China’s Foreign Minister Tells Rubio That Taiwan Is the ‘Biggest Risk Factor’ in US-China Relations

Largest US Power Grid On Verge Of Cracking Due To Historic Heat Dome Summary: PJM Grid Mix Now Dominated By NatGas, Nuclear, Coal Washington, DC Temps Expected To Push Into Low Triple Digits PJM Warns Power Demand Could Test 2006 Record High PJM Declares Emergency To Reduce Blackout Risk PJM Grid May Test 2006 Record  Cooling demand across PJM Interconnection's operating area will surge today and into late week as tens of millions of households and businesses crank up air conditioners to stay cool under the emerging heat dome. The spike in power demand is...

World Cup Fans Drive Spending Surge In These US Host Cities Bank of America has released new aggregated credit and debit card data showing that the World Cup is already driving a noticeable increase in retail spending activity across the tournament's 11 U.S. host cities. According to BofA analyst Aditya Bhave, brick-and-mortar spending at restaurants and bars in host cities rose 5.3% year over year in the three weeks ending June 27, outpacing the 3.8% gain seen across the rest of the U.S. Bhave noted that other forms of brick-and-mortar retail...

European Nationalists Rally Around Orbán Following Zelensky's "Outrageous" Remarks Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has condemned remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Budapest says amounted to a threat against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Responding to comments made during a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, Szijjártó said the statement was “beyond every limit” and reflected what he described as “the kind of ‘culture’ coming from Kyiv.” “This is the man Brussels admires and the country they want to fast-track into the European Union,” Szijjártó said....