U.S. can ‘certainly’ afford military support to both Israel and Ukraine, Janet Yellen says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the country can “absolutely” afford to financially support both Israel and Ukraine in their respective war efforts.
Putin claims Ukraine’s seeing ‘huge losses’ in troubled counteroffensive; Kyiv says it ‘cannot be conquered’
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Ukraine’s losses are eight times higher than those of Russia during an interview with Chinese media.
CNBC Daily Open: JPMorgan’s big profit growth isn’t likely to persist
Going into this earnings season, analysts feared big banks’ income wouldn’t hold up from the previous quarters. Those fears didn’t materialize — for now.
Check out the giant ship critical to building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm
The turbines at Dogger Bank Wind Farm stand 260 meters tall. The specialist vessel Voltaire was instrumental in their installation.
The UK Labour Party has a Biden-esque economic plan — but it’s very different to Bidenomics
The U.K.’s main opposition Labour Party has set out an economic plan it hopes will propel it to power — and the trans-Atlantic parallels were clear.
African ambassador criticizes IMF, World Bank for not giving enough loans
An ambassador of an African country to China has criticized the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for restrictive lending policies.
China says Israel’s actions in Gaza are ‘beyond self defense’ as U.S. races to avert wider conflict
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s comments came as world leaders worked to prevent an escalation of the Israel-Hamas war into a broader Middle East crisis.
U.S. tackles loopholes in curbs on AI chip exports to China
The new rules will be added to sweeping U.S. restrictions on shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to China unveiled last October.
Biden says Hamas must be eliminated entirely, but ‘there must be a path to a Palestinian state’
Long-standing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories escalated last Saturday after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a deadly attack.
Southeast Asia haze returns as peatland fires fan global warming fears
Peatland fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra and Kalimantan have generated toxic smog that has drifted to parts of neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.
