The Fidesz-KDNP party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has secured 67.84% of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election in Hungary, the National Election Office (NVI) has said after counting almost 99% of the ballots. The results mean that Orban, who pursues anti-immigration policies and maintains close ties with Russia, has …
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The US dollar is dealing with some of the same challenges that the British pound faced in the early 1900s, before it went into decline, Goldman Sachs said in a research note released on Thursday. The Wall Street bank warns that the greenback could lose its global dominance. According to …
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deployed more than 2,000 military medics to Shanghai on Sunday to help their civilian colleagues test the city’s entire population amid a Covid-19 outbreak. Reports confirming that the army has been called in appeared in a PLA newspaper. The military reinforcements came on top of …
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Claims in Chinese yuan amounted to $336.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021, accounting for 2.79% of the total allocated foreign exchange reserves, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) survey showed on Thursday. According to its Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) data, the Chinese currency’s share has …
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The head of the Russian space agency says he will propose a plan on ending the partnership with the West on the International Space Station (ISS). Saturday’s statement comes in response to sanctions imposed on Moscow following its attack on Ukraine, which was launched in late February. Dmitry Rogozin said …
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UFC champion Aljamain Sterling has promised to show off a brand new box of tricks when he attempts to defend his crown against former titleholder Petr Yan in Jacksonville, Florida next weekend – including the now infamous Will Smith slap. Sterling and his Russian foe Yan are set to rematch …
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During NATO’s US-led intervention in Iraq, then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair played the role of shotgun-riding sidekick to then-US President George W. Bush when the prime minister was in the best position to mitigate the headlong rush into war. Now, the role of enabler in the conflict ginned up by …
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Sajad Gharibi, better known by his social media moniker of the ‘Iranian Hulk’, has hit out at his rival Martyn Ford for accusations that his Instagram fame has been built on heavily-edited photographs. Gharibi, who is set to tangle with Ford – who has been tagged by some as the ‘world’s …
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Seoul has “strongly” urged Pyongyang against escalatory rhetoric and actions, after the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lashed out against the country’s defense minister, calling him a “confrontation maniac.” “The Ministry of Unification clearly points out that North Korea should not cause additional tension on the Korean Peninsula …
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Ukraine star Taras Stepanenko has called on FIFA to postpone his country’s Qatar 2022 World Cup play-off semi-final against Scotland again in addition to a potential final meeting with Wales. The semi-final has already been pushed back to June in response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, with Wales advancing to …
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