Following a Xi-headed Politburo meeting, China looks set to ease its monetary policy stance in a first since the 2008-09 global meltdown. This comes in the view of Donald Trump’s return to the White House in the US. read more With the possibility of the second round of trade war looming as Donald Trump inches…
The exchange with Xi follows outreach by leaders of Washington’s top trading partners — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum — who both spoke with Trump last month following his public threats to impose tariffs in retaliation for illegal immigration and the trafficking of drugs like fentanyl. Last Updated : 09…
Joe Biden held his final Kennedy Center Honors last night, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. A reception took place at the White House on Sunday and saw Biden celebrating the Dead’s career. “In the San Francisco Bay at an inflection point in history, the Grateful Dead…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Sunday that the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria demonstrates that Russia and its allies are not invincible, drawing parallels to Ukraine’s ongoing war against Moscow’s forces. “The events in Syria have made the world realise once again, or at least they should, that even the most cruel…
“Wake up, wake up,” I shook my partner’s arm. It was early in the morning. Too early to be waking someone up. She looked at me, groggy, expectant. Maybe even a little scared. I took a deep breath, before delivering the news. “Lana Del Rey is dating an alligator swamp tour guide.” I showed her…
Photo: @kymillman Instagram One of the most anticiapted events in the Abu Dhabi events calendar is, of course, the Formula 1 weekend. Always a spectacle, the Grand Prix finale that took the UAE by storm this weekend. With celebrities, both international and global, in attendance, an unapologetic sense of style arrived at the famed Yas…
China’s top leaders signaled more stimulus for next year with the first shift in their monetary policy stance in some 14 years, as Beijing braces for a second trade war when Donald Trump takes office next month. The Politburo, comprising the ruling Communist Party’s most senior 24 officials and led by President Xi Jinping, announced…
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. Points of Return has dwelt on so many geopolitical risks this year. Somehow the conflicts in neither Gaza nor Ukraine have upset oil markets, or averted the ongoing freight train that is the US stock market. Incumbent governments have been booted out…
New Delhi: The rebels in Syria fought against the Bashar al-Assad regime for 13 years but failed to dislodge him from power. And then in a lightning offensive that lasted less than 13 days, the five-decade rule of the Assad family was decimated and the President was forced to flee the country. Behind the rebels’…
Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, announced Sunday night that she will step down as a co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid mounting speculation that she could be picked to fill a coming Senate vacancy. Trump, who became co-chair of the RNC in March with her father-in-law’s backing, said Sunday on X…