EU parliament fund invested in cluster munitions industry – media

The body’s pension managers also bought shares in tobacco and mining firms, EUobserver reports A heavily indebted pension fund serving the European Parliament has been found to have used taxpayer money to purchase shares in various arms, tobacco, mining and fossil fuel companies, EUobserver reported on Tuesday.

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China ratchets up US securities sell-off

The amount of US stocks and bonds sold by Chinese investors hit a four-year high in August, according to the latest data released by the US Treasury Department on Thursday. Sales of equities totaled about $5.1 billion, marking a record for monthly sales of US stocks by investors from the Asian nation, while they also…

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Ukraine walks back firing of top security officials

Ukraine’s prosecutor general and the head of national security agency have been suspended, but not fired. Contrary to reports on Sunday night, Ukraine’s prosecutor general and Security Service (SBU) chief have been suspended, but no decision has been made on whether to fire them, the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky clarified on Monday.

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