Finnish police say Russia-linked ship held up in probe into severed cables may have dragged anchor 60 miles Blogging Sole

Helsinki, Finland — Finnish investigators probing damage to a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables said they found an anchor drag mark on the seabed, apparently from a Russian-linked ship that has already been seized for investigation. The Estlink-2 power cable, which carries energy from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea, failed … Read more

To strengthen foreign exchange reserves held by SBP, Pakistan receives $500 million from ADB Blogging Sole

To strengthen foreign exchange reserves held by SBP, Pakistan receives 0 million from ADB

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A worker walks past the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in this file photo. -Reuters Influx to help increase the country’s import coverage and stabilize the rupee. Aims to foster Pakistan’s perseverance in the face of disasters. The SBP’s foreign exchange reserves stood at $11.42 billion as of November 22. The central bank … Read more

2 Somali pirates receive 30 years in prison for the kidnapping of an American journalist held hostage for 977 days Blogging Sole

Two Somali pirates sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and held him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to study piracy and the country’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by several heavily armed men and … Read more