“We will continue to work together to develop a wide range of financing options to support Ukraine, including potentially using the full value of the Russian Sovereign Assets, immobilized in our jurisdictions until reparations are paid for by Russia,” finance ministers from G7 countries wrote in their joint statement after the meeting. But in a … Read more
“I doubt that you can have a great deal of support in Venezuela from Saudi Arabia.” Paolo von Schirach, president of the Global Policy Institute, explains why the letter Venezuela wrote, asking for support from other oil-producing countries, is unlikely to change anything. In the letter, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wrote that he feels threatened … Read more
Ovidio Guzman Lopez plans to change his not guilty plea during a hearing after arrest in 2023. A son of the infamous Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a wide-ranging United States drug trafficking case at a court hearing in Chicago. Court records for Ovidio Guzman Lopez … Read more
Aircraft giant to pay $243.6m fine under agreement that is subject to US judge’s approval. Boeing has finalised a deal to plead guilty to fraud after prosecutors in the United States determined that the company violated a deferred prosecution agreement over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max jetliner. Under the plea deal filed in … Read more
At least one passenger on a boat carrying 185 refugees has died, with dozens more in ‘critical condition’, warns UNHCR. Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine fail. The group of some … Read more