Explainer: Russia walks the plank to a foreign bond default
Russia’s failure to send an interest payment to creditors is triggering a payout on debt insurance, taking the country another step closer to its first default on international bonds since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago.
Myanmar protesters raise voices to ‘shake the world’; more mystery blasts
Protesters in Myanmar turned out in their thousands on Sunday, marching to oppose military rule more than three months after a coup, and security forces responded with gunfire in at least three places, killing four people, media reported. The bloodiest protests for some days were coordinated with demonstrations among Myanmar communities around the world to […]
