(Adnkronos) – Dan Katz, the chief of staff of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, will leave the Trump administration to become first deputy director of the International Monetary Fund. Sources reveal this, pointing out that the former Manhattan Institute analyst, Katz will become

(Adnkronos) – Denmark, a NATO country, intends to acquire long-range precision weapons for the first time as a deterrent against Russia. The announcement came from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. But there

(Adnkronos) – The day of September 18 will be “a hybrid day”, with a “very, very strong” mobilization. This was stated by Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior of the outgoing French government, speaking on BFMTV-RMC, on the eve of the protests

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission suspends bilateral support to Israel, with the exception of support for civil society and Yad Vashem. The measure affects future annual allocations between 2025 and 2027, as well as ongoing institutional cooperation projects with Israel and projects

(Adnkronos) – Laboratory tests have concluded that Alexei Navalny died from poisoning. This was revealed by his widow, Julia Navalnaya, who explained in a post on ‘X’ that “we managed to transfer Alexei’s biological materials abroad. Laboratories in two different countries conducted

(Adnkronos) – Iranian authorities have announced the execution by hanging of Babak Shahbazi, convicted of collaborating with Israeli secret services since 2022. According to the Tehran judiciary, the sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court and concerned the capital crimes of “corruption

(Adnkronos) – The Israeli military has opened a second road to facilitate the forced exodus of residents from Gaza City in addition to the one along the coast. Sala al Din, in the center of the region, towards the south of the

(Adnkronos) – The Bulgarian Navy announced today that it has intercepted an unmanned surface vehicle – a marine drone – in the waters of the Black Sea. The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense stated that the target, which was “destroyed”, has been analyzed.

(Adnkronos) – The day of social mobilization on September 18th will be followed throughout France: at the moment, the announced meetings scheduled are 250, the participants could reach double the initially expected number and reach 800,000. Numerous sectors are mobilized and active

(Adnkronos) – Government officials in South Sudan have allegedly embezzled billions of dollars in oil revenues since the African country’s independence in 2011. This was denounced in a report by the UN Human Rights Commission released in Geneva.  The document denounces “systemic

(Adnkronos) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned Israel’s ground offensive against Gaza City and called for an end to the “carnage”, highlighting the “growing evidence” of the ongoing “genocide” in the Palestinian enclave. “The whole world

(Adnkronos) – The two 17-year-olds who urinated in the broth at a hotpot restaurant in Shanghai have been sentenced to pay 2.2 million yuan (about 284,000 euros) to two Chinese restaurant companies. The incident, which took place last February at a branch

(Adnkronos) – A shipowner wanted in connection with the investigation into the 2020 explosion in the port of Beirut has been arrested in Bulgaria. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the Sofia court to the Afp news agency. “He was placed

(Adnkronos) – A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, leaving in place the lower court injunction blocking her dismissal. The Wall Street Journal reports this, emphasizing that the decision,

(Adnkronos) – Two Belarusians were arrested yesterday after a drone flew over the center of Warsaw, then several government buildings including the residence of President Karol Nawrocki. The drone was later “neutralized”, as reported by security agencies. On the night between Tuesday

(Adnkronos) – Luxembourg joins the countries that intend to recognize the Palestinian state during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to be held next week in New York. Politico writes that Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden and Foreign Minister Xavier

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump has announced his decision to sue the New York Times for defamation after the newspaper wrote about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he

(Adnkronos) – “The solutions are not found at the margins but in the center, with useful answers for our economy, on the issue of migrants and security”: Friedrich Merz welcomed the result (33.3% against 34.3% in 2020) obtained by his CDU in

(Adnkronos) – “Enough silence on the acts of violence of this rogue state, which is causing chaos, destruction, killings and hunger in the region”. This was stated by the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, referring to Israel in

(Adnkronos) – Downing Street condemns Elon Musk for the high-tech billionaire’s “incendiary and dangerous statements” in connection with a far-right demonstration in London. “The United Kingdom is a fair, tolerant and honest country and therefore the last thing the British people want

(Adnkronos) – The United Kingdom has summoned the Russian ambassador to London for what the Foreign Office has called an “unprecedented” violation of the airspace of Poland and Romania, two NATO countries. “The significant and unprecedented violation of Polish and NATO airspace

(Adnkronos) – The European Commission has allocated an additional 40 million euros in humanitarian funding to help Ukrainians face the fourth winter of war. The EU executive announces this in a statement, specifying that with these funds the EU’s humanitarian partners “will

(Adnkronos) – South Korea has announced an investigation into possible human rights violations during the massive raid by US authorities on a Hyundai plant in Georgia, where more than 475 workers were detained on September 4, including more than 300 South Korean

(Adnkronos) – North Korea has denounced the “hostile actions” of the United States and reiterated its right to maintain a nuclear arsenal as a defense tool. In a statement released by the permanent mission to the UN, Pyongyang stated: “We condemn the

(Adnkronos) – In the talks in Madrid between the United States and China, “an agreement was reached on a ‘certain’ company that young people in our country really wanted to save. They will be very happy!”. This was announced by US President

(Adnkronos) – The Ukrainian army today reported a new Starlink failure across the entire front line. Robert Brovdi, head of the drone unit, wrote on Telegram that the SpaceX system, crucial for military and civilian communications in the country where Russian bombing

(Adnkronos) – Two six-year-old twins are among the 17 Palestinians killed in the attacks that Israel has carried out since dawn on the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the broadcaster al-Jazeera while the summit of Arab and Islamic leaders is being

(Adnkronos) – The day of the conviction to 27 years in prison of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro turned into “a day of celebration” in Brasilia, where many took to the streets of the capital to celebrate what they called “a victory”

(Adnkronos) – Voting takes place this weekend, in some cases already starting today, in 80 regions in Russia for local elections that could hold some surprises. Within the framework of Putin’s rhetoric of replacing elites with veterans from the front, there are

(Adnkronos) – On Sunday, voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia are called to the polls for local elections, a vote for mayors and city councilors in Germany’s most populous state, representing the first major electoral test for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s