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Users can now vote at AGMs for all stocks, having a say on topics such as executive pay and dividends The feature has been expanded after proving popular with eToro users, more than 145,000 votes cast in 2023 on US stocks The trading and investment platform eToro has extended its proxy voting feature to all stocks listed on its...

Mariela Neagu’s Voices from the Silent Cradles: Life Histories of Romania’s Looked-After Children was first published by Policy Press in the UK.  Neagu, a research associate at the University of Oxford, describes her book as follows:  “In 1990, disturbing television footage emerged showing the inhumane conditions in which children in Romanian institutions were living, and viewers were surprised that the babies...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year - significantly more than the comparably advanced economies of UK, France and Germany. Russia is one of the world's biggest oil exporters and in February, the BBC revealed millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil were still being imported to the UK despite sanctions. Oil exports have...

As the world went mad about halfway through Curb's run – snowflakes to the left of me, MAGA to the right – it is a wonder it managed to survive My first “Larry David Moment” came in college. My roommate was holding court in the cafeteria with a group of young women listening rapt to his well-worn tale of how...

President Ebrahim Raisi has warned that the “smallest action against Iran’s interests” will be met with a “severe, extensive and painful” response. He is a Principalist politician and Muslim jurist.  In a call with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Monday, the president desribed Iran's attack on Israel this weekend as an act of “legitimate defense”.  Qatar warned against escalation. “As...

Russia's war on Ukraine has entered a new phase, the BBC says. Drone and missile attacks from Russia on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are increasingly frequent and signifcant - something Ukraine’ air defenses, buttressed as they have been by NATO, is unable to take. Officials in Ukraine say they can "count on one hand" the thermal and hydro power plants across the...

Russian propaganda exists in Romania, and its strategy is to keep denying everything, a war reporter said, urging Ukrainian military authorities to communicate better with international journalists. Remus Cernea, a Ukraine war reporter for Newsweek (Romania) made the statement at the Second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform, which is being held in Sofia, Ukrinform reported. Propagandists deny...

Hundreds of potential candidates have been summoned to court so that prosecutors and defense lawyers can choose 12 w ho will decide the fate of Donald J. Trump. The first criminal trial ever of an American president will begin Monday as prosecutors and defense lawyers meet in a courtroom in New York to start selecting the jury that will decide...

Calls are mounting for a rethink of the war on Hamas. Could the attack from Iran provide an opportunity? Israel achieved a stunning, two-front success in rebuffing Iran’s unprecedented attack this weekend: Its aerial defense, especially the Arrow system targeting ballistic missiles, proved hugely effective, and an impressive array of allies joined in the fight. The second, given the deep blow...

Iran launched a  attack of more than 300 drones and missiles toward Israel, Israel said. Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said “more than 99 percent” had been intercepted. The ongoing barrage is the first full-scale military assault by Tehran against Israel. U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the “brazen attack,” saying he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and assured...