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HSBC names new Mandarin-speaking CEO as bank prepares for US-China tensions | HSBC

HSBC has appointed financial chief Georges ElHedery as its new chief executive, handing the reins to a global banking veteran as the bank braces for renewed tensions between the United States and China. El Hedery, who takes up the role in September, will succeed Noel Quinn, who suddenly announced in April that he was stepping […]

US assault ship sent to eastern Mediterranean amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

The Pentagon has deployed the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp with Marines to the eastern Mediterranean amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel along the Lebanese border, U.S. European Command confirmed on Friday. Wasp and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, some 2,200 troops, entered the Mediterranean on Wednesday for a “scheduled deployment to the […]

US Aircraft Carrier Arrives In South Korea Amid Spiking Tensions With The North

The US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday amid rising tensions between South Korea and North Korea in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported. USS Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Arrived The carrier arrived on the Korean peninsula for joint military exercises with South Korea and Japan. Its arrival comes amid rising tensions between […]

The reason, and tensions, behind Donald Trump’s DC visit

Donald Trump was at the Capitol on Wednesday. He met with Republican lawmakers on his way to a business roundtable, the real purpose of his visit. It was more of a reunion than a substantive discussion for the former president, who was visiting Washington for the first time since leaving office. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) […]