Nikki Haley vows to stay in 2024 race, after raising $16.5 million in January

Nikki Haley vows to stay in 2024 race, after raising .5 million in January

Nikki Haley hosts a rally in Conway as part of her swing in the Palmetto State leading up to the State’s primary, in Conway SC, United States on January 28, 2024.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Former South Carolina governor and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday delivered a clear message: she has … Read more

Middle East escalation likely as Houthis launch most damaging attack yet

Middle East escalation likely as Houthis launch most damaging attack yet

Armed Yemeni supporters of the Houthi movement sit on the back of an armored vehicle during an anti-Israel and anti-US rally in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 22, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza.  Mohammed Huwais | Afp | Getty Images The Middle East looks set for … Read more

White House to expand Russia sanctions over Alexei Navalny’s death

White House to expand Russia sanctions over Alexei Navalny’s death

Flowers and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are seen following Navalny’s death, as people gather near the Russian embassy in Paris, France, February 16, 2024.  Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters The White House plans to announce new sanctions against Russia in response to the death of the high-profile Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny … Read more

Russia’s war in Ukraine is igniting an old debate in Brussels over debt

Russia’s war in Ukraine is igniting an old debate in Brussels over debt

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 8, 2023. Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters Munich, GERMANY — Should we borrow from global markets as one combined entity and raise new debt together? That’s the question hanging on the … Read more

Singapore outbound flights to cost more from 2026 over green fuel requirements

Singapore outbound flights to cost more from 2026 over green fuel requirements

Travellers look at the flight departure schedule on the screen at Singapore Changi airport on December 7, 2022.  Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Flights departing from Singapore will cost more from 2026 as the country pushes ahead with its aviation industry decarbonization goals. All outbound planes will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from … Read more

Trump will quit NATO, Hillary Clinton says, as U.S. commitment in question

Trump will quit NATO, Hillary Clinton says, as U.S. commitment in question

Former U.S. President and current GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the press at Mar-a-Lago on February 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images MUNICH, Germany — NATO members on Saturday weighed the U.S.’ possible withdrawal from the military alliance if Donald Trump returns to the … Read more

Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says 2% defense spending just the start

Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says 2% defense spending just the start

Germany’s defense minister said on Saturday that his country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense was just the starting point and that more would likely be needed. Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted that the 2% spending target would be met “in the 2020s, in the 2030s and beyond.” However, … Read more

Alexei Navalny death is a pre-election gambit from Putin: Bill Browder

Alexei Navalny death is a pre-election gambit from Putin: Bill Browder

Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny’s death was intended as a message to political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of elections next month. Dissident Navalny, who died Friday, had been serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism in Russia, which he vehemently denied. World leaders reacted with dismay and … Read more

Only US can force Middle East peace and should pressure Israel: Lebanon minister

Only US can force Middle East peace and should pressure Israel: Lebanon minister

Lebanon’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to pressure Israel and bring an end to its bloody war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has now entered its fifth month. Speaking to CNBC on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Abdallah Bou Habib stressed that establishing a pathway to peace was essential, and that … Read more

Russia’s Putin says he prefers ‘more predictable’ Biden over Trump in U.S. election

Russia’s Putin says he prefers ‘more predictable’ Biden over Trump in U.S. election

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is seen on a display in the background as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about “gas prices and Putin’s Price Hike” during remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2022.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said … Read more