Ratcliffe: No witness has used the word bribery
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a record rate hike in a bid to stifle record inflation across the euro area. The ECB’s three key interest rates were each raised by 75 basis points. “This major step frontloads the transition from the prevailing highly accommodative level of policy rates towards levels that will…
Iran on Thursday threatened to retaliate against Israel over a weekend drone attack on an Iranian military factory that has been attributed to the Israeli government. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran said it had thwarted the three-drone Saturday night strike on a complex in the city of Isfahan by intercepting two…
Rejoiners like to pretend the economic figures all go their way. But could the UK be sitting on a £525bn fiscal bonanza? Some readers may have noticed that I am a supporter of Brexit. I am familiar with the arguments and rarely surprised. But I was surprised by two analyses that were sent recently to…
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Bill and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday refused to testify in a Republican-led congressional investigation of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying it was a partisan exercise. “Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles…
At least 39 people are dead and dozens more are injured after a fire broke out at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, mere feet from the U.S. border. The fire erupted Monday night at a migrant detention center across the border from El Paso, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed Tuesday morning. Obrador…
Concerns over the stability of Afghanistan are growing as the country struggles with its economy and humanitarian crises under Taliban rule. Calling for a representative government in Afghanistan, the foreign ministers of India, Russia and Pakistan on Friday urged the Taliban to respect the rights of all Afghans. The ministers were speaking at the day-long…