Moscow has failed to negotiate seriously, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has claimed The White House has accused Russia of not negotiating in good faith a potential prisoner swap between the two countries, claiming that Moscow’s actions are at odds with the statements it makes on record. Speaking at a regular press briefing on … Read more
As coloured lights and smoke machines filled a cavernous exhibition hall in Liverpool, the great and good of the UK pensions industry sipped cocktails and champagne to the strains of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”. The self-belief of a usually staid industry had certainly been put to the test by a chaotic couple of weeks. Unprecedented … Read more
Under the agreement, more than $2 million would be returned to Transit Swap users. Source link
Majority of the DeFi tokens in Top-100 traded in red barring a few, thanks to the weekend rout in the market correction towards the end of the week. Source link
Ukraine announced a high-profile prisoner swap early Thursday that was the culmination of months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in Mariupol during a long Russian siege. In exchange, Ukraine gave up a prominent ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and 55 other prisoners. President Volodymr Zelenskyy … Read more
Russia has released a number of prisoners, including Britons and Americans, after mediation by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the official Saudi news agency reported on Wednesday. The prisoners, who also included Swedish and Moroccan citizens, have been flown to the Gulf kingdom, from where they will be repatriated, the official Saudi Press … Read more
CNN — Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia. Family members of Americans Alexander John-Robert Drueke and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, who were captured in June while … Read more
The Bank of Korea has denied that it will announce a currency swap arrangement with the US Federal Reserve this week, as the Korean won continues its slide against the dollar to the lowest levels since March 2009. The won has fallen 15 per cent against the dollar since the beginning of the year, more … Read more
The Taliban said they exchanged American engineer Mark Frerichs for the US’s freeing a senior Taliban figure on Monday. “Today, Mark Frerichs was handed over to the US, and Haji Bashir was handed over to us at Kabul airport,” Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told a press conference in Afghanistan’s capital. Muttaqi said the exchange … Read more
Washington has released Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai in exchange for the freedom of U.S. citizen Mark Frerichs, who’d been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years. Source link