Valero Seeks U.S. Approval to Import Venezuelan Oil
Valero Energy Corp VLO.N, the second-largest U.S. oil refiner, is seeking Washington’s permission to import Venezuelan crude, according to four people close to the matter,...
De-radicalisation of Ideology Is the Best Way to Tackle Islamic Terrorism: Sri Lankan Expert
Colombo (25/7 – 30.77) In his book “Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community,” terrorism expert Dr. Rohan Gunaratna emphasizes the...
China-U.S. Economic, Trade Ties as Inseparable as “Threads and Needles”: Chinese Diplomat
The economic and trade ties between China and the United States connect both sides of the Pacific and are as inseparable as “threads and...
Office Vacancies Hit New High as U.S. Cities Struggle to Recover From Pandemic
From West Coast to East Coast, major cities in the United States are seeing their office buildings getting emptier as they struggle to rebound...
Türkiye Sweetened by F-16s Approves Sweden NATO Membership
Frankfurt, Brussels (21/7 – 37) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again reversed course, approving Sweden’s bid to join the legacy European military...
U.S. Should Push Itself Harder on Global Debt Relief
As G20 finance ministers gather in India, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she was “eager” to work with China on debt restructurings...
Biden Offers New Student Debt Relief Plan, Lashes Out at GOP After Supreme Court Ruling
President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan providing student loan relief for millions of borrowers, while blaming Republican “hypocrisy”...
What’s ‘Bidenomics’? The President Hopes a Dubious Nation Embraces His Ideas Condensed Into the Term
President Joe Biden has long struggled to neatly summarize his sprawling economic vision. It’s been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges...
Fanfare, Golf and Boos Have Marked July Fourth for Us Presidents. Zachary Taylor’s Was the Worst
Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They’ve bailed to the...
“Evidence of collusion”: report names 18 MEPs & former MEPs “connected” with activities supporting convicted fraudster Mukhtar Ablyazov
The recent ‘Qatargate’ scandal in the European Parliament, which has seen MEPs & at least one former former MEP languishing in Belgian jail cells,...