Speaking to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland explored possible ways that Washington could punish Moscow for any military incursion. “What we are talking about would amount to essentially isolating Russia completely from the global financial system, with all the fallout that would entail …
Read More »Financial giant State Street reacts to claims white managers to be hired by diversity panel
According to London’s The Times, which reported about the new policy on Sunday, the company aims to triple the number of black, Asian and other minority staff in middle and senior leadership roles by 2023. The paper also stated that failing to achieve equality targets would result in lower bonuses …
Read More »France won’t accept ‘financial blackmail’ & anything that breaks the law, minister says amid migrant row with the UK
The French minister said on Thursday that “the friendship between our two countries deserves better than postures which undermine cooperation between our services.” France will not accept any practice contrary to the law of the sea, nor any financial blackmail. The statement was in response to what Priti Patel called “constructive talks” …
Read More »World could face disastrous financial crisis in 2023 on same scale as devastating 2008-2009 economic crash – Russian central bank
That’s according to the Central Bank of Russia, which published a Monetary Policy Guidelines draft report on Wednesday. According to the institution, the world economy could enter a crisis scenario due to both the increase of global debt held by countries and the increasing number of companies with weak financial …
Read More »World Bank cuts off financial support to Afghanistan as Taliban seizes power
“We are deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan and the impact on the country’s development prospects, especially for women,” the spokesperson said, adding that the World Bank was closely monitoring the situation in the country. At the same time, the Washington-based lender said it was exploring ways to remain …
Read More »The EU’s financial imperialism wins again, pummelling Poland into submission and leaving Hungary’s Viktor Orban out on his own
At the heart of the dispute with Brussels was the Polish government’s decision to set up a disciplinary chamber for judges, which the EU’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled broke EU law. This masked the real crux of the argument, however, which was whether national or …
Read More »North Korea gives first financial aid since 2005, granting a whopping $300,000 to Myanmar
On Thursday, data from the financial tracking service of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed that the North Korean government has responded to a call for funding, representing Pyongyang’s first financial donation since 2005. The initiative, which seeks funding for conflict-ridden Myanmar, calls for $276 million …
Read More »US Senate votes to give financial aid to ‘Havana Syndrome’ victims & resurrects spectre of mystery weapon behind ‘attacks’
The bipartisan law – Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks (HAVANA) Act – passed on Monday authorizes funding for treating illnesses with symptoms relating to the so-called syndrome, including headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, hearing and vision impairment, vertigo and memory loss. There have been more than 130 instances of the …
Read More »We should’ve let financial corporations go down back in 2008 to escape even worse crisis today – economist Max Otte to RT
Some signs of the looming crisis had been visible months before anyone had heard of the new virus that then turned into a pandemic and shook the global financial order, Otte believes. In fact, he foresaw the crisis back in the fall of 2019, when he published the book ‘World …
Read More »Bitcoin is a ‘Chinese financial weapon’ that threatens the US dollar – billionaire Peter Thiel
He added that Beijing has tried to use the euro in the same way. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Richard Nixon Foundation, Thiel, who is a major investor in virtual currency ventures as well as in cryptocurrencies themselves, said that the US should consider tighter regulations on cryptos. While commenting on …
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