31, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Amid rumors that Biden would postpone the pullout, the US military recommended on Monday that his administration stick to the deadline, citing …
Read More »‘IMPOSSIBLE’ to evacuate Afghan allies by end of August: EU foreign policy chief says Americans create problems
Nearly a week after the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces, the US and other Western countries are still evacuating their citizens from Hamid Karzai International Airport, which remains the only lifeline between Kabul and the West. After thousands of desperate Afghans stormed the runway and attempted to get aboard …
Read More »Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to be completed in August – project coordinator
“We believe that construction will be completed at the end of August. We are now 98% complete… Our goal is to put the pipeline into operation this year,” Nord Stream II AG executive director Matthias Warnig said in an interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper. He stated that after its completion, the …
Read More »Trump expects to get reinstated as president by August, New York Times’ Maggie Haberman claims, sparking storm
“Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August,” claimed Haberman on Twitter Tuesday, adding that she was “simply sharing the information.” After another user questioned whether Haberman was referring to “the presidency,” she confirmed. Though many social …
Read More »‘Trump will be back in office in August’: MyPillow guy vows to take 2020 election fight to Supreme Court, announces new platform
“All the evidence I have, everything is going to go before the Supreme Court,” Lindell told Steve Bannon’s ‘War Room’ podcast, “and the election of 2020 is going bye-bye.” After some back and forth, Lindell made a bold promise: “Donald Trump will be back in office in August.” Lindell has …
Read More »First since August: New Zealand PM puts ENTIRE CITY of Auckland on lockdown after confirmation of 3 Covid cases
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposed the lockdown after an Auckland family of three tested positive for Covid-19. The mother of the family reportedly works at a company that deals with airline laundry, prompting concerns that the virus may have been transmitted by a passenger on a flight. In …
Read More »Coronaries 2020: Forecasts of “black August” begin to come true
The index of the Moscow stock exchange exceeded 3 thousand points. For a person uninitiated, this news may not seem so important. But this is not just psychologically important mark, but also an indicator that the Russian stock market have not achieved since February, when it started to collapse. However, …
Read More »Labor Minister: Russia will peak in unemployment in August and September
The Minister of labour and social protection of Russia Anton Kotkov said that the unemployment rate of Russians will reach its peak in August-September. While in the fourth quarter will stabilize the situation, and then the number of unemployed will be reduced. However Kotkov recalled that according Rosstata April, the …
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