G7 leaders aim for unity, facing escalating wars in Ukraine, Middle East
KANANASKIS, Alberta- Leaders from the Group of Seven nations began annual talks on Monday with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East adding to global economic uncertainty, as host Canada tries to avoid a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump….
‘GTA VI’ delay weighs on global videogame market growth
The global videogame market’s growth rate is expected to improve marginally in 2025 from the previous year, according to a report from research firm Newzoo, seen exclusively by Reuters on Tuesday. Analysts and industry experts had projected a surge in…
Pentagon chief says Trump still aiming for deal with Iran
WASHINGTON -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News on Monday that President Donald Trump was still aiming for a nuclear deal with Iran even as hostilities have escalated between U.S. ally Israel and Tehran, while a White House aide…
Solar stocks drop after Senate proposal to phase out tax credits by 2028
U.S. solar stocks dropped in premarket trading on Tuesday after a Senate panel proposed a full phase-out of solar and wind energy tax credits by 2028, as part of changes suggested to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill….
US appeals court to rule on Trump’s Los Angeles troop deployment
A federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles amid protests and civil unrest, days after a lower court ruled that the president unlawfully called…
Trump says his G7 summit departure not linked to any Israel-Iran ceasefire offer
WASHINGTON -Donald Trump said late on Monday his early departure from the Group of Seven nations summit has “nothing to do with” working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, denying comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said the…
Israel-Iran conflict will spur Russia-China gas deal, Russian adviser says
MOSCOW -Rising tensions in the Middle East will accelerate natural gas negotiations between Russia and China, with a decision likely this year, the head of a think-tank that advises the Russian government on China told Reuters. Russia has been seeking…
Israel-Iran air war enters sixth day, Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/DUBAI -Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran’s unconditional surrender. The Israeli…
Amazon announces four-day Prime Day discount event
NEW YORK -Amazon.com’s annual Prime Day sales event is scheduled for July 8 through July 11, expanding to four days from two days compared to last year, the company announced on Tuesday. “We’re extending it to four days because our…
Canada says it scrapped a G7 statement on Ukraine after US resistance
KANANASKIS, Alberta -Canada dropped plans for the Group of Seven to issue a strong statement on the Ukraine war after resistance from the United States, a Canadian official told reporters on the sidelines of a leaders’ summit on Tuesday. The…
War insurance costs to Israel soar after Iranian attacks
LONDON -War risk insurance premiums for shipments to Israel are as much as three times higher than a week ago as the war between Israel and Iran entered its fifth day, industry sources said on Tuesday. The cost of a…
40 killed in Gaza, many trying to reach food, as UN denounces Israeli-backed aid system
CAIRO/GAZA -Israeli fire killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the territory’s health ministry said, as U.N. officials denounced Israeli-backed aid delivery methods. Medics said…
Iran asks Gulf states to mediate for ceasefire with Israel
DUBAI -Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Tehran’s flexibility in nuclear negotiations, two Iranian and…
G7 expresses support for Israel, calls Iran source of instability
WASHINGTON – The Group of Seven nations expressed support for Israel in a statement issued late on Monday and labeled its rival Iran as a source of instability in the Middle East, with the G7 leaders urging broader de-escalation of…
US deploying more defensive capabilities to Middle East, Pete Hegseth says
WASHINGTON -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday he had ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran drives regional tensions higher. Hegseth did not disclose what military…
US official says Trump not signing G7 statement on Israel-Iran de-escalation
CALGARY, Alberta -A U.S. official said on Monday that President Donald Trump would not sign a draft statement from Group of Seven leaders calling for de-escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict. The draft statement, seen by Reuters, also commits to safeguarding…
Stocks slip, oil jumps as Trump calls for Tehran evacuation
U.S. stock futures slipped and oil prices rose on Tuesday, as investors were rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for everyone to evacuate Tehran, with the fifth day of Israel-Iran fighting sowing fears of a broader regional conflict. Markets…
Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel
DUBAI/LONDON -Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes in his inner circle and raising the risk of strategic…
Trump urges Tehran evacuation as Iran-Israel conflict enters fifth day
TEL AVIV/DUBAI -Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country’s rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to seek G7 support as Trump’s early exit puts dampener on summit
KANANASKIS, Alberta -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will on Tuesday urge the Group of Seven to provide more backing for the war against Russia even after U.S. President Donald Trump left the summit early due to developments in the Middle East….
Xi says China ‘deeply worried’ about Israel-Iran conflict, urges de-escalation
BEIJING -China is “deeply worried” about Israel’s military operation against Iran that has escalated tensions in the Middle East, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, in his first public comments on the conflict that erupted last Friday. Xi, speaking on…
In historic first, NAACP will not invite Trump to convention
WASHINGTON -The NAACP said it will not invite Donald Trump to its annual convention next month, the first time the 116-year-old civil rights organization has not asked a sitting U.S. president to attend its convention. Derrick Johnson, president of the…
Coinbase seeking US SEC approval to offer blockchain-based stocks
Coinbase is seeking a green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to offer “tokenized equities” to its customers, the crypto exchange’s chief legal officer told Reuters. If granted, the move would allow Coinbase to effectively offer stock trading…
Israeli tank fire kills 51 people in Gaza crowd trying to get food
CAIRO/GAZA -Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 51 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents…
Elon Musk’s X sues New York over content moderation law
NEW YORK -Elon Musk’s X Corp sued New York’s attorney general on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose sensitive information about how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation and other content. The…
US moving fighter jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran war rages
WASHINGTON -The U.S. military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering U.S. military forces in the region as the war between Israel and Iran rages, three U.S. officials said. One…
Iranian supreme leader Khamenei has been implacable opponent of US and Israel
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent almost four decades as Shi’ite Iran’s supreme leader building a regional power to rival the Sunni states across the Gulf and implacably hostile to the U.S. and Israel – while crushing repeated unrest at home….
Trump says US won’t kill Iran’s supreme leader, ‘at least not for now’
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was “hiding”, that he was an easy target but would not be killed, at least for now. “We know exactly where the so-called…
US judge blocks Defense Department from slashing federal research funding
BOSTON -A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued a…
General Mills to remove artificial colors from all its US cereals and foods
General Mills said on Tuesday it would remove artificial colors from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027. The Cheerios maker also said it would remove synthetic dyes from all its U.S. cereals and foods served in…