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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legally in the United States under a humanitarian program received an email this week telling them their status had been revoked and they had seven days to leave the country or the “federal government will find you.”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….
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…
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…
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,…
A deal to spin off the U.S. assets of TikTok was put on hold after China indicated that it would not approve the deal following President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs announcement, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The…
A North Carolina appeals court on Friday sided with a Republican candidate for a seat on the state’s top court who is contesting the results of November’s election by finding that thousands of the ballots cast should not be counted…
CHICAGO – A Venezuelan man was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention after one month so that he could reunite on Friday with his ailing brother who needs his kidney donation to save his life. Jose Gregorio…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday. The infection was confirmed on Tuesday in a three-year-old girl living in the northern state…
A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month back to the United States within three days. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Greenbelt, Maryland,…
NEW YORK -Global stock markets and oil prices tumbled again on Friday as China struck back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and worries mounted about a prolonged global trade war. The Nasdaq Composite was headed toward a bear market,…
LONDON -In times of market panic investors tend to rush to the safety of the dollar, but when stocks swooned in response to U.S. tariffs this week, they ran away from it. Investors say it’s a sign that the greenback’s…
NEW YORK -Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was hit with an expanded federal indictment on Friday, charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking. Combs, 55, previously pleaded not guilty to an earlier three-count indictment. The new…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Energy is weighing cuts to billions of dollars in funding for projects meant to demonstrate nascent energy storage and carbon capture, according to a list seen by Reuters. Rescinding funding for the projects would represent…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. will hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, as planned by the administration of former President Joe Biden, and will release a proposed notice of it in June, the Interior Department…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in March, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs could undermine the labor market’s resilience in the months ahead amid sagging business confidence and a stock market selloff. The Labor…
JOHANNESBURG -South Africa has no immediate plans to retaliate against the United States over tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week and will instead seek to negotiate exemptions and quota agreements, senior government officials said on Friday. Trump imposed…
A federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration violated a court order by halting the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants to states. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in…
The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies such as the euro and yen on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged the repercussions of larger-than-expected U.S. tariffs and signaled a cautious tone on future easing. Powell said tariffs increased…
U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row, even as the number of oil rigs rose to the highest since June, energy services firm Baker Hughes…
HOUSTON-Oil prices plunged nearly 8% on Friday, heading for their lowest close since the middle of the pandemic in 2021, as China ramped up tariffs on U.S. goods, sharply escalating a global trade war that has investors worried about a…
The Texas health department on Friday reported 59 new measles cases in three days, bringing the total to 481 in the state, while New Mexico added six more infections, as the disease spreads across the United States. Cases in Gaines…