As Armenia pushes to position itself on trade routes linking Asia and Europe, it faces a major obstacle at home: Its rail network is still controlled by a Russian state company under Western sanctions. Aiming to become part of international transit corridors, Armenia is constrained by the fact that its railways are managed by Russian…
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained at a near-complete halt, with neither Iran nor the US showing any sign of easing their blockades of maritime traffic. Source link
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa breaks her women’s world record with a time of two hours 15 minutes and 40 seconds, to win her second consecutive London Marathon. Source link
Australia is sending its first-ever delegation to Ties That Bind, EAVE‘s flagship European-Asian co-production training program, with two Asian Australian filmmakers joining the initiative’s annual session in Udine, Italy, where it runs alongside the Far East Film Festival and Focus Asia through April 30. Industry development specialist Sheree Ramage shepherded the delegation to Udine, bringing…
new video loaded: How Drug Cartel Gold Ends Up at the U.S. Mint The U.S. Mint is legally required to sell only legal, domestic gold. Instead, it is the last link in a chain that launders foreign gold for an insatiable market. Our reporter Justin Scheck traced one such supply chain: from an illegal mine…
The U.K. will seek to smooth over its “special relationship” with the U.S. next week, when it deploys King Charles III for a state visit with President Trump. The royal tour comes Trump has lambasted the country’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not being supportive of the U.S. war in Iran and its reluctance to help Washington……
Three reporters followed supply chains to reveal that the U.S. Mint buys gold that comes from foreign pawn shops and drug dealers, then claims it is from the United States. Source link
Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race. The 30-year-old Kenyan crossed the line to win in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, more than one minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023. The…
The US Federal Reserve building in Washington DC. The next Fed meeting will take place on April 28-29. Getty The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States, meaning that it is a government entity in charge of monetary policy that affects the entire economy. To effect its policies, the Fed, as it’s…
Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first man to run a sub-two hour marathon in a competitive race at the London Marathon. The 30-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, more than one minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023. Source link