Lisa Cook Becomes First Black Woman On US Federal Reserve’s Board
Lisa Cook, an economics professor at Michigan State University, was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday. She is the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board of directors in its 109-year existe...
Moscow Carefully Sizing Up NATO’s Force Posture Along Russia’s Border, Says Kremlin
Moscow is carefully sizing up everything touching upon NATO’s force posture along Russia’s borders, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, commenting on the possible NATO accession of Finland and Sweden. “We are keeping an...
Russia Hopes West Should Stop Promoting Unipolar World After Operation In Ukraine – Lavrov
Russia hopes that after its targets of the current special military operation in Ukraine are reached, the West will halt its drive for the ‘unipolar world’ and stop violating the principles of the UN Charter, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavro...
If Finland Applies To Join NATO, It Will Be “For The Security” Of Its Citizens, Prime Minister Says
If Finland applies to join NATO it will be "for the security" of its citizens, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Wednesday. Speaking during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Marin said she had talked ...
I’m Okay With Going To -H-e-l-l, If…… – Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla, Inc, the US electric vehicle and clean energy company, Elon Musk, says he does not have an issue with going to hell when he dies. The billionaire businessman was reacting to a Twitter user who asked him about his religious views. In var...
Bill Gates Tests Positive For COVID, Says He’s Fortunate To Be Vaccinated
Billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has stated that he tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced on Tuesday by Gates in a post on Twitter. Gates added that he is experiencing mild symptoms. “I’ve tested positiv...
Russia, Algeria Plan To Sign Document Confirming New Quality Of Relations – Lavrov
Russia and Algeria plan to sign a treaty confirming a new quality of bilateral relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "All these years we have been actively developing trade and economic cooperation," Lavrov said at a meet...
Lithuania Declares Russia A Perpetrator Of Terrorism
The Lithuanian Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a "genocide" and Russia a perpetrator of terrorism. In the resolution, the Seimas, Lithuania’s Parliament, recognized "the full-scale armed aggression...
Russia’s Economy Is “Clearly In Recession” And Facing 20% Inflation, US Treasury Secretary Says
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that Western sanctions have delivered a powerful blow to Russia’s economy following the invasion of Ukraine. “Their economy is clearly in recession,” Yellen told lawmakers during a hearing on t...
UN General Assembly Elects Czech Republic To Replace Russia On The Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) met on Tuesday to elect the Czech Republic to replace Russia on the Human Rights Council, with 157 votes in favor and 23 abstentions. The Czech Republic’s term begins Tuesday and will expire on December 31...
