United States President, Joe Biden announced a $800 million military aid package for Ukraine, which adding weapons, ammunition, armored personnel carriers and helicopters, on Wednesday. “This new package of assistance will contain many of the highly effective weapons systems we have already provided and new capabilities tailored to the wider assault we expect Russia to … Read more
JPMorgan Chase stated the USA economic system stays on solid footing for the quick-term, however warned of heightened longer-term dangers due to inflation and the Ukraine conflict as its pronounced lower quarterly profits. Executives from the large financial institution said households and groups generally remained in appropriate shape, amid a tightening hard work marketplace. But higher … Read more
Iran’s oldest tire factory has shut down due to “financial issues “, state news agency IRNA published Wednesday. Kian Tire was once the “largest producer of off-road tires in Iran” but closed its doors few days ago due to “financial problems and difficulties in the supplies of raw materials”, IRNA said. factory was 1958 as … Read more
Through the gallery window, just off the swanky Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris, a tree is growing out of the ceiling. On closer inspection, it turns out the branches, leaves and flowers are made from bronze and rock-crystal, and it is one of dozens of beautiful and bizarre chandeliers in the Regis Mathieu Gallery. Few … Read more
The Russian consulate in Sarajevo on Wednesday cautioned the West’s mentality could cause “destabilization” in Bosnia, a day after the nation’s top worldwide agent suspended a dissident ethnic Serb regulation. The response of Moscow reflects strains in the unpredictable Balkans district, generally conflicted between East and West, and where Russia looks to broaden its impact. … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal were advancing but urged officials not to place all bets on the Vienna talks. “Work is progressing well in the negotiations,” Khamenei told Iranian officials including President Ebrahim Raisi. “Do not stop your work to wait for the results … Read more
Stock markets divide on Tuesday as investors dissolve official data showing US inflation hit a quadrennial high in March, increasing expectations that the Federal Reserve will act more aggressively to break rates. Oil rates, meanwhile, rush as Shanghai started to ease Covid restrictions and the OPEC group of crude-producing nations let down its forecast for international … Read more
WASHINGTON: According to what many Americans already anticipated, prices rose at a record rate last month, following a trend that began in January but was made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There will be a surge in gas prices and other petroleum items in March’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Labor Department … Read more
A group of Ukrainian businesses is asking a federal court in the United States to require Russia to pay a nearly $35 million international judgement, in the hopes of eventually gaining access to some of the country’s assets in the US. In a petition filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, the 11 … Read more
Guangzhou. Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport once again won the title of world’s busiest airport. The US airport became knocked off its No. 1 perch to the No. 2 fit in passenger extent in 2020 with the aid of using Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, breaking the Atlanta airport’s 22-yr streak within side the … Read more
Colombia’s Supreme Court has agreed to extradite the leader of the country’s largest gang to the United States. Dairo Antonio suga, also known as Otoniel, was the leader of the Gulf Clan cartel and is wanted in the United States on drug trafficking allegations. His capture in October, comparable to President Iván Duque’s capture of … Read more
Concerns over rising Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea prompted the first meeting between Japan’s foreign and defence ministers on Saturday. For the first time, the two US allies met for so-called two-plus-two discussions, in which both have territorial disputes with Beijing. Concerns over the East and South China Sea are a major source … Read more
The White House attacked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday for his stated proposal to bus illegal immigrants apprehended at the border to Washington, DC, calling it a “publicity stunt.” During her daily briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki was asked what preparations the government had taken to find migrants someplace to stay after Abbott … Read more
On Thursday, a U.S. appeals court panel upheld President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring government civilian employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 decision, removed an injunction imposed by a federal district court in Texas in January that had prevented implementation of the federal employee vaccination mandate. … Read more
Jonathan D.T. Ward, an expert on Chinese global strategy and US-China competitiveness, cautioned that China has been utilising Russia to undermine the United States’ worldwide supremacy. He said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has been “recycling Moscow’s propaganda” against Ukraine while meeting with Ukrainian ministers in an attempt to play both sides. “I think what’s … Read more
The US administration sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters on Wednesday over Moscow’s “atrocities in Ukraine.” Little is known publicly about them. Katerina Tikhonova, a “tech executive whose work helps… the Russian defence sector,” and Maria Vorontsova, who directs state-funded genetics research programmes “directly controlled by Putin,” according to the US Treasury. According to a … Read more
The US announced fresh penalties against Russia on Wednesday, including sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters for the first time. Katerina Tikhonovna and Maria Putina, both in their thirties, are rarely seen in public and their father rarely mentions them. They have only ever been identified by their first names by the … Read more
Jonathan D.T. Ward, an expert on Chinese global strategy and US-China competitiveness, cautioned that China has been utilising Russia to undermine the United States’ worldwide supremacy. He said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has been “recycling Moscow’s propaganda” against Ukraine while meeting with Ukrainian ministers in an attempt to play both sides. “I think what’s … Read more
The Pentagon stated Tuesday that the US government has approved a sale of up to $95 million in training and equipment to bolster Taiwan’s Patriot Air Defense System. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency stated in a statement that “the planned sale will assist to sustain the recipient’s (Taiwan’s) missile density and assure readiness for … Read more
Last month, the United States conducted a covert test of its new hypersonic missile, with a Pentagon official claiming that the launch was “kept quiet” owing to concerns over Ukraine. The test occurred only days after Russia declared that it had destroyed an ammo storage in western Ukraine with its own hypersonic missile. Pentagon press … Read more
The US has emphasised that charges of meddling in Pakistan’s internal affairs are false, and that it supports the peaceful enforcement of constitutional norms. “We support the peaceful preservation of constitutional and democratic norms — that is the case in Pakistan — that is the case across the globe,” a US State Department official said … Read more
TBILISI: It may seem strange after a pandemic that has killed millions and turned the world upside down, but viruses could save just as many lives. In a petri dish in a laboratory in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, a battle is going on between antibiotic-resistant bacteria and “friendly” viruses. This small nation in the Caucasus … Read more
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said on Sunday that an agreement to restart the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and international powers is “near.” Iran has been in talks to resurrect the deal, technically known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China directly, and the … Read more
The Republication for vice president in 2008 Sarah Palin announced her run for Alaska’s only seat in the United States House of Representatives on Friday. It would be first run of Palin for public office since for serving as John McCain’s running mate in campaign that was Democrat Barack Obama elected president in November 2008. … Read more
China lashed out at the United States on Friday, accusing it of provoking the Russia-Ukraine dispute and blaming it for the growth of NATO, a military alliance of western countries, to protect itself against any nation’s aggression. “As the perpetrator and primary initiator of the Ukraine issue, the US has led NATO in five rounds … Read more
Sir Paul McCartney, 79, has recently learnt that the coffee chain is raising prices for plant-based milks such as soy, oat, and almond – and the Beatle can’t stand it. So, in an open letter he wrote with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, McCartney — who owns numerous houses in the United … Read more
Authorities claimed they discovered six mutilated remains in a truck in southern Mexico on Thursday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused popular television shows of glamorizing the brutal drug trade. Prosecutors said the remains were discovered in plastic bags inside a car in Chilapa, Guerrero, without verifying claims that the severed heads were placed … Read more
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is considering releasing up to 180 million barrels of oil over several months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), four U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the White House tries to lower fuel prices. The latest amount of U.S. oil release being considered, which is equivalent to about two days … Read more
