Canada has canceled a planned joint celebration with the US to mark the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, citing trade threats from President Don...
Economy
NATO member states are facing a shortage of cotton, a key component needed for gunpowder production, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The publication notes that cotton linters — short fibers fou...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Russia is ready to help restore transport and economic links between Yerevan and Baku and assist in resolving humanitarian issues. Lavrov made the remar...
On a hot and humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe overcame embarrassment to come to work in shorts, an unusual choice in a country where formal business attire is still...
Azerbaijan exported goods worth $17.128 million to Armenia between January and June of this year. According to data from Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee, the figure accounted for 0.10% of Azerbai...
China has an increasingly important buffer against oil price shocks: electric taxis, Reuters writes. Across Chinese cities, taxi usage and ridesharing are booming. In May, people took 3.05 billion tr...
Oil prices surged over 4% on Monday as energy shipments via the Strait of Hormuz remained under threat, with the US and Iran announcing renewed military strikes, Reuters writes. Brent crude futures ...
Oil prices jumped more than 6% on Wednesday, hitting a two-week high after US President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding to end the conflict with Iran was “over”, renewing fears of ...
The situation in Russia’s fuel market remains tense, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. “Authorities are discussing additional measures to increase gasoline supplies to the market. Sp...
Microsoft said on Monday it would cut 4,800 jobs, or about 2.1% of its global workforce, overhauling its Xbox gaming business and divesting up to five studios as it looks to boost returns after year...
Rosatom has proposed building a large or medium-capacity nuclear power plant in Armenia to meet the country’s electricity needs for decades, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said, according to RIA Novosti...
While investors and businesses spent the early days of April 2025 fretting over the future of global trade and the economy, President Donald Trump was busy buying into the stock market sell-off he cre...
