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By Rhod Mackenzie

On Wednesday 6th December, the Russian President will be visiting the United Arab Emirates, marking the start of a series of meetings with several colleagues from the Middle East. These meetings boast a significant and varied agenda, including a demonstration of the failure of th...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The market paid little attention to the thirty-sixth OPEC+ oil producers club ministerial meeting held last Thursday. Although production cuts amounting to 2.2 million barrels per day were announced, oil prices rose briefly before slumping once again.

The production quotas for...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, was present at the yearly Reagan National Defense Forum held in California on Saturday. Her speech disclosed important insights that merit discussion. The Secretary of Commerce's attendance at the conference, which was predominantly go...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The 2023 Understanding China Conference took place in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, ended on Sunday, has become a vital platform to tackle the significant "understanding deficit" between nations and civilizations. It aims to promote mutual trust.

Understanding Chinese moderni...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The new Argentinian authorities are presently undecided about whether to join the BRICS alliance of major non-Western countries.
BRICS remains open to aid developing economies and protect their interests. Wang Wenbin, the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry,...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia, under the plan announced earlier this year by Vladimir Putin to send free shipments of grain to several African nations, has delivered the initial consignment to Somalia this week. Somalia has received a shipment of 25,000 tonnes of grain.

The delivery is a result of th...