The intelligence services of United States found redemption in war Ukrainewhich they very accurately predicted, having been vilified for not anticipating the lightning strike of Kabul or for imagining Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction in 2003. The US army already understood in October that the movements of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, […]
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Threats to the world economy from the war in Ukraine
the war in Ukraine and the rise in the price of raw materials threaten a World economy still not recovered from the crisis of the COVID-19 and represent a bucket of cold water at the beginning of 2022. A recovery at risk? “The war came at a time when Europe and the United States were […]
FAO: Russian invasion threatens global food and fertilizer chain
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia threatens to “seriously aggravate food insecurity” around the world due to the role of both countries as giant food exporters. cereal and fertilizersmaking products more expensive, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). “Disruptions in the supply chain and logistics of Ukrainian and Russian grain and […]
Germany’s Deutsche Bank pulls out of Russia
Updated on 03/11/2022 07:56 pm the first bank German, Deutsche Bankannounced his departure from Russiafollowing in the footsteps of other international financial entities such as Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan Chase. Like other international companies “and in line with our legal and regulatory obligations, we are reducing our remaining activities in accordance with legal and […]
UN has credible reports of use of Russian cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated on 03/11/2022 06:06 pm The human rights office UN announced that it received “reliable reports” of several cases in which armed forces Russian used cluster bombs in populated areas of Ukraineadding that the indiscriminate use of these could constitute a war crime. The UN agency has dozens of monitors in the country and more […]
Russian gas, a headache for the EU
The European Union (EU) promised this Friday at a summit in Versailles (France) to reduce its dependence on the gas in Russianbut closing the tap represents a headache for a block with different realities. “We have agreed to eliminate our dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal imports as soon as possible,” reads the Versailles […]
The US rethinks relations with Venezuela, Iran and Saudi Arabia
United States has long had three oil-producing countries at arm’s length —Venezuela, Iran and Saudi Arabia–, but now seeks a rapprochement at a time when oil prices fuel skyrocket amid the crisis stemming from the invasion russian from Ukraine. It’s not clear, though, whether US diplomacy can get more crude fast enough to ease current […]
IMF: Russian invasion of Ukraine hits global economic growth
the war in Ukraine stop the world economic growthwarned Kristalina GeorgievCEO of International Monetary Fund (IMF)who argued that the context is one of pressure on food prices and deterioration of consumer and business confidence. With this scenario, the IMF will cut its global growth forecast due to the war, announced Georgieva, who also argued that […]
EU sees “difficult” to replace Ukrainian grain supply
The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, warned that it will be “difficult” for the European Union (EU) find alternative sources of supply cereals and oilseeds from Ukraine and used in the community club for agricultural production in sectors such as pigs. “The EU pig sector is highly dependent on imports from Ukraine for a […]
Amazon, the great technology that has not taken action against Russia
amazon it is the only big tech company with a market capitalization of more than a trillion dollars that has not yet taken corporate action to protest the invasion russian from Ukraine. In fact, of the five business groups with the largest market capitalization in the world, Apple, Microsoft and Google (Alphabet), which are the […]