It’s “paramount” that Europe returns to Cold War-era defense spending policies as the war in Ukraine continues, Polish President Andrzej Duda told CNBC on Wednesday. The president warned the security situation in Europe has “drastically changed” since 2014, when NATO’s defense expenditure rules were first introduced. “There’s hardly any difference between Soviet imperialism and Putin’s…
The floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Jan. 22, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you…
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday reinstated complaints about how ABC News moderated the pre-election TV debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and appearances of Kamala Harris on CBS’s 60 Minutes and NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Last week, then FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel said the commission was rejecting complaints that “seek to weaponize the…
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A record share of U.S. companies in China are accelerating their plans to relocate manufacturing or sourcing, according to a business survey released Thursday. About…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sorry, Kody Brown. But you don’t have Meri Brown to kick around any longer. As Sister Wives fans very obviously know at this point, the father of 17 terminated his marriage from Meri back in January 2023. The latest season of this TLC reality show, however, was filmed many months ago…
FRANCE – 2025/01/20: In this photo illustration, Trump Meme , Trump the Crypto president, is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Romain Doucelin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Romain Doucelin | Getty Images Cryptocurrency firm bosses are optimistic about the changes of comprehensive federal rules for the industry passing this year now that…
Bruce Lehrmann will seek a judge-only trial to defend himself against charges of rape, a Toowoomba court has heard. The case against Lehrmann was briefly mentioned in the Toowoomba district court on Thursday after the 29-year-old former Liberal staffer was committed to stand trial on two charges of rape alleged to have occurred to the…
James Breyer, founder and CEO of Breyer Capital at the 2018 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Adam Galica | CNBC Venture capitalist and early Facebook investor Jim Breyer said Wednesday that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been reenergized by the company’s recent push into artificial intelligence. “Post election I’ve traded many messages and spoken to him,”…
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s not easy to steal attention from Donald Trump. Especially not on a day during which he’s sworn in as President of the United States (for the second time) and on a day during which he issues a pardon for individuals convicted of assaulting police offers on January 6, 2021. But…
Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, answers a question at a press conference during the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 6, 2024. Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images China’s financial regulators on Thursday unveiled a slew of measures to urge large state-owned mutual funds…
