By Ivana Kottasová Mark your calendars. The world has just a few weeks to avert a dangerous slowdown in the global economy. Two deadlines next month will have a huge impact on how the global economy fares in 2019. Depending on what happens when they pass, it could shake off a recent slump or slide […] Read more
After complex discussions with Turkey and Iran about the future of Syria in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin was up for a bit of exercise. So the judo black belt joined his country’s national team for a warm up and training session in the city that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics. Russian TV showed Putin […] Read more
The Thai king’s sister, disqualified this week by the Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologized for causing “problems” for the Thai people ahead of next month’s election, the country’s first since a 2014 coup. Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi’s comments late on Tuesday came a day after the commission dropped her name from […] Read more
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has sent a warning letter to drug distributor McKessson for allegedly shipping “illegitimate” opioid products and failing to properly handle and investigate the incidents. Specifically, the FDA is accusing McKesson of failing to identify, quarantine and investigate drug shipments that had been tampered with. Some of the […] Read more
Spain is bracing for a trial unlike any other it has seen in its four decades of democracy. Twelve separatist Catalan leaders are set to appear in Spain’s Supreme Court in Madrid on Tuesday, where they face charges including rebellion and misuse of public funds. All eyes are on the trial, which will be broadcasted […] Read more
In this July 11, 2018, file photo Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and Director of the Office of Management, listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP) Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant […] Read more
By: Peter Walker PM’s reply to Labour leader’s letter stresses her objections to UK being in a customs union Theresa May has effectively ruled out Labour’s ideas for a compromise Brexit plan, shutting off another potential route to a deal as business groups warned that with less than 50 days to go the departure process was […] Read more
By: Martin Chulov Foreign fighters reportedly executed after launching attack against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Fresh details have emerged of the coup attempt against Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with witnesses claiming foreign members of the terror group lost a two-day battle with his bodyguards before being rounded up and executed. A witness who spoke to the […] Read more
This article addresses an issue that has become increasingly important and has been confirmed by various international and regional “changes” in the last few months, particularly events that has taken place in the international and regional arenas towards the end of 2018. The “hostile” tone against the Kingdom has been increased remarkably. Such hostile tone […] Read more
By Eli Watkins Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria […] Read more
