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WASHINGTON/JUPITER, Florida -U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump’s unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start next week. The initial 10% “baseline”…
Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the U.S. on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since they launched a rapid-fire effort to overhaul…
ROME – U.S. tech-billionaire Elon Musk said on Saturday he hoped in future to see complete freedom of trade between the United States and Europe, speaking days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on trading partners. Musk, a Trump…
SEOUL -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted on Friday by the Constitutional Court, ushering in an election after it upheld parliament’s impeachment over his imposition of martial law that sparked the nation’s worst political crisis in decades. The…
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau discussed on Friday with Panama’s Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha the importance of an ongoing audit of Hutchison’s management of concessions of two ports at either end of the Panama Canal, the State Department…
BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the White House on Monday to discuss recently announced tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, three Israeli officials said on Saturday. The impromptu visit was first reported by Axios,…
LONDON – British police said they charged actor-comedian Russell Brand on Friday with rape and multiple counts of assault in cases relating to four separate women between 1999 and 2005. Brand, who was once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters…
CAIRO – A Palestinian paramedic who was present at an incident in which 15 of his colleagues were killed in southern Gaza last month said he saw Israeli troops firing at emergency vehicles that he later saw stained with blood….
FRANKFURT/BERLIN – Hundreds of people protested in European cities on Saturday against U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, following a bruising week for financial markets after Trump unveiled sweeping global tariffs. In the German city of Frankfurt,…
Multiple Ukrainians legally in the United States under a humanitarian program received an email this week telling them their status had been revoked and they had seven days to leave the country or the “federal government will find you.” A…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed tariffs with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Department said in a readout of their conversation on Friday, in the aftermath of a sweeping new tariff policy announced by the United States….
J.P.Morgan ratcheted up its odds for a U.S. and global recession to 60%, as brokerages scrambled to revise their forecast models with tariff distress threatening to sap business confidence and slow down global growth. The Trump administration imposed tariffs on…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate approved a Republican budget blueprint early on Saturday that aims to extend trillions of dollars worth of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and sharply reduce government spending. The vote, following an all-night legislative session, unlocks…
KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine -A Russian attack killed at least 19 people including nine children in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said, but Russia’s Defence Ministry said it targeted a military gathering there. The Ukrainian military…
TOKYO – Nintendo said it is delaying the start of pre-orders for the Switch 2 gaming device in the United States as it examines the potential impact of tariffs. Pre-orders will not start on April 9 in the U.S. “in…
BEIJING – China said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets’ dramatic reaction to the trade levies, which drew Chinese retaliation. Several Chinese commerce…
CERNOBBIO, Italy – Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti warned on Saturday against the imposition of retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to U.S President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on trade partners. Speaking at a business forum…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday it did not move forward with a proposal put forth by the Biden administration for Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. U.S.-listed shares of Novo fell…
U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid is weighing a possible repeat bankruptcy after its recent financial restructuring failed to put the drugstore chain on a sustainable path, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company has also been pursuing a…
Walmart on Friday denied a report from ABC News that it was considering joining a group of investors to buy short video app TikTok. Earlier on Friday, ABC News reporter Selina Wang said in a post on X that the…
OAKLAND – Billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday. Last month, OpenAI and Musk agreed to fast-track a trial over OpenAI’s for-profit…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Energy Department has identified thousands of staffers it has deemed as non-essential, including at its office that manages the country’s nuclear weapons arsenal, who would not be protected in a second round of cuts, an Associated…
SINGAPORE/LONDON -Emerging economies worldwide are bracing for sliding currencies and a possible deterioration of their sovereign credit after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs brought levies on U.S. imports to their highest levels in 100 years. The worse-than-expected tariff blitz hits…
LONDON -Global markets have been sucked into a downdraft after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, setting investors’ go-to warning lights flickering but not yet flashing red. S&P 500 companies have shed $5 trillion in stock market value, an all-time…
MADRID – Hundreds of thousands marched across 40 Spanish cities on Saturday to protest against soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes in a country that enjoys Europe’s fastest economic growth and yet suffers from a severe housing shortage…
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with millions of dollars of cuts to teacher training grants – part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives – in a setback on Friday to eight…
WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are “larger than expected,” and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday, while cautioning it was still too soon…
WASHINGTON -Elon Musk’s SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a U.S. Space Force rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars to send some of the Pentagon’s most sensitive satellites into space over the next…
NEW YORK -Tariff-stunned markets face another week of potential tariff turmoil, with fallout from President Donald Trump’s sweeping import levies keeping investors on edge after the worst week for U.S. stocks since the onset of the coronavirus crisis five years…
LONDON/CHICAGO -Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday to the lowest level since 2021, while copper, soybeans and other commodities also fell as China retaliated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs. Safe-haven gold was down for a second day,…