According to a White House statement, President Biden spoke with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, on Tuesday morning in a phone call aimed at addressing a broad range of combative and cooperative issues as the United States grapples with wars and other global crises. Topics on Mr. Biden’s agenda included the fight against drug production, the…
As Speaker Mike Johnson opened the floor to questions at a closed-door fundraiser in New Jersey last month, Jacquie Colgan asked how he planned to handle aid to Ukraine in the face of fierce opposition within his own ranks. What followed was an impassioned monologue from Mr Johnson in which he explained why he believes…
House Freedom Caucus member U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks during a press conference about federal government spending on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 12, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters After six months of budget impasses, emergency funding measures and near government shutdowns, Congress this weekend finalized the remaining parts of a permanent spending package…
A photo of a television screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron during a televised address to the nation he gave at the Elysee Palace after signing a pension reform in Paris on April 17, 2023. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has reiterated the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine,…
Vladimir Putin at a rally on Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin on March 18, 2018. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images There are no surprises about who will win Russia’s presidential election next weekend, with incumbent Vladimir Putin expected to win a fifth term in office and stay in power until at least 2030. The heavily staged vote,…
President Biden stood in an Upper East Side townhouse owned by businessman James Murdoch, the rebellious scion of the media empire, surrounded by liberal New York Democrats who had paid handsomely to listen to optimistic talk about the Biden agenda for the next years to listen. It was October 6, 2022, but what they heard…
Weibliche Mitglieder der 128. Karpaten-Gebirgsangriffsbrigade der ukrainischen Armee trainieren in verschiedenen Kampfszenarien, während sie sich auf den Fronteinsatz in Saporischschja, Ukraine, am 15. Juli 2023 vorbereiten. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Krieg, Militär, Kampf, Front – all das wird traditionell als „Männerwelt“ angesehen, trotz der vielen offiziellen und inoffiziellen Beiträge, die Frauen im Laufe…
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on the day it was announced that Alexei Navalny was in prison in the Yamal-Nenets region, where he is serving his sentence had died in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024. Kai Pfaffenbach | Afp | Getty…
On Friday, crowds gathered in Moscow to attend the funeral of Alexei Navalny. Allies of the late Russian opposition politician said over 1,000 people gathered. CNBC was unable to independently verify the number. Remnants of snow clung to the streets of gray Moscow as people lined up outside the church where the memorial service will…
Iran showcases its first hypersonic ballistic missile “Fattah” (Conqueror) at an event attended by President Ebrahim Raisi and other government officials in Tehran, Iran, June 6, 2023. Sepah News | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iran has sent hundreds of its powerful ballistic missiles to President Vladimir Putin’s government in Russia, boosting military cooperation between…
