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Calls for the withdrawal of the high-denomination banknote from circulation have been heard for years, with the bills becoming associated with cash-based crimes, including tax evasion, money laundering and the drugs trade. By the end of January, only the German and…
President Joseph Kabila’s chosen successor was believed to have been trailing behind businessman and political newcomer Martin Fayulu, who campaigned against widespread corruption. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has shut down the country’s internet to avert a “popular uprising” as tensions rise…
Scientists from Russia and around the world see plasma rocket technology as a crucial possible ingredient for speedy missions to Mars and beyond. Physicists from the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk are preparing another…
HELSINKI (Sputnik) – A court of the Finnish city of Vantaa refused Wednesday to release Russian national Mira Terada, who was detained in Helsinki at the US request, on her own recognizance, Terada’s lawyer Johanna Karvinen told Sputnik. “The court…
While Honduras is the latest country to follow Donald Trump’s stance on Jerusalem, the international community is still divided on the matter. Here’s a look at which countries have already relocated their embassies to Jerusalem, thus recognising the city as…
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela views the visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo to Latin America as Washington’s attempt to exert pressure on the country and interfere in its internal affairs, the Bolivarian Republic’s Foreign Ministry said in a…
