The call for a pause comes amid Russia's longstanding tactic of targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure, particularly during the cold winters, in the nearly four-year war. "I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week, and he agreed to that," Trump said during the meeting, attributing his request to the "extraordinary cold."
as it has little or nothing to do with the economic cycle: it is the financial world's response to the global order proposed by the U.S. president, whose first commandment (or second, depending on the day) is to limit risk. And from political fragmentation and the speed at which it is unfolding a different financial world is emerging, one in which the dollar and the U.S. have lost part of their aura of exceptionalism.
"Not only did their parents, their uncles, their cousins their friends, and myself lose two great men. We lost people we dearly care about and have been major players in all of our lives," Joshua said. "It's tough, it's really tough. "I'm not going to sit here and show all of my emotions. I know in today's day and age, it's easy to micro-analsze as people and pass judgement but I know what I feel, and that's what that matters to me."
A plane with 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew on board. There were two crew members and 13 passengers, including Columbian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, member of the House of Representatives for Catatumbo, the airline said. What we know about the Colombia plane crash The plane, operated by state-owned airline Satena, took off from the Colombian border city of Cucuta and was en route to Ocana.
A plane with 15 people on board, including a Colombian lawmaker, crashed on Wednesday in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border, killing all passengers and crew on board, according to authorities in Bogota. Contact with aircraft lost minutes after takeoff The plane, operated by Satena, the state-owned airline, took off from the Colombian border city of Cucuta and was en route to Ocana.
Landbridge Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng, has controlled Port Darwin, located in Australia's remote Northern Territory, since 2015 under a 99-year lease agreement. Australian authorities reached the $350m lease deal with Shandong province-based Landbridge in the hope the port's expansion would revitalise the economy of the largely rural territory. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged to return the port to Australian control during campaigning ahead of national elections in May last year, saying the facility should be run by a local company or the government.
The pattern by now is all too familiar. Once again, the US is ratcheting up its rhetoric against Pakistan. Earlier instances included the "crisis" when the US killed three Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan responded by closing strategic border crossings. This was followed by the Raymond Davis fiasco. Then came exchanges of bluster over the US unilateral action that took out Osama bin Laden. Now, the target of US ire is the cozy relationship between the Haqqani network and Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI.
Venezuela's military and police have pledged loyalty to interim President Delcy Rodriguez, weeks after the country's former President Nicolas Maduro was abducted by the United States military in a deadly operation ordered by US President Donald Trump. Rodriguez attended a ceremony at the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army at the Fuerte Tiuna military complex in Caracas on Wednesday, where top figures declared their loyalty to her government.
Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar's lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are typically staffed by foreigners including many Chinese with many saying they were trafficked and forced to swindle people online. Beijing has stepped up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations in recent years to crack down on the compounds, and thousands of people have been repatriated to China.
Crude oil extended its rally for a third consecutive session today, supported by rising geopolitical tensions, severe winter weather disrupting US output, and a surprise draw in US crude inventories. Together, these factors kept the market focused on immediate supply risks and sustained the rebound. Markets reacted to renewed geopolitical risk sin the Middle East. President Trump has renewed pressure on Iran, while a US naval group's arrival in the region has fuelled disruption fears.
While Mexico has been doing this since 1993, as of 2024 these shipments have been carried out diligently as humanitarian aid in response to the island's energy crisis. Recent criticisms of these shipments by some U.S. members of congress have complicated the Mexican government's position. President Claudia Sheinbaum has offered some explanations, but the state-owned oil company, Pemex, has not provided a clear picture of the ships departing from its terminal in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, bound for Cuba.
Al Jazeera has condemned YouTube's compliance with an Israeli law banning the network's livestreams in the country, warning that the move signals how major tech companies can be co-opted as instruments of regimes hostile to freedom. YouTube's submission to Israel's ban became apparent on Wednesday, days after Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karahi ordered a 90-day extension of an existing ban on the network's operations in Israel, blocking broadcasting and internet companies from carrying the network's content.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warns that attacking Iran would be wrong and says Tehran is ready to return to negotiations. He urges a step-by-step diplomatic approach and cautions against escalation.
A federal judge gave a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life as threats against all Americans. Judge Lewis J. Liman said Carlisle Rivera's written conversations as he plotted to kill journalist and human rights advocate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2024 were "chilling" and he inflicted "great harm" on her and her husband.
On the outskirts of Cartagena far from the brightly coloured facades of the old city and the 500-year-old fortress walls overlooking the Caribbean a crowd of about 300 people erupted into a roar. Given Colombians' passion for football, it could have been the celebration of a goal. But the cheers followed the bloody climax of bout in a cockfighting ring whose white padded walls were now splattered with blood.
Over the weekend, Putin and Donald Trump seem to have come to public agreement that, if elected in November, Trump would help Putin pursue Greater Russia. In his session with Tucker Carlson, after all, Putin corrected the propagandist, informing him that, no, he didn't invade Ukraine because of concerns about NATO expansion, but because he considers Ukraine - and much of Eastern Europe - part of Greater Russia. He subjected Tucker to a half hour lesson in his, Putin's, mythology about Russia.
The US Navy is betting on 3D printing parts to speed up work on the fleet while also cutting costs after two wins last year, the service said recently. A Naval Sea Systems Command release said that additive manufacturing moved "from a promising capability to a warfighting capability in 2025." Two examples the Navy said were among the service's most significant achievements last year involved putting 3D-printed parts on its most in-demand and complex vessels.
the Texans and Cardinals was not particularly well played defensively, nor well pitched; however, it is one of the best WS games I've ever seen. Wow. And that sets up the last waltz tonight for the crown. Remember when pundits were laughing at MLB and Selig because there was no Yankees, Sawx or Phillies in the Series and how it would be TV ratings scum? I do, and it has turned out quite nicely thank you very much. Best Series in a while actually.
Silver has experienced a remarkable bull market, more than quadrupling in value from around $30 (24.54) per ounce at the start of the year to an all-time high of $120.44 per ounce (28 grams) on Thursday (January 29). At the beginning of last year, the metal traded on COMEX the commodity division of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) near $30 in January and hovered between $37 and $40 through the summer before breaking decisively higher.
