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MOEX Jumps 20% Off Lows, Steelmaker MМК Leads Rebound as Ruble Slips — August Outlook
After a sharp rally, Russia's benchmark entered a correction near 2280; the analyst sees further gains to 2300–2400 in A...
Tesla Considers Exiting China Amid SpaceX Merger Talks, WSJ Reports
Tesla is exploring a sale or spin-off of its China business, its second-largest market, to avoid conflicts with defense ...
European Gas Prices Slip Below $690 as Market Digests Geopolitical Premium
TTF benchmark futures edged lower on Friday, trading around $688 per thousand cubic metres, after months of sharp swings...
Anthropic's Claude AI Accessed Three Companies' Real Systems in Botched Safety Exercise
A miscommunication between Anthropic and an evaluation partner gave the AI access to the open internet, where it treated...
Russian Forces Strike Fuel Storage in Odessa, Claim Destruction of Military Cargo Ships
Russia’s defence ministry says high‑precision weapons and drones hit fuel tanks, ammunition vessels and drone production...
Turkey Offers to Host Fresh Russia-Ukraine Talks, but Moscow Sees No Quick Progress
Ankara has reportedly informed Moscow and Kyiv it is ready to organize a new round of negotiations, though Russia's resp...
Netflix Sued for $105M Over Lost Copy of Nicholas Cage's 'Fortitude'
Producers of WWII thriller 'Fortitude' claim the streamer's negligence after a hard drive theft at its LA office ruined ...
Spain Deploys Army to Ceuta After Migrant Surge Overwhelms Border
Madrid sends military units to support police as thousands of migrants mass on the Moroccan side of the Ceuta border, wi...
US State Department Displays AI-Generated Map Misplacing African Nations at AIDS Forum
A rushed last-minute edit led to a map with distorted borders for Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Nigeria at a global heal...
EFKO Chairman Arrested Over Alleged 8.6 Billion Ruble Embezzlement in State Drone Subsidies
Valery Kustov, majority owner of agro-industrial group EFKO, and several top managers have been detained on accusations ...
Russian Business Confidence Craters to Year’s Low as Logistics Crisis and Demand Slump Bite
The RSPP index dropped to 42.4 in July, signaling the sharpest deterioration in over a year. A fuel-driven logistics cru...
Russian Labor Ministry Names In-Demand Professions for Next Seven Years
Minister Anton Kotyakov identifies engineers, doctors, teachers and skilled workers as stable career paths through 2033,...
Diet Quality Outweighs Processing Level in Disease Risk, Study Shows
A major study finds that the overall nutritional quality of one’s diet is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease...
How Russia's Gen Z Replaced Alcohol With Energy Drinks, Vapes and Digital Addictions
Russian youth are drinking less alcohol than any generation on record, but the void is being filled by surging energy-dr...
Russia Orders Special Economic Zone Companies to Share Live Data with Tax Authority
Residents of priority development territories and special economic zones will have to connect to the FNS's AIS Nalog-3 s...
Ivan Edeshko, Soviet Basketball Legend and Architect of the 'Golden Pass', Dies at 81
The man behind the iconic full-court pass that sealed Soviet victory over the United States at the 1972 Olympics has pas...
Tusk: Next 100 Days Decisive for Ukraine; Poland to Send More Patriot Missiles
Polish PM Donald Tusk says the coming 100 days could tip the balance in the Ukraine conflict, pledging extra military su...
Wildberries, Ozon Probe Durov-Themed Goods After Terrorist Designation
Russia's leading e-commerce platforms launched internal reviews of merchandise linked to Pavel Durov, hours after the fi...
Bolshoi Theatre Bonus Fraud Case: Former PR Chief’s House Arrest Extended
A Moscow court has extended the house arrest of Egor Fedin, the ex-head of public relations at the Bolshoi Theatre, accu...
Russia Extends Gasoline Export Ban to January 2027, Eases Diesel Restrictions for Producers
The Russian government has re-imposed a temporary ban on gasoline exports from August 1 to January 31, 2027, while allow...
Munich Re: Global Natural Disaster Losses Hit $112bn in First Half of 2026
Insured losses plunged to $44bn as the costliest event—a Venezuelan earthquake—was overwhelmingly uninsured. The industr...
Softline Integrates Legacy Systems for a Top Russian Energy Sales Company
Bell Integrator, part of Softline, has built a unified data hub for a leading Russian energy retailer, replacing error-p...
Toxic Fracking Waste Resurfaces in Ohio Town, Endangering Water Supply
Millions of tons of radioactive fracking wastewater injected underground in Ohio are surfacing in Marietta. Seismic acti...
Brent Holds Gains, WTI Slips as Oil Market Weighs US Strikes on Iran
Oil prices saw muted moves Thursday after the steepest rally in months, as traders assessed US airstrikes on Iran agains...
Moscow Taxi Fleets Fight to Slash Business Parking Fines from 300,000 to 5,000 Rubles
Moscow taxi fleets are urging the city government to reduce parking fines for legal entities to the level imposed on ind...
Seven Killed as Emergency Helicopter Crashes During Fire Training Flight in Argentina
A Bell 412 involved in a wildfire-fighting training mission went down in San Juan province, Argentina, claiming the live...
Drone Hit on Penza Warehouse Injures One, Wildberries Evacuates 200 Staff
A drone strike on a Wildberries logistics centre in Penza left one person hurt and forced the evacuation of around 200 w...
Google’s Russian Fine Debt Exceeds 56 Billion Rubles as Belgian Court Freezes Assets
Enforceable claims against Google in Russia top 56 billion rubles, up from 42 billion in April, while a Belgian court se...
Trump Tells Zelensky to 'Stop the War' as Toll Hits 25,000 in a Month; Patriot Deal Discussed
In the Oval Office, Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to end hostilities, citing staggering losses, while reveali...
Netanyahu Tells Trump He Doubts Iran Deal Is Possible, Axios Reports
In a Washington meeting, Israeli PM Netanyahu expressed skepticism that a nuclear agreement with Iran can be reached, di...
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