France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West’s mettle

PARIS — France announced more planned deliveries of its Caesar artillery system to Ukraine on Thursday and accelerating weapons manufacturing as it seeks to avoid depleting its own military stocks while continuing to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion. “The logic of ceding materiel taken from the armies’ stocks is reaching its end,” the … Read more

A UN-backed expert will continue scrutinizing human rights in Russia for another year

The U.N.’s top human rights body has agreed to renew the work of an independent expert who has reported on deteriorating human rights conditions in Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched all-out war on Ukraine last year ByThe Associated Press October 12, 2023, 11:58 AM GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights body agreed Thursday … Read more

DOJ scrutinizing Kazakh Freedom Holding after hit by short sellers

Freedom Holding CEO Timur Turlov speaks during a press interview in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Freedom Holding, a Nasdaq-traded Kazakh financial firm that’s been the target of prominent short sellers, is being investigated by federal prosecutors and Securities and Exchange Commission counsel over compliance issues, insider stock moves, and an … Read more

Donald Trump says he will be in courtroom for New York trial scrutinizing his business practices

NEW YORK (AP) — With control over some of his most prized real estate holdings in jeopardy, former President Donald Trump says he will make a rare, voluntary trip to court Monday for the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that has already resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in … Read more