PM asked to explain how a private plane was allowed to fly from Scotland to Moscow breaching Russian sanctions May 18, 2022 A private charter flight travelled from Inverness to Moscow breaching UK sanctions against Russia, despite air traffic control being informed about the flight beforehand. SNP MP Richard Thomson raised the issue in parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions, urging the PM to tell the house how it was allowed to happen. The details of a transcript [...]
Ukrainian delegation begins ceasefire talks with Kremlin officials February 28, 2022 Ukrainian government officials have arrived at the Belarus border for ceasefire talks with the Russian government, after four days of intense fighting across the country. The talks are reported to have began just after 9am GMT, with both sides agreeing to meet without “preconditions”. Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov was seen arriving to the negotiations [...]
Gold and silver show signs of recovery with Fed rate hikes expected to ease October 26, 2022 Gold and silver are rebounding amid growing expectations the Fed will ease its aggressive policy of hiking interest rates.
British lawyers are being scapegoated for horrors in Ukraine, Law Society says March 24, 2022 The Law Society has claimed “British lawyers” are being turned into “scapegoats” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a letter to The Times, Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said lawyers have been “singled out” for their involvements with Russia, as she argued they have become scapegoats for the “horrors in Ukraine.” In response to [...]
Ukraine’s Zelensky legalises crypto as donations near $100m March 17, 2022 Ukraine has legalised crypto with a bill signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as digital asset donations pour into the conflict hit country.
UK inflation shock was bad for the Bank of England – and disastrous for families March 22, 2023 These were not good inflation numbers for the Bank of England. They were even worse for families. Nearly everyone has been taken aback by the Office for National Statistics calculating the annual rate of headline inflation (the consumer price index) snapped a three month falling streak to climb to 10.4 per cent last month. That [...]
Inflation has peaked, but prices will stay higher for longer, analyst bets November 14, 2022 Inflation has peaked in the UK, but will take a long time to fall, a top investment bank has bet. New data out from the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday will show prices rose 10.9 per cent over the last year, according to Deutsche Bank. While above September’s 10.1 per cent reading and a [...]
Six charts that show why high food prices aren’t going away August 2, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted a sharp jump in the price of some food commodities and the impact looks set to be long-lasting. Price moves for some agricultural commodities have been dramatic since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February. The chart below shows how prices have jumped, with wheat gaining most. We believe [...]
China calls friendship with Putin ‘ironclad’ amid heavy fighting and claims 10,000 Russian soldiers are now dead March 8, 2022 China’s foreign minister has called Russia his country’s “most important strategic partner” as Beijing continues to refuse to condemn the invasion of Ukraine despite growing pressure from the US and European Union (EU) to use its influence to rein Moscow in. Wang Yi said Chinese ties with Moscow constitute “one of the most crucial bilateral [...]
Rio Tinto cuts ties with Russia March 10, 2022 Rio Tinto became the first major mining company to announce it was severing ties with Russian businesses following the invasion of Ukraine.