Russia takes its war with Ukraine to London’s High Court as battle begins over a soured $3bn bond deal March 16, 2023 The UK’s top court yesterday ruled the Ukrainian government should be given the opportunity to face the Kremlin in London’s High Court, in a more than $3bn dispute over a 2013 bond deal. The Supreme Court’s ruling is set to see the UK’s High Court become the new front for the continuing fight between Russia [...]
A decentralised world brings economic efficiency, economic proficiency, stability, and peace of mind – Part 2 March 16, 2023 In part two of Dr Chris Kacher's overview of what a decentralised world holds, he examines the power of what a DAO can do.
Watch the moment a Russia warplane dumps fuel on a US drone as fears of direct conflict intensify March 16, 2023 The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a US Air Force surveillance drone in international air space over the Black Sea. The 42-second video released on Thursday shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as [...]
Coal for Christmas? National Grid to pursue emergency supplies for next winter March 16, 2023 National Grid has been requested by the government to explore the procurement of coal power plants for next winter.
World’s top insurers to face aircraft leasers in High Court ‘mega trial’ over planes seized by Russia March 15, 2023 Insurance giants Lloyd’s, AIG and Fidelis are set to face a ‘mega trial’ in London’s High Court over their refusal to pay out billions in insurance claims to aircraft leasers that had their planes seized by President Vladimir Putin. A High Court judge has ruled claims brought forward by an array of the world’s biggest [...]
After US drone hit by Moscow plane, RAF and German air force intercept Russian aircraft in Nato exercise March 15, 2023 The RAF and German air force carried out their first joint Nato air policing scramble as pilots carried out a routine interception of a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace. The response on Tuesday saw the pair of British and German Typhoon jets react to a Russian air-to-air refuelling aircraft, after it failed to [...]
To compete with US green subsidies, we need to end punitive windfall taxes March 15, 2023 We must end windfall tax: it harms the renewable energy industry, and we risk losing out on innovation because of it, writes Jim Wright
Seize Russian cash in UK to fund rebuilding of Ukraine, MPs demand March 14, 2023 MPs are urging the government to seize Russian cash in the UK to help rebuild Ukraine after Putin’s invasion. Frozen Russian assets should be seized and repurposed for reconstruction efforts, a debate in the House of Commons will argue this evening. Foreign affairs select committee chairman, Alicia Kearns, said: “Russia must be held accountable for [...]
UK government’s letter to Visa, Deloitte and Allianz prompts rebuke from Olympic chiefs March 14, 2023 Olympic chiefs have issued a rebuke to the UK government over its lobbying of sponsors including Visa, Deloitte and Allianz for Russia to remain banned from sport. The UK has been among the most vocal and active opponents of the International Olympic Committee’s plan to lift the suspension of Russia and its ally Belarus. Culture [...]
Ukraine war: Top UN officials host Russian envoys in bid to extend grain export deal March 13, 2023 Senior UN officials have hosted Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and to prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Despite being at war, Ukraine and Russia struck a deal last July that allows Ukraine – one of the world’s key breadbaskets [...]