© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks during a session of German lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke BERLIN (Reuters) – Finance Minister Christian Lindner warned that interest charges on Germany’s public debt could reach 30 billion euros next year due to rising interest rates…
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely still wants to control a “significant portion” of Ukraine or even capture the entire eastern European country — but he likely won’t succeed in that mission, according to a top Pentagon official.”I still think he has designs on a significant portion of Ukraine, if not the whole country,” US Under…
A chilling announcement greeted the attorney for Alexei Navalny when he tried to visit the imprisoned Kremlin foe on Tuesday at Pokrov, or IK-2, a penal colony about two and a half hours east of Moscow.“There is no such convict here,” authorities chillingly said, according to a social media post by close Navalny associate Leonid…
In an effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed new energy-efficiency standards Monday for residential gas furnaces. The rule, if finalized, would help limit the release of carbon dioxide and methane.The new standard would require new furnaces to convert 95% of the gas they…
Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump said in an interview Sunday that the former president “accused” daughter Ivanka of “perjury” when he attacked her after her testimony in the televised Jan. 6 hearing.In a videotaped snippet of her testimony aired at last Thursday’s hearing by the House panel probing the insurrection, Ivanka Trump said she accepted…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis walks at Downing Street, in London, Britain, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson LONDON (Reuters) -Legislation that Britain will unilaterally bring forward on Monday to scrap some of the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland will not break international law, minister…
Yale historian Timothy Snyder said Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to starve some countries as part of his efforts in Ukraine.Snyder published a lengthy Twitter thread Saturday explaining how he believes Putin is using food insecurity to his advantage and called it the “latest chapter of hunger politics.””Russia has a hunger plan. Vladimir Putin is…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop at a open market in Istanbul, Turkey, June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said on Saturday that the Turkish economy is liberal and will continue to grow in a sustainable way after the government introduced steps to support it. Speaking to businesses…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s finance minister said on Saturday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about the country’s recently…
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said this week he doesn’t think his Democratic colleague Rep. Jamie Raskin can properly do his job in Congress because his son died by suicide.Gaetz made the comments Tuesday during an episode of MTG: Live, which GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broadcasts to her social media sites. The lawmakers were discussing…