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Sanctions against Russia heighten threat of oil spill disaster
OSLO (Realist English). The Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest shipping insurance companies has warned of the growing risk...
Read moreBrazil 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...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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