WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that billionaire Elon Musk will remain a close adviser, even after the Tesla CEO departs the administration following a chaotic four-month tenure that saw him disrupt dozens of foreign agencies in his…

LONDON -Hedge funds that trade on big macroeconomic market swings have become a top pick for investors, according to a Societe Generale survey of 322 firms, against a backdrop of global markets roiled by tariff uncertainty and stop-start trade wars….

BEIJING  -Caught in the middle of Washington’s renewed visa crackdown on Chinese international students, Beijing postgraduate Lainey is anxiously waiting to resume the visa process to study a PhD at her dream school, the University of California. “We feel helpless…

WASHINGTON -Alphabet’s Google and U.S. antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser or adopt other measures to restore competition in online search, as the blockbuster antitrust trial…

LONDON -British actor and comedian Russell Brand on Friday pleaded not guilty in a London court to charges of rape and sexual assault relating to four women more than two decades ago. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters…

BOSTON -A federal judge said on Thursday she would extend an order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately revoking Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, a victory for the Ivy League school that is entangled in multiple battles…

Without billionaire Elon Musk in the Trump administration, his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency project is likely to sputter out, a former DOGE staffer said in his first interview since leaving the team. Tesla CEO Musk announced on Wednesday evening…

SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a party meeting on strengthening the military on Wednesday and inspected an artillery drill on Thursday, state media KCNA said on Friday. In an expanded meeting of the 8th Central Military Commission…

UNITED NATIONS -The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that its proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine was “Russia’s best possible outcome” and President Vladimir Putin should take the deal. The United States wants Russia to…

NEW YORK -A U.S. appeals court reinstated President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Thursday, leaving Wall Street with no clear direction a day after most of the tariffs were blocked by a trade court, a move that had given markets…

TOKYO -Japan’s jobless rate in April was unchanged at 2.5% from last month, government data showed on Friday. Economists’ median forecast was for 2.5%. The jobs-to-applicants ratio in April was also unchanged from the previous month at 1.26. The median…

MEXICO CITY-Mexican authorities said they seized more than 3 million liters (792,516 gallons) of illegally stored fuel at a property in the country’s southeast state of Tabasco, the latest in a string of major fuel-related seizures across the country. WHY…

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS -President Donald Trump will maintain the traditional role of a U.S. general at the helm of NATO, at least for now, three U.S. officials, a Western official and a NATO source said, even as Washington pushes European allies to…

KYIV/MOSCOW -Ukraine on Friday resisted pressure from Moscow and Washington to commit itself to attending another round of peace talks with Russia on June 2, saying it first needed to see the proposals Russian negotiators plan to bring. U.S. President…

WASHINGTON -The U.S. has axed awards to 24 green energy projects issued during President Joe Biden’s administration that totaled more than $3.7 billion, including one at an Exxon refinery complex in Texas, the Energy Department said on Friday. The administration…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump’s administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up…

LOS ANGELES – Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday she had purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, giving her control of all of her music after a dispute with her former record label. Swift’s masters had…

WASHINGTON -The United Nations Secretariat is preparing to cut its $3.7 billion budget by 20% and slash about 6,900 jobs, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The directive, which asks staff to detail cuts by June 13, comes…

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it would extend by three years a program that allows Boeing to perform some tasks on the agency’s behalf like inspections, saying the planemaker had made improvements. In May 2022, the…

WASHINGTON -The United States will not tolerate “exploitation” of American universities by the Chinese Communist Party or theft of U.S. research and intellectual property, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday. In a briefing at the State Department, Bruce…

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE -Wall Street held gains on Thursday, coming off their highs for the day, as investors digested a U.S. federal court blocked President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs from going into effect. The dollar, however, turned lower against its…

Top mutual fund manager Vanguard Group on Thursday said it would roughly triple to 10 million the number of investors eligible to direct proxy votes in their funds, continuing an effort that would reduce the firm’s direct impact on shareholder…

BERLIN -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said Europe was prepared to fight if necessary for its core values of freedom and democracy, in an explicit riposte to the Trump administration’s repeated criticisms of the European Union. Speaking at a…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel has accepted a new ceasefire proposal presented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Palestinian militant group Hamas…

Nike’s chief innovation officer, John Hoke, is retiring, the world’s largest sportswear company said on Thursday. Hoke, who joined Nike in 1992, has served as the company’s chief design officer before being named chief innovation officer in 2023. Earlier this…

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/BENGALURU -President Donald Trump’s trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise as ongoing uncertainty over…

NEW YORK -A U.S. trade court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s tariffs from going into effect in a sweeping ruling that the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations that sell more to the…

NEW YORK -A second woman testified on Thursday that Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her as part of what federal prosecutors allege was a sex trafficking and racketeering scheme masterminded by the hip-hop mogul. The woman, testifying under the pseudonym…

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky -Afghan asylum-seeker Wazir Khan Zadran and his family arrived in Kentucky nearly four years ago as the U.S. military withdrew from his country. Now, he worries about the future of his children, especially his girls, if they…

HOUSTON -Chevron will lay off nearly 800 employees in Texas, according to a notice on Wednesday to the Texas Workforce Commission, part of the U.S. oil producer’s plan to cut up to 20% of its global workforce by the end…