Slovakia’s prime minister in stable but ‘very serious’ condition after assassination attempt
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but “very serious” condition following surgery after an assassination attempt,…
Putin tells Xi that Russia-China relations are a ‘stabilizing’ force for the world
Russia-China ties are a “stabilizing” force for the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Xi Jinping during his…
U.S. questions China’s no-first-use nuclear call given buildup
China has not responded to U.S. nuclear-weapons risk-reduction proposals and Washington has questions about Beijing’s call for no-first-use talks while China continues to build up…
Justice Department charges MIT brothers with $25 million crypto theft that took 12 seconds
The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of two brothers who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
‘We have to do what we have to do’: Israel’s Netanyahu stands firm on Rafah offensive despite U.S. tensions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged tensions with historical ally the U.S. over the military offensive in Rafah in the…
Georgia president holds talks on ‘how to save’ the country as U.S., EU and NATO decry ‘Russian law’
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday held talks with European ministers to urgently discuss “how to save” the country, shortly…
Biden and Trump agree to debates on June 27 and Sept. 10
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Wednesday scheduled two debates shortly after the Democratic incumbent issued a blunt public…
Sen. Menendez’s wife kept him ‘sidelined’ about money woes, defense lawyer tells jurors in corruption trial
Sen. Robert Menendez’s wife and co-defendant, Nadine Menendez, was hiding her financial troubles from her husband, a defense attorney for…
Zelenskyy calls off foreign trips as Russian forces press into northeast Ukraine
This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday postponed…
Putin wants 3 things from Xi as he seeks to deepen Russia-China ties, analyst says
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China this week is the latest sign of deepening strategic…
