President Vladimir Putin on Friday denounced the freezing of Russian assets by the West as "theft" and vowed that it would not go "unpunished" in a speech at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Putin’s remarks came on the heels of a deal by the Group of Seven industrialized nations for a $50 billion loan package for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday reaffirmed the legality of the Group of Seven (G7) $50 billion loan to Ukraine and touted the strong alliance between the Western countries. “There is no sense at all in which it’s theft,” Yellen told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl when asked on “This Week” whether she has concerns about…
G7 leaders reached a compromise agreement to use profits from Russia's frozen assets as collateral in a $50 billion loan for Ukraine.
Kim Jong Un “cordially” invited the Russian president after Kim visited Russia last September.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Kremlin said, a rare trip that underscores Moscow's burgeoning partnership with the reclusive nuclear-armed state.
Caterpillar Inc, which makes machinery for the construction, mining and oil and gas industries, suspended operations in its manufacturing facilities in Russia in 2022, joining a number of foreign companies that halted business in the country after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the purchase of Caterpillar's assets by a company called PSK-New Solutions in November 2023. Putin's decree and Russian company filings did not disclose terms of the deal.
Harry Enten said it could point to "a historic moment" in American politics.
The then-president also reportedly made a bold prediction that didn't come true.
The presumptive GOP nominee is pitching a plan to end taxes on gratuities, but restaurant workers should take a close look at his record.
It appears crowdflation and alternative facts are once again tools in Trumpworld’s arsenal. Kellyanne Conway tried to draw some distinction between Donald Trump and Joe Biden during an appearance on Maria Bartiromo’s Sunday Morning Futures, noting that Trump was making outreaches to Black voters. “You got Donald Trump in Detroit talking to 8,000 people at a Black church,” she told Bartiromo. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your in
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show on Monday, offering “a quick state of play” on the 2024 presidential election. As the comedian dived into the “incredibly consequential” political showdown, he called out the hypocrisy of Donald Trump attempting to paint Joe Biden as incompetent over his age. “I guess the election has basically boiled …
Ukraine’s military has spent the last two years chronically short of planes. Its prewar stocks were already small in number and mostly dated from the Soviet era. When NATO and other countries sent help, they focused on either sending the same older models or keeping existing aircraft in the air through maintenance and spare parts. Russia, meanwhile, has a larger and often more advanced air force.However, new planes are on the way to help Ukraine. For nearly a year, countries like the Netherlands
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer might be feeling the burn from critics: He’s getting roasted for a Father’s Day grilling snapshot. The New York Democrat posted a photo on the social platform X on Sunday to mark the dad-centric holiday, showing him grinning while balancing a burger on a spatula. “Our family has lived in…
Over the last six months, Russia has continually pounded Ukrainian targets with glide bombs — some weighing more than 3,000 pounds.
The former president’s claim gets put to the test on MSNBC.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday the Supreme Court is “readying to fundamentally rewrite the Second Amendment” after striking down a federal ban on bump stocks.
As the 2024 presidential election draws closer, John Oliver is confronting viewers with the realities of what a second Donald Trump term could look like. On Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, the comedian explained how Trump’s second time around “could be much, much worse” as he took a look at the organized efforts of …
A former Trump administration Pentagon official went after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday after the chancellor complimented President Biden as Europe looks to the November elections. Scholz told Politico on Saturday that Biden knows “exactly what he is doing” and is likely to win, complimenting his demeanor and performance on the economy. Former Pentagon…
For the third consecutive presidential election, former President Donald Trump is lying that he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he ran for president.
Seventeen-year-old Marian Pannalossy cuts a striking figure wherever she goes in Archer’s Post, a small town 200 miles north of Nairobi. She lives alone and is light-skinned in a place where mixed-race people are a rarity and therefore ostracized.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean troops fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the rivals’ heavily fortified land border Tuesday for the second time this month, the South's military said. Both incursions were believed to be unintentional.
