Fact checking Biden’s press conference
Austria’s parliament on Wednesday approved a request from the public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of Herbert Kickl, the leader of the far-right FPO party. Prosecutors want to question Kickl over alleged false testimony. The OeVP conservatives, SPOe social democrats, NEOS liberals and the Greens supported the move, the National Assembly said in a…
U.S. military officers visited Belarus to observe the Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises, the country’s defense ministry said Monday. “We’ll show you whatever you’re interested in, whatever you want. You can go and see for yourself, talk to people,” Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin told the American officers at the Borisovsky training ground in the Minsk…
Greetings from Tyler, Maybe you’ve heard, it’s freezing in Texas. Not only that, but the wind is blowing hard enough to change lanes for you when driving. It’s too early to assume we’ll ever hear the truth but, why is the power out? The wind? I guess the wind didn’t blow when we were kids. In talking to someone who…
(Bloomberg) — Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold Corp., escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project. The authorities started executing the order on Jan. 11 against gold stockpiled at the Loulo-Gounkoto operations, according to a Barrick…
Aug 19 (Reuters) – S&P Global on Monday affirmed its “AA+” credit rating on the U.S., saying the revenue from President Donald Trump’s tariffs will offset the fiscal hit from his massive tax-cut and spending bill. Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law in July after it was passed by the Republican-controlled…
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil topped $100 a barrel. The Houthis have threatened to shut down another key trade route, with the world economy already reeling from Iran’s closure of the Strait…