Day: October 28, 2024

Russia’s Central Bank was forced to hike rates by two points to a historic high of 21 percent last week, prompting some analysts to claim that the economy was ‘crashing’.

North Korea, which is ruled by its leader Kim Jong Un, is believed to have sent thousands of troops to aid Russia in its fight against Ukraine.

A group of almost 200 ex-North Korean soldiers asked to be deployed in Ukraine to help demoralize and influence Pyongyang’s troops joining the war on Russia’s side, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Oct. 28.