Toronto, Atlanta (28/11 – 20) A wise old expression intones “Behind every bad borrower is a bad lender”. Like many such cute, amusing aphorisms, it is accurate as far as it goes … but what if? What if a loan approval is held up, then granted, after a couple of phone calls from the...
Valencia, Turin, Madrid (28/11 – 25) Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia retained his MotoGP world title with many records; there are nevertheless signs that the Ducati rider will face sterner competition next season. The Italian rider won the 2023 season-ending MotoGP Grand Prix in...
Amidst the shattered homes and rubble-strewn streets of Avdiivka, Ukrainian police are attempting to persuade its 1,500 residents to leave while volunteers risk their lives to deliver food and water to those who are determined to remain. The town which grew up around a coke plant in...
Ukrainian soldiers appear to have successfully consolidated their positions on the left bank of the highly strategic Dnipro River, an area that was previously under Russian control, according to a November 22 update from the Institute for the Study of War, which analyses the military...
Vietnam’s foreign policy is based on balancing which allows it to maintain room for manoeuvre. In this regard, Hanoi tries to take simultaneously into account the interests of Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. So far this worked to Vietnam’s benefit making the country more attractive to...
