Uganda - a landlocked African nation that until recently struggled to get a World Bank loan - is the latest hot destination for investors chasing yields as this year's risk-on mood rolls forward, fuelling a push into domestic debt of riskier, smaller emerging economies known as frontier markets.

Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by the Trump administration.

American diplomats said Donald Trump was trying to achieve peace ‘with an incredible sense of momentum’ Bloomberg (£) is reporting that a number of European leaders – including UK’s Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz – are expected to join an urgent call with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy at noon European time to discuss the US-Russian proposal for ending the war. Separately, Reuters also confirmed that Merz pulled out from a planned event to clear his schedule and join the call. “I believe it is the task of the negotiating parties to define this.” “It will be Ukraine that decides what compromises it makes, just as Russia will have to make such decisions for its part.” Continue reading...

Heavy rain and intense heat have been among the disruptions at an annual United Nations climate conference being held this year in Belém, Brazil.

Proposal offering major concessions to Moscow blindsided European diplomats

Mit einer Rekordsumme von mehr als 75 Milliarden Dollar rüstet die Trump-Regierung die Einwanderungsbehörde ICE hoch. Entsteht hier eine Eingreiftruppe mit nahezu unbegrenzten Befugnissen?

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who voted to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he pledged not to remove language stating vaccines do not cause autism from the CDC website, condemne...

Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.

As the cost of insuring our houses escalates around the United States and the world, it appears that property insurance is acting like a canary in a coal mine.Canaries used to be taken into coal mines...