France’s gross domestic product contracted 5.8 percent in the first quarter, largely because of the coronavirus lockdown imposed since mid-March, the national statistics agency said Thursday. The drop is the biggest since quarterly GDP evaluations began in 1949, exceeding the third quarter 1.6 percent drop in 2009 and the 5.3 ...
The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on the US and Iran to exercise “maximum restraint’ in the Persian Gulf region and not fall for provocations. “Moscow has always considered stability and security in the Persian Gulf as one of the key factors that affect the situation in the context of ...