All rights reserved.
© 2017-2026
Business & Energy
Brazil and China have signed an agreement to abandon the dollar
BRASILIA (Realist English). Brazil and China have reportedly struck a deal to ditch the U.S. dollar in favor of their...
Read moreRussia has bypassed Saudi Arabia on oil supplies to China
MOSCOW (Realist English). In the first two months of 2023, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the main supplier of oil...
Read moreGerman concern BASF to cut 2,600 jobs amid high costs in Europe
LUDWIGSHAFEN (Realist English). German petrochemical concern BASF will cut 2,600 jobs and stop repurchasing its shares amid further revenue declines...
Read moreThe European Commission demands that the Swiss assets of the Russian Federation be transferred to Kiev, but does not notice Baku’s crimes
MUNICH (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is "disappointed" by Switzerland's refusal to transfer frozen Russian assets...
Read moreVKontakte moves to the Russian jurisdiction
MOSCOW (Realist English). VKontakte (VK Company Limited (VK) is moving to the Russian jurisdiction from the Virgin Islands (UK). A...
Read moreChatGPT artificial intelligence bot wins new adherents in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). The effect of advanced foreign technology this time surprised the Minister of the Russian Federation for the...
Read moreChina is creating a trading exchange for semiconductors and electronics
SHENZHEN (Realist English). Shenzhen will become an international semiconductor and electronics supply hub with a new trading exchange. This is...
Read moreThe USA and China continue redistribution of the global semiconductor market
BEIJING (Realist English). This week, the TSMC management announced that investments in the construction of semiconductor plants in the United...
Read moreHigh oil consumption outweighs weak supplies to Europe and Asia: IEA
PARIS (Realist English). In the fourth quarter of 2022, global oil demand will decrease by 110 thousand barrels per day...
Read moreEU to lay electric cable to Azerbaijan by 2029
BUCHAREST (Realist English). On December 17, the heads of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and the Baku mini Sultanate signed an agreement...
Read more
Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
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...
Follow Realist English
