Global stock markets on track for best first half in 20 years June 23, 2019 Global stock markets are on track for their best first-half performance in over 20 years, with US shares hitting record highs last week. Read more: Global stock markets jump as Trump announces Xi Jinping meeting The stock market expansion comes thanks to central banks around the world signalling they will cut interest rates or launch [...]
MH17 plane crash: Investigators charge three Russians and Ukrainian June 19, 2019 International investigators have charged three Russians and a Ukrainian in connection with the 2014 MH17 plane crash incident. The Malaysian Airlines plane was shot down in July that year, killing the 298 people on board. Read more: Dutch investigators confirm Buk missile brought down Malaysian Airlines plane Investigators said they plan to start a trial [...]
Trump’s 2020 re-election bid: Four key takeaways June 19, 2019 The Donald has formally kicked off his 2020 campaign. Speaking before thousands of supporters in the key battleground state of Florida last night, the businessman-turned-politician launched his bid to be re-elected to the White House, officially kicking off what is set to be another heated presidential race. In a speech lasting almost 80 minutes, Donald [...]
Don’t ignore the powder keg sitting on the EU’s doorstep June 13, 2019 Two decades since 50,000 Nato troops entered Kosovo, the region on the EU’s eastern doorstep remains a potential powder keg. This week has been dominated in the UK by the launch of the Conservative leadership contest and the drama over who is to be the next Prime Minister. But it also marks 20 years since [...]
Is gold making a comeback? June 12, 2019 A rise in the price of gold has coincided with a renewed interest in the role of bullion as a monetary asset. Eclipsed since the early Seventies by paper assets and, occasionally, even cryptocurrencies, gold is once again heralded as a risk-free asset with three huge plus points. These are that it is universally acceptable, that it [...]
Natalia Goncharova review: This exhibition offers a glimpse into a Russia that has long been forgotten June 7, 2019 Natalia Goncharova was a Russian avant-garde artist who throughout her career was preoccupied with the world of the Russian peasantry. Upon entering this exhibition, you’re presented with the artistic culture of an old, lost world; entrancing tray-paintings (an old folk handicraft), stylised versions of traditional religious prints, a peasant’s dress. Goncharova was a modernist, but [...]
Holland 3-1 England: Gareth Southgate’s side freeze in the face of the orange press to surrender semi-final June 6, 2019 The Estadio D Afonso Henriques was tonight etched into England’s football history alongside the Luzhniki Stadium as another nearly moment for the Gareth Southgate regime. Twice in the last year England have shown promise, brought excitement and progressed to a semi-final. Twice they have stumbled at the penultimate hurdle, with expectation ultimately giving way to [...]
US trade ban on Huawei could slow global 5G rollout, warns Barclays June 6, 2019 The US’s decision to blacklist Chinese tech firm Huawei could slow down the global rollout of 5G, Barclays has warned. In a new report analysts said network carriers in Europe could be hit by heavy costs and technical disruption if they are forced to upgrade existing Huawei 4G technology with gear made by a different [...]
Kremlin says it hopes US investor Michael Calvey will be freed June 3, 2019 The Kremlin said it hopes US investor Michael Calvey, who is under house arrest in Russia, will be freed and able to attend an economic forum in St Petersburg this week. Calvey, who founded private equity group Baring Vostok, was detained in Russia in February over embezzlement charges. The businessman has denied wrongdoing and alleges that [...]
FTSE 100 bosses to meet President Donald Trump during UK state visit May 31, 2019 A group of FTSE 100 chiefs will meet US President Donald Trump during his state visit to the UK next week, Sky News has reported, along with the heads of various US companies. Read more: European stock markets bleed red as Trump takes trade war to Mexico The bosses of Barclays, National Grid, BAE Systems, [...]