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On June 8-9, Chinese leader Xi Jinping traveled to North Korea for his first overseas trip of 2026, drawing renewed attention to the evolving dynamics among Beijing, Pyongyang, and Moscow. The visit came less than a month after Xi met with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's
Canadian Banking System Remains ‘Stable and Resilient’ Amid SVB Shutdown
Canada assures that its financial institutions are “stable and resilient” following the collapse of California-based...
Canada Launches Public Consultations on Creation of Foreign Agent Registry
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced the launch of public consultations on March 10 to begin...
Volkswagen Assets Frozen by Russian Court, Driving Stake Into Plans to Back Out of Russia
On Mar. 20, Volkswagen found all of its assets in Russia frozen by a local court in the midst of its...
Erdogan Confirms Extension of Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Grain Deal
A deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports from Black Sea ports that was set to expire on Saturday (March...
Central Bank Digital Currency Transactions Will Double to $213 Billion by 2030: Research Firm
Cash and the economic system humanity has used for thousands of years is set to be defenestrated further...
French Cabinet Pushes for Pension Reform Plan Without a Vote
The French government aroused controversy by forcing through a controversial measure to raise the retirement...
US Says it Won’t Follow Suit With Other NATO Countries and Supply Ukraine With Fighter Jets
On March 16, Poland said it will be sending four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, a move that legacy media...
SWIFT Pushes Ahead With International Central Bank Digital Currency System
The world’s foremost banking protocol is pushing ahead with the next stage of its implementation of international...
Dutch Farmers Gather to Protest Nationalization of Their Property
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Several thousand Dutch farmers demonstrated on Saturday, March 11, in The...