John Kerry

John Kerry, who served as the secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama, warned the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump‘s plans to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. What Happened: During an interview, Kerry, now co-executive chair of Galvanize Climate...

John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, reportedly plans to resign from his position in the Biden administration in the coming weeks. What Happened: Kerry, who was appointed to the role shortly after President Joe Biden’s election in November 2020, has informed the President of his...

As this summer's scorching heat wave continues to break temperature records across the Northern Hemisphere, climate negotiations between the U.S. and China have failed to achieve a mutual agreement. According to a Wednesday report in The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese...

Entrepreneurs should be doing more than simply building successful companies, said Secretary of State John Kerry. These individuals should be using their innovation, creativity and expertise to "help solve things like violent extremism, climate change, and government corruption." According to a...

Western diplomats and Iranian officials agreed this week that they would need to continue their negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program despite the fact that they had set a hard deadline for Tuesday. After reaching a preliminary agreement in 2013, the two sides found that differing...

Shares of the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc (NASDAQ: CUBA) spiked up about 3 percent Tuesday afternoon, following The White House’s announcement that President Barack Obama intends to remove Cuba from the government’s list of “State Sponsors of Terrorism” – a...

Brent crude oil slipped further on Tuesday as an oversupplied market outweighed supply concerns due to instability in several OPEC producers. The commodity traded at $104.20 at 6:54 GMT as investors waited for U.S. inventory data for a better picture of the number one oil consuming nation...

Brent crude oil declined on Monday as tension in Gaza cooled off following a difficult  to achieve humanitarian agreement between Hamas and Israeli forces. The commodity traded at $107.96 at 6:15 GMT, with most expecting to see prices rise again if fighting on the Gaza strip restarts....

On Thursday, the US accused Russia of firing across its border in an attempt to take out Ukrainian military posts in what are the most serious allegations that Moscow is fueling the conflict in Ukraine. Since the start of the conflict, questions have been raised about whether or not the Kremlin...

According to The Wall Street Journal, a letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Deutsche Bank alerted the lender of its financial reporting problems back in December, but the bank did nothing to fix them. In fact, the New York Fed is alleging that Deutsche Bank has known about its...

The tense situation between the U.S. and Russia after a passenger plane was shot down in Ukraine helped Brent crude oil climb toward $107 as traders kept a close eye on the growing conflict. Brent crude oil traded at $106.92 at 8:15 GMT on Monday morning with geopolitical tension supporting the...

After a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane was shot down in Ukraine on Thursday, tension between the West and Russia grew as accusations over who shot the missile flew between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists. On Sunday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said it was clear...

U.S. stocks rose as earning season unofficially kicked off with Citigroup reporting better than expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average set new intra-day records, hitting an all time high of 17,088.43 as investors appear to be comfortable with holding blue chips instead of...

Brent crude oil was steady at $106.33 at 8:00 GMT on Monday morning with investors keeping an eye on conflict in both Libya and Iraq. The commodity was on a downward spiral last week after Libya reopened its largest oilfield following months of protests and the conflict in Iraq looked isolated...

Brent crude oil began the week on the decline as supply interruption risks in Iraq eased. The commodity traded at $112.59 at 8:30 GMT as the geopolitical tension that has been propping oil prices up began to fade. CNBC reported that the Sunni insurgency that has taken over much of northern...