Geneva (AFP) – Switzerland’s new instant payment system will bolster the future of cashless payments in the country, the Swiss central bank said Wednesday after the scheme went live. The Swiss National Bank said around 60 financial institutions were now … Read More
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese premier Li Qiang Wednesday, hailing growing trade relations as Moscow becomes increasingly dependent on Beijing for political and economic support. “Our trade relations are developing, developing successfully … The attention … Read More
DUBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters) – A Greek-flagged tanker was adrift in the Red Sea on Wednesday after repeated attacks that started a fire on the vessel and caused the ship to lose power, the UK maritime agency said. Iran-aligned Houthi … Read More
Lithuania has begun constructing a military campus that will house up to 4,000 German troops in Rūdninkai, a southeastern region of the Baltic country near the border with Belarus, which shares close ties with Russia. The cost of project is … Read More
KABUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Taliban’s morality ministry dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral acts” in the past year, officials … Read More
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off a large-scale exercise Monday aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities against nuclear-armed North Korea, which again accused the allies of practicing an invasion. The annual summertime exercise … Read More
Panama started on Tuesday its first deportation flight of irregular migrants who entered the country through the Darin jungle, local media reported. This constitutes the first of a series of flights financed by the US Department of State to return … Read More
JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist … Read More
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Vietnam pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing on Monday. To Lam, who took office in May, … Read More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to an American “bridging proposal” for a ceasefire deal in Gaza. It is now up to Hamas to agree, Mr Blinken added. The pair met in … Read More