Categories Business Oil prices tumble as new Covid outbreak in Europe threatens fuel demand Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor The price of crude continued to slide on Friday for the sixth day in a row. It is down nearly 9% for the week, as a new wave of Covid infections across Europe has led to new lockdowns and doubts over recovery in fuel demand. … Read More >Oil prices tumble as new Covid outbreak in Europe threatens fuel demand
Categories Business China leads global growth in wind power capacity Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor China has secured the top spot in the world’s rating of nations with most wind power facilities installed in 2020, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in its latest report. … Read More >China leads global growth in wind power capacity
Categories Business Yuan going global: China tests its digital currency on e-commerce platforms Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor As part of a push to internationalize the yuan, China has been testing its digital currency on trading platforms around the world where it can be freely traded with other fiat currencies. … Read More >Yuan going global: China tests its digital currency on e-commerce platforms
Categories Russia In 13 years, number of Russians who consider their country to be European has dropped by almost half, survey reveals Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor Less than a third of all Russians thinks Russia is a European country – a steep drop from the 52% who held that opinion 13 years ago. At the same time, just 27% of those surveyed said they consider themselves part of Europe. … Read More >In 13 years, number of Russians who consider their country to be European has dropped by almost half, survey reveals
Categories World Former Ukrainian president Kravchuk says country will be invaded by Russia as Moscow seeks to solve Crimea’s water-supply problem Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor The Russian government plans to invade Ukraine and set up a land corridor through the south of the country to Crimea, as a way to solve the peninsula’s water drought. That’s according to Kiev’s first president, Leonid Kravchuk. … Read More >Former Ukrainian president Kravchuk says country will be invaded by Russia as Moscow seeks to solve Crimea’s water-supply problem
Categories EU Georgian nurse dies of allergic reaction after receiving Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Tbilisi to continue rollout of British jab Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor A Georgian nurse who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the first dose of the British AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has died, leading to fears that many locals will now be wary of being inoculated against the virus. … Read More >Georgian nurse dies of allergic reaction after receiving Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Tbilisi to continue rollout of British jab
Categories World US insists Belarus must accept demand for ‘dialogue’ with exiled protest leader Tikhanovskaya & calls on allies to back opposition Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor Embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko should begin talks with the organizers of mass street protests that have rocked the nation since last summer’s disputed presidential election, American diplomats have urged. … Read More >US insists Belarus must accept demand for ‘dialogue’ with exiled protest leader Tikhanovskaya & calls on allies to back opposition
Categories Asia & Pacific At least 8 dead as police open fire on protesters in Myanmar’s Shan State (VIDEOS) Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor Seven people have died in Aungban town, southern Shan State, on Friday as more than 100 police and soldiers confronted anti-coup protesters. Another died of their wounds having been taken to a nearby hospital in Kalaw. … Read More >At least 8 dead as police open fire on protesters in Myanmar’s Shan State (VIDEOS)
Categories EU Chicken massacre: Stray tank-destroyer shell strikes henhouse during botched training exercise in Italy Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor An Italian public prosecutor has impounded four B1 Centauro tank destroyers, one of which is suspected of firing its gun in the direction of a farm and killing multiple hens with a direct hit. … Read More >Chicken massacre: Stray tank-destroyer shell strikes henhouse during botched training exercise in Italy
Categories Russia As tensions escalate over ‘killer-gate’, Moscow snubs Biden at UN, only sends deputy envoy to virtual summit with US president Posted on Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021By Editor Russia was the only nation that refused to send its top UN representative to talks with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, electing instead to dispatch a deputy envoy, as a diplomatic row between Moscow and Washington worsens. … Read More >As tensions escalate over ‘killer-gate’, Moscow snubs Biden at UN, only sends deputy envoy to virtual summit with US president
