Taiwan’s parliament on Friday approved four weapons deals with the US, giving the government the green light to approve the deal worth roughly $9 billion (roughly €7.86 billion).
The arms packages are part of an $11 billion arms deal…

Taiwan’s parliament on Friday approved four weapons deals with the US, giving the government the green light to approve the deal worth roughly $9 billion (roughly €7.86 billion).
The arms packages are part of an $11 billion arms deal…


The Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has strongly criticised both Iran and Russia for their attempts to disrupt the global economy, particularly as oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel.
Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader has…

In 2025, the industrial and services conglomerate RPG Group announced a two-days-a-month period leave policy for employees in its subsidiary CEAT. Engineering giant L&T also introduced a similar policy, offering a one-day leave in a month, while…
US eases Russia oil sanctions to tame price surge, riling European allies Reuters

The United States has temporarily relaxed certain sanctions on countries buying Russian oil that’s already been loaded onto ships.
Officials say the goal is to soften the economic shock caused by the escalating conflict involving the US, Israel,…

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Demobilized Russian fighters could pose crime and security risks for the EU’s Schengen free-movement area, northern and eastern capitals warn.

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Russian consumer electronics and appliance retailer M.Video named Vladislav Bakalchuk, the co-founder of Russia’s largest e-commerce platform Wildberries, as its new chief executive on Friday.
“My goal is to transform M.Video into…