Russia-Ukraine war updates for Dec.18, 2023

Russia’s prime minister to meet with Xi in China Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets with China’s President Xi Jinping in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty Images Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to China on Tuesday, Moscow said Monday. Mishustin … Read more

Fed and BoE decisions, stocks and data

Thu, Dec 14 20238:38 AM EST European Central Bank holds rates, trims growth forecasts A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war updates for Dec.14, 2023

Hungary’s Orban set to oppose Ukraine EU accession talks as summit kicks off Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (R) attend European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium on December 14, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Talks are reportedly underway between European Union leaders over the enlargement … Read more

European Union leaders agree to open membership talks with Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Viktor Kovalchuk | Getty Images Ukraine has moved one step closer to European Union membership after leaders in Brussels agreed to open negotiations with the war-torn nation. In a surprise announcement late Thursday, EU summit chair Charles Michel, who is the European Council president, said leaders had decided to start … Read more

European Central Bank holds rates, will start shrinking balance sheet

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – NOVEMBER 27: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank speaks during the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Nevember 27, 2023. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The European Central Bank on Thursday held interest rates … Read more

Bank of England leaves policy unchanged, says rates to stay high for ‘extended period’

Buses pass in the City of London financial district outside the Royal Exchange near the Bank of England on 2nd July 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5.25% and said monetary policy is … Read more

German Chancellor announces 2024 budget plan after debt crisis talks

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economy and Climate Action Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) listen during the Budgetary debate in the plenary hall of the German Lower house of Parliament or Bundestag on November 28, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Michele Tantussi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Germany’s … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Russia likely shifting drone launch locations in a bid to thwart Ukrainian attacks: U.K. Russia is highly likely dispersing the launch capabilities of its attack drones in an effort to thwart Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence said Wednesday. In an intelligence update, the U.K. noted that Russia had launched at least … Read more

Bank of England set to hold interest rates as economists debate 2024 cuts

A passageway near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England is all but certain to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 5.25% for a third consecutive meeting on Thursday, but economists are … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Kremlin says it’s closely monitoring Biden-Zelenskyy meeting TOPSHOT – Pedestrians walk past a New Year decoration stylised as the “Kremlin Star”, bearing a Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on January 02, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) Natalia Kolesnikova | … Read more