World is on brink of new Cold War, says GorbachevFormer Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Go More… |
EBRD plans Arab expansion, Russia urges cautionThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) agreed on Saturday to begin the process of expanding lending into the Mena region, following a string of popular revolts in the Arab world. The expansion has been supported by the More… |