NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – After a friendly start to trading, Wall Street slipped into the red on Thursday. The reason for this are fears about increasing tensions between China and the West, it said. The shares on the technology exchange Nasdaq, however, recorded a firmer trend. The Dow Jones Industrial (Dow Jones 30 Industrial) initially … Read more
“Containing China is an impossible mission,” the Chinese Defense Ministry warned the United States on Thursday (01.28.2021), as the new Joe Biden administration tries to unite its Asian allies against Beijing. Military tensions between the two major world powers increased under former President Donald Trump, who had taken an aggressive stance on issues such as … Read more
The police and firefighters were exposed to mortar and fireworks fire in several districts of Nantes, during the night of New Year’s Eve. Three cities were particularly agitated, on this night of transition to the year 2021: Bottière, Malakoff and northern districts (Samuel de Champlain). The police made several arrests during these events. About twenty … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair on Monday a crisis meeting dedicated to the supplies of the United Kingdom after the decision of several countries including France to suspend their connections due to the new strain of novel coronavirus. “The Prime Minister will lead a COBR meeting tomorrow (for crisis situations, editor’s note) to … Read more
The British Royal Navy has reported a “significant increase in Russian military presence” near its territorial waters in the last two weeks. In a statement issued this Saturday, the British Royal Navy reports that it has monitored the movement of Russian submarines, destroyers, corvettes and support ships near its territorial waters in the last two … Read more