By revoking its ratification of the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Russia is restoring parity with the US, the Kremlin has said Russia has downgraded its participation in the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to the status of a signatory. President Vladimir Putin signed the change into law on Thursday, revoking Moscow’s ratification.

Nestle has become the latest addition to Kiev’s blacklist of businesses that continue operations in Russia Swiss food giant Nestle has been declared an international sponsor of war by the Ukrainian National Corruption Prevention Agency (NCPA) due to the multinational’s continuing operations in Russia, according to an announcement by the agency on Thursday.

The company’s chief economist warns of “severe” consequences if hostilities escalate The global economy could be doomed to take a major hit if the conflict between Hamas and Israel escalates, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Wednesday, citing a top economist at Ernst & Young.