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William Lai for making stopovers in the United States calling him a «troublemaker», China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday cautioned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan, Chinese Defence Ministry reported. In an apparent attack at the US, Li cautioned any attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” and said it would “surely end in failure,” China's defence Ministry said in a statement and Xinhua news Agency quoted.

Leonard Bernstein has defended Bradley Cooper's controversial decision to wear a large prosthetic nose while playing the Jewish composer in a new film.Oscar nominee Cooper — who wrote, directed and stars in "Maestro" — has received criticism since a trailer for the upcoming Netflix film was released online this week. Critics said the decision to wear a fake nose plays up to Jewish stereotypes, and have dubbed it "Jewface," in reference to the historic «Blackface» practice of non-Black performers darkening their faces for roles. Others have questioned whether non-Jewish actors, like Cooper, should even play Jewish roles. But the late Bernstein's three children said they were «perfectly fine with» with Cooper's decision «to use makeup to amplify his resemblance» to their father. «It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose,» wrote Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein in a statement on social media. «We're also certain that our dad would have been fine with it as well,» they added. Bernstein, the son of Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants, died in 1990 but remains one of the best-known composers and conductors of all time. He served as music director of the New York Philharmonic, and wrote the Broadway musical «West Side Story.»

BRICS leaders meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West's dominance in world affairs. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces an international arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, will not join leaders from Brazil, India, China and South Africa amid rifts over whether to expand the bloc to include dozens of «Global South» nations queuing up to join.

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis

Bradley Cooper has come under scathing attack for using facial prosthetics while portraying a Jewish character Leonard Bernstein in the movie, ‘Maestro’, media reports said. A controversy erupted after the trailer of the biopic of the Jewish-Ukrainian conductor was released.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three entities it accused of being tied to arms deals between North Korea and Russia as Washington cracked down on those seeking to support Russia's war in Ukraine.

The rate of inflation in the U.K. fell sharply in July to a 17-month low largely on the back of lower energy prices

Switzerland’s government has lined up with the European Union’s 11th round of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine

Officials say Russia has resumed its targeting of grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, using drones in overnight strikes on storage facilities and ports along the Danube River

international trade and finance. – Some experts have speculated that a BRICS currency may grow to challenge the dollar’s eminence in the global economy.

An obscure exchange with connections to Justin Sun, WhiteBIT, has sparked concerns after advertising a staggering Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 24.8% to users depositing Tether (USDT) for a year on its lending platform, Protos reported. 

By Elena Fabrichnaya, Gleb Stolyarov and Anastasia Lyrchikova

Russia’s currency crisis might not follow the classic emerging-market template: Rather than a sharp depreciation stemmed by painful interest-rate rises, we are more likely to see a slow but inexorable decline. The Bank of Russia raised borrowing costs from 8.5% to 12% Tuesday in an attempt to stop a slide in the ruble. A day earlier, $1 briefly bought as much as 102 rubles, prompting rate setters to call an emergency meeting.

Germany — Cyber crimes in Germany fell 6.5% in 2022, federal police said on Wednesday, a notable shift after a sharp increase the previous year, though authorities said the quality of the crimes was more severe. Authorities had been on high alert for cyber attacks and related crimes in the wake of Russia's war with Ukraine.

NATO member Poland displayed its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems at a massive military parade Tuesday, as war rages in neighboring Ukraine and ahead of parliamentary elections in two months. President Andrzej Duda, the chief commander of the armed forces, said in his opening speech that the protection of Poland's eastern border is a key element of state policy. He also noted that Poland is supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's aggression of almost 18 months.

Ukrainian farmer Victor Tsvik has harvested his wheat this month but exorbitant logistics costs and Russia’s blockade of the ports has made shipping grain too expensive for him

Stock market today: Infosys shares have been witnessing buying interest since early morning deals on Wednesday. Infosys share price today opened with an upside gap at ₹1,410.80 apiece levels on NSE and went on to hit intraday high of ₹1,419.50 per share levels, logging near 2 per cent rise against its Monday close of ₹1,393.55 per share.

The Russian ruble has fallen a long way in recent months, and the country's central bank is stepping in to halt the slide

defense manufacturing giants are seeking to win a Rs Rs 40,000 crore ($4.8 billion) order to build submarines in India as the South Asian nation looks to strengthen its navy to counter China’s expanding naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Indian officials are currently evaluating competing bids to build six of the vessels in the country, senior Indian officials aware of the developments said, asking not to be named because discussions are private.

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has become a minority investor in payments provider MoneyGram International.

Russia’s central bank has made a big interest rate hike in an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble