The US government has decided not to release the approximately $ 7 billion that the Central bank of Afghanistan has stored in the US, US officials told The Wall Street Journal. Talks with the Taliban over the funds have been suspended after the leader of terrorist group al-Qaeda was killed in a US operation in Kabul, the newspaper said. The …

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is going to Taiwan tomorrow, Taiwanese media report based on anonymous sources. She would then spend the night in the capital Taipei and visit Parliament on Wednesday morning. Two top U.S. and Taiwan officials also said Pelosi would visit the East Asian island. China, meanwhile, continues to increase pressure on …

The U.S. Air Force temporarily keeps a large part of its fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft grounded. A possible defect in the firing seats in those aircraft could endanger pilots. According to a spokeswoman, this is a precautionary measure. The possible fault would be with blast cartridges that shoot seats out of the cockpit in an emergency. The ejection seats …

The youngest omikron subvariant BA.5, rap spreads throughout the United States. Although the daily number of new infections with Covid-19 in the US has been around 100,000 for weeks, according to official figures, in reality, according to some experts, there are about 1 million new cases per day. An epidemiologist who spoke to The Washington Post called BA.5 ‘the worst …

The economic outlook has deteriorated sharply in recent months, especially in developed markets. This increases the likelihood of a recession at the end of this year/beginning of 2023, DWS experts say in the extensive commentary ‘Target Adjustments’. The German asset manager is reducing the price forecasts for various regional indices by 5% to 7% for the next twelve months. According …

The United States, the UK and other allies want Russia to earn less from selling oil. That is why they are looking at introducing a maximum price together with other countries, reports US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, such as oil and gas, are an important means for Russia to help finance the …

In Yellowstone National Park in the western United States, floods have caused significant damage. As a result, the popular tourist park is closed to visitors for the first time in 34 years. The floods were the result of heavy rainfall and a rapidly melting snow cover. Reports have come in of washed-out bridges, houses and trees. Major roads have been …

The United States has imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to that country’s three missile launches earlier this week. The U.S. would have preferred to see new sanctions imposed on North Korea in UN context, but Russia and China vetoed them. Thus, all US assets with the Far Eastern Bank and Bank Sputnik, two Russian institutions accused of …

All EU member states, the US and 32 other countries have signed the Declaration for the Future of the Internet. The declaration describes what the internet should look like in the future: decentralized, democratic and fair. The signatories promise to contribute to this. The “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” is a declaration. The document was written by European …

The United States does not exclude military action against the Solomon Islands when this country authorizes China to open a military base on its territory. In more covert terms, U.S. Under Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink reiterated an earlier White House warning to the island state. Kritenbrink made his statements after his trip to Hawaii, Fiji, …