Sterling shaken by UK election shock, fallout limited elsewhere Sterling sagged in Asia on Friday as British elections left no single party with a clear claim to power, sideswiping investors who had already weathered major risk events in the United States and Europe. With the majority of seats counted in […]
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JAMES COMEY'S REMARKABLE STORY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP President Trump appears to be guilty of obstruction of justice. That’s the only rational conclusion to be reached if James Comey’s opening statement for his planned testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday, is to be believed. The lurch of the Trump […]
Putin dismisses US claims about Trump, Russia and elections Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing as “a load of nonsense” the idea that Russia has damaging information on President Donald Trump and denies having any relationship with him. “I never met with him. We have a lot of Americans who […]
Donald Trump Russia problems are getting worse If President Donald Trump thought hiring outside counsel and trying to redirect the press corps' questions to lawyers was going to turn down the heat on his Russia scandal, he miscalculated, to put it mildly. Consider what has occurred in the last week and […]
Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow’s interference in the […]
Senator McCain says Putin bigger threat than ISIS U.S. Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS, and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the U.S. election. McCain, a leading foreign policy […]
Trump Trade turns to trepidation as investors unwind Investors were shelving rosy hopes for U.S. tax reform and rethinking strategies premised on Donald Trump's economic growth promises on Wednesday, as the President faced his loudest criticism yet over possible collusion between his election campaign and Russia. From stocks to bonds to […]
Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office:- President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia's foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation, two U.S. officials said on Monday, plunging the White House into another controversy just months […]
Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intelligence to Russia, in Break With Ally, Officials Say President Trump boasted about highly classified intelligence in a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week, providing details that could expose the source of the information and the manner in which it was collected, […]
Asia stocks shrug off cyber attack, North Korea threat to hit two-year high Asia stocks shrug off cyber attack, North Korea threat to hit two-year high:- Resilient Asian stocks edged up to a two-year high on Monday, shaking off threats from by a ransomware attack that locked some 200,000 computers […]
