For years, the Venezuelan economy has been largely disconnected from Western markets. The war in Ukraine, however, initiated a sort of restructuring of the...
Wheat loss in China. China’s Henan province, which produces more wheat than any other, experienced higher-than-normal rainfall in the final week of May, just...
Soon after Josef Stalin signed a mutual defense pact with Adolf Hitler, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that Russia was a mystery wrapped...
Russian mediation. Russian President Vladimir Putin mediated talks on Thursday between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the long-standing...
Recession. Germany’s economy has slipped into a technical recession, after contracting 0.3 percent in the first quarter, according to figures published Thursday by federal...
Declining demand. Production of 20-foot equivalent shipping containers declined in the first quarter of this year by 70 percent compared to the same period...
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