City Washington Financial News
06.01 / 00:51
Pope Francis
Death
Germany to donate Marder infantry fighting vehicles and a Patriot missile system to Ukraine
Germany will supply Ukraine with Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles and a Patriot missile battery, the government announced in a joint German-US statement on Thursday.
30.12 / 08:21
business
regulation
white house
SBF met with Biden's senior advisors 2 months before FTX collapse: Report
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried met with government officials at the White House on at least four separate occasions in 2022, and reportedly a meeting just two months before the fall of his crypto empire.
21.12 / 11:43
Ukraine war: Zelenskyy heading to Washington to meet US counterpart Joe Biden
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to visit Washington DC on Wednesday in his first known trip outside the country since Russia's full-scale invasion in late February.
05.12 / 16:01
U.S. and Europe Gird for Trade Spat Over Washington’s Push for Domestic Investment
Europe is bracing for a confrontation with Washington over a new law that encourages businesses to invest more in the U.S., an initiative European officials say threatens the region’s economy as it teeters on the verge of a recession.
03.12 / 17:03
European Union
NOT
Ukraine war: Biden will not talk to Putin; Russia to encircle Bakhmut; Estonia wants HIMARS
US President Joe Biden does not intend to speak to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about ending the Ukraine war as conditions for such discussions currently do not exist, the White House said on Friday.
02.12 / 23:31
European Union
Football
Macron's visit is 'major breakthrough' to avert trade war with the US, Le Maire says
Talks between French president Emmanuel Macron and US president Joe Biden this week in Washington have been a "turning point" able to avert a trade war between the two sides of the Atlantic, France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday.
29.11 / 15:11
Ripple
Fallout
Ukraine War’s Economic Ripples Sow Discord Between Washington, Allies
WASHINGTON—Trans-Atlantic ties are starting to fray as French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders chafe at new U.S. policies they say compound economic woes fueled by the war in Ukraine and the resulting energy crisis.
21.11 / 15:05
BLOCK
Manufacturing
GOP House Majority Could Shield Industries From New Taxes, Regulations
WASHINGTON—Republican wins at the ballot box have long translated into gains for the business lobby in Washington. This election is likely to be no exception, despite the party’s increasingly populist slant.
09.11 / 22:35
Provident
guidance
U.S. Treasury Issues New Guidance on Russian Oil-Price Cap in Bid to Calm Markets
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department said that ships loaded with Russian oil before Dec. 5 won’t be subjected to U.S.-led price cap on Russian oil, as Washington attempts to reassure anxious oil markets about its plan for new sanctions.
01.11 / 01:01
Provident
guidance
U.S. Treasury Issues New Guidance on Russian Oil-Price Cap in Bid to Calm Markets
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department said that ships loaded with Russian oil before Dec. 5 won’t be subjected to U.S.-led price cap on Russian oil, as Washington attempts to reassure anxious oil markets about its plan for new sanctions.
10.10 / 11:29
FIVE
Parke
North Korea ‘Funding Weapons Programs’ with Vast Cache of ‘Stolen Crypto’
International investigators claim that North Korea stole “hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptoassets” to pay for its nuclear weapons programs” – while a row has broken out in South Korean political circles over politicians’ alleged ties to the crypto developer Virgil Griffith.
06.10 / 22:15
UPS
Biden Weighs Options After OPEC+ Moves to Cut Oil Output
WASHINGTON—The decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its Russia-led allies to cut oil production has Washington looking at ways to hit back.
29.09 / 09:39
Climate change
Pipelines
Leak
Nord Stream leak: Russia and West trade blame over alleged sabotage of undersea gas pipelines
Russia and the West have traded blame over alleged sabotage that caused mysterious leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
28.09 / 05:09
SEC
CEO
Platform
Action
Crypto-lender Nexo faces charges from eight U.S states
Switzerland-based crypto-lender Nexo is facing simultaneous enforcement action from eight different U.S states over varying allegations. Actions include cease and desist orders, administrative measures etc.
15.09 / 07:59
Health
European Union
European Commission
Russia talks 'a great risk for China' as Xi and Putin meet in Samarkand
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are meeting in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan this week, an event that will be watched closely across Central Asia, in European capitals and Washington DC.
06.09 / 15:37
UPS
Citizens
Lawyer
Lawyer For Alleged Russian Crypto Launderer Seeks Prisoner Swap With U.S.
As the relations between the U.S. and Russia remain stringent due to the latter country’s invasion of Ukraine, a lawyer for a Russian citizen accused of laundering more than USD 4bn worth of crypto has called on the Kremlin to facilitate a prisoner exchange involving his client with Washington.
01.09 / 21:55
U.K. Commits to Plan to Cap Price of Russian Oil
WASHINGTON—The British Treasury chief said the U.K. was committed to a U.S.-led effort to put a cap on the price of Russian oil as a top Russian official said the country would refuse to sell oil at a capped price.
25.08 / 13:15
25.08 / 13:15
Dogecoin
Digital
PayPal
Coinme Introduces 6 Additional Crypto Instant Trading by Cash
Coinme, a major cryptocurrency cash exchange based in Seattle and Washington, announced on Wednesday that it has introduced six additional cryptocurrencies to its list of buyable assets from its 10,000 grocery store kiosks across the United States.
22.08 / 23:31
23.07 / 16:35
cryptocurrency
crypto news
North Korea Condemns US Over Washington's Remarks On Crypto Stealing
North Korea denounces U.S. over Washington's remarks on cryptocurrency stealing
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