Once again Ukraine “thanked” Turkey with a sabotage
April 9 By Dylan White At the end of March (as last year in November) the Ukrainian authorities showed how they are “thankful” to Turkey for the military and humanitarian assistance provided by the Turks at the beginning of the war with Russia. The attack…
Analysis-Evangelicals Amplify Trump’s Religious Framing of Iran War
April 8 By Anna Szymanski President Donald Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally core supporters behind the increasingly unpopular war with Iran, religious and political experts say – a message amplified from pulpits by evangelical leaders who cast it as a struggle between good…
Morning Bid: Final Countdown?
April 7 By Anna Szymanski Markets are once again held in suspense as traders count down to President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with global stocks mixed and oil prices choppy. Tehran, for its part, has refused to…
Latam Currencies Gain as Markets Balance Iran Escalation and Ceasefire Chances
April 6 By Shashwat Chauhan Most Latin American currencies advanced on Monday, while stocks were mixed after reports of progress on a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran helped revive risk appetite worldwide as traders returned after a long weekend break. A framework to end…
Britain Woos Anthropic Expansion After US Defence Clash, FT Says
April 5 By Chandni Shah Britain is trying to tempt Anthropic to expand its presence in the country, as it seeks to capitalise on a fight between the maker of artificial intelligence app Claude and the U.S. Defense Department, the Financial Times said on Sunday….
Trump Order Aims to Keep Army-Navy in Exclusive TV Window
March 21 By Jasper Ward President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday aimed at maintaining an exclusive time window in December for the annual Army-Navy football game. Played on the second weekend of December since 2009, it is typically a standalone game on…
Georgia Woman Faces Murder Charge After Taking Abortion Pill
March 20 By Jasper Ward A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder after she took abortion medication and gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours, according to court documents and arrest records. Alexia Moore was arrested, charged and jailed by…
US Says Airport Delays Will Worsen as Shutdown Continues
March 19 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Friday he is worried disruptions at major airports will increase as a partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight. Airlines and travel groups fear absences among the 50,000 Transportation Security Administration…
Trump Says US Is Not Putting Troops in Middle East Region
March 19 By Trevor Hunnicutt U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he was not looking at deploying soldiers to the Middle East with the Iran war heading toward a fourth week. “I’m not putting troops anywhere,” Trump said in response to a reporter who…
Analysis-TrumpRx Lists Many Medicines at Prices Higher Than Paid in UK
March 17 By Bhanvi Satija U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to make prescription drugs cheaper for Americans than anywhere in the world, but his TrumpRx.gov website is not delivering across the board lower prices than those paid in the United Kingdom, according to a Reuters…
Trump Administration Defends Anthropic Blacklisting in US Court
March 17 By Jack Queen The Trump administration said in a Tuesday court filing that the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was justified and lawful, opposing the artificial intelligence lab’s high-stakes lawsuit challenging the decision. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic, the maker of popular AI…
US Weighs Near $1 Billion Wind Farm Settlement for TotalEnergies, NYT Reports
March 17 By Kanjyik Ghosh U.S. officials are drafting agreements to pay nearly $1 billion to oil major TotalEnergies as compensation for the cancellation of leases for wind farms in federal waters off New York State and North Carolina, the New York Times reported on…