Lagarde: US-China Split May Weaken Growth and Fuel Inflation
The fragmentation of the world economy into rival blocs led by the United States and China threatens to destabilize global commerce, increase inflation and…
Europe
Pressure mounts for EU funding of anti-migrant fences
While the debate on migration has returned to the top of the European agenda, some nations, including Austria, want to strengthen anti-migrant fences. Starting with…
Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH concludes his second visit to Mostar
MOSTAR, 11 February 2023 – Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, visited Mostar region yesterday to open a photo exhibition…
The Narcostate
It’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more…
Bayegan Group CEO is jostling to enter the Kurdish oil market
Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 –…
Zelenskyy to Congress: ‘Your Money Is Not Charity’
A passionate and grateful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cast his nation’s fight against Russia as a global war for democracy Wednesday night, thanking the…
Biden, Zelenskyy Project Unity During Ukrainian President’s Visit to Washington
President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, presented a united and defiant front Wednesday against Russian aggression, with Biden promising the United…
Key Canada-U.S. oil pipeline outage could lead to crude supply shortage in the States
An outage on the largest oil pipeline to the United States from Canada could affect inventories at a key U.S. storage hub and cut crude supplies to two oil-refining centers, analysts and traders said…