Supervisors of the most vulnerable banks in the United States have been "insufficiently assertive" and their actions failed to adequately address financial stability risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the country's Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) see no signs of "contagion" of Swiss financial institutions due to turmoil in the banking sector in the United States, the SNB said in a statement on Wednesday

Brazil has sunk the country's only decommissioned aircraft carrier Sao Paulo in the Atlantic Ocean after the vessel was denied docking due to the risk of running around, the Brazilian navy said

Media reports about Switzerland allegedly going against its tradition of neutrality by joining economic sanctions against Russia are exaggerated, experts surveyed by Sputnik argue, noting that Bern has a history of such behavior, but the current situation clearly marks the difference between "legal" and "political" approaches to neutrality