China’s new U.S. ambassador arrives to ‘safeguard’ Beijing’s pursuits

Xie Feng, China’s new ambassador to the U.S., addresses the media as he arrives at JFK airport in New York Metropolis, Might 23, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters China’s new ambassador to the U.S. arrived in New York Tuesday with a name to “safeguard the pursuits of China,” in keeping with a launch from the … Read more

Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy meet

Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., addresses the media after a gathering with with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling on the White Home on Tuesday, Might 16, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Name, Inc. | Getty Pictures WASHINGTON — Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy mentioned Monday that “selections need to be made” at … Read more

Yellen says ‘exhausting selections’ will must be made if debt ceiling is just not raised

Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks in the course of the Unbiased Neighborhood Bankers Of America (ICBA) Capital Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Could 16, 2023.  Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen mentioned Sunday that “exhausting selections” will must be made about which payments will go unpaid if … Read more

McCarthy says debt negotiations cannot resume till Biden returns

U.S. Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters with U.S. Senate Republican Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at his aspect following debt restrict talks on the White Home in Washington, U.S., Could 9, 2023.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The on-again, off-again deliberations on Capitol Hill surrounding the debt ceiling are again off-again, as Home … Read more

Decide Rejects NIMBY Bid to Shut Down Offshore Wind in New England

Renewable vitality scored a giant win this week in Massachusetts. A federal choose within the state’s district courtroom rejected a lawsuit introduced by an alleged group of Nantucket residents, which sought to cease the primary main U.S. offshore wind mission from shifting ahead. Uncommon Polar Bear Assault in Canada | Excessive Earth Winery Wind, a … Read more

Musk, Buffett warn about China-Taiwan forward of 2024 election

Chinese language vacationers stroll previous an set up depicting Taiwan (R) and mainland China at a vacationer space on Pingtan island, the closest level to Taiwan, in China’s southeast Fujian province on April 6, 2023. Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Photos Fraying U.S.-China relations and rising tensions over Taiwan have influential enterprise leaders similar … Read more

Kevin McCarthy says Home may vote subsequent week

Speaker of the Home Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a information convention with home and senate Republicans on the “debt disaster,” on the west plaza of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Might 17, 2023.  Tom Williams | Cq-roll Name, Inc. | Getty Photographs WASHINGTON — Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy mentioned Thursday he’s optimistic that congressional negotiators … Read more

As G-7 Summit kicks off in Hiroshima, China and Russia are on everybody’s minds

A person rides his bicycle previous a “G7 Hiroshima” flower signal on the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, forward of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, on Could 17, 2023. (Photograph by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photograph by PHILIP FONG/AFP through Getty Photos) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Photos The annual Group of seven summit formally … Read more

Black Sea grain deal set to run out this week

Farmer Marin Iliev poses for an image in his fields close to the city of Saedinenie, Central Bulgaria on April 20, 2023. Nikolay Doychinov | AFP | Getty Photographs WASHINGTON — Russia has but to resolve if it’s going to prolong the phrases of a global settlement that ensures the meals safety of tens of hundreds of … Read more

Fed Governor Philip Jefferson named as new vice chair to succeed Lael Brainard

Dr. Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, nominated to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, speaks throughout a Senate Banking, Housing and City Affairs Committee affirmation listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Federal Reserve Governor Philip Jefferson shall … Read more