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  • Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    IMF deal draft due at Argentine Congress Thursday

    Lawmakers will have to say “yes” or “no” - but no changes

    Argentina's Finance Ministry looked all set Wednesday to send over to Congress the intended deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it was reported. But it was still unclear how things would play out since the ruling Frente de Todos does not have an absolute majority in either House.

  • Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    Financial rescue for embattled Ukraine from IMF and World Bank

    IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said funds will reach through the Rapid Financing Instrument plus an additional US$ 2,2bn

    The World Bank Group announced on Wednesday that it had stopped all its programs in Russia and Belarus, with immediate effect, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hostilities against the people of Ukraine.

  • Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Mental health disorders, especially among youngsters increased 25% in first year of the pandemic, WHO report

    “The information we have now about the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s mental health is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Dr Tedros WHO chief

    In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic.

  • Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 09:17 UTC

    HMS Invincible battle Ensign will be displayed at Falklands' Museum

    The flagship of the Task Force sent to recover and liberate the Falklands, HMS Invincible during her victorious return

    The battle Ensign from aircraft carriers HMS Invincible, which as the flagship of the Task Force sent to recover the Falklands Islands played a leading role in combating the Argentine occupation forces in the Islands, has made it to its new home, the Historic Dockyard Museum in Stanley.

  • Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

    US and allies agree to release 60 million barrels of their oil reserves

    The International Energy Agency announced member countries have agreed to send a “strong message to global oil markets that there will be no shortfall”

    The United States and allies will be releasing 60 million barrels from their reserves, in an effort to contain the effect on supply and prices of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thirty million will come from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the other half from allies in Europe and Asia.

  • Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:21 UTC

    ICC launches probe into alleged Putin war crimes

    ICC Prosecutor Khan has launched a query and Britain will help

    Russian President Vladimir Putin may end up in jail for having ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said Tuesday, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched a query into the ongoing events.

  • Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 09:03 UTC

    Major oil companies, Shell, BP, Equinor exiting interests in Russia

    Shell said it will quit the flagship Sakhalin 2 LNG plant in which it holds a 27.5% stake, and which is 50% owned and operated by Russian gas giant Gazprom .

    Shell joined BP in announcing it will leave all its Russian operations, including a major liquefied natural gas plant, following on Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier BP also abandoned its share in Russian oil giant Rosneft, a move that could cost the British company over US$25 billion.

  • Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 - 07:07 UTC

    Nord Stream 2 pipeline builder files for insolvency and leaves staff redundant

    The pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea, was built to transport natural gas directly from Russia into Europe, according to the Nord Stream 2 website

    The Swiss company that built the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, supposed to double the Russian gas supply to Germany, has filed for insolvency and left redundant all its staff, according to Swiss radio SRF. The US$ 11bn pipeline, which runs between Russia and Germany, was completed last September and waiting for final approval from German authorities, but was put on hold following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 23:58 UTC

    Venezuelan leader strongly supports Putin

    Russian-Venezuelan relationships date back to the days of the late Hugo Chávez

    Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Tuesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin on the telephone to express his “strong support” and wish him well regarding the military deployment in Ukraine, according to Kremlin sources.

  • Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:51 UTC

    Queen Elizabeth back at work after defeating COVID-19

    The Queen had already spent Sunday afternoon with members of her family at Frogmore

    Queen Elizabeth II took part in two engagements Tuesday, proving she was back “on the mend” from COVID-19 and very much alive, despite fake news saying she had passed away.