Putin ‘precipitated virtually everything he sought to prevent’: Blinken

Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Russian President Vladimir Putin has “precipitated virtually everything he sought to prevent” by launching an invasion against Ukraine to separate Kyiv from the West, U.S. Secretary of State … Read more

Brad Raffensperger Roasts Trump Over ‘Sad’ Conspiracy Theory

Left: (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Right: (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) put former President Donald Trump on blast for repeating his “recycled conspiracy theories” about the 2020 election in a new op-ed for National Review, characterizing the fixation as “boring and sad.” Raffensperger is well known for his refusal to give … Read more

Denver City Council approves $89 million deal for former Post building

Denver city government took a big step Tuesday toward turning the former downtown headquarters of The Denver Post into a courthouse when the City Council approved an $88.5 million purchase agreement for the building at 101 W. Colfax Ave. A city master plan projects it will need an additional 280,000 square feet of space for … Read more

Day after Trump win in Iowa, Trudeau says U.S. faces choice between optimism, retreat

Voters in the United States likely will face a choice in the November presidential election between optimism for the future, or nostalgia for a past that never existed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. And while a second Donald Trump presidency “won’t be easy,” Trudeau told a Montreal business audience, the federal government is prepared for … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit merger block in win for Biden’s Justice Department

LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC A federal judge Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways‘ purchase of Spirit Airlines after the Justice Department sued to stop the merger, saying the deal would drive up fares for price-sensitive consumers by taking the discount carrier out of the … Read more

Russia’s neighbors back Ukraine’s refusal to negotiate on peace talks

President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday described Ukraine’s refusal to cede ground to Russia in prospective peace talks as “perfectly understandable.” Speaking to CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Duda restated his support for his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy … Read more

24 companies sign open letter saying Big Tech isn’t respecting EU DMA

The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag shown in the background. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images A raft of major technology and media companies have signed an open letter accusing tech giants of failing to bring their businesses into full compliance with … Read more

Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system

For more than a decade, two city-owned greenhouses in Aurora largely have sat empty. A community group wants to put them to use, with plans to turn the greenhouses into spaces for urban agriculture. A partnership between the city and Food Justice NW Aurora soon could launch an operation that supplies food-producing plant starts and … Read more

Banking group IIF sounds the alarm on record global debt

BEIJNG, CHINA – NOVEMBER 13: Illuminated skyscrapers stand at the central business district at sunset on November 13, 2023 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Gao Zehong/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The chief executive of the Institute of International Finance warned Tuesday that policymakers need to swiftly address record … Read more