Gerard Larcher believes the French president has dropped the ball on multiple domestic issues The president of the French Senate, Gerard Larcher, has openly criticized Emmanuel Macron’s leadership, claiming that the head of state appears to be out of touch with reality and the daily concerns of the people of France. In an exclusive interview … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defense minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilize the defense budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine. More than two years into the conflict, which has cost both sides heavy casualties, … Read more
TAPACHULA, Mexico — A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets. The temblor struck just before 6 a.m. near the Mexican border town of Suchiate, where a river by the same name divides the two countries. The epicenter was just off the Pacific coast, 10 … Read more
These are the first parliamentary elections since the Indian government revoked the region’s semiautonomy. Voters are going to the polls in Indian-administered Kashmir. These are the first parliamentary elections since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked the region’s partial autonomy in 2019. The prime minister says repealing Kashmir’s special status has helped integrate it with … Read more
Dozens of people were killed in fighting in the Sudanese town of El Fashir this weekend, a civil society group said Sunday, raising fears for more than 2.5 million civilians trapped there as paramilitary forces encircle the city — the last one in the region outside their control. “Today was one of toughest days we … Read more
As investors grapple with macro uncertainty and a cloudy path on the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts, they will need to adopt a long-term mindset to pick the best names for their portfolios. To make the right decisions, investors can track the recommendations of Wall Street experts, who carefully assess the financial performance of a company … Read more
An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, causing at least 13 deaths and injuring 20 other people, officials said. They blamed Ukrainian shelling for the building’s destruction. Online footage showed rescuers searching for survivors among the remnants of the building’s stairwell, then fleeing the scene as part of … Read more
President proposes Andrey Belousov as defence minister with Sergei Shoigu to become secretary of Security Council. Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun a cabinet reshuffle, proposing to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister and reappoint him as secretary of the Security Council. Putin proposed appointing Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in … Read more
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has removed Sergei Shoigu from his longtime position as defense minister and appointed him to lead the country’s security and defense council, a consultative body that advises the president, in a major shake-up of the Kremlin’s security team, the Kremlin said Sunday. At the security council, Shoigu will succeed Nikolai Patrushev, … Read more
Going to an Ivy League institution like Harvard University can pay off in the long run. Former Harvard students who received federal aid command a median salary of $95,114 a decade after beginning college, according to the Department of Education’s College Scorecard. That’s well above the median salary of $50,806 among former attendees and federal … Read more