Fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui holds a press conference in New York on November 20, 2018 on the death of tycoon Wang Jian in France on July 3, 2018. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images Controversial exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui’s chief of staff pleaded guilty Friday in New York to a fraud conspiracy…
The BlackRock logo is displayed at the company’s headquarters in New York City on November 14, 2022. Leonardo Munoz | Getty Images Asset manager BlackRock will launch an investment platform in Riyadh with the help of a $5 billion anchor investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund. Tuesday’s announcement followed…
Israel welcomed a U.S. aid package signed by President Biden on Wednesday that provides about $15 billion in military aid to Israel, increasing American support for its closest Middle East ally despite tensions in their relations over the continuation of the war in Gaza increased by Israel. “Our alliance is ironclad,” Israel Katz, the country’s…
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while Speaker Mike Johnson jeopardized his job of advancing the long-stalled aid package by mobilized the support of mainstream Republicans and Democrats. In four consecutive votes, an overwhelming bipartisan coalition of lawmakers approved new rounds…
Soon after the House approved a long-stalled aid package, U.S. arms shipments could begin flowing again to Ukraine, U.S. officials say, with goods from Pentagon stockpiles in Germany being quickly shipped by rail to the Ukrainian border. The measure would bring about $60 billion to Ukraine’s war effort. A significant amount will be allocated to…
Signage is seen at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, DC, USA, May 10, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released long-awaited regulations on some toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. The chemicals known as PFAS are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances. They are made by binding…
The Biden administration will provide up to $6.6 billion in grants to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the leading maker of the most advanced microchips, to bring some of the most advanced semiconductor technologies to the United States. Funding from the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will help support the construction of TSMC’s first major U.S….
Senator Patty Murray was inspired to enter politics when a male lawmaker mocked her efforts to fight budget cuts to early education programs, calling her “just a mother in tennis shoes” – a remark she would proudly adopt as a campaign slogan. So it was no surprise that more than 40 years later, Ms. Murray,…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at 40 Wall Street after his court hearing to set the date of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments related to extramarital affairs in New York City, March 25, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump is facing hundreds of millions of dollars…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden signed a $460 billion spending bill Saturday, averting a partial government shutdown that would have taken…
