World & Politics
FT: Chinese authorities monitor citizens' visits to foreign financial news sites - 09/15/2021
Chinese police are using a new anti-fraud app to identify and vet people who have visited foreign financial news sites. The Financial Times reported this, citing people who have been summoned by Chinese authorities to testify in this regard. The app was launched in March by the National Anti-Fraud Center, part of China's Ministry of Public Security. It blocks suspicious calls and reports malware....
Henley & Partners ranks London as the most attractive for business - 09/15/2021
Henley & Partners analysts recognized London as the most attractive city for investors and businessmen. In general, H&P compared 25 cities which offer programs "Residence permits for investment" in terms of security, real estate, infrastructure and other parameters. Analysts of consulting company Henley & Partners (H&P) released the "Index of cities in the world", which analyzed 25...
Fed-New York poll: Americans expect record high inflation - 09/14/2021
Americans are expecting a record rise in inflation over the next few years, according to a survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In its August report on consumer expectations, the Federal Reserve-New York reported that respondents expect inflation to be 5.2 percent in a year, compared with 4.9 percent a month earlier. They expect inflation to be 4% in three years, up from...
UK Department of Health terminates contract with Palantir under public pressure - 09/13/2021
Under pressure from public criticism, the UK Department of Health has terminated a contract with Palantir, an American technology company that provided big data processing services to the social care service for the elderly and disabled. This is reported by Bloomberg agency. Palantir is a developer of "spy" software that is actively used by U.S. intelligence agencies and their allies, and among...
The Times: 'The Queen's Gambit' sparks surge of interest in chess - 09/08/2021
The last year’s release of the mini-series The Queen's Gambit provoked a surge of interest in chess. Such interest, says The Times, had not been seen since the 1972 world championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, which also sparked a wave of chess enthusiasm. The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced people to spend more time at home and find something interesting to do, contributed...
Josep Borrell: We have to start talks with Taliban - 09/06/2021
Brussels needs to begin negotiations with the Taliban, who have established power in Afghanistan. This was stated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in an interview to the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. "The Taliban is now becoming an unavoidable interlocutor in negotiations for us. We should ensure our presence in Kabul and try to avoid...
EU sets to prevent mass influx of migrants from Afghanistan to Europe - 09/01/2021
EU interior ministers discussed developments in Afghanistan at an extraordinary meeting. They agreed that EU member states would not allow mass resettlement of migrants from Afghanistan. The ministers agreed that the EU would also step up support for countries in Afghanistan's immediate neighbourhood. "Timely security checks for evacuees from Afghanistan remain crucial," the statement said. The...
WHO: 33 countries in Europe see over 10% increase in COVID-19 incidence - 08/31/2021
So far, 64 million cases and 1.3 million deaths from coronavirus have been reported in Europe. In the past two weeks, there have been reports of an increase of more than 10% in the incidence of the disease from 33 European countries. Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, said at a briefing: "In several countries, the burden on hospitals and the...
U.S. consumer sentiment index falls worse than forecast in August - 08/30/2021
The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, a measure of household confidence in the U.S. economy, dropped to 70.3 points in August from 81.2 points in July, according to its website. Analysts polled by DailyFX expected the index to fall to 70.7 points for the month. The first estimate showed the index falling to 70.2 points. The index of current economic conditions in the United...
Iraq increases oil exports in July - 08/27/2021
Iraq increased the average daily volume of oil exports in July by 0.9% compared to the previous month, to 2.918 million barrels per day, according to data from the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO). As of June, the average daily oil supply from Iraq was 2.892 million barrels per day. As a result, Iraq exported a total of 90.468 million barrels of oil in July and 86.766 million...
