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BP sells majority stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $10.1bn
LONDON (Realist English). British energy major BP has agreed to sell its 65% stake in lubricant brand Castrol to US...
Read moreUS economy posts strongest growth in two years, complicating Fed rate-cut outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US economy expanded at a robust 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, marking its fastest...
Read moreIndia’s rupee sinks to Asia’s weakest currency as US trade deal stalls
NEW DELHI (Realist English). The Indian rupee has become Asia’s worst-performing currency this year, weighed down by stalled negotiations on...
Read moreRussia boosts gas exports to China as Europe’s loss weighs on revenues
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is expected to increase its pipeline exports of natural gas to China by around 25% this...
Read moreIndia–US trade talks stall as tariffs eclipse early optimism
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Relations between India and the United States, which appeared set for a breakthrough at the start of...
Read moreJosh Woodward becomes a key figure in Google’s AI race
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). Josh Woodward has emerged as one of the most influential executives inside Google, as the company...
Read moreJapan sets $19bn investment target for Central Asia in push to counter China’s influence
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan has announced a five-year target of $19 billion in business projects across Central Asia, signalling a...
Read moreBP appoints Woodside Energy chief Meg O’Neill as new CEO
LONDON (Realist English). British oil major BP has appointed Meg O’Neill, the current chief executive of Australia’s Woodside Energy, as...
Read moreTrump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers...
Read moreChina’s slowdown deepens as retail sales and investment weaken in November
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s economic slowdown became more entrenched in November, with retail sales posting their weakest year-on-year growth since...
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Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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