U.S. President Donald Trump has positioned naval assets in international waters off the coast of Venezuela to ostensibly prevent the flow of drugs from the South American country into America, but the move was seen as more of an effort to create instability in Caracas in hopes of destabilizing Nicolás Maduro’s grip on the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of a speedboat with 11 passengers that was suspected of delivering drugs from Venezuela to the U.S., and said the strike should be seen as a warning for future drug smugglers that they will be met with lethal force by federal forces.
The U.S. economy added a feeble 22,000 nonfarm jobs in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, less than a third of the 75,000 expected by economists in a Dow Jones survey.
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted leaders from 26 countries last week—including Russian President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—and his focus was to galvanize support in standing up to the collective West and use their economic power to their advantage.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave an interview earlier this month where he repeated his previous claim that no president in history has done more for Israel, while warning that the influence of the pro-Israel lobby is waning in Washington, D.C.
The Chinese government showcased some of its most advanced weapons last week during a military parade that was attended by President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un, and Washington should take note: the Pentagon would get smashed in a conventional war against Beijing over Taiwan, as we have long said.
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced last week that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles in response to new Russian strikes across the country, all while peace talks between Moscow and Washington have stalled.
Governments across Europe are holding out hope that their effort to spend billions of dollars on new weapons production over the perceived threat of war with Russia will result in an economic boom.
Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister, made no indication that he would be bullied into submission by the Trump administration for buying discounted Russian oil, despite U.S. tariffs, and last week even went so far as to praise his relationship with Moscow.
A Turkish court determined last week that the outcome of the 2023 Istanbul provincial congress election should be annulled over shady cash payments, which was seen as a win for Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan because the ousted leader was the head of the main opposition party.