Islamabad has offered Moscow a barter agreement to shift away from Western currencies in settlements, a minister has said Trade turnover between Russia and Pakistan has grown by over a third since last summer, as the two countries bolster economic ties, Pakistan’s minister for commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

The suspect allegedly intended to provide intelligence to Russia that could have led to the killing of the Ukrainian leader A Polish man has been arrested for allegedly trying to help Russia assassinate Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Warsaw and Kiev have said.

Aggressive monetary tightening by central banks threatens the global economy, according to strategists A cycle of boom and bust will return this year and a wave of corporate debt defaults is imminent, particularly in the US and Europe, Deutsche Bank has warned.