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Larry Summers predicts seventy percent chance recession begins this year [ad_1] According to a new study co-authored by Larry Summers, large banks are no safer today than they were before the financial crisis. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) David Paul Morris Larry Summers predicts seventy percent chance recession begins this year Ryan King April 16, 09:00 AM April 16, 09:16 AM Video Embed A recession is likely right around the corner, according to a top economist who predicted a burst of inflation would follow the...

Suspect first leaked text of classified docs around December, affidavit says [ad_1] This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass. (WCVB-TV via Online News 72h) Suspect first leaked text of classified docs around December, affidavit says Mike Brest April 14, 01:28 PM April 14, 01:28 PM Video Embed The man accused of leaking hundreds of classified military documents had been...

China's currency could create 'risk' for financial system, IMF says [ad_1] International Monetary Fund Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department Tobias Adrian. (Online News 72h Photo/Jose Luis Magana) China's currency could create 'risk' for financial system, IMF says Joel Gehrke April 11, 03:41 PM April 11, 03:41 PM Video Embed China’s currency stands to "be more predominant in international transactions” in the years to come, according to the International Monetary Fund...

Biden plans to talk with family of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich [ad_1] President Joe Biden talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is traveling the United Kingdom and Ireland in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. (Online News 72h Photo/Patrick Semansky) Patrick Semansky/Online News 72h Biden plans to talk with family of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich Ryan King April 11, 02:17 PM April 11, 02:17 PM ...

German Leopard 2 tanks and first British tanks arrive in Ukraine [ad_1] FILE -- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, right, sits on a Leopard 2 tank at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nearly a year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a 'turning point' that would trigger German weapons supplies to a country at war and a massive increase in spending on the German armed forces, his country’s military turnaround still has a long way to go. (Online News 72h Photo/Martin Meissner, file) Martin Meissner/Online News 72h German Leopard 2 tanks and first British tanks arrive in Ukraine ...

Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus [ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via Online News 72h) Gavriil Grigorov/Online News 72h Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus Emily Jacobs March 25, 11:51 PM March 25, 11:51 PM Video Embed Russia p lans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbo...

US drone hit by Russian pilot 'sank to an unrecoverable depth' [ad_1] Camera footage release from U.S. Air Force MQ-9 interaction with Russian SU-27 in Black Sea EUCOM US drone hit by Russian pilot 'sank to an unrecoverable depth' Mike Brest March 22, 10:48 AM March 22, 10:48 AM Video Embed The U.S. military is not actively trying to recover the Air Force's MQ-9 unmanned aircraft that was downed into the Black Sea after being hit by a Russian aircraft last week. Two Russian pilots flew reck...

British intelligence warns Russia likely preparing for wider military conscription [ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via Online News 72h) Pavel Bednyakov/Online News 72h British intelligence warns Russia likely preparing for wider military conscription Misty Severi March 18, 06:52 PM March 18, 06:53 PM Video Embed Russian forces a re likely preparing for a...

US hasn't seen China provide lethal aid to Russia, Pentagon says [ad_1] Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (Online News 72h Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta/Online News 72h US hasn't seen China provide lethal aid to Russia, Pentagon says Mike Brest March 16, 04:15 PM March 16, 04:15 PM Video Embed The U.S. still has not seen any intelligence to indicate China has supplied Russia with lethal ai...

Joy Behar slams GOP leaders' waning Ukraine support: 'We didn't learn from Hitler?' [ad_1] Joy Behar Screenshot/ The View Joy Behar slams GOP leaders' waning Ukraine support: 'We didn't learn from Hitler?' Julia Johnson March 15, 12:18 PM March 15, 12:18 PM Video Embed The View's Joy Behar called out former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for their waning support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. "This is the kind of thing that spreads and gets wo...

Russia used hypersonic missiles in its latest barrage across Ukraine [ad_1] ** FILE ** A launcher of short-range Iskander missile rides in a column of Russian military vehicles, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in downtown Moscow, in this Tuesday, April 29, 2008 file photo. President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, that Russia will deploy the short-range Iskander missiles to Russia's Kaliningrad region, which lies between Poland and the ex-Soviet republic of Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, in response to U.S. missile defense plans. He did not say whether the missiles would be fitted with nuclear warheads. (Online News 72h Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Russia used hypersonic missiles in its latest barrage across...

Chinese foreign minister warns of 'conflict and confrontation' with the US [ad_1] Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang gestures as he prepares to leave a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (Online News 72h Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Mark Schiefelbein/Online News 72h Chinese foreign minister warns of 'conflict and confrontation' with the US Mike Brest March 07, 10:12 AM March 07, 10:12 AM Vide...

Biden to meet with Germany's Scholz at White House in private meeting [ad_1] FILE - President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on June 28, 2022. Scholz is visiting the White House on Friday, March 3, 2023, to meet with Biden. (Online News 72h Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Susan Walsh/Online News 72h Biden to meet with Germany's Scholz at White House in private meeting Conrad Hoyt March 03, 03:58 AM March 03, 03:58 AM ...

Calls to end US aid to Ukraine are 'dangerous,' Zelensky says [ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during his press conference on the occasion of the Russia-Ukraine war first anniversary in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Efrem Lukatsky/Online News 72h Calls to end US aid to Ukraine are 'dangerous,' Zelensky says Mike Brest February 24, 03:58 PM February 24, 03:58 PM Video Embed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that lagging support in the United States for contin...

UK to ship modern Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine [ad_1] Sgt Steve Guy, left, and Cpl Andy Porter from the Royal Tank Regiment patrol their Challenger II tank into Zubayr, south of Basra, southern Iraq, in this Wednesday, April 2, 2003 photo made available Friday, April 4, 2003. (Online News 72h Photo/Captain Angus Beaton/MOD/Pool) CAPTAIN ANGUS BEATON/Online News 72h UK to ship modern Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine Ryan King January 14, 03:40 PM January 14, 03:40 PM Video Embed B ritish officials vowed to dispatch a...

Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine on one condition [ad_1] Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks at the start of a massive march marking 100 years since Poland regained independence in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (Online News 72h Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine on one condition Mike Brest January 11, 12:52 PM January 11, 12:52 PM Video Embed Poland will send a company of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, President Andrzej Duda announced on Wednesday, but only if other...

Zelensky tells Russians 'no one will ever forgive you' after NYE strike on Ukraine [ad_1] In this photo released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ukraine's president says his country is submitting an "accelerated" application to join the NATO military alliance. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via Online News 72h) Zelensky tells Russians 'no one will ever forgive you' after NYE strike on Ukraine Misty Severi December 31, 07:27 PM ...

Brittney Griner's time in Russia shined light on wrongfully detained Americans [ad_1] In this image made from video provided by Russian Federal Security Service, WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner sits in the plane as she flies to Abu Dhabi to be exchanged for Russian citizen Viktor Bout, in Russia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Online News 72h Brittney Griner's time in Russia shined light on wrongfully detained Americans Mike Brest December 27, 06:00 AM December 27, 06:00 AM Video Embed ...

‘Epic thread': Elon Musk touts bizarre 2023 predictions by Putin stooge Medvedev [ad_1] Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev heads the Cabinet meeting in the government headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (Online News 72h Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service) Dmitry Astakhov ‘Epic thread': Elon Musk touts bizarre 2023 predictions by Putin stooge Medvedev Cami Mondeaux December 26, 07:34 PM December 26, 07:34 PM Video Embed Twitter CEO Elon Musk c hose to amp...