The European Commission said in a statement last week that it approved the first Security Action for Europe (SAFE) investment worth €38 billion to boost the militaries for eight EU countries as part of the bloc’s ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 that will mobilize up to 800 billion euros for defense spending.
French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that, given the threats around the world, it is imperative that countries bolster their militaries and said Paris’s “rearmament is bearing fruit.”
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is doing her best to see to it that Europe becomes a “military powerhouse” in the face of what she sees as the threat of a wider war with Russia.
The Lebanese Health Ministry announced Thursday that Israel killed another two people in airstrikes in the southern part of the country as Tel Aviv continues to violate the November 2024 ceasefire.
Newly released satellite images show IDF troops taking more land in Gaza—hundreds of meters past the “yellow line” that essentially cuts the enclave in half, dividing it between an Israel-controlled side and a Palestinian-controlled side, which is closer to the Mediterranean Sea, according to a new report.
The European Commission last week called on Israel to stop its E1 settlement expansion project signed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September that was seen as the death knell for any possibility of a two-state solution in the region.
The IDF destroyed at least 2,500 buildings inside Gaza since the start of the October 2025 ceasefire, The New York Times reported, citing satellite images, because international journalists are not allowed inside the enclave.
More than 700 U.S. businesses filed for bankruptcy in 2025, the highest number since 2010, according to marketrealist.com.
U.S. employers expanded payrolls by 50,000 jobs in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics December jobs report.
Hedge funds added $682 billion to their wealth in 2025, a record, as well-heeled investors shifted away from private equity and sought to balance their exposure to soaring stock markets amid growing fears of a bubble.