Russia PM plots his own Cayman Islands with disputed Japanese territories July 26, 2021 Russia has said its prime minister can go wherever he wants on Russian territory, following a Japanese diplomatic protest against his visit to a disputed string of islands. Tokyo has set out an official diplomatic protest over the visit by prime minister Mikhail Mishustin to one of four Russian-held islands which Japan claims, a Japanese [...]
G20 ministers fail to agree on climate goals in communique July 23, 2021 Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 rich nations have failed to agree on the wording of a key climate change commitment in their final communique, Italy’s ecological transition minister Roberto Cingolani said today. The G20 meeting was seen as a decisive step ahead of United Nations climate talks, known as COP 26, [...]
China and Russia must “do more” for climate change says Alok Sharma as COP26 nears July 23, 2021 The president of COP26 says climate change affects us all – but that “big emitters” China, India and Russia “need to do more”, as the summit is around 100 days away. The global COP26 climate summit is scheduled to take place in Glasgow in November, after being delayed because of the pandemic. “China, India, Russia [...]
US drops opposition to Nord Stream 2 pipeline July 21, 2021 The US and Germany have today struck a deal allowing the completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which has long been a bone of contention between the two countries. In return for the $11bn pipeline being finished, the two will invest $200m into energy security in Ukraine, as well as renewable energy [...]
Watch: Russia faces Sputnik V vaccine shortages after skepticism July 21, 2021 Alexander tried three times over 10 days to get his first dose of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in his home town of Vladimir. Twice, supplies ran out as he was standing in the queue. Watch the full report.
British warships are traversing the world to the South China sea as the UK strengthens its foreign policy July 20, 2021 The expedition to the South China sea by the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is the largest display of British maritime power in a generation. The group, led by the HMS Queen Elizabeth, is complete with combat jets, two destroyers, two frigates, two replenishment vessels and a nuclear attack submarine. They are supported by HNLMS [...]
British sales rep goes viral on LinkedIn after swapping £100k job for mail July 19, 2021 A Briton who went viral on LinkedIn after swapping a high-paying career to become a postman has said “Covid has made people value the simple things in life”. Phil Goddard, 56, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, left behind decades in sales and account management after going through furlough and redundancy in 2020. In September last year [...]
Burford Capital cashes in with £75m for role in high-profile Russian divorce battle July 16, 2021 Partners at Burford Capital, the City firm that backed the ex-wife of a Russian billionaire in her High Court divorce battle, have been paid £74.6m for their role in the high profile case. The financier, which funds claimants in legal disputes with the aim of taking a cut of any settlement, told the London Stock [...]
Websites run by notorious Russia-linked ransomware gang go offline July 14, 2021 Websites run by REvil, a notorious Russia-linked ransomware gang, have disappeared from the internet, according to multiple media reports. On Tuesday, monitors said a payment website and a blog run by the group became unreachable. REvil has in the past been blamed for numerous attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide. The reason for the sites [...]
Why China’s stunning vaccine surge could be good news for the world July 14, 2021 Not only is the rapid roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations in China good news for the domestic economy, but it could also potentially see a sharp increase in exports of treatments to other emerging markets (EM). That would help those EM that have so far lagged behind in the vaccination race. And the geopolitical dynamics could [...]