U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy might have reached a deal Sunday to raise the U.S. $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, but a handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers said on Monday they would oppose the deal, in a sign that the bipartisan agreement could face a rocky pathContinue Reading
Glittering pine trees, Santa Claus and stockings are part of many people’s ideas of Christmas, but the holiday can look vastly different around the globe. From Europe to Asia to the depths of Antarctica, here’s how Christmas is celebrated in nine places around the world — and one place orbitingContinue Reading
“I took this decision in light of the results of the elections held yesterday,” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a televised press briefing, according to a CNBC translation. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for the Spanish ParliamentContinue Reading
Turkey on Sunday voted for another five years of the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the powerful, nationalist president who now enters his third decade in power. Russian President Vladimir Putin was among the leaders that congratulated Erdogan on his win on Monday, calling him a “dear friend,” according toContinue Reading
Shoppers visit a supermarket in Manchester, Britain, March 22, 2023. The government is reportedly in discussions with supermarkets over voluntary price caps on some items. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government said it is engaging with the food sector amid attemptsContinue Reading
LONDON — European stocks finished higher Thursday as traders looked to signs that the coronavirus omicron variant is not as severe as previously feared. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed up 1%, with travel and leisure climbing 1.7% to lead the gains amid optimism over Covid. Airline stocks were amongContinue Reading
A man holding a Turkish flag. Uriel Sinai | Getty Images The Turkish lira sank to a fresh record low Monday as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured his victory in the 2023 presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade in power. The currency briefly touched 20.0608 against theContinue Reading
A visual representation of cryptocurrencies. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund is concerned about cryptocurrencies, particularly because the nascent market is growing at such a significant pace and regulation is not following suit. The total market value of all crypto assets surpassed $2 trillion inContinue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toward the end of 2022, engineers on Meta’s team combating misinformation were ready to debut a key fact-checkingContinue Reading
Turkey’s President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his partys group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara, on May 18, 2022. Adem Altan | AFP | Getty Images Turkey’s Election Board on Sunday confirmed that RecepContinue Reading