Cocoa farmers continue to face difficulties as global demand weakens and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine limits exports of fertilizers. Cocoa prices have dropped moderately in recent weeks, with both NY and London cocoa posting 2-week and 1-month lows, respectively. According to the European Cocoa Association, Q4 cocoa grindings in Europe fell by 1.7%…
France is still rejoicing its second World Cup title but on the social media game, results were a bit different. According to Primetag, a platform that measures influence on social networks, Brazil, Portugal, and France, respectively, topped the social media rankings. The unquestioned king of social media at the world cup was Cristiano Ronaldo. Primetag’s…
Moskow, Russia (ViaNews) – Russian women are being accused of disregarding Russian men and “sell themselves” to foreigners. Online haters have been launching bullying campaigns in the social media. They search for photos of Russian women with men from other countries, post them on social media pages, and then write demeaning comments and messages to…
The 32 national teams playing in the Russia World Cup have generated millions of new followers for both players and teams. According to Primetag, a platform that measures influence on social networks, Russia World Cup players gained over 15 million followers and had over 152 million interactions, during the first week alone. Among the winning…
LONDON (ViaNews) – As the relationship between Britain and Russia plunges to new depths – if it were a marriage, they’d be in court now, fighting over the CD collection – more and more commentators are wondering about the real purpose of Saturday’s air strikes on Syria. With two of the three leaders involved in…
WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – New national security policy in the United States takes aim at Russia and China as “revisionist” powers that may only attack American security, according to The Hill. President Donald Trump unveiled his “America First” plan – a 55-page document – over the last weekend. During a speech outlining the new strategy, Trump…
Wrocław, Poland (ViaNews) – Due to different reasons, the 2018 Russian presidential elections are unique. To some extent, they will reveal the ‘real face’ of Russian society. For the last years, Russian present rulers annexed Crimea, started the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, involved Russia in the war in Syria, interfered in elections in many countries…
London, UK (ViaNews) – And now we know. The thirty-two teams in the 2018 World Cup have learned their fate following the draw for the group stages. The FIFA brown envelope fest is getting close to reaching the apex of its four-yearly cycle. As for the hosts, Russia, the lowest ranked team in the competition,…
Nairobi, Kenya (ViaNews) – African football has been on the ascendancy in the last couple of years with Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the heart of driving that change. In 2018, Africa will set on another course of discovery when its five representatives head to Russia for the FIFA World Cup. Prior to the…
Kyiv, Ukraine (VIAnews) – The first episode of the Tatars’ rights restraint took place after the Russian Empire annexation of the Crimean peninsula from the Ottoman Empire in 1783. The new government seized lands and properties, using its power to deprive Crimean Tatars of their rights, which caused a mass migration to the Ottoman Empire….
