Chile Holds Presidential Runoff With Right-Wing Poised to Clinch Power
Chileans are voting in Sunday’s presidential runoff that’s expected to usher in a new era of hard-right politics in one of Latin America’s most prosperous nations.
Chileans are voting in Sunday’s presidential runoff that’s expected to usher in a new era of hard-right politics in one of Latin America’s most prosperous nations.
National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett said he’d consider President Donald Trump’s policy opinions if picked to lead the Federal Reserve, but that the central bank’s interest rate decisions would remain independent.
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Sunday, offering condolences to those affect by Brown University shooting, Australia shooting, and Syria attack. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the US will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State.
Twelve people have been killed in Australia’s worst terrorist attack, as gunmen opened fire on Jewish people who had gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. Netanyahu comments on Australia policy saying "Anti-Semitism is a cancer." (Source: Bloomberg)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ascribed the fatal mass shooting in Sydney to Australia’s call for a Palestinian state, saying he warned ahead of the attack that the move “pours fuel on antisemitic fire.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled that Ukraine could accept security guarantees from the US and Europe as a way to prevent future Russian aggression, and substitute for its long-term goal of joining NATO.
Giorgia Meloni cast US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as a wake-up call for Europe, while downplaying tensions within her government and reaffirming Italy’s support for Ukraine.
Next week, a group of European Union countries closest to Russia will start work on concrete measures for how to boost the bloc’s defenses against their belligerent eastern neighbor, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said.
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to oust Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is null and void.