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Global macro in 2022/2023

We are in new terrain, with four problems coming together

Russia: Tasty name but no Big Mac as rebranded McDonald's restaurants open

(Reuters) -It might look and smell like McDonald's but now it's Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the filet-of-fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.

Russian health watchdog detects Omicron subvariant BA.4, confirms official

A more contagious subvariant of the Covid-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.

300-400 Ukrainian troops trapped at Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk

Some 300-400 Ukrainian troops are blocked on the territory of the Severodonetsk Azot Association chemical plant, Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador of the LPR to Russia said on Saturday.

Ukraine says it will prevail over Russian as eastern battle grinds on

Ukrainian forces are fighting Russia in the eastern frontier of the country where they have been outgunned in terms of artillery and manpower. Yet, they are determined of their victory

Live: Congress expels Haryana MLA for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha poll

Live news updates: The latest on India news, the coronavirus, the war in Ukraine and other headlines.

Serbian prez, German chancellor disagree over imposing sanctions on Russia

The German Chancellor "in a decisive, clear and sharp manner" asked Serbia to join Western sanctions against Russia, and even offered help for the construction of energy capacities, Serbian prez told

Russia using anti-ship missiles on land targets in Ukraine: UK military

Russian bombers have likely been launching 1960s-era heavy, anti-ship missiles meant to destroy aircraft carriers with nuclear warheads against land targets in Ukraine, UK intelligence report said

Russia holds drills in Baltic Sea as NATO exercises in same region

Russian warships are conducting drills in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is holding exercises in the same region

Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin authorises Moscow's withdrawal from UNWTO

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order authorising the country's withdrawal from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)

Civilians flee intense fighting in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

Civilians fled intense fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday as Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a grinding battle of attrition for key cities in the country's industrial heartland. Mostly women, children and elderly residents left on a special evacuation train that departed from the city of Pokrovsk and headed west. We live on the front line now, said Svitlana Kaplun, whose family fled as shelling reached their neighborhood in the city of Krasnohorivka. The kids are worried all the time, they are afraid to sleep at night, so we decided to take them out. After a bungled attempt to overrun Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, in the early days of the war, Russia shifted its focus to an eastern region of coal mines and factories known as the Donbas. The area borders Russia and has been partly controlled by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014. The fighting there has led to mounting casualties and renewed pleas from Ukraine to the West for more weapons. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to ..

India's Airports Authority to procure navigation aid from Russian firm

Purchase will be made in 'national currencies' and the first systems will be shipped before Nov

Russia can cooperate not only with India, China but also others: Putin

Putin has said that he has the opportunity to build partnerships not only with India and China, but also with Latin America and Africa, asserting that it is impossible to "fence off" a country like

Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program 8 years ago

The cases were prosecuted using evidence from the testing laboratory in Moscow that was shuttered in 2015 when the state doping program was detailed

G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, human rights abuses

Russia denies it is meddling beyond its borders and says the West is gripped by anti-Russian hysteria

G7 ministers present united front against Russia over Ukraine crisis

At the foreign ministers' meeting in Liverpool, Blinken and Truss warn of serious consequences for Russia

Biden to discuss within G7 on Russia's military operation in Donbas

Biden on Wednesday evening said the US will also "coordinate with our NATO allies to ensure a strong, united response that deters any aggression against the alliance."

G7 warns Russia of 'severe cost & consequences' if Ukraine invaded

G7 told Russia to de-escalate its military buildup near the Ukrainian border, warning that an invasion would have massive consequences and inflict severe economic pain on Moscow

G-7 nations restrict Russian Central Bank's use of gold in transactions

Russia holds roughly $130 billion in gold reserves, and the Bank of Russia announced Feb 28 that it would resume the purchase of gold on the domestic precious metals market

Germany: G7 rejects Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles

In our situation, it's hardly possible and feasible to engage in charity for Europe, Peskov said