Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Sunday, March 13 that Ukrainian officials negotiating with their Russian counterparts will insist on direct talks between the two countries leaders that would lead to peace. The next round of talks on the war in Ukraine between the two neighbors is scheduled to be …

The US dollar edged higher on Friday while other safe-haven and commodity-linked currencies declined, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some progress in talks between Moscow and Ukraine.Putin said in a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there had been “certain positive shifts” in negotiations …

Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Monday it had approved a temporary measure to pay off debts in foreign currency, but warned that payments would be made in rubles if sanctions prevented banks from honoring their debts in the issuance currency. The ministry added in a statement that Russia has sufficient …

Gasoline prices at US gas stations fell over the weekend after hitting an all-time high last week following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, retail gasoline prices fell for the second day in a row, to $4,325 per gallon, below the record high of $4,331 set on Friday, according …

The Nikkei average rose in early trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday. The Nikkei rose 0.70 percent to 25,338.64 points, while the broader Topix index rose 0.72 percent to 1812.43 points.

The Canadian economy added 336,600 jobs in February, well above the median economist forecast for 160,000 jobs to have been added on the month, a report released by Statistics Canada on Friday showed. That marked a substantial improvement compared to January, when slightly more than 200,000 jobs were lost as …

Commenting on the latest talks with Ukraine, “there are certain positive shifts, negotiators on our side tell me,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, as reported by Reuters. Putin refrained from sharing any additional details on the matter.

Goldman Sachs analysts now clearly see the increased risk that the United States will enter a recession during the next year, due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Goldman Sachs noted that the lowering of US GDP expectations, which reflects higher oil prices and other growth factors related to …

Data showed that the British economy recorded in January a recovery that far exceeded expectations from the decline caused by the Coronavirus in late 2021, which will increase the motivation of policymakers in the Bank of England to raise interest rates next week. The National Bureau of Statistics said gross …

European shares rose on Friday, recouping some of Thursday’s losses, which were close to 2%, after a sudden shift by the European Central Bank towards tightening monetary policy, as it said it would stop pumping money into financial markets this summer. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.6 percent, after …