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14.02 / 17:15

UPS Citi compliance City on alert as Russia-Ukraine conflict heightens compliance risks

Financial services firms are being urged to step up checks on cybersecurity and money laundering as potential sanctions around the Russia Ukraine conflict raise another compliance headache for the City.

14.02 / 17:03

UPS Target Action rate hikes Fed's Bullard says the central bank's 'credibility is on the line,' needs to 'front load' rate hikes

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard made his case for a rapid move higher in interest rates, saying Monday that the central bank needs to react to accelerating inflation.

14.02 / 14:39

Tesla love Freedom Convoy Centre Brussels on edge as 'freedom convoy' threatens to disrupt city centre and European quarter

Brussels is on edge as a Canada-inspired "freedom convoy" is expected to descend on the city, threatening to disrupt the centre in open defiance of a ban issued by the public authorities.

14.02 / 14:25

love Germany's Scholz demands urgent 'signs of de-escalation' from Moscow

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded Moscow urgently show "signs of de-escalation" over the crisis at the Ukrainian border as he embarked on a two-day trip to Kyiv and Moscow.

14.02 / 13:51

DOW stocks and bonds fall Global stocks and bonds fall on fears of a war with Ukraine

Bond yields and international stock markets fell on the possibility of an imminent war in Europe, after weekend diplomacy between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to yield a breakthrough.

14.02 / 13:43

UPS Oil prices Why Russian Invasion Peril Is Driving Oil Prices Near $100

The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is shaking up a fragile global oil market, pushing prices closer to $100 a barrel as traders calculate that supplies will struggle to cushion the effect from any significant disruption in Russian fossil fuel exports.

14.02 / 11:31

UPS Couple charged with billion-dollar crypto heist are major flight risks, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say there is overwhelming evidence that Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, charged in a billion-dollar crypto heist, are major flight risks and their bail needs to be rescinded.

14.02 / 11:09

Venice love Fears rise among Ukraine's Azov Sea communities over Russian naval exercises

While the world follows the movement of Russian troops in Belarus, Ukrainian authorities are equally — if not more — concerned about the possibility of military drills in the Azov Sea, a shallow body of water shared between Russia and Ukraine.

14.02 / 11:09

love News Police shoot attacker who threatened officers with a knife at Gare du Nord station in Paris

Police shot an attacker who threatened two officers with a knife at Gare du Nord station in Paris on Monday morning, a police source told Euronews.

14.02 / 10:47

Venice love Winter Olympics Kamila Valieva: Russian can compete at Winter Olympics, rules court, despite failed drugs test

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to compete for a second gold medal at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.

14.02 / 09:11

Protest Venice love Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters

The busiest US-Canada border crossing reopened late Sunday after protests against COVID-19 restrictions closed it for almost a week, while Canadian officials held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.

14.02 / 02:45

NASDAQ DOW COMPOSITE rate hikes Nasdaq futures are slightly lower as Wall Street weighs Russia-Ukraine tensions, potential Fed rate hikes

Stock futures dipped slightly Sunday evening as investors continued to monitor the developing tension between Ukraine and Russia and potential Fed rate hikes.

13.02 / 21:57

Blockchain Digital Ripple XRP Ukraine, DeFi, and here’s what’s next for ‘scale-targeting’ Stellar and XLM

XRP and Stellar’s XLM are both among the market’s top 40 cryptocurrencies – and rival siblings too. The link between them is technologist Jed McCaleb, who founded Ripple and then left to co-found the Stellar Development Foundation [SDF].

13.02 / 19:17

Forbes Protest play France: rivals claim foul play as Macron waits to declare presidential candidacy

Emmanuel Macron hasn't officially declared that he's a candidate for April's presidential election yet.

13.02 / 13:37

Protest Crisis in Ukraine: Scholz goes to Kyiv and Moscow as frictions mount

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flying to Ukraine and Russia this week in an effort to help defuse escalating tensions as Western intelligence officials warn that the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasing.

12.02 / 22:03

VISA Bitcoin Freedom Convoy Paris police fire tear gas at protesters emulating Canadian 'Freedom Convoy'

Paris police fired tear gas Saturday against a handful of demonstrators on the Champs Elysees after they defied a police order and organised a vehicle protest against COVID-19 restrictions inspired by Canada’s horn-honking “Freedom Convoy”.

12.02 / 18:33

'People's money': Afghans protest Biden's order to give €3.1bn to 9/11 victims

On Saturday, demonstrators in Kabul condemned President Joe Biden's order freeing up around €3.1 billion in Afghan assets held in the US for families of America's 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.

12.02 / 16:11

Elections Turkmenistan to hold snap elections after Berdymukhamedov broaches succession

Turkmenistan will hold snap presidential elections after the country’s authoritarian leader announced he is ready to relinquish power to younger people.

12.02 / 13:35

Technology Ukraine crisis: Biden and Putin to talk after latest US warnings of Russian invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden are to hold a high-stakes telephone call on Saturday as tensions over a possibly imminent invasion of Ukraine escalated sharply the day before.

11.02 / 18:47

Technology Emmanuel Macron refused to take Russian COVID test before meeting Vladimir Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take a Russian COVID-19 test before his meeting with Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin.

11.02 / 18:47

Technology Winter Olympics Olympian displays sign calling for 'No War in Ukraine'

A Ukrainian skeleton athlete flashed a small sign that read “ No War in Ukraine ” to the cameras as he finished a run at the Beijing Olympics on Friday night.

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