By Jeff Mason, Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish OMAHA BEACH, France (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Thursday, urging Western powers to stay the course with Ukraine and not surrender to Russian tyranny. […]
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024, speaks during a press conference at Trump Tower on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by David […]
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, like late Fiat Chrysler America boss Sergio Marchionne before him, still isn’t exactly on board with an evolution to electric vehicles that appears to be guided by chaotic regulation, market hope, and enormous sums of money in between. Even so, like Marchionne, he’s overseen EV releases that inch the company toward […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package – including missiles, artillery, drones and spare parts – worth €500 million ($542 million) to support Ukraine during a visit Thursday to the port city of Odessa. “We will continue to support you in this defensive campaign,” Pistorius said on Thursday evening at a meeting […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new German arms package worth €500 million ($542 million) to support Ukraine during a visit to the port city of Odessa. He met with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov to discuss Kiev’s military needs. “We will continue to support you in this defensive campaign,” Pistorius said on Thursday […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened a summit with leaders of Arab states in Beijing on Thursday. “Since last October, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated drastically, throwing people into tremendous suffering,” he said in a […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken pledged 135 million dollars (£106 million) in aid to Moldova for energy security and to counter Russian disinformation. The announcement comes as the Western-leaning nation struggles to blunt Moscow’s push for influence that’s been buoyed by recent successes in its war in neighbouring Ukraine. Mr Blinken opened a short […]
LONDON (AP) — Australian mining giant BHP Group on Wednesday pledged to invest in South Africa’s economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers. London-based Anglo American last […]
(Bloomberg) — The new CEO of Brazil’s Petrobras has tried to soothe investor concerns about ramping up investments during her first public comments at the helm of Latin America’s biggest oil producer. Most Read from Bloomberg Magda Chambriard was formally appointed to the role last week at a time of growing concern from investors about […]
Russia is to increase cooperation on energy with Uzbekistan by building a gas pipeline and several hydroelectric and nuclear power stations in the country, President Vladimir Putin announced while on a state visit to Tashkent on Monday. “The area of energy is a strategic direction,” Putin said. The construction of the pipeline aims to boost […]
With just days to go until South Africa’s closest election since the dawn of democracy three decades ago, John Steenhuisen took to the stage and vowed to rescue South Africa from its current government. The final election rally by the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s biggest opposition party, was like the party itself: slick, well-organised […]
Donald Trump promised to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, in a raucous speech before the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night. “And if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht,” the former president said, generating cheers […]