Unlike Western countries, Moscow and Beijing have not aligned themselves against anyone, the Russian president has said Relations between Russia and China have reached an all-time high and are successfully developing in many areas, President Vladimir Putin has said, stressing that the partnership does not seek to undermine other countries.

National day saw widespread protests as the elites’ agenda stoked a furious backlash Last week, on January 26th, Australians celebrated Australia Day – the country’s national day, akin to July 4th in America or Bastille Day in France.

The single-currency area remains in a “stagnation environment” after two quarters of negative growth   Industrial production in the eurozone rebounded slightly in April after a slump in March, the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday. However, the bounce back was weaker than expected, indicating underlying risks for the economies of the 20…