Thousands of UK-based and trainee doctors on Monday announced a three-day strike that will severely affect patient care to protest wages they say are very low. The strike is the latest in which workers in the state-funded National Health Service take part in Britain, after the strike by nursing staff, …
Read More »Ukraine: talks to extend the grain corridor begin within a week
Ukraine’s Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yury Vaskov said on Friday that negotiations to extend the grain export corridor agreement across the Black Sea will start within a week. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered in July by the United Nations and Turkey, allowed grain to be exported from three Ukrainian ports …
Read More »Britain and European allies send military equipment to Ukraine
Britain announced on Wednesday that it and other European countries will provide Ukraine with military equipment, including spare parts for tanks and ammunition for artillery. The British Ministry of Defense said Britain had agreed with the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania to send an initial support package to …
Read More »Ukraine’s grain exports declined by 28.7% in 2022/23
Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture data showed on Monday that Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2022/23 season, which continues until June, fell by 28.7 percent to 29.2 million tons so far, due to a poor harvest and logistical difficulties caused by the Russian invasion. The exports included about 10.4 million tons …
Read More »On day 330 of war, nuclear threats if Russia defeated
Russia on Thursday warned that the Ukraine war will escalate if the West insists on providing Kyiv with longer-range weapons. Since the conflict broke out, the US has sent advanced and high-precision weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine to help the war-torn nation against Russian aggression. The aid included …
Read More »Reuters: Ukraine’s interior ministry leadership killed in a helicopter crash
The three main figures in Ukraine’s interior ministry have been killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, died alongside his first deputy minister and state secretary. Seventeen people died when the helicopter came down in Brovary …
Read More »White House Holds Russia As Responsible For Poland’s Tragic Incident
On Wednesday, the White House has not seen anything that contradicts Poland’s preliminary assessment that a missile that landed within its borders on Tuesday was most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile, according to US National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson.“Whatever the final conclusions may be, it …
Read More »Zelenskyy slams missile strikes on NATO territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian missile strikes on NATO territory are ‘a significant escalation, action is needed’.A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.The strikes plunged much …
Read More »Ukraine’s grain exports in October are almost back to their pre-war levels
Ukraine’s grain exports in the first 17 days of October were 2.4% lower than the same period in 2021, data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture showed on Monday, October 17, despite the closure of many seaports and the Russian invasion. The country’s grain exports have fallen since February after …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 13/10/2022
US inflation on Thursday was behind some wild, volatile moves. Fed is widely expected to decide a 75 bps rate hike in November and a peak policy rate of 4.85% in March 2023. The initial reaction to CPI data release the news was negative. Wall Street retreated, yields soared, and …
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