In some 25 years of attending Davos, the Atlantic Council's Fred Kempe says he's never seen "such concern among its attendees about emerging risk."
President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow remained an "active proposal" as late as November of 2016.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office issued a rare public rebuke of elements of a stunning report that alleged President Donald Trump directed his former legal counsel to lie in sworn Congressional testimony.
If true, Schiff said, the allegations "would constitute both the subornation of perjury as well as obstruction of justice."
*Russia's c.bank bought 8.8 mln oz of gold in 2018. MOSCOW, Jan 18- Russia has overtaken China to become the world's fifth largest official sector holder of gold as Western sanctions drove buying by its central bank to record highs in 2018, its data showed on Friday. In 2018, Russia's buying jumped further as holdings of U.S.
WASHINGTON, Jan 17- The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal, but the Trump administration is expected to lift them as soon as Friday. But the vote was only symbolic, after a similar measure failed in the Republican-led Senate on...
Trump unveiled his new missile defense strategy at the Pentagon on Thursday. It's the first update to missile defense in nearly a decade, and some Russian officials are warning it will only escalate tensions.
WASHINGTON, Jan 17- The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday backed legislation to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal, but the Trump administration is expected to lift them as soon as Friday. The Democratic-led House voted by an overwhelming 362 to 53 in favor of a resolution of disapproval...
WASHINGTON, Jan 16- In a victory for President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal. That result fell short of the 60 votes necessary to advance to a final passage vote in the 100- member Senate, where Republicans have a 53-47 seat...
WASHINGTON, Jan 16- In a victory for President Donald Trump, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal. That result fell short of the 60 votes necessary to advance to a final passage vote in the 100- member Senate, where Republicans have a 53-47 seat...
WASHINGTON, Jan 16- Legislation to keep sanctions in place on companies that have been controlled by the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including the giant aluminum firm Rusal, stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, a victory for President Donald Trump. That result fell short of the 60 votes necessary to advance to a final passage vote in the 100- member Senate,...
WASHINGTON, Jan 15- The U.S. Senate's most powerful Democrat on Tuesday said the Trump administration's proposal to relax sanctions on companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is a sham and that the Republican majority should at least debate a resolution of disapproval. "The case against the Treasury Departments proposal is strong," said Senator...
Barr's threat assessment came amid the Trump administration's trade talks with Beijing, which have global markets on edge.
WASHINGTON, Jan 15- The second-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he would ask the Treasury Department to delay the lifting of sanctions on companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska until Feb. 28 to give Congress time to review the decision. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters he would call Treasury...
An emerging global phenomenon of dominant political leaders and the corrosion of systems of governance promise more of the international instability that closed 2018.
The news could resurface worries of a breakdown in the historical military alliance.
Barr is likely to receive a barrage of questions from Democrats picking apart his views on the Russia probe and executive power.
President Donald Trump on Monday said he had “never” worked for Russia. Trump’s denial came on the heels of a NY Times report that the FBI in 2017 opened an investigation into whether he had fallen under the influence of the Kremlin. Special counsel Robert Mueller is continuing to investigation Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
From China tensions to fading American primacy, a handful of history-bending shifts could upend the global world order and add to the more obvious risks already roiling markets and the wider economy.
Federal investigators opened a probe into whether the president had been secretly working with Russia, The New York Times reported late Friday.
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