U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on Rule by Law: China’s Increasingly Global Legal Reach from 9:30 a.m. ET on May 4 in 3 panels. Co-chairs’ opening remarks: 9:30–9:40 a.m. Panel I: The CCP’s Promotion of Rule by Law (9:40–11:10 a.m.), panelists include: Moritz Rudolf, research scholar in […]
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations State Department & USAID Management, International Operations, & Bilateral International Development subcommittee holds a hearing at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 3 on THE GLOBAL INFORMATION WARS: IS THE U.S. WINNING OR LOSING?
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten admitted to offering edits to the CDC’s school reopening guidelines during testimony on Capitol Hill. She denies suggesting substantive changes. More than 10,000 federal employees could have access to Americans’ data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Three witnesses testified on the issue at a House Judiciary Subcommittee […]
Global economic growth will slow this year to 2.8 percent, down from 3.4 percent in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO). The baseline forecast suggests the GDP growth rate will climb to 3 percent next year. Advanced economies are forecast to witness output of 1.3 percent this year, down […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attempted to reassure Americans about the state of the global economy at a press conference on Tuesday. While acknowledging the possibility of an economic downturn, she said she did not anticipate one and believes that the U.S. banking system remains strong. “I’ve not really seen evidence at this stage suggesting a […]
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special Congress commission, holds a hearing on China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET on March 23.
U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday after Wall Street’s main indexes suffered their biggest decline in four weeks on Thursday, sparked by a hot inflation report and hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials and investment bank bets on bigger interest rate hikes. On Friday morning, shares slipped in Asia, Europe, and the United States, extending […]
U.S. Senate Energy Committee holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 16 on the impact of a year of the Russia-Ukraine war on European and Global Energy security. Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs Dr. Andrew Light; European Commission Director-General for Energy Ditte Juul Jørgensen; and Rice University Baker Institute for Public […]
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 5,000 people in the two countries. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers working in cold and snow look for trapped people in the rubble of toppled buildings. Here are some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000: June 22, […]
