After Norway and Liechtenstein, Ukraine became the third country outside the European Union (EU) to join the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP), an initiative derived by 27 member states to deliver...
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Ukraine Joins European Blockchain Partnership, But There’s A Catch
Ukraine finally became a member of the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP). Alexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Ukrainian Digital Transformation for IT Development took part in the meeting with ...
How Germany Took Over Russia’s Vast Gas-Trading Empire
After Moscow invaded Ukraine, the German government pledged to wean the country off Russian natural gas. This week, it said it would lend billions of euros to the German subsidiary of Russian gas gian...
The Impact Of The Fed Rate Hike And What To Expect Next
Getty Images Takeaways The Federal Reserve hiked its target federal funds rate by 0.75% on Wednesday Stocks rallied Wednesday on the news before falling again by Thursday’s close Consumers can expect ...
China’s Xi says trade with Russia to hit new records in coming months
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Friday via video at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum’s plenary session, which Russian President Vladimir Putin opened with a speech over an hour...
With Launchers And Missiles From Different Countries, Ukraine Assembles A New Anti-Ship Arsenal
One of Denmark’s old Harpoon launchers. Photo via Wikimedia Commons The United States and its allies are working to provide Ukraine with a mix of old and new truck-mounted launchers firing Harpo...
Michael Chobanian: Ukraine and Bitcoin Are Really Coming Together
Ukraine is heavily leaning towards crypto now that Russia has invaded. The economy and the financial systems of the country have become destabilized in recent weeks, and crypto appears to be the big a...
15,000 Russian Millionaires Are Trying To Exit The Country Amid War In Ukraine, U.K. Says
Topline Thousands of Russian millionaires may be preparing to leave their country as the war with Ukraine continues, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Friday in its daily intelligence update, signalin...
JD.com, Roku, Alibaba and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Adobe (ADBE) – Adobe shares fell 3.7% in premarket trading after the software company issued weaker-than-expected financial guidance for the c...
Compassion Fatigue Hits Supporters Of Ukraine As War With Russia Grinds On
Two dresses and a photo of a child are displayed in Chicago’s Ukrainian National Museum Ukrainian National Museum, Chicago Maria Klimchak remembers what customers would say when they bought all ...
Russia Widens Attack On Food With Bombing Of Train Bound For José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
A dozen pallets of meat, two pallets of fresh vegetables, three pallets of fruit. There was fish, pasta, buckwheat and sugar. All on the way to needy families in Ukraine. All destroyed. A Russian miss...
UK firm signs deal to bolster gas supplies as war in Ukraine continues
Russia is a significant supplier of oil and gas. A number of major economies have formulated plans to reduce their reliance on Russian hydrocarbons following its invasion of Ukraine. Sean Gladwell | M...
Leaders Of France, Italy And Germany Visit Kyiv
Topline The leaders of France, Germany and Italy arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, a collective show of European backing amid criticism the bloc is not doing enough for Ukraine as the country struggles to ...
Ukrainian Combat Robots Join Fight Against Russian Invasion
Ukrainian forces are getting a new helper, a locally-made robotic battlefield scout called GNOMGNOM (“Gnome”). The small machine, from the Temerland company based in Zaporizhia, will stealthily reconn...
Europe’s Warm Embrace Of LNG Raises Methane Emissions Concerns
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 09: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using a variable planed lens.) The … [+] natural-gas fuelled Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte po...
U.S. Giving Ukraine $1 Billion Military Aid Package Including Artillery, Anti-Ship Missiles
Topline President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the U.S. will send Ukraine $1 billion in additional military aid, including anti-ship systems, artillery rockets and ammunition. TOPSHOT – Members...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Has Caused Almost $4.3 Billion In Agricultural Damage, Study Finds
Topline Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly $4.3 billion in damage to Ukraine’s agricultural sector, a new study from the Kyiv School of Economics Agrocenter found, as the world continues t...
Pope Decries Russian ‘Cruelty’ In Ukraine But Suggests War Was ‘Provoked’
Topline Pope Francis once again criticized the “brutality and ferocity” of Russian troops in their ongoing invasion of Ukraine in a conversation with the European Jesuit media published on Tuesday, st...
This Old Ukrainian Howitzer Got Captured Then Recaptured
A recaptured 2S3. Via social media. As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth month, some weaponry has changed hands more than once. Captured then recaptured. Some of the first evidence ...
Kremlin Ousts Official Who Called Ukraine War A ‘Catastrophe’
Topline The Kremlin dismissed Natalia Poklonskaya from her government role Monday, just weeks after she became one of the few Russian officials to criticize its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in the late...
The Real Reason Behind Higher Oil And Gasoline Prices
(From R) Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak, … [+] Kuwait’s Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouk and OPEC Secretary General Moham...
Buy Energy Stocks As The Ukraine War Fuels Inflation
It’s a devilish economic twist: Russia starts a horrific war in Ukraine, and ends up sabotaging … [+] Western economies all over the world. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Getty Images Russi...
Buffett’s son donates $2.7 million to Ukraine after Zelenskyy meeting
Warren Buffett, left, and his eldest son, Howard G. Buffett Peter Kramer | NBC | Getty Images Howard Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is donating millions of dollars from his found...
Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down
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Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine Has Created 5 Million Refugees
Women and children from Ukraine, including a mother carrying an infant, arrive in Poland at the … [+] Medyka border crossing on March 04, 2022, near Medyka, Poland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty I...
Dan Yergin Talks Oil, Gas, Putin, And Living His Book, ‘The New Map’
Dan Yergin, vice chairman of S&P Global, during a Bloomberg Television interview on day three of the … [+] World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Photo...
Ukraine to Use NFTs to Save Its Cultural ‘DNA’ Amid Russian Invasion
“Today we are announcing a new project [aimed at] how we can save the DNA of the Ukrainian people, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian history,” Chobanian said. “Right now, they are bomb...
These Reforms Would Increase Economic Growth And Help Alleviate Inflation
The high price of gasoline is displayed at a Los Angeles gas station on November 24, 2021. – With … [+] inflation surging ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, US President Joe Biden has draw...
With New Guns And Long-Range Rockets, Ukraine Is Transforming Its Artillery. But Maybe Not Fast Enough.
An ex-Norwegian M-109 howitzer in Ukrainian service. Ukrainian defense ministry As many as a hundred Ukrainian soldiers die every day in the battle for eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, Ukrainian Defen...
Oil prices could go ‘parabolic,’ putting global economy in ‘critical situation,’ says Trafigura chief
“‘We have got a critical situation. I really think we have a problem for the next six months. … [O]nce it gets to these parabolic states, markets can move and they can spike quite a lot.’” — Jeremy We...