Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will arrive in China on Wednesday for the first visit by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade, a trip aimed at rebuilding fractured relations with the world's second-largest economy as Ottawa seeks to reduce its dependence on the United States. The visit,
The European Union and India could sign a landmark free trade agreement by the end of January, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in western Gujarat state, a development that would reshape trade ties between two of the world's largest economies.
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on any country conducting business with Iran, a move that could potentially affect U.S. trade with China, India, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union and other major economies. "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with
The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the central bank confirmed Sunday, in a development that represents an unprecedented escalation in President Donald Trump's battle with the independent agency over interest rates. Powell said in a video statement that the
President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Cuba to strike a deal with the United States "before it is too late," vowing to halt all Venezuelan oil and financial support to the communist-run island following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last week. "THERE WILL
Britain, France and Germany are backing a joint NATO "Arctic Sentry" mission involving U.S. forces to show President Donald Trump that the alliance is actively protecting security interests in Greenland and the wider region, according to reports from multiple news outlets. Alliance ambassadors began talks on the
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the 2027 U.S. military budget should be $1.5 trillion, significantly higher than the $901 billion approved by Congress for 2026, boosting defense stocks but sparking skepticism among budget experts who question how the increase would be financed. Trump said in a Truth Social
President Donald Trump announced two major housing affordability initiatives this week, proposing to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes and directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an effort to lower mortgage rates. The back-to-back announcements represent Trump's most
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Friday from cutting off more than $10 billion in social services and child care funding to five Democrat-led states over fraud concerns, two days after the states filed a lawsuit challenging the freeze as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian,
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday for the first high-level diplomatic visit since Israel became the first country in the world to formally recognize the breakaway region's independence, a move that has drawn condemnation from across Africa and the Middle East. Saar landed in
China banned exports of dual-use items to Japan that can be used for military purposes, according to a commerce ministry statement Tuesday, Beijing's latest move in reaction to remarks Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made last year about Taiwan. The Ministry of Commerce said exports of such items
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Venezuela's interim government would be "turning over" between 30 and 50 million barrels of sanctioned crude oil to the United States, a deal valued at up to $2 billion that comes days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás
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