Category: World

IRGC Navy Takes Delivery of Two New Stealth Warships
19. 2. 2024 No Responses

IRGC Navy Takes Delivery of Two New Stealth Warships

  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Navy has taken delivery of two new Soleimani-class corvettes, with the vessels, the Sayyad Shirazi and the Hassan Bagheri, inaugurated at a ceremony in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Monday. The unique...
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Russia to launch year-round LNG shipments via Arctic route
8. 12. 2023 No Responses

Russia to launch year-round LNG shipments via Arctic route

Moscow plans to start year-round LNG deliveries to Asia via Russia’s Arctic waterways, Sergey Zybko, head of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) operator, announced this week. Speaking during the “Arctic: present and future” forum, Zybko said the launch of the....
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Russia’s economy growing 3 times faster than Eurozone’s
24. 11. 2023 No Responses

Russia’s economy growing 3 times faster than Eurozone’s

French investment firm Amundi: Russia’s economy is growing three times faster than that of the Eurozone, indicating an apparent failure of Western sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. According to the French investment firm Amundi, cited by Brit...
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Iran to put satellite constellation into orbit in 2 years
10. 10. 2023 No Responses

Iran to put satellite constellation into orbit in 2 years

Iran’s first satellite system project named after top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani will be put into orbit within the next two years, according to the head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). Hossein Salariyeh today that his agency...
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IATA elevates industry profit projection for 2023
6. 6. 2023 No Responses

IATA elevates industry profit projection for 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) now expects the whole airline industry to make a net profit of $9.8 billion this year, roughly doubling of its initial projection for sector profitability. The airline association had initially projected the...
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Saudis Confirm Non-Dollar Oil Trade Plans In Davos
20. 1. 2023 No Responses

Saudis Confirm Non-Dollar Oil Trade Plans In Davos

Earlier this month, former NY Fed repo guru Zoltan Pozsar wrote one of his most important reports of 2022, in which he described how Putin could unleash hell on the Western financial system by demanding that instead of dollars, Russian oil exporters...
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Baltic Index Crashes Most On Record
5. 1. 2023 No Responses

Baltic Index Crashes Most On Record

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index crashed on Tuesday in the worst decline on record, sinking on prospects of a global recession. Baltic Dry Good Index is a measure of global shipping and economic health. The overall index,...
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Russia and China bypassing SWIFT
29. 11. 2022 No Responses

Russia and China bypassing SWIFT

Moscow and Beijing are developing a system of settlements which could allow cross-border transactions without using the Western financial messaging system, SWIFT, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak revealed on Tuesday. The two countries have reportedly acce...
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Iran signs deal to supply 50 gas turbines to Russia
25. 10. 2022 No Responses

Iran signs deal to supply 50 gas turbines to Russia

Iran has signed a contract with Russia to supply it with 40 turbines to help its gas industry amid Western sanctions, Shana news agency reports. Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company’s CEO Reza Noushadi said the country’s “industrial su...
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Indian Petroleum Minister: India will continue to buy Russian oil despite Western pressure
7. 9. 2022 No Responses

Indian Petroleum Minister: India will continue to buy Russian oil despite Western pressure

Indian Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNBC on Wednesday that his country will continue to purchase Russian oil despite growing pressure from the West. The minister explained that it’s a question of energy security, pointing out that India consume...
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The 10 Biggest Military Spending Nations In The World
18. 8. 2022 No Responses

The 10 Biggest Military Spending Nations In The World

Military spending and technology has come under the spotlight as the world tracked Western arms shipments and watched how Iskanders, Kalibrs, HIMARS and other weaponry affected the conflict. But, as Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte details here, devel...
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Miners Discover Largest Pink Diamond In 300 Years
31. 7. 2022 No Responses

Miners Discover Largest Pink Diamond In 300 Years

Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Co. announced it had unearthed a 170-carat pink diamond, believed to be the largest recovered in centuries. Called the “Lulo Rose,” the 170-carat pink Type IIa diamond was discovered at the Lulo mine in Angola’...
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Von Greyerz: Some numbers about the massive money creation
4. 7. 2022 No Responses

Von Greyerz: Some numbers about the massive money creation

The massive money creation by central and commercial banks in this century has resulted in a growth of global assets from $450 trillion in 2000 to $1,540 trillion in 2020. Debt To GDP Growth As the chart below shows US...
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SoftBank’s Vision Funds Report $27 Billion Loss
14. 5. 2022 No Responses

SoftBank’s Vision Funds Report $27 Billion Loss

SoftBank’s two Vision Funds have posted historic investment losses of ¥3.5 trillion ($27.5 billion) over the 12 months to March 31 as the funds’ biggest holdings were pummeled by rising interest rates and Beijing’s crackdown on the tech sector. ...
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81,000 millionaires left Hong Kong in 2021
13. 5. 2022 No Responses

81,000 millionaires left Hong Kong in 2021

In mid-March, Bartra interviewed nearly 500 Hong Kong residents aged 18 and above through an online questionnaire. According to the poll, 79 percent of the respondents indicated that they are considering emigration or will consider this in the future; 48...
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