Home / 2018 / April (page 26)

Monthly Archives: April 2018

Turkey’s currency is tanking and President Erdogan is keeping it down

Chris McGrath | Getty Images Fake US Dollar and Turkish Lira currency often used as a novelty gift is seen for sale at a tobacco shop in a market on December 5, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey’s lira has hit record lows for the past week, thanks to what analysts …

Read More »

China’s state-owned firms should control debt investments: regulator

Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images General view of the Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing on April 11, 2018. China’s central government-owned firms should strictly control debt investments and high-risk businesses in global operations, the country’s state assets regulator said on Monday. Centrally-owned firms have cut 16 million …

Read More »

There may be a way for India to achieve double-digit economic growth

Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Motorcyclists in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, on February 24, 2018. India surged ahead to become the world’s fastest-growing major economy in the last quarter of calendar year 2017. But the South Asian giant can do even better, potentially even hitting double-digit growth rates, according …

Read More »

Forme FBI Director James Comey talks about Donald Trump with ABC

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, shakes hands with James Comey, then-director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2017. Former FBI Director James …

Read More »

Putin warns of ‘chaos’ in international order if Syria gets attacked again

Yuri Kadobnov | POOL | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with supporters at his campaign headquarters in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase …

Read More »

Experts challenge US claim on setting back Syria weapons capability

Getty Images Defense Secretary Jim Mattis briefs members of the media on Syria at the Pentagon April 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. President Donald Trump has ordered a joint force strike on Syria with Britain and France over the recent suspected chemical attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Pentagon …

Read More »

Arrests, injuries as French protesters challenge Macron

Damien Meyer | AFP | Getty Images Police use water cannons and tear gas to clear protesters during a demonstration in support of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes ZAD (Zone a Defendre – Zone to defend) anti-airport camp on April 14, 2018, in Nantes, western France. French authorities say 63 people have been …

Read More »

Western missile attack on Syria was ‘right and legal,’ British PM May says

Simon Dawson | WPA Pool | Getty Images Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May attends a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, April 14, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that it was right and legal to order cruise missile strikes against Syria after a chemical attack …

Read More »

Russia warns of ‘consequences’ for US-led strike on Syria

Alexander Zemlianichenko | POOL | Reuters Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally and concert marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Crimea region, at Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. Russia on Friday night warned of unspecified “consequences” …

Read More »

Post office rate hike could cost Amazon up to $1.8 billion more per year: Credit Suisse

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A letter carrier holds Amazon.com packages while preparing a vehicle for deliveries at the United States Postal Service (USPS) Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr. processing and distribution center in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump’s recent focus on what the post office …

Read More »