Biden answers press questions in first news conference
The vote of no confidence against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen failed on Thursday, as mainstream and progressive political groups lined up behind her despite the clear controversies surrounding ‘Pfizergate’. During the vote in the European Parliament, 553 MEPs cast their votes out of a total of 720. Of those, 175 supported the motion…
Santiago Peña of the Colorado party is elected, defeating Efraín Alegre who wanted to switch diplomatic recognition to China Paraguay’s ruling party candidate, Santiago Peña, 44, has scored a big win in the presidential election, tightening the conservative Colorado party’s political grip and defusing fears that diplomatic ties with Taiwan might have been cut. Peña,…
Greetings from Tyler, Nobody knows quite what to make of the situation in Russia. You know the stories, but it appears that Putin has had to negotiate with Prigozhin through Lukashenko of Belarus to get the column to turn aroun , and the backstory may be more complicated than we’ll ever know. The Wagner Group…
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other key oil-producing members of the wider Opec+ alliance have announced surprise production cuts totalling more than 1.1 million barrels per day, declaring their intention is to stabilise crude markets. Several nations, led by Opec kingpin Saudi Arabia, on Sunday made a coordinated move to further curtail oil…
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said he expects the central bank to slow the pace of interest-rate hikes in upcoming months as US monetary policy approaches restrictive levels. “In the upcoming months, in light of the cumulative tightening we have achieved, I expect we will slow the pace of our…
Greetings from Tyler, Nancy Pelosi is retiring! It’s about time, and who knows how she’s enriched herself while looking out for us. Trump didn’t mince words. If you ask me, I think we’re in for the greatest prosperity we’ve ever had. And the old lady won’t be around to try and screw it up. If you…