Fragmentation will have severe implications for global trade and financial stability, Christine Lagarde warns Growing geopolitical tensions could accelerate the world economy’s deglobalization process, which would have far-reaching implications for all, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde warned on Friday.

Hosting nuclear weapons is a “sovereign” matter to be decided by NATO members, the deputy head of the US-led bloc says NATO is not inclined to give Russia any security guarantees on the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territories of its two newest prospective members, Finland and Sweden, the bloc’s Deputy Secretary-General Camille Grand…

Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale but unsuccessful attack on Russia’s border regions in attempt to create incursion breach The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been marked by a major escalation at border areas between the two countries, as Kiev’s forces staged multiple attempts to breach into the Kursk and Belgorod regions. The attacks…