The Trump administration last week imposed sanctions on four judges from the International Criminal Court over their decision to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his previous defense minister, Yoav Gallant, based on allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Last month, the average price of new homes across 100 Chinese cities edged up 0.3 percent, more than doubling March’s increase of 0.14 percent, according to a new survey by the China Research Academy.
MIT, the famed Ivy League university in Massachusetts, said last week that it barred the 2025 class president from a graduation ceremony after she delivered an unapproved speech about the school’s ties to Israel and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that his military will transition to “war-fighting readiness” amid new threats to Europe and said his goal will be to accelerate U.K.’s military buildup, so it becomes a “battle-ready, armor-clad nation with the strongest alliances and the most advanced capabilities equipped for the decades to come.”
As we had forecast, the EU and U.K. would ramp up the Ukraine War.
A top Yemeni official issued a warning on Sunday to businesses that operate inside the occupied territories to heed their warning that they’re continued presence puts them at risk of future drone and missile strikes.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said last week that Tel Aviv plans to form a “Jewish Israeli state” in the occupied West Bank in response to what he sees as a security threat facing Israelis in the region.
India’s economy leaped up 7.4 percent in the first three months of this year, more than the 6.7 percent economists had expected, as the country pulled out of a looming downturn.
Section 899 of Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill now before the U.S. Senate includes a provision that allows the American government to slap additional taxes on foreign investments made by companies and investors from countries deemed to have punitive tax provisions on U.S. investments.
Although the European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered its interest rates, the cost of a mortgage is likely to continue rising throughout the 20-country Eurozone until at least 2030, the bank has warned.