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It was a three-year-old boy who raised the alarm that his brother and sister had fallen into an icy stream behind their home, sparking a massive rescue operation. Unfortunately, it was too late, and a boy, 8 and a girl, 6 were declared dead on Monday after they fell through the ice and died in a poor rural area in...

Geopolitics, Trump declarations, tariffs, and news about a change in leadership at the Fed are currently shaping global markets. And this became even more evident when the oil prices tumbled after the Iran crisis appeared to de-escalate. But the markets remained volatile, gold and silver prices crashed after reaching record highs, erasing in two sessions most of the gains from...

A survey conducted by the Levada Center, an independent polling organization in Russia, asked respondents to evaluate their attitudes toward 12 countries. The Levada Center has tracked public opinion in Russia for several decades and has been designated a “foreign agent” under Russian law since 2016. In this survey, 62% of respondents described both Poland and Lithuania as “enemies”, standing out...

Last week, the Trump administration criticized the European Union for its trade deal with India — labeled by Brussels as the "mother of all deals." A few days later, on February 2, President Donald Trump himself announced that the US would conclude a trade agreement with India, calling Prime Minister Modi "one of his best friends", and that after a...

Moldovan Socialists have announced they will launch a campaign against the reunification of the former Soviet republic with Romania. The Socialists were responding to comments made by President Maia Sandu and her pro-Western government last month that Moldova’s government should hold a referendum asking whether Moldova should rejoin Romania for security and historical reasons and to protect the country of...

Purcari Wineries, Moldova's most prestigious and successful winery, has lodged a binding offer to acquire Romanian competitor Serve Ceptura. Purcari wines are a symbol of the Republic of Moldova and grown in conditions that match France's acclaimed Bordeaux region. The wines are exported to neighboring Romania, the U.S, Canada, Britain, Poland, Norway, the Czech Republic and China. The winery was established...

Markets digest nomination of Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair. Senate Agricultural Committee advances crypto market structure bill Bitcoin has dropped to lows not seen since April last year as continued risk-off sentiment weighs on markets, according to Simon Peters, cryptoasset market analyst at multi-asset investment platform eToro,. Approximately $1.5 billion worth of long bitcoin perpetual futures positions were liquidated across...

Some say the US immigrant-deporting agency should be defunded. A debate exposes the collision between constitutional limits and a government increasingly unwilling to concede facts visible on video The legitimacy of state power rests partly on restraint — on law, proportionality, and the willingness to admit error. When that erodes, you get something darker. I examined this is a Global...

A senior adviser to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stepped down after newly released U.S. documents revealed exchanges between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Miroslav Lajčák, who served as Slovakia’s foreign minister from 2009–2010 and again from 2012–2020, reportedly maintained extensive correspondence with Epstein during his time in office. The messages covered political matters as well as...

Trump sent the special forces to Caracas to kidnap Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife. It actually worked, and the sheepish mustachioed Chavista ended up in New York in chains. Just to make sure we remember who he really is, within hours Trump was declaring that the US needs “access to Venezuela’s oil.” Yup. Then he decided...