Territory where most bond investors fear to tread are traversed by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s new Silk Road to Europe. The top three international rating firms rate the sovereign debt of 27 are rated as junk, or below investment grade of the 68 nations China lists as partners in its Belt and Road Initiative. Either they are…
Cementing China’s ruling Communist Party President Xi Jinping’s power ahead of a new top leadership line-up and placing him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, the Communist Party enshrined his political thought into its constitution on Tuesday. Identifying them as one of its guiding principles at the end of its…
In a ballot which could strengthen the anti-migrant Northern League ahead of national elections early next year, voters in two regions of Italy’s wealthy north take part in referendums Sunday to demand more autonomy from the state. They have little in common with the recent Catalan independence vote in Spain which was marked by violent…
The latest bid by European regions too wrestle more power away from the establishment was marked as two of Italy’s wealthiest regions are poised to hold a referendum on greater autonomy Sunday. More control over their finances and administrations is being demanded and pushed for by Lombardy and Veneto, two northern regions home to about…
Human rights groups have severely denounced the appointment of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organisation (WHO). At a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uruguay on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the appointment of Mugabe. during his 37 years leading the country as either president…
The question – Why is a technology threatening to decentralize money so attractive to highly centralized, authoritarian regimes? is ripe to be asked with Russia and China both embracing the idea of sovereign cryptocurrencies. President Vladimir Putin had ordered the swift launching of a “crypto-ruble”, Argumenti i Fakti, a pro-government newspaper, quoted Russian Communication Minister Nikolai Nikiforov as saying last weekend. The…
U.S. investigators are gradually piecing together how the Kremlin orchestrated its disinformation campaign using U.S. platforms to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. As per a person briefed on Google’s probe on Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections, Google has discovered that Russian agents had spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on…
Ever wandere why the U.S. government banned the use of Kaspersky Anti-virus on government computers? How difficult is to remotely exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines and computer systems. Here’s a 5 minute read that sheds light on these topics. In an unlikely coalition, academics and hackers have joined forces with U.S. governors to strengthen and…
On his historic, four-day state visit to Russia, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz brought 1,500 people, a golden escalator and his own carpets, reported the media quoting people familiar with the matter. The special escalator he travels with was used by the 81-year-old leader of the Gulf kingdom after he exited his plane late Wednesday and stepped out…
Saying the gathering might represent “the calm before the storm”, while posing for photos with military leaders, U.S. President Donald Trump offered cryptic remarks on Thursday. Ahead of a dinner expected to include the discussion of a range of national security issues, he made the comments among senior military leaders and their spouses in the White…
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