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...Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned into “a battle of ammunition”, Nato’s head has warned, as supply shortages have forced Kyiv’s military to ration artillery rounds....
...The US has sent more 1mn rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukrainian armed forces....
...Israel has “basically signed on” to a six-week ceasefire that would be used to facilitate a second round of swaps of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a senior US administration official said....
...According to Russian officials, the assailants were in the building from 7.58pm to 8.11pm before they fled, leaving behind two AK-74 assault rifles, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and bottles containing...
...Officials have repeatedly raised the matter with top Chinese officials in the past three months, asking them to convey a warning to Iran not to inflame tensions in the Middle East after Hamas’s October 7...
...To this end, Ukraine is expending 6,000-7,000 artillery rounds a day....
...“Show us at least one officer or sergeant in the American army who has fired, for example, 5,000 to 7,000 rounds with this [M777 howitzer],” Viktor, a battery commander in a Ukrainian artillery unit, told...
...Sales in 2023 are expected to reach a range of €7.4bn- €7.6bn compared with €6.4bn in sales in 2022....
...But, as a point of comparison, the 2022 US artillery munitions budget of $174mn includes over 75 000 rounds of “dumb” ammunition, according to analysis by the Royal United Services Institute....
...Each round of ammunition might cost €6,000-€7,000. Tanks carry 40-plus rounds. If every tank fired 20 rounds a day, monthly ebit would be around €1mn per vehicle, applying a 25 per cent margin....
...Here is a round-up of some of the nominations....
...Is the west running out of ammunition to supply Ukraine?...
...Meanwhile, there is a dire shortage of ammunition....
...Durable goods spending has contracted for a third straight month, but the most recent pullback was driven in large part by a 7.7 per cent decline in car sales, as scarcity and surprisingly high prices turned...
...So what it has delivered so far are light weapons, anti-aircraft missiles, machine guns, ammunition, helmets, these kind of things....
...Oliver RoederSo we are watching chess.com’s broadcast of round 11 of the Candidates Tournament. Lilah RaptopoulosThis tournament is a huge deal in the chess world....
...On average across the sample stagflation was associated with a 3 per cent real loss for equity holders and a 7.5 per cent real loss for bondholders....
...“The fear is that one of these auctions performs just as badly or worse than the seven-year, and that triggers another round of selling . . . which then brings another round of market instability, and then...
...Gold trimmed earlier gains to be 0.7 per cent lower at $1,717.15 an ounce, although it remains near a seven-year high....
...Many tariffs remain in place, even where there is no British production, to conserve ammunition for trade talks with the EU and others....
...It does have the ammunition but will probably be willing to let inflation go above its target for a while....
...They could also provide the ammunition for the next round of political infighting in Poland — and put further strain on the frayed relations between Brussels and the EU’s sixth-biggest economy....
...Donation driveAn EU-led global pledging event bringing together more than 40 governments (but not the US) has raised €7.4bn to fund a vaccine for Covid-19....
...(The New Yorker) Liquidity trap In an exclusive interview with the FT, Bank of England governor Mark Carney says central banks are running out of the ammunition needed to combat a downturn, echoing comments...
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