Trump says he will meet Putin despite Kremlin’s refusal to talk to Kyiv
US president contradicts reports Putin meeting Zelenskyy was a precondition of a US-Russia summit Donald Trump has said he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin despite the Russian leader’s refusal to meet Ukraine’s leader – dispelling speculation that direct talks between the two warring presidents were a precondition of a…
UEFA Grants €10.8M to Russian Clubs
Five Ukraine clubs failed to win similar payments due to allegedly being located in ‘zone of military operations’. Uefa has paid more than €10.8m (£9.4m) in “solidarity” funds to Russian football clubs since they were banned from taking part in European tournaments after the Kremlin’s invasion ofUkraine. The payments were…
Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance
US banks have already pulled out of NZBA, the UN environment programme’s finance initiative Barclays has become the second UK bank to withdraw from a UN-backed net zero target-setting group, claiming that a wave of defections by international lenders meant it was no longer fit for purpose. It marks a…
UK services sector has biggest fall in orders for nearly three years
Figures add to pressure on Bank of England to cut interest rates when it meets on Thursday The UK’s dominant services sector has reported its biggest drop in new orders in almost three years in July, adding to pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates on Thursday….
Trump’s new tariffs – from India to Taiwan
The US president’s increased ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on dozens of countries came into effect at a minute past midnight Washington time on Thursday. “Reciprocal” tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on imports into the US from dozens of countries have come into effect, as part of Donald Trump’s accelerating trade war….