• 02/26/2025

VTB net profit under IFRS hits record $6.3 bln in 2024

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Throughout the year, the total loan book expansion gradually decelerated due to the Bank of Russia’s tighter monetary policy and restrictive macro prudential measures, VTB said https://tass.com/economy/1918623

Read More

Nova Festival Massacre survivors reunite in IDF reserve battalion

Jerusalem Post After October 7, all three were called up to the 926th Rescue Battalion, where they soon discovered their shared stories of survival at the Nova Festival. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-843657

Read More

France may deploy nuclear forces to Germany should US troops leave Europe — newspaper

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to an anonymous French official, “posting a few French nuclear jet fighters in Germany should not be difficult and would send a strong message” to Russia https://tass.com/world/1918621

Read More

Ukraine has no chances to emerge victorious from conflict — Poland’s former PM

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Poland should not be influenced by European views when it comes to the Ukraine conflict, Leszek Miller stressed, because Europe “is not a military power and does not have an army” https://tass.com/world/1918619

Read More

Taiwan’s gender pay gap widens in 2024

Taipei, Feb. 25 (CNA) Taiwan’s gender pay gap in 2024 was 15.8 percent, slightly higher than the 15.1 percent recorded in 2023, according to data on the relative wages of male and female employees by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202502250015

Read More

Taiwan’s coast guard detains Chinese-crewed ship after subsea cable cut

Hong Kong Free Press Taiwan detained a Chinese-crewed cargo ship on Tuesday after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island, the coast guard said. The Togolese-registered, Chinese-crewed cargo ship “Hongtai” is detained by Taiwan’s coast guard in Penghu on February 25, 2024, after a subsea telecoms cable was severed off the island. Photo:…

Read More

China denounces unilateral sanctions not approved by UN — Foreign Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Earlier, the Canadian authorities blacklisted 76 individuals and entities over the situation in Ukraine https://tass.com/world/1918617

Read More

DoorDash to pay N.Y. workers nearly $17 million for using tips as wages

Washington Post An investigation found the firm used customer tips to subsidize delivery workers’ wages between 2017 and 2019. More than 60,000 may be eligible for the payout. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/25/doordash-settlement-tips-workers/

Read More

WSJ: Ukraine could maintain current pace of war until summer without US aid

Pravda Ukraine Ukraine has enough weapons to continue fighting at the current pace until the summer without US military aid. Source: current and former Western officials in a statement to The Wall Street Journal, as reported by European Pravda Details: By the summer, Kyiv may face a shortage of ammunition and an inability to use…

Read More

Russia, India may broaden cooperation in LNG production, supply — Valdai report

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The report noted that “although the work on the development of the industry has slowed down, it is continuing, since this area is strategic and a priority for Russia” https://tass.com/economy/1918613

Read More