The US Senate on Thursday passed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to require the creation of a tier list of foreign countries by level of corruption and consider sanctions against low-tier countries

US President Joe Biden has nominated State Department Counselor Derek Chollet to be the next Undersecretary of Defense for Policy to replace Colin Kahl who departed the department earlier in July, the White House said on Tuesday

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik on Tuesday that Germany, Denmark and Sweden had not informed Russia about their joint investigation into the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, contrary to what the countries said in a letter to the United Nation

The French ministries of the economy and ecological transition said on Tuesday that electricity rates for households and small businesses in France would go up 10% starting August 1, France's Le Figaro newspaper reported