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Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block ...

(click to enlarge) The World Bank has released its 2025 global growth forecast. The key takeaway is that global growth is stabilizing as inflation nears... (click to enlarge) China is actively seeking ...

The World Bank has released its 2025 global growth forecast. The key takeaway is that global growth is stabilizing as inflation nears target levels. Global trade recovered in 2024, driven largely by ...

Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block the renewal of sanctions against ...

After the 2010s – a period of exceptional economic growth – China entered a major downturn caused by the collapse of the country’s crucial real estate sector, deteriorating local government finances, ...

Russian industry. Russia’s production of certain iron and metal products declined markedly in the fourth quarter, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a major Russian steel conglomerate, reported.

With the arrival of the second Trump administration, great power competition is at an inflection point. Both Russia and China face internal crises that compel them to engage with the United States. To ...

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have ...

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held ...

Making changes. The new Syrian administration in Damascus has canceled a deal with a Russian company to manage the port of Tartus. All revenue from operating the port will now go to the Syrian state, ...

Debrief. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by video call on Tuesday. In the first 11 months of 2024, bilateral trade increased 7 ...