For the time being, China is suspending high-level military talks with the US and shutting down the Climate Dialogue between the countries. In other areas, China is suspending cooperation with Washington, in response to the visit of top politician Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. For example, China no longer wants to cooperate in the repatriation of illegal Chinese migrants and the …
Bitcoin and politics are usually not a good combination. Except when you look at parties that want less politics. The Libertarian Party of the United States. In a tweet, the Libertarian Party writes that bitcoin is “a decentralized monetary revolution.” It could, according to them, nullify the Federal Reserve and the fiat system in general. It is no wonder that …
Steve Bannon, the former adviser to former US president Donald Trump, was found guilty of contempt of Parliament by a jury on Friday. Bannon is the first close confidant of Trump to be convicted following the Storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The 68-year-old Bannon ignored a congressional subpoena to testify in the investigation into the Capitol storming. …
China will not abandon Taiwan. After the island state concluded a new arms deal with the United States on Friday, worth $ 108 million, the people’s Republic of China demanded on Monday that the agreement be suspended immediately. However, the US does not intend this. The United States shows itself to be the best partner for Taiwan in its struggle …
The US space agency NASA and its Russian counterpart Roskosmos have reached a new agreement on joint flights to the International Space Station ISS. As a result, Americans can continue to fly in Russian Soyuz capsules and Russians can go with American spacecraft. Space is one of the last areas in which the Americans and Russians work closely together. The …
Environmental groups are outraged as the Biden administration comes up with plans for new oil projects. The US government plans to sell new licenses that will allow oil and gas companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska. The announcement goes down badly with environmental organizations. President Joe Biden broke his election promise not …
The interest rate hikes Powell is now proposing cannot cause a recession in the US, Edin Mujagic said. If so, then there is a bigger problem than high inflation. The Fed has decided to raise the official interest rate by 75 basis points to the 1.5 – 1.75% range. That’s more than 50 basis points that were previously ahead. The …
The United States does not supply missile systems to Ukraine that can reach Russian territory. US president Joe Biden said this at a press conference at the White House on Monday, Reuters reports. Biden contradicts earlier reports that Washington would deliver advanced long-range missiles to Kiev. The Ukrainian government has long been asking for MLRS missile systems, which often have …
A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked a decision by the Biden administration to stop keeping the U.S. border closed to migrants. In 2020, then-President Trump introduced the so-called Title 42 to protect public health in the US after the outbreak of the corona pandemic. Countries around the world then closed their borders to stop the spread of the virus. …
The United States has announced easing restrictions imposed during the administration of previous president Donald Trump on traveling to Cuba and sending money to relatives on the island. “The people of Cuba must face an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and our policies will continue to strengthen Cubans so that they can create a future free of oppression and economic suffering,” the …
