The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published its latest survey on “The meaning of sovereignty: Ukrainian and European views of Russia’s war on Ukraine”, which includes detailed insight into European societies’ views on these subjects. The present piece...
Customers will be eligible for direct cash payments as part of the agreement.
Australian flag carrier Qantas has agreed to a $100 million fine (US$66 million) for misleading customers with its ticket-selling practices during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
On May...
X users mocked the California High-Speed Rail Authority's post on the social media platform, which celebrated building a bridge that goes nowhere.
"The Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County is one of the first completed high-speed rail structures. At nearly 1,600...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave a twenty-minute-long video interview to the Swiss news outlet Die Weltwoche in which he shared detailed insight into his mediation efforts. It’s in English and can be watched here, but the present piece...
Indian Prime Minister Modi will visit Moscow from 8-9 July in what’ll be his first visit to Russia in half a decade since his participation at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in 2019 as his host’s guest of...
Press freedom in China continues to deteriorate under CCP rule. The Chinese citizen journalists’ situation is especially dire.
As May 3 marked World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its 2024 World Press Freedom Index.
China ranked near the...
Russia’s majority-Muslim regions of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia temporarily banned the niqab on security-related pretexts in the aftermath of last month’s terrorist attacks in Dagestan. The temporary nature of this restriction is meant to avoid violating federal law after a...
By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities
On Friday, after the jobs report, we heard a lot of chatter about “Goldilocks.” While we wrote NFP – Great for Markets, we caveated that with – for now. Normally we would agree that there is a “transition” period...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Moscow on Friday ahead of his trip to Azerbaijan the day after to attend the Organization of Turkic States’ annual summit that’s being held there this year. This came shortly after his trip...
By Teeuwe Mevissen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank
Is the wealth effect being substituted?
Summary
China’s real estate market suffered heavy losses early this year while stock market investors continue to face huge uncertainty.
This will add to the deterioration of...
