#UPDATE Moody's ratings agency confirms Russia has defaulted on foreign debt for the first time in a century after bond holders did not receive $100 million in interest payments.
The missed payments follow a series of tough sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine
#BREAKING Michelin tyre group says to give up Russia business by end-2022
#UPDATE French tyre group #Michelin said on Tuesday it plans to transfer its activities in Russia to local management, the latest foreign firm to exit the country following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wDrj
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#BREAKING Russia poses a 'direct threat' to NATO security: Stoltenberg
#UPDATE NATO leaders meeting in Madrid are set to label Russia a menace to their security as they overhaul the alliance's defences in response to the war on Ukraine, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said.
"We'll state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security"
VIDEO: "I expect that when leaders agree the strategic concept they will state clearly that Russia poses a direct threat to our security and, of course, that would be reflected throughout the strategic concept": Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general
#BREAKING Philippines' Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa says 'business as usual' despite news outlet's shutdown order
#UPDATE Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa's news company Rappler was ordered Wednesday to shut down, a day before President Rodrigo Duterte is due to leave office, but she vowed to keep the site running
#BREAKING Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in jail for sex crimes
#UPDATE Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, capping the former socialite's sordid fall from grace u.afp.com/wDFa
New York sex-trafficking trial.
#AFPGraphics factfile on Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was found guilty in December on five of the six counts she was facing for sex crimes