Netanyahu says will seek relief from tariffs in meeting with Trump
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will ease tariffs imposed on Israel when the two meet in Washington this week. Under a sweeping new tariff policy announced by Trump, Israeli…
Columbia University adds 36 new campus patrol officers with powers of arrest
NEW YORK – The 36 new special patrol officers announced last month by Columbia University were appointed by the New York Police Department and will be subject to the orders of the police commissioner, a Columbia spokesperson confirmed this week….
Australia’s Albanese pledges A$2.3 billion to help homeowners buy solar batteries
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday pledged A$2.3 billion ($1.39 billion) to help homeowners buy batteries to store solar power and lower their energy costs, a major issue in the May 3 general election. Albanese’s centre-left Labor…
North Korea holding first Pyongyang Marathon in six years
SEOUL – North Korea on Sunday is holding its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that had largely closed its borders during the pandemic. Athletes from China, Romania and other countries have…
Colombian rebel group hands over war material, signs agreements with government
PASTO, Colombia – Colombian armed group Comuneros del Sur, which has broken away from the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group, handed over war material and signed two agreements with President Gustavo Petro, the government and the group said…
France’s cognac makers, buffeted by trade wars, reel from Trump’s tariffs
COGNAC, France – Christophe Fillioux’s family estate in the cognac region of southwest France has survived for five generations, through wars and financial crises. Now, though, he has started to tear up some of his vineyards by the roots. U.S….
Texas opens probe into WK Kellogg over health claims
The state of Texas on Saturday said it opened a probe into WK Kellogg, saying the breakfast cereal maker could be violating state laws by advertising its products as “healthy.” The office of state Attorney General Ken Paxton said in…
Taiwan president discusses US tariff response with tech execs
TAIPEI -Taiwan President Lai Ching-te met tech executives on Saturday to discuss how to respond to new U.S. tariffs, promising to ensure Taiwan’s global competitiveness and safeguard the island’s interests. President Donald Trump announced across-the-board import tariffs on Wednesday with…
ECB’s Schnabel says ‘dramatic surge’ in uncertainty may get worse
CERNOBBIO, Italy – The euro zone economy’s long standing structural headwinds have been exacerbated by a surge in uncertainty which may get even worse in the wake of U.S. trade tariffs, European Central Bank policy maker Isabel Schnabel said on…
Robots, fraught consumers star in China AI videos mocking tariffs
BEIJING – China’s state-run media has taken to the internet with AI-generated videos, featuring dancing robots and fraught consumers, to chide U.S. President Donald Trump and tariffs they say threaten high inflation and economic distress for Americans. “‘Liberation Day’, you…
Vietnam’s VietJet to operate Chinese-made aircraft on domestic routes from mid-April
HANOI – Vietnamese budget airline VietJet is set to operate Chinese-made COMAC ARJ21-700 aircraft, also branded as C909, on domestic routes for the first time from mid-April, according to a company statement reviewed by Reuters. The airline plans to operate…
Marathon US Senate session heads toward vote on Trump agenda blueprint
WASHINGTON -A U.S. Senate “vote-a-rama” marathon session headed into the early hours of Saturday, with the aim of eventually handing Republican President Donald Trump sweeping legislation to cut taxes and reduce spending over staunch Democratic opposition. Republicans and Democrats considered…
Trump administration appoints junior officer to oversee US Foreign Service – sources
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has appointed a national security lawyer who entered the foreign service just four years ago as the top official overseeing the State Department’s global workforce, according to three sources familiar with the matter and an…
George Santos should serve over 7 years in prison, US prosecutors say
Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief and scandal-plagued tenure, should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Friday. Santos pleaded guilty…
More US Senate Republicans voice support for congressional oversight on tariffs
WASHINGTON -A U.S. Senate bill that would require congressional approval for new tariffs gained more Republican support on Friday, on the second day of a stock market rout sparked by President Donald Trump’s move to impose sweeping new taxes on…
US far-right activist raises loyalty test that could deepen purge of security agencies
WASHINGTON – While National Security Agency chief General Timothy Haugh apparently was not told why he was abruptly fired this week, a far-right activist who urged President Donald Trump to dismiss him offered one explanation: his alleged ties to retired…
Congo, M23 rebels hold first talks after months of conflict
DOHA – Congo’s government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a lightning offensive in the country’s east, a source briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The talks, which…
Meta releases new AI model Llama 4
Meta Platforms on Saturday released the latest version of its large language model (LLM) Llama, called the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Meta said Llama is a multimodal AI system. Multimodal systems are capable of processing and integrating…
UK PM Starmer ready to ‘shelter’ businesses from tariff storm
LONDON – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he was ready to step in to help “shelter” the country’s businesses from the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies, mooting state intervention for the worst-affected industries….
Petrobras completes animal care center required for offshore license
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has completed work on a veterinary center in the Amazon region that is required for it to obtain an environmental permit for an offshore drilling project, the company said on Saturday….
US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to accept repatriation of citizens
WASHINGTON – The U.S. said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over that country’s failure of to accept the return of repatriated citizens. South Sudan had failed to respect the principle that every…
UK’s Jaguar Land Rover to pause shipments to US over tariffs
LONDON -Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, it said on Saturday, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff. Jaguar Land Rover, which…
Trump tariffs could cut GDP growth by 0.5 pct points, French prime minister says
PARIS – France could see a 0.5 percentage point reduction in gross domestic product growth as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said in an interview on Saturday. “Trump’s policies could cost us…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy disappointed with US embassy reaction to missile strike
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday expressed disappointment in the U.S. embassy’s response to a Russian missile strike that killed 18 people, including nine children, in Zelenskiy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih. Zelenskiy, who has been cautious about openly criticizing Washington…
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
BANGKOK – Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country’s massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration’s dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response. After…
Russia says Ukraine ‘multiplying’ energy attacks despite US-brokered moratorium
MOSCOW – Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday Ukraine had increased its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, hitting targets 14 times in the last 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered moratorium. In a statement published on Telegram, the ministry said Ukraine…
US starts collecting Trump’s new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms
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”…
Anti-Trump protesters gather in Washington, other US cities
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…
Musk says he hopes for ‘zero tariffs’ between US and Europe
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…
South Korea’s Yoon removed from office over martial law, election looms
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…