Three escapees, including two men of conscription age, have been suspended from further performances Three ballet troupe members from Ukraine’s Lviv Opera have failed to return to their home country after their tour in northern Europe, the theatre’s press service has reported.

The key PMI index contracted for a 20th consecutive month in February, the latest data shows Manufacturing activity across the 20 countries that use the euro has continued to decline, largely due to a slowdown in the area’s leading economy Germany, according to a study by S&P Global.

Today’s Western leaders exhibit a strange mix of self-assuredness and anxiety that’s characteristic of those defending the status quo during times of sweeping change US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has become the latest to add her voice to the growing chorus of Western officials calling for the seizure of Russia’s $300 billion in frozen foreign-exchange…