Yuan-ruble trading has outpaced the dollar-ruble pairing for the first time, according to Moscow Exchange data on Thursday. The amount of trade in the yuan-ruble pair reached 45.37 billion rubles ($756 million) as of 11:26 GMT compared to dollar-ruble trading that amounted to 43.7 billion rubles ($729 million).

EU members should ‘stop complaining’ and ‘pay the price’ for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, says leader of the bloc which started it all The General Secretary of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, took it upon himself recently to lecture the members of the European Parliament about the need to “pay the price” necessary to keep Ukraine able to…

Lawmakers warned that a “rogue” leader could someday take control of America’s atomic arsenal Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced a bill that would force the White House to seek Congressional approval before ordering a nuclear strike, insisting the president should not have unilateral authority to start a nuclear war.