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South Korean shipyard DSME said it had not received payment for one of the tankers. According to Kommersant, The South Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has terminated the contract for the construction of three tankers for the Arctic LNG 2 project, Kommersant reports citing sources. According to the publication, in a disclosure on May 17, DSME said that “the shipowner...

Discussion of the embargo on Russian oilat the level of EU leaders would be counterproductive, the Hungarian Prime Minister said. According to Orban, Hungary will not support the EU's decision to impose an oil embargo against Russia until the EU provides the country with more detailed information about financial assistance to it, and proposes not to bring discussion of this measure to the summit o...

The Turkish President saidthat instead of participating in the “show” to resolve the situation in Ukraine, Ankara provided concrete assistance to Kyiv and clearly expressed support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey has made a real effort to bring peace to Ukraine, instead of participating in a "show" for a settlement, said President Recep Tayy...

Coinbase Global COIN $65.19 -4,89% Buy Robinhood Markets HOOD$10.04 -1,95% Buy Roblox Corporation RBLX$31.81 -7,8% Buy The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has begun preparations for the launch of its payment and trading services in Dubai. It is reported by the South China Morning Post. The site expects to start providing services in June. To do this, the company is working with loc...

The US military must use modernized strategies and weapons to win a global conflict if necessary. This was said by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, to graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, AP reports. He noticed that the world is becoming more and more unstable, and the great powers are planning to change the global order. The degree of US dominance is rapid...

The Serbian authorities will adhere to the decision of the National Security Council of the country not to impose sanctions on Russia, as far as possible, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on TV Pink. “Today I have not heard the position “for” or “against” sanctions - (they say -) if something happens, then it’s possible, and if it doesn’t happen, it’s impossible. Others, at least, openly de...

Five people have died in a tourist plane crash near the commune of Les Adrets in southeastern France. Le Dauphine Libere writes about this with reference to emergency services. According to preliminary information, the Jodel D140 aircraft took off from the Versud airfield near Grenoble on Saturday, May 21. At the same time, in addition to the pilot, there were four people on board - rescuers found...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan 's accession to NATOTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, said that support for representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara considers a terrorist organization, is unacceptable. According to the press service of the Turkish President on...

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May 20, Minsk. Humanity may face famine on a scale never seen before. This situation threatens global instability in the world, the Baltnews portal writes. After the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine and the ensuing large-scale sanctions aggression against Moscow, prices for the most important agricultural products - wheat and sunflower oil - began to rise sharply. This should not be surprising,...

Brazil's duck meat exports hit a record high last year, but exporters say there's room to sell even more. Considered a delicacy, duck meat is increasing its share of Brazilian exports. Last year, for example, 3600 tons were shipped, which is a record in US dollars (13.1 million US dollars). A product with high potential and continued growth caught the attention of Garra International, an animal pr...

This was announced by the Governor of the Stavropol Territory Vladimir Vladimirov. In the spring of this year, the farmers of the region were among the first in the country to start the sowing campaign. To date, 847.3 thousand hectares of spring crops or 100% of the plan have been sown in the region, including spring cereals (peas, spring barley, oats) - 256.8 thousand hectares or 1......

Mazda Sollers is negotiating the resumption of supplies of components to the plant in Vladivostok, the Sollers Auto press service told RBC. “Like other automakers, Mazda Sollers is currently experiencing a shortage of components, which is caused by a break in supply chains - the supply of components to the plant has been temporarily suspended,” the company said. The company also extended the fully...

May 18, Moscow. The meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission will take place on May 19, BelTA learned from the press service of the EEC. Among the issues submitted to the meeting is work on a draft agreement on the regulation of the alcohol market in the Eurasian Economic Union. A report will be heard on the creation and development of transport infrastructure in the EAEU countri...

Natalia Gavrilitsa said that the neutrality of Moldova is written in its Constitution, in addition, it is supported by citizens. So she responded to the remark that Moldova plans to maintain its neutral position, this is what the country's population wants, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper. The journalist of the publication made a note t...

The special positions of Hungary and Turkey hinder the efforts of the EU and NATO in their opposition to Russia. What is the reason, On Wednesday, May 18, representatives of the EU countries will meet again in Brussels to discuss the sixth package of sanctions against Russia. But European leaders cannot expect that it will be adopted in the near future in its proposed form: the reason for this is ...

According to the official representative of the US State Department, the condition for negotiations between the heads of the two departments may be a “reduction in the level of violence” and an improvement in the humanitarian situation in Ukraine During the meeting of Anthony Blinken (left) and Sergey Lavrov,held in December 2......

This industry initiative was implemented to manage the potential risk of heat stress, according to ALEC. According to a statement released by the Australian Livestock Exporters Council (ALEC), in June, July and August, the export of sheep to the Middle East from Australia will be prohibited. A memorandum was signed between the industry body and exporters to stop exporting sheep to the Middle East ...

Stephane Buffet Europe pursued an "incomprehensibly clumsy" policy towards Russia after the collapse of the USSR, said Stéphane Buffetou, former president of the EU-Russia Liaison Committee, vice-president of the French party National Center for Independents and Peasants. He wrote about it in an article for the Boulevard Voltaire. According to him, Europe after 7......

Even if the European Union does not come to a unified decision on an embargo on Russian oil, Germany expects to phase it out by the end of 2022.German authorities are working on making deals with alternative suppliers Germany intends to stop importing oil from Russia by the end of 2022, even if the EU countries fail to agree on a ban on the supply of Russian fuel as part of the next package of san...

All schools and kindergartens in Khabarovsk were evacuated after receiving reports of possible mining, the city administration said. The security services are already checking the schools, the children will return to school when the specialists finish inspecting the buildings, the city education department noted. When exactly the message was received, the department did not specify. In addition, u...

Western sanctionsblocked almost all exports of Belarusian goods to North America and the EU, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said. He said that Minsk would redirect this volume of supplies to Asian markets, Due to economic sanctions imposed against Belarus, almost all of Minsk's exports to the EU and North America were blocked. Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko stated this in an intervi...

Ten Syrian soldiers were killed, 12 more were injured due to shelling of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group banned in Russia in Aleppo. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria Oleg Zhuravlev at a briefing. According to the Ministry of Defense, the terrorists hit a minibus with the Syrian military, which was located near Anjara...

The paintings of Russian avant-garde artists, who could not be taken out after the exhibition in Seoul due to the lack of flights, were delivered to Russia, Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova said in her Telegram channel. “After passing the necessary procedures, the items will be sent to museums. The authority to issue permits for the import of objects of the museum fund is vested in the Ministry of ...

The Russian company Sovcomflot sold nine tankers to companies from the United Arab Emirates and Singapore to pay off debts to Western banks, writes WSJ. After February 24, sanctions against the company were imposed by the United States, EU and UK Sovcomflot has sold about a dozen vessels to buyers in Asia and the Middle East as the company needs funds to repay its loans to Western banks, the Wall ...

Perfumery and cosmetics retailer L'Etoile plans to expand the network of pharmacy corners in its stores and will open corners in 21 Russian cities by the end of the year. This was said in a statement. “L'Etoile, the leader and key expert on the Russian perfumery and cosmetics market, plans to develop its own pharmaceutical network. Until the end of 2......

Against the backdrop of Western sanctions, Russian companies in April 2022 supplied to Chinaabout 0.4 million tons of steel semi-finished products. This is five times more than in all of 2021. Russian metallurgical companies in the second half of April 2022 exported to China about 400 thousand tons of steel semi-finished products for the production of flat products (slabs), the Fastmarkets pricing...

Ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev was released on parole. He was in a colony in the Tver region for almost four years. The court granted his request for parole on April 29. In 2017, the state prosecution managed to prove Ulyukaev's guilt in accepting a bribe in the amount of $2 million. This is not the only case of initiating a criminal case against Russian ministers and their de...

A Tibet Airlines passenger plane skidded off the runway at an airport in southwest China 's Chongqing city and caught fire, Bloomberg reported. The incident happened during takeoff; an Airbus SE A319 aircraft was bound for Nyingchi in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region. At that moment, 113 passengers and nine crew members were on board the liner. According to the agency with reference to...

According to Helsingin Sanomat, citing sources, countries must decide on membership in the alliance on May 15th. They can apply as early as next week. Finland and Sweden plan to apply for NATO membership at the same time early next week, Helsingin Sanomat writes, citing sources. Filing at the same time or on the same day would indicate agreement between the two countries and a desire to protect ea...