US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the first tranche of a security aid package for Israel was already on the way and that additional assistance would be announced soon. Kirby added that the US wanted to press ahead with diplomacy to normalize ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel after the Hamas attack, which further inflamed tensions in the Middle East.
Bain Capital has pushed back plans for a Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd. initial public offering to as soon as 2024, according to people familiar with the matter.
Executives at one of China’s largest copper trading houses have lost contact with the company’s founder and believe that he has been detained by police for questioning, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chinese tourists flocked to the Middle East during the eight-day Golden Week holiday, as popular travel destinations like Dubai roll out free visas and increase flight capacity, according to Trip.com Group Ltd.
A group of US lawmakers proposed that the Biden administration pursue a joint aid package for Israel and Ukraine that would capitalize on broad bipartisan support for the Jewish state to overcome opposition from some Republicans to continued funding for Kyiv.
Three years after an unprecedented wave of support saw Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party re-elected in a landslide, her party is on the brink of losing power.
Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, said he was “sickened” by the institution’s lack of response after some student groups blamed Israel for Hamas’ attack, which has killed more than 900 Israelis, most of them civilians.
President Joe Biden was interviewed over two days as part of the special counsel investigation into classified material found at a former private office and one of his homes in Delaware, the White House said Monday.
The Biden administration will allow Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. to acquire the equipment they need to sustain and expand their giant chipmaking operations in China, a victory for the world’s two biggest memory makers.
Australian business conditions showed ongoing resilience to elevated price pressures while consumer confidence remained in “deeply pessimistic” territory, highlighting the contrasting responses of firms and households to tighter monetary policy.
