But exactly how long that might remain an open question – and a source of anxiety – for leaders now departing the Bavarian Alps after a two-day summit of the G7. Here are four takeaways from Biden’s first major summit of his latest international trip: The war in Ukraine has brought Western leaders together in … Read more
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) – Leaders of the world’s biggest developed economies are weighing a cap on the price of Russian oil meant to strike at the main pillar of the Kremlin’s finances following its invasion of Ukraine – and to limit the havoc that high energy prices are wreaking worldwide. Details haven’t been agreed at … Read more
Leaving his meeting with King Felipe VI at the Royal Palace, Biden took the call from Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. They walked him through what they’d agreed to with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey. And he gave the sign-off. In the six-and-a-half months since Biden placed his first … Read more
In the five months since one of President Joe Biden’s top advisers warned that the Pacific was likely where the US could see a “strategic surprise” from China, Beijing has stepped up its overtures to the small but important islands of the region, prompting the US. and its allies to scramble in response to growing … Read more
After cooling off from two days of big gains Monday, the stock market tried to resume its uptrend Tuesday. Some indexes briefly gained more than 1%, but much of the early gains faded. X The Nasdaq composite climbed as much as 1% but reversed lower to a loss of 0.6%. The S&P 500 erased all … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load LONDON – Nicola Sturgeon, the most senior politician in Scotland, proposed Tuesday to hold a fresh referendum on Scottish independence in October 2023 through a maneuver that she hopes can bypass Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s refusal to permit such a vote. Sturgeon, the leader of Scotland’s semiautonomous government and of … Read more
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat. It was the worst tragedy to claim the … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 50 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat. It was the worst tragedy to claim the lives … Read more
MADRID (AP) – Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, ending an impasse that had clouded a leaders’ summit opening in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades, triggered by the war in Ukraine. After urgent top-level talks with leaders of the three countries, alliance Secretary General Jens … Read more
Four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the effects of the war are not contained in those two countries. The conflict’s economic fronts, with the rise of energy prices and an emerging food crisis, are compounded by inflation and the likely potential of the war carrying on for months and years. President Joe Biden is … Read more