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LONDON – Britain’s King Charles and other senior royals are due to join veterans and crowds to watch a grand military parade and flypast at the start of four days of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe…
SAO PAULO – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Brazil and the U.S. are negotiating the terms of an understanding on tariffs. Haddad said on Sunday that he spoke to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “on behalf of the region,”…
BERLIN -Far-right party Alternative for Germany filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a decision last week by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency to classify the party as an extremist organisation. A spokesperson for the administrative court in Cologne said the lawsuit…
KINSHASA – Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a process meant to end fighting in eastern Congo and attract billions of dollars of Western investment, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa said…
NEW YORK -The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against major currencies, including the yen and the euro, on Monday as markets weighed continued uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s policies and their impact on the economy. The greenback slid to a…
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were lower on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump rekindled worries about the fallout of a global trade war by introducing new tariffs, while focus remained on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision later…
NEW YORK/ LONDON – MSCI’s global equities index was lower on Monday, oil prices fell on the prospect of production increases and Taiwan’s dollar hit its highest in nearly three years against the U.S. dollar, marking the start of a…
A group of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday to challenge the Trump administration’s decision to gut the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by firing 10,000 of its employees and shuttering entire agencies within the department. Attorneys…
Skechers has agreed to be taken private by 3G Capital for $9.42 billion in the footwear industry’s biggest buyout to date, exiting public markets after 26 years as the popular shoe brand grapples with the impact of steep U.S. tariffs….
NEW YORK -Bond investors have taken a neutral stance in the run-up to the Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting this week, reflecting continued caution over U.S. trade policy that threatens to plunge the world’s largest economy into recession. Fixed-income…
CAIRO – Six strikes targeted Yemen’s Hodeidah port, the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported on Monday, blaming the strikes on Israel and the United States a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel’s main airport….
LIMA -Mining in Peru’s northern district of Pataz will be suspended for 30 days, President Dina Boluarte said on Monday, after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by illegal miners. Peru’s government also plans to…
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet on Sunday to discuss the expansion of the Gaza offensive and a possible resumption of aid into the besieged enclave, two government officials said. In a video message…
SAN FRANCISCO -A U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation in coming weeks to verify the location of artificial-intelligence chips like those made by Nvidia after they are sold. The effort to keep tabs on the chips, which drew bipartisan support…
American media stocks tumbled on Monday after President Donald Trump unveiled a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S., a move that could sharply raise costs for Hollywood studios and rattle the global entertainment industry. Trump’s announcement was…
WASHINGTON -The Trump administration will offer a $1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily “self deport” from the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. The stipend and potential airfare for migrants who voluntarily…
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump “shows an openness” to work requirements for Medicaid, Jason Smith, chair of the House of Representative Ways and Means Committee, said on Fox News Sunday. Congressional Republicans are weighing steep cuts to Medicaid, which provides…
OMAHA, Nebraska -Berkshire Hathaway shareholders mourning the departure of legendary investor Warren Buffett anticipate the conglomerate he built over 60 years will retain its long-term focus and culture but worry about the loss of Buffett’s vision and star power. Following…
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will not remove Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Board Chairman before his term ends in May 2026 while describing the central banker as “a total stiff” and repeating calls for the Fed to…
BUCHAREST -Romanians voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could propel hard-right eurosceptic George Simion to power in a ballot that will test the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union. Simion, 38,…
CAIRO – Hamas has executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens in the Gaza Strip this week, sources close to the Palestinian militant group said. Hamas officials…
WASHINGTON – More than 15,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture employees have taken one of the Trump administration’s two financial incentive offers to leave the agency, according to a readout from a USDA briefing with congressional staff seen by Reuters. The…
SAN FRANCISCO- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “REBUILD, AND…
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. was meeting with many countries, including China, on trade deals, and his main priority with China was to secure a fair trade deal. Trump told reporters…
Migrant children crossing Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States face alarming levels of violence, exclusion and prolonged uncertainty before, during and after their journey, according to a study published on Monday by Save the Children and Plan International….
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet has approved a gradual expansion of the offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported on Monday, citing sources with knowledge of the details.
KYIV – Ukraine’s air defence units shot down 42 of 116 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack that hit the regions of Sumy and Donetsk, the military said on Monday. It said another 21 drones were lost but…
DUBAI – Yemen’s Houthi rebels said late on Sunday they would impose a “comprehensive” aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, in response to Israel expanding its operations in Gaza. The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile…
VATICAN CITY – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from the Catholic Church’s…
TAIPEI -Taiwan’s government said on Monday that tariff talks with the United States last week did not discuss the exchange rate and Taiwan’s central bank has not taken part in the discussions, after the Taiwan dollar surged against the U.S….