Category: Global Economy

[ad_1] EPA Björn Ulvaeus has married his partner Christina Sas in a ceremony in Copenhagen Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus has married his partner Christina Sas in a ceremony hosted by the comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig. The 79-year-old Swedish singer, who has been married twice before, met Sas in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2021 in connection with…

[ad_1] Russia’s chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled. In a dramatic move, an International Chess Federation (Fide) general assembly meeting in Budapest voted to maintain sanctions against Russia and its ally, Belarus. Both countries were kicked out of the federation after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Those supporting…

[ad_1] Israeli forces have raided the offices of news broadcaster Al Jazeera in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and ordered it to close for an initial period of 45 days. Viewers watched as the troops handed the closure order to the network’s West Bank bureau chief Walid al-Omari who read it out live on…

[ad_1] At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say. “Multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people” late on Saturday in the Five Points South area of the city, Birmingham police officer Truman Fitzgerald said. Officers found the bodies of two men…

[ad_1] Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets from Lebanon overnight, landing much deeper into Israel than in previous attacks. Residential buildings in Kiryat Bialik were set alight and some people were injured. Rescue teams arrived at the scene to treat the wounded, while Israeli security forces cordoned off the area. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Reuters German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, seen here on the campaign trail in Werder, Brandenburg, this week The far right could be on the brink of its first election victory in a state known as the bastion of Germany’s social democrats. Brandenburg, close to Berlin, has been governed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left Social Democratic…

[ad_1] An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday. More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan province. It is reported to have been caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of…

[ad_1] China’s economy risks heading into recession as Producer Prices enter deflation – Chemicals and the Economy  ICIS [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, is leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election. The election on Saturday is the first to be held since mass protests unseated the country’s leader, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in 2022 after the country suffered its worst economic crisis. Dissanayake promised voters tough anti-corruption measures and good governance – messages that have…

[ad_1] Charting the global economy: Fed Goes for rate cut as central banks show varied response to economic press  The Economic Times [ad_2] Source link