The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday released a redacted version of the whistleblower complaint that has embroiled President Donald Trump in an impeachment inquiry and clouded his political future. The nine-page document details an “urgent concern” that the president is “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the […] Read more
The U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a potentially fatal blow to his authority after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that his move to shut down parliament was illegal, immediately triggering calls for him to step down. Speaking at the Supreme Court in Westminster on Tuesday, the President of the U.K.’s highest court, Brenda […] Read more
Market focus is firmly on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s next move after a majority of U.K. lawmakers voted Tuesday to take control of parliamentary business. The result sets up another key vote in parliament on Wednesday on whether to block the government from proceeding with a no-deal Brexit on October 31, if no Brexit […] Read more
Voters headed to the polls for a by-election on Thursday in Wales’ Brecon and Radnorshire constituency. How did the by-election come about and why is it so important for the UK’s new prime minister Boris Johnson? What is a by-election? By-elections in the UK take place between general elections when a seat in the House […] Read more
France’s central bank governor told CNBC Saturday that monetary policy cannot compensate for trade tensions, and political leaders need to act in order to fend off today’s economic threats. Speaking to CNBC’s Annette Weisbach at an economic conference in Aix-en-Provence in southern France, François Villeroy de Galhau underlined that the main threat to global growth […] Read more
President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to restart discussions with the U.S. over arms control and denied that the collapse of a significant nuclear missile treaty between the two nations would prompt an arms race. Putin said Thursday there had “recently been signs that Washington is beginning to consider resuming bilateral dialogue on a […] Read more
A deal is now subject to approval from non-OPEC allies at a meeting on Tuesday, with Iraq’s oil minister saying he did not anticipate any complications. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told reporters he had “no problem” with supporting oil supply cuts by nine months. OPEC is set to debate an extension of oil production […] Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s fresh sanctions on Iran are a “symbolic act” and may leave Washington with no room to exert further pressure on the nuclear power, a former U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. “What else do you have to do that will actually have to affect the Iranians’ calculus?” said Amos Hochstein, who served as […] Read more
Israel officially names a new town in the Golan Heights after President Trump. “Trump Heights” sits within the Golan Heights, which had been occupied for decades by Israel but was not seen as Israeli territory by the U.S. until last March, when Trump officially recognized Israel’s annexation of the region. Trump’s full-throated endorsement of Israel’s […] Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., refuses to say at what point she would support impeaching President Donald Trump. “Everybody in the country should be totally appalled by what the president said,” Pelosi says. “But he has a habit of making appalling statements,” she added. Even if Trump was found to have accepted a foreign government’s […] Read more
