“The answer is yes, my plan is to run for re-election,” the 78-year-old Biden told reporters on Thursday at his first formal press conference since taking office in January. “That is my expectation.” Asked if he expects to be running against former President Trump again, Biden said, “I don’t even …
Read More »Turkey expects tourism to surge by up to 70% amid global Covid-19 vaccination drive
Turkey is expected to see an increase in tourist flows of up to 70% in 2021, according to Firuz Baglikaya, who heads the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB), as immunization against coronavirus picks up the pace in Turkey and around the world. “More than 400 million people have been …
Read More »India expects V-shaped recovery amid massive Covid-19 vaccination drive
The report presented to Parliament on Friday projects the country’s real GDP to reach record growth of 11 percent from April 2021 through March 2022. It also forecasts nominal GDP to grow by 15.4 percent, the highest since independence. However, economists still see a contraction of 7.7 percent for the …
Read More »What do you want, a cookie? Northrop Grumman expects praise for diversity and ditching cluster bomb contract
Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden said on a quarterly earnings call on Thursday that the company will back out of a contract involving “testing of cluster munition components,” because inasmuch as they want to help the US military and its allies, they want to “be thoughtful about potential human rights …
Read More »DOJ expects ‘significant’ sedition & conspiracy cases over Capitol siege
The misdemeanor accusations brought against a number of suspects already were intended as placeholder counts, and they may well face “significant” charges, Sherwin pointed out during a briefing on Tuesday. Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building last Wednesday as Congress met inside to certify the presidential election results in favor …
Read More »Putin congratulates Biden on presidential victory, expects respect-based cooperation to serve US, Russian & wider global interests
Putin wished Biden a successful tenure and said he personally “was ready for cooperation and contacts” with his incoming counterpart, the Kremlin explained, on Tuesday morning. The message from the Russian president went on to say that despite their differences the US and Russia can together help solve many of …
Read More »Trump expects Covid-19 vaccines will be available for ‘every American’ by April 2021
Three vaccines are “already in the final stage” of testing, Trump told reporters at Friday’s press briefing, noting that “brilliant” US doctors and scientists have been working round the clock since January. The announcement clarifies remarks made at Thursday’s briefing, where Trump and Atlas spoke about “hundreds of millions of …
Read More »The US economy expects “amazing” year trump
In the American administration predicts record growth of GDP in the third quarter by 21.5%. The US President Donald trump said that 2020 will be “incredible” for the economy given the sharp recovery after the pandemic coronavirus. He said this may 20 at a press briefing at the White …
Read More »Rosneft expects the lifting of US sanctions with its subsidiaries in Venezuela
Rosneft expects the lifting of US sanctions with subsidiaries after the company decided to sell its assets in Venezuela. “We made the decision based on the protection of the interests of our shareholders as a public international company. And we do have the right to expect from us regulators carry …
Read More »The Ministry expects growth of registered unemployment in Russia by 20% by 2021
Ministry of labor forecasts growth in the number of officially registered unemployed by 20% by 2021. The growth of the actual unemployment officials are not waiting. How to write “Izvestia”, the Ministry of labour forecasts to 2021, the number of officially registered at the labor exchange of unemployed Russians will …
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