U.S. stocks dropped in trading Monday, after a brutal week pushed the S&P 500 to the brink of a bear market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 434 points on Monday, falling more than 2 percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index each slid more than 1.6 percent. Last week the Dow lost 1,655 […] Read more
Pro-independence Catalan protesters are rallying ahead of a Spanish cabinet meeting in Barcelona. Crowds of demonstrators are gathering as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) brings his senior ministers to the city for the weekly meeting that’s usually held in Madrid. Spain’s PM Sanchez arrives for cabinet meeting in BarcelonaReuters Protesters […] Read more
President Donald Trump and the White House are claiming that the newly renegotiated North American trade deal will mean that Mexico is going to pay for the southern border wall promised by Trump on the campaign trail. The argument is part of the White House’s position on border security as Trump urges Congress to pony […] Read more
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Tuesday announced that the Donald J. Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision and to give away its remaining funds while the state conducts an investigation into whether the president’s namesake charity misspent donations. “Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation […] Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed his nation Tuesday morning in Beijing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China’s “reform and opening up” — and he struck a relatively defiant tone in response to international calls for changes to his country’s economy. His remarks focused on how China’s Communist Party guided the nation to its economic […] Read more
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu delivered a scathing criticism of the US policy in Syria and offered direct talks over the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). The situation in parts of eastern Syria, controlled by the US-backed and Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), remains “deeply concerning,” Shoigu wrote in a letter to Pentagon chief James […] Read more
Paris looks ‘less yellow’ this Saturday as only several hundred people descended on the avenue amid a heavy police presence. This time a week ago the number of protesters was much higher and rallies resulted in heavy clashes. At least 37 people have been detained and 22 taken into police custody across the Ile-de-France region, police […] Read more
An anonymous donor has trumped all secret Santa gifts this Christmas after donating a number of gold bars to not-for-profit organisations in a German seaside town. The recipients of the gifts, which weighed 250 grams each, were all located in the German coastal town of Cuxhaven, and included an animal shelter, a hospice, and an […] Read more
Here are the top stories from across Europe you need to know about today. Strasbourg shooter manhunt: The French-born gunman of the Strasbourg attack that left two dead and 12 injured, Cherif Chekatt, 29, was known to police and is still at large. France has said it is ready to take him “dead or alive”. […] Read more
Russia has infuriated the US by flying two aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Venezuela. The TU-160 supersonic bombers, called “White Swans” by the Russian pilots who fly them, landed at Maiquetia airport near the capital Caracas on Monday. Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, held talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow just a few days […] Read more
