The United States has released a list of members of its presidential delegation to the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, amid speculation as to whether President Donald Trump would attend the annual event in Davos later this month.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is listed as the leader of the delegation...
French unions were, on Tuesday, gearing up for a show of force as strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans went into a sixth day running.
The hardline unions have called for the second day of mass protests as Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to outline the government’s...
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Thursday asked international funding bodies for support in drawing up an emergency rescue plan for his protest-wracked country.
Donors including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday rebuffed a plea for financial aid pending the rapid formation of a new government to implement...
Lebanese House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Monday urged for a quick cabinet formation while warning against famine if the current political paralysis prevails.
“We are going to a very dangerous place which we may not be able to avoid later. We need to form a government to deal with economic...
US soldiers and officers would return home in coffins in retaliation for the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleiman, secretary General of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, has said.
“When the coffins of American soldiers and officers begin to be transported … to the United States, (President Donald)...
US President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his election victory, saying their two countries were now free to strike a “massive” new trade deal.
“Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his great WIN!”, Trump tweeted.
“Britain and the United States will now be free to strike...
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump late Wednesday, making him the third president in the country’s history to face an impeachment trial and the potential punishment of being removed from office.
The House, according to rules adopted Tuesday, will spend...
Democrats in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee are expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, a lawmaker told multiple U.S. media outlets.
Elliot Engel, the House Foreign Affairs Chairman, told reporters that the articles of impeachment were likely be unveiled at a news conference on...
Britain’s minimum wage is to increase by more than four times the rate of UK inflation from next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government announced Tuesday.
A 6.2 per cent increase from April takes the so-called national living wage for workers aged 25 and over from £8.21 to a minimum...
Power blackouts in South Africa caused by flash flooding have shut down mining operations across the country, several mining companies said on Tuesday.
Harmony Gold, Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater, all said they had been forced to cut production since Monday owing to power shortages.
“There are very few underground mines that...
