Just weeks after talks with Donald Trump stalled, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has set up a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. They will hold talks in Russia towards the end of April, according to the Kremlin. It comes after a second summit between Kim and Trump in February failed to reach a deal […] Read more
If you ask any Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate what is the most significant fiscal accomplishment of the Trump presidency, the overwhelming answer would be the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA. When passed in December 2017, the TCJA did not have majority American support. Despite this […] Read more
Nissan Motor Co. shareholders decided to remove former boss Carlos Ghosn from the board on Monday, as the former chairman faces several accusations of financial misconduct that landed him in prison. The company’s shareholders held an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo where they also decided to oust Greg Kelly, another director who is also involved in […] Read more
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos, have finalised their divorce. The powerful business executive, whose portfolio includes The Washington Post, and his now-former wife announced the dissolution of their marriage in separate statements on Twitter. “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone […] Read more
Fake news has been decried the world over for misleading the public over big issues like the US presidential election and the Brexit referendum. But if there’s one day of the year when everybody partakes with outlandish announcements, it’s April Fools’ Day. Here’s a roundup of some of the best pranks: France: ‘Detective rabbit’ French […] Read more
British Prime minister Theresa May will ask the European Union for a short Brexit delay, a British government source confirmed to Euronews on Wednesday. “There is a case for giving parliament a bit more time to agree a way forward”, the source said. The British PM is expected to send a letter to the EU […] Read more
Good morning, Europe. Today we’re watching: New Zealand cabinet meets: The government meets on Monday following the shootings at two mosques last week that left 50 people dead. The cabinet is set to discuss changes to gun laws. Macron faces renewed pressure: France witnessed scenes of looting and rioting over the weekend in the latest […] Read more
By Terrence Dopp President Donald Trump said he’s ready to veto efforts to block his declaration of an emergency on the southern U.S. border. The Republican-led Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation that would reverse the declaration, which Trump issued as a way to bypass Congress and secure funding for his border wall. […] Read more
By Katia Porzecanski and Hema Parmar Billionaire Ken Griffin said he’s losing interest in bringing Citadel’s headquarters to New York City because of the political climate that spurred Amazon.com Inc. to abandon plans to build a mega-campus in Queens. “Amazon opting out of New York is heartbreaking,” Griffin said Thursday in an interview with David […] Read more
By Tomas Etzler A controversial Slovak businessman has been charged with ordering the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancée last year, prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutor Dusan Kovacik said Marian Kocner, an entrepreneur who was director of an organization that closed in 2017, ordered the murder of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova. […] Read more
