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A populist former prime minister of Slovakia who plans to end the country’s military support for Ukraine has signed a coalition agreement with the leaders of two other parties to form a new government

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decad...

By Patricia Zengerle

WARNING — GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: The Punaro Group CEO Gen. Arnold Punaro (ret.) discusses the attacks on Israel from Hamas and reacts to the White House being grilled over refreezing the $6 billion from the Iran prisoner swap deal.

By Rachel Savage

Ukraine after Russia unleashed a ‘special military operation’ in 2022, later US has also sent aid to Israel after Hamas fighters launched a surprise attack on 7 October, 2023. Now US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told Sky News, US can ‘certainly afford’ wars on two fronts.

The largest stablecoin issuer, Tether, has announced the freezing of 32 addresses associated with criminal funds related to incidents in Israel and Ukraine, amounting to $870,000.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its exit from the Russian market, selling its business in the country to CommEX, a newly launched exchange. 

Kupiansk-Lyman sector of the front line in northeastern Ukraine after a sharp increase in fighting there, the commander of Ukraine's ground forces said on Monday. Video footage released by the ground forces showed General Oleksandr Syrskyi meeting troops at an undisclosed location in woodland, and quoted him as saying fighting in the northeastern Kupiansk-Lyman sector had «significantly escalated». «The enemy is preparing, seriously preparing for offensive actions, bringing in staff,» Syrskyi said in the footage posted on the Telegram messaging app. «The main goal is to break through our troops' defences and recapture our territory.» Ukrainian forces recaptured the city of Kupiansk and nearby areas nearly a year ago, ending months of Russian occupation following Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022, but Russian forces have gone on the attack in the region again. The Ukrainian military reported in its daily update that fighting was raging along the eastern front, particularly around Kupiansk, and near Avdiivka and Mariinka in the Donetsk region. Russia went on the offensive around Avdiivka last week and fighting there has been intense.

Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.

Stablecoin issuer Tether has moved to freeze 32 addresses linked to terrorist activity in Israel and Ukraine in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies.

President Joe Biden has postponed a trip to Colorado to stay in Washington and focus on the growing conflict in the Middle East

Projections show that the majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported opposition parties

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet this week with Chinese leaders in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine

Israel-Hamas war. If the war escalates further and spreads to other countries, it will shoot up crude oil prices and also deal a severe blow to the global economy which is already struggling thanks to continuous rate hikes due to a sharp rise in inflation led by the Russia-Ukraine war in the post Covid-19 pandemic world. "Top US officials warned on Sunday that the war could escalate into a wider conflict across the Middle East.

LONDON (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday it was too early to speculate on the economic consequences of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that the impact would depend on whether the conflict spread to the wider region.

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By Philip Blenkinsop

By Yuka Obayashi and Emily Chow

fertiliser to more than double over the past year, but he is bitterly aware of the consequences. At his farm in northeastern Nigeria, he can no longer afford enough fertiliser, so his corn is stunted and pale, the scraggly plants bending toward the powdery earth. Inside his mud house, he has grown accustomed to explaining to his two young children and pregnant wife why they must make do with two meals a day — and sometimes only one — even as hunger gnaws. As he and his neighbours commiserate over the calamity unfolding across much of Africa, they exchange theories on one source of trouble: Russia's war on Ukraine, which disrupted shipments of key ingredients for fertiliser. «We are in two different worlds, separated by airplanes and oceans,» Chubado said.

Sunil Subramaniam, MD & CEO, Sundaram Mutual, says “the infra play has got a little stretch in valuation. It is time for consumption to pick up. Because so far, whatever consumption has picked up has been premium consumption – be it premium housing, cars with prices over Rs 7 lakh. I think the mass consumption is yet to pick up. Come election year with liquidity floating in the market, this festival season numbers will also come in. It is a delayed festival season with Diwali coming only mid-November.” Where are your investments, apart from Sundaram Mutual Funds? Nothing apart from Sundaram Mutual Funds. Everything is in Sundaram.