People walk past an apple store in Wangfujing with iPhone 13 series advertisement on a big screen. Sheldon Cooper | LightRocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The European Union should help countries stand up to Vladimir Putin by sending a clear message about their prospects for joining the EU, French Europe Minister Laurence Boone told POLITICO. The EU is preparing for a potential wave of expansion that could bring as … Read more
Britain’s housing market is in the dumps, as if you hadn’t noticed, but at least it’s transactions that are tumbling rather than prices. Bank of England mortgage approvals figures this morning were a sobering reminder that the housing market is drying up. Lenders approved 10% fewer home loans in July than June, considerably worse than … Read more
A Ukrainian drone targeted a military airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, causing a fire and damaging one warplane, Russia’s Defence Ministry has said. The ministry said nobody was hurt and the fire was quickly extinguished. The Novgorod region lies northwest of Moscow, hundreds of miles from Russia’s border with Ukraine. ”As a result of the … Read more
Washington has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands, it has been reported. The White House has given the two European nations official assurances that it will expedite approval of transfer requests for the F-16s as soon as Ukrainian pilots have completed training programmes for the aircraft, an unnamed US official told Reuters. … Read more
CNN — China’s defense minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday warned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia. Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li said attempts to “use Taiwan to contain China,” would “surely end … Read more
A Russian warship opened fire on a cargo vessel travelling to the Ukrainian port of Izmail, the Kremlin has said. The Vasily Bykov, part of the Black Sea Fleet, detected a ship flying under the flag of Palau at around 6:40am Moscow time. Warning shots were fired on the Sukra Okan when it did not … Read more
Controversial cluster bombs supplied by the US are allowing Ukrainian forces to push forward on their counteroffensive, soldiers have said. One soldier said his platoon had been pinned down east of Robotyne, a key village on the southern front, before the munitions allowed them to capture the Russian position. He told the Wall Street Journal: … Read more
Russia expended half a million rounds of ammunition in eastern Ukraine last week as Moscow’s forces launched 9,000 attacks in the region, Kyiv said on Monday. Despite the pressure, Ukraine’s forces continued to claw back territory from Russian control around the city of Bakhmut, the country’s deputy defence minister said. “Almost half a million rounds … Read more
A Russian court on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team. Navalny, who emerged as the most outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin’s government … Read more