Stocks in European defense companies had a mixed reaction after reports that Israel had launched a retaliatory strike on Iran. The Wall Street Journal said the strike targeted the area around Isfahan in central Iran, according to people familiar with the matter. European defense stocks have largely been a winning trade this year, with Rheinmetall gaining 74% so far in 2024 and Leonardo gaining 48%.
No building in Ukraine's Ocheretyne village appears unscathed by fierce fighting between Kyiv and Moscow.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesSen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) raised the alarm over GOP senate hopeful Kari Lake’s suggestion that voters “strap on a Glock” to prepare for the election season, saying it has the potential to incite violence.“It’s dangerous,” Kelly told Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press. “What Kari Lake said could result in people getting hurt or killed.” Mark Kelly on Kari Lake's incendiary rhetoric: "Kari Lake has never been elected to anything. I don't expect he
Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
Being elected president shortly after surviving the publication of the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape in 2016 is the moment in which Donald Trump defied political gravity.
Philip Lowe warned the fight against inflation 'isn't done' yet.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Images/Everett CollectionAn off-hand remark—or a terribly misconstrued one—by a federal prosecutor at a private meeting with a defense attorney in Donald Trump’s classified documents case may add yet another delay to the former president’s already severely delayed trial.U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has already earned a reputation for making bizarre rulings that favor the man who appointed her to the bench, pushing back a trial th
In the latest installment of his courtroom diary, CNN legal analyst Norman Eisen explains why Hope Hicks’ testimony in the Trump hush money trial implicated Trump directly in the alleged wrongdoing in an utterly believable way.
A missile that crashed in Kharkiv shows the surprising scale at which Pyongyang's weapons are used.
The D.C. Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended the law license of former President Trump’s ex-lawyer following a similar order made in late March by a California State Bar Court. Former Trump attorney John Eastman’s license is suspended in D.C. pending a final disposition in the California court proceedings, chief judge of the D.C. Court…
Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele sharply criticized former President Trump’s inability to admit he lost the last presidential election and said he’s afraid of losing the upcoming one in November because it will hit the most important thing to him: his ego. “Donald Trump is afraid of losing, because it strikes at…
Suspects face charges of first-degree murder
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea Bocelli, topped with a crowning flourish – Italy’s decision to join Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
The "hostile line" of the Baltic countries have led to the severance of most of their ties with Russia, the Russian foreign ministry said in remarks published on Sunday, warning also that Moscow will respond with asymmetric measures. "Because of the openly hostile line of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn, all interstate, interdepartmental, regional and sectoral ties with Russia have been severed," Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry told the RIA state news agency, referring to the capitals of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. She added that Moscow will continue to use diplomatic measures of influence on the Baltic countries.
HBOBill Maher ripped “Attorney Genial” Merrick Garland a new one during Friday night’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher for allowing Donald Trump to continually skirt federal prosecution for his alleged crimes. “And finally, new rule: At the top levels of our federal government, giving a guy a job because he got screwed over for another job, isn’t a good reason to give a guy a job. Especially if the job is Attorney General. And especially if it’s during a time when we need a tough AG to catc
India’s PM is eyeing a record third term - his home minister is the brains behind his election wins.
National Australia Bank Limited ( ASX:NAB ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of A$0.84 per share on the 3rd of...
Former aide Hope Hicks has taken the stand in former US president Donald Trump's hush money case.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected ceasefire proposals because he says Hamas's call for a withdrawal of all troops from Gaza and an end to the war is unacceptable. Mr Netanyahu said agreeing such proposals would "leave Hamas intact" and leave the possibility of another attack in future. Mediated negotiations for a pause in the fighting in return for the release of hostages held by Hamas have been going on in Egypt, but a deal appears some way off.
Critics says a slew of new films points to an emerging genre that aligns with the ruling BJP’s ideology.
Labor has a difficult task ahead as it looks to support Australians doing it tough while not adding to inflation.
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