U.S. Filled European Defense Void at Americans’ Expense
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) argued in an op-ed Monday that the U.S. filling Europe’s defense gap amounts to an “implicit tax” on Americans. vance I have written editorial financial times About America’s lavish spending to support the defense of Europe. This not only contributes to the staggering US defense budget of nearly $1 trillion, but […]
European markets close slightly higher; Temenos up 8.8% – CNBC
8 minutes ago European stocks end higher European stocks rose slightly on Monday, with the Stoxx 600 index up 0.17% after gaining 1.4% last week. Britain’s FTSE 100 index rose 0.22%, while France’s CAC40 index was flat and Germany’s DAX index fell 0.15%. See chart… STOXX 600 index. 2 hours ago AstraZeneca executive says lung […]
Ursula von der Leyen to seek second term as head of European Commission | European Union
Ursula von der Leyen will announce her plans to seek a second term as president of the European Commission at a meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Berlin on Monday. Ms von der Leyen, 65, the head of Brussels’ most powerful institution, has spent the past year carefully guarding her intentions and […]
European football: Leverkusen go eight clear, Juve stumble and Barça get lucky | Bundesliga
bayer leverkusen Scored once in either half against the hosts in the past heidenheim Their 2-1 win on Saturday increased their lead at the top of the table to eight points and equaled Germany’s record of 32 games unbeaten in all competitions. The visitors took the lead just before half-time when Jeremy Frimpong scored with […]
Trump’s NATO Comments Are ‘Wake-up Call for Many European Countries that Haven’t Done Enough’
In an interview with PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Shiffrin on Friday, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kalas responded to former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about NATO by saying, “U.S. All of these statements from the US President Trump said, “We are not taking our defense seriously enough,” and President […]
HOWARD KURTZ: Trump’s NATO comments trigger fierce media, European opposition
Donald Trump announced some news that has resonated around the world. He wasn’t the one who signed the law increasing musicians’ incomes so Taylor Swift shouldn’t support Joe Biden after Kansas City’s amazing Super Bowl comeback (“Her boyfriend’s I love Travis.” It wasn’t about “getting rid of the sick political class that hates our country, […]
Islamists continue to massacre Christians in Nigeria. European Parliament suggests climate change is largely to blame.
Islamic terrorists massacred hundreds of Christians across Nigeria on Christmas Eve. In an attack that lasted several hours, Muslim Fulani militants shot Christian farmers, hacked defenseless women and children with machetes, and torched churches. Although the European Parliament intends to express “solidarity” with the victims, it appears keen to shift the blame to the brutal […]
European stocks higher as sentiment remains cautious; Saab, Siemens Energy climb – CNBC
51 minutes ago BNP Paribas Wealth Management CIO says mid-cap stocks are part of the market rally Edmund Singh, Chief Investment Officer of BNP Paribas Wealth Management, discusses recent earnings reports and developments in the US and European stock markets. 3 hours ago Economists say profits are now more important than the macro environment for […]
Biden Again Talks About Meeting with Dead European Leaders
President Joe Biden spoke to two fundraising audience members on Wednesday about the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot with a European leader who was actually dead at the time, adding that he had previously boasted about his meeting with the deceased. I mentioned that it will be done. Biden told Democratic donors in New York […]
Confused Biden Says He’s Recently Spoken With Yet Another Dead European Leader
President Joe Biden said again this week that he recently spoke with another European Union leader who has passed away. Biden told a crowd of donors in New York on Wednesday that he recently spoke with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, seven years after his death, during the 2021 Group of Seven Summit. It was clearly […]