U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smile during a meeting at the second U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi on Feb. 28, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images As U.S.-North Korea relations turn increasingly tense amid rising rhetoric, analysts warn that it could signal an end Read more…
Workers extracting oil from oil wells in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on May 1, 2018. Benjamin Lowy | Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Tuesday as OPEC’s deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices, but Read more…
Rick Gates, former deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits Federal Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Tuesday backed a bid for former senior Trump campaign official Rick Gates to receive a sentence of probation for Read more…
FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled Threats to the Homeland, in Hart Building on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President Donald Trump slammed FBI Director Christopher Wray for endorsing the Justice Department Read more…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (front), and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Vladimir Zelensky) attend a Normandy Four summit in the Murat Lounge in the Elysee Palace; talks in the so-called Normandy Four format involve representatives of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia who discuss settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Mikhail Read more…
Former FBI director James Comey Brian Lawless | PA Images | Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday suggested that Fox News canceled his upcoming appearance on the network because a report from the Justice Department’s internal watchdog undermined President Donald Trump’s past claims about him. “I offered Read more…
With the country banned from major sporting events – seemingly including the 2022 World Cup – football’s governing body is seeking clarification FIFA has made contact with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to clarify how Russia’s ban from major international sporting events applies to football. On Monday, WADA’s Executive Committee Read more…
Ivanka Trump attends U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy and policy forum with chief executives of major U.S. companies at the White House in Washington, February 3, 2017. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A Trump family member had a “personal” relationship with ex-British spy Christopher Steele years before he authored a controversial Read more…
U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz arrives before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog on Monday released its long-awaited report on the FBI’s Read more…
The ban was issued by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the Russian doping scandal Russia’s national football team have been banned from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after a decision from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 2018 World Cup hosts, who reached the quarter-finals on home soil, will Read more…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has stung the country with a four-year ban from all major sporting events, including the 2020 Olympic Games Russia will be barred from competing at the 2022 World Cup, with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) hitting the nation with a four-year ban from all major Read more…
The Olympic flag and Russian flag are raised as the Russian National Anthem is sung during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony at Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Paul Gilham | Getty Images Russia was banned from the Olympics and world championships in a Read more…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars while overseeing the military exercises known as “Centre-2019” at the firing range Donguz in Orenburg Region, Russia September 20, 2019. Alexei Nikolsky | Sputnik | Alexei Nikolsky | Kremlin via Reuters There is cautious optimism that talks between the leaders of Read more…
The future of OPEC looks increasingly uncertain, energy analysts told CNBC Friday, citing a deepening rift among the 14-member group. OPEC and non-OPEC partners, sometimes referred to as OPEC+, have gathered in Vienna, Austria to decide the next phase of their oil production policy. Led by Saudi Arabia, the oil Read more…
A oil rigger at the Schlumberger field prepares pipes in Midland, Texas on December 16, 2008. Kirk McKoy | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Oil prices edged lower on Thursday ahead of a key OPEC meeting where members are expected to weigh deeper output cuts in an effort to Read more…
An upcoming meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC allies could see the group deepen oil production curbs, energy analysts told CNBC, although an extension of existing cuts and an emphasis on stricter compliance is still seen as the more likely outcome. OPEC members will host a meeting in Vienna, Austria on Read more…
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony inaugurating the “Power of Siberia” pipeline via a video link in Sochi on December 2, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev| AFP | Getty Images A new natural gas pipeline connecting Russia and China is the Read more…
Saudi Arabia’s new Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman takes a tour at the exhibition during the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates September 9, 2019. REUTERS | Satish Kumar | File Photo OPEC and its allies plan to deepen oil cuts and have the deal in Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an annual VTB Capital “Russia Calling” Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia, November 20, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Pool | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in the country to come pre-installed with Read more…
Restraint, corruption, lack of quality characterize Russia’s research. Although the Kremlin demands scientific world class – but he himself increasingly torpedo the freedom of research. Recently there was an outcry from Russian academics. The Minister of Education has ordered that scientists must register every meeting with researchers from abroad – a clear Read more…