Former British finance minister Alistair Darling, a central figure in the U.K.’s response to the 2008 financial crisis who later helped organize the campaign against Scottish independence, has died. He was 70. Darling had been treated for cancer and died in a hospital in Edinburgh, his family said in a …
Read More »Greek government slams 'greedflation' while levying baby formula price controls
Greece’s center-right government announced price controls on baby formula Wednesday, accusing multinational suppliers of imposing unjustifiably high prices on the country’s consumers. A 7% profit cap on formula will take effect in March and follows a series of similar initiatives over the past two years for basic items. Prime Minister …
Read More »Trump unveils 20-point plan to secure peace in Gaza, including granting some Hamas members 'amnesty'
New York, NY – President Donald Trump released his new 20-point plan to end the Gaza war on Monday, when he also welcomed IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. The Trump administration published a 20-point plan on Monday afternoon on how it will end the war in Gaza …
Read More »Trump credits Iran nuclear strikes for kickstarting Israel-Hamas peace deal
President Donald Trump told Fox News in an exclusive interview Monday that he credits the U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites for making the Israel-Hamas peace deal possible. Trump made the comments to Fox News’ Trey Yingst in Israel after Hamas freed the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages from …
Read More »Japan poised for first female prime minister after ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader
Japan is on track to get its first female prime minister after the leading conservative party elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Takaichi, the former economic security minister of Japan, beat Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a runoff in an …
Read More »Zelenskyy touts ‘productive’ talks with Trump on strengthening Ukrainian air defense, long-range capabilities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said he has spoken with President Donald Trump for the second time in two days, calling their conversations about the war with Russia, Ukraine’s military capabilities and energy sector “very productive.” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X that his talks with Trump “covered …
Read More »Beyond misperception: A renewed Korean democracy and a renewed alliance
It has been a turbulent yet inspiring year for Koreans. A declaration of martial law last winter plunged the nation into uncertainty, but what followed was not chaos – it was the reaffirmation of a people’s unshakable faith in democracy. The “Revolution of Light,” culminating in the peaceful election of …
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