The presidential election on October 25 in the West African nation comes after a decade of relative stability following the post-electoral crisis of 2010–2011, which left thousands dead and a nation divided. While Ivory Coast has since enjoyed…
European Union countries are mulling how to respond to China’s sweeping restrictions on rare earths, a decision that has reignited a high-stakes commercial confrontation that Brussels had hoped to resolve at a summit in July.
The issue is…
Selmayr was chief of staff to former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker before becoming secretary-general of the EU’s executive arm until 2019. Since then, he has been posted to Rome as the bloc’s ambassador to the…
This is reported by the Financial Times.
“Ukraine and its European allies are preparing…
Russia is taking a major step toward embracing digital currencies. The country’s Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have agreed to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies for payments in foreign trade, a landmark move that could transform…
Russia’s small businesses cry foul over war economy tax hikes Reuters
It’s a surprise after the Parliament’s centrist political groups reached an agreement to support the deal two weeks ago. Out of 661 lawmakers who voted on Wednesday, 318 were against, 309 in favor and 34 abstained.
Proposed last…
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators on Capitol Hill, the Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said that he had “complete…
Monday’s global outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at its US-EAST-1 data center once again highlighted the often-overlooked hyper-centralization of our digital infrastructure. A seemingly remote…
Russia’s Defense Ministry has begun its largest internal reform in more than a decade, seeking to digitize the military’s massive bureaucracy in order to free commanders from clerical burdens, the RBC news website reported…
