A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean stocks rose Monday to hit a fresh record, following their strongest monthly gain in April, as investors weighed tensions between Iran…
FORT MAGSAYAY, Philippines — As an American reconnaissance drone hummed overhead, soldiers of the U.S. and Philippine armies stormed forward through the jungle terrain, laying down suppressive fire on enemy positions. Finishing off the foe’s stubborn resistance, a Kestrel first-person-view (FPV) drone carrying an explosive payload slammed into the enemy bunker. Afterwards, sweating profusely in…
VDF Connection, the São Paulo-based boutique consultancy and sales agency focused on auteur and genre cinema, returns to the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film with its second edition of the VDF Showcase, its training, support and international visibility platform for films in advanced stages. The company is led by partners Mónica Trigo, a longtime…
President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate, seeking approval to borrow a fresh $516,333,070 loan. In a letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, which was read on Thursday during plenary, the loan will be obtained from Deutsche Bank, and it is aimed at financing the already approved borrowing plan for…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The UK economy shrunk by 0.1 per cent in October in a fresh blow for embattled chancellor Rachel Reeves. The Office for National…
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Shorouk Express Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow on Tuesday Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has left talks between Ukraine and the US in Florida to visit Kyiv, where he is set to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin. A White House official said Witkoff would be joined by Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. The United States imposed a new round of sanctions targeting shipping networks and an airline it says are helping fund Iran’s “malign activities” through illicit oil sales and support for Iran-backed militant groups, the State Department said, Trend reports. The Departments of State and Treasury announced coordinated designations aimed…
Shorouk Express He argued the BoE had “failed” under Conservative Liz Truss, who was forced out as prime minister after bond yields spiked in the wake of a tax-cutting budget, leading banks to increase their lending rates. Tice accused City regulators of “missing” the issue of liability-driven investments (LDIs), which increased the strain on pension…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting inspections at at least two Iranian facilities (the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and the Tehran Research Reactor), Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said at a press conference in Tehran today, Trend reports. According to him, Iran is a party to…
