US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. Leah Millis | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will warn China about its support for Russia’s military during his visit … Read more
Joe Biden and Donald Trump 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Jon Cherry | Getty Images More voters trust Donald Trump than President Joe Biden to deal with inflation and the cost of living, their top concerns for the U.S., according to the latest NBC News poll. The poll of 1,000 registered voters nationwide found that 52% of … Read more
On Saturday, the House passed a series of bills to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, along with a package that included forcing the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok. After a morning of debate on the House floor, the four bills will be wrapped into a single package and sent to the Senate … Read more
The Iranian flag above the new Phase 3 facility at the Persian Gulf Star gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 2019. Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images If investors only looked at the price of oil at the end of this week, they wouldn’t have known that Israel and Iran, OPEC’s third-largest … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on following a conversation on mental health, during a spousal program on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week at Apple Park in San Francisco, California, on November 17, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Apple on Friday said it pulled several messaging apps … Read more
A BAE Systems Hawk taxying on a runaway. Peterfz30 | Istock | Getty Images LONDON — BAE Systems, the U.K.’s largest defense contractor, has established trading relationships with countries accused of human rights abuses, according to a new report that reveals the extensive reach of its lucrative arms business. Over the past decade, the defense … Read more
A banner depicting missiles and drones flying past a torn Israeli flag, with text in Persian reading “the next slap will be harder” and in Hebrew “your next mistake will be the end of your fake state”, hangs on the facade of a building in Palestine Square in Tehran on April 14, 2024. Atta Kenare … Read more
An Iranian flag is pictured near in a missile during a military drill, with the participation of Iran’s Air Defense units, Iran October 19, 2020. WANA News Agency| Reuters Israel launched a limited direct military attack on Iranian soil early Friday morning, marking the latest escalation in a series of back-and-forth strikes between the two … Read more
Unidentified men are carrying a model of Iran’s first-ever hypersonic missile, Fattah, past a mosque during a gathering to celebrate the IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s drone program for … Read more
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook listen as India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, speaks during a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies, in the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The ironclad relationship that India Prime Minister … Read more
