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Tariffs are Trump’s foreign policy tool, but court could change how he uses them
President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has ... -
Trump no-show at big Asian economic forum may risk US reputation in region
A hot mike caught U.S. President Donald Trump saying that his much-anticipated meeting yesterday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, meant to settle the most ... -
Archaeological site revealing early Yup’ik life ravaged by typhoon
A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low tide in the ... -
Heist of the century: Five more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge
The dragnet tightened around the Louvre yesterday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — ... -
Hurricane Melissa is set to hit island as its strongest storm since records began
Hurricane Melissa strengthened further Tuesday as it crawled toward Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the ... -
FIFA opens 2nd phase of ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico
FIFA began the process of selling another 1 million tickets for next year’s World Cup yesterday, with the opening of a new ticket draw ... -
Julia Wandelt, the woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann gives evidence in stalking trial
Julia Wandelt yesterday told a court in Leicester she discovered who Madeleine McCann was when she was in hospital in the summer of 2022, ... -
Trump travels to Asia and a meeting with China’s Xi as the US gov’t shutdown drags on
President Donald Trump is headed for Asia for the first time this term, a trip where he is expected to work on investment deals ... -
Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewel s from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said yesterday, a week after the ... -
Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing three and wounding at least 30
Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said yesterday. At least 30 people were wounded, seven of them ... -
British royals pray with pope in historic step for churches
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla prayed yesterdayy with Pope Leo XIV in an historic visit to the Vatican to forge closer relations ... -
Judge to rule in Bloody Sunday murder case against former British soldier
The only British soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre will learn his fate today [Macau time] in a Northern Ireland courtroom. ... -
OpenAI launches Atlas browser to compete with Google Chrome
OpenAI introduced its own web browser, Atlas, this week, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on ... -
Finding the jewels and the thieves in the Louvre, a heist race against time
The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in ... -
Journalists imprisoned in Belarus, Georgia win EU’s top human rights award
Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European ... -
Trump doesn’t want ‘wasted meeting’ with Putin as he confirms talks on Ukraine war are off for now
President Donald Trump said yesterday [Macau time] his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t ... -
Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris yesterday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance ... -
Massive Amazon cloud outage has been resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide
Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of yesterday [Macau time], after a problem disrupted internet use ... -
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not ... -
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has ... -
Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to ‘stop where they are’ and end the war
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian ... -
One scandal too many forces UK monarchy to sideline Prince Andrew after years of tabloid fodder
It was one scandal too many. After emails emerged this week showing that Prince Andrew remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein longer than he ... -
Report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations to heal
The Vatican’s child protection board said yesterday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal, and identified ... -
Thousands turn out to receive body of former Kenyan leader Odinga
Thousands of Kenyans turned out yesterday at the country’s main airport to receive the body of influential African politician and former Prime Minister Raila ... -
Nestlé cuts 16,000 jobs as part of an intensifying cost-cutting campaign
Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally as the Swiss food giant cuts costs as part of its efforts to revive its financial performance. Nestlé, ... -
Storm decimates Alaskan villages; 1,500 people driven from their homes
More rain and wind were forecast yesterday along the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and ... -
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to London in 2026
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo plans to expand to London next year, marking the company’s latest step in rolling out its driverless ride service internationally. Waymo ... -
French PM suspends a controversial pension reform to avoid government collapse
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said yesterday he will propose suspending a controversial plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in ... -
Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands
Fifteen minutes before water from a flooded stream swept into her home, Lilia Ramírez took off running with what little she could carry. When ... -
SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites ... -
Trump urges Israel to seize chance for peace ahead of Egypt summit
President Donald Trump told Israeli lawmakers yesterday that their country had no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace in ... -
Lisbon voters reelect mayor in spite of horrific streetcar crash
Voters have returned Lisbon’s mayor to office in Portugal’s municipal elections, less than six weeks after a streetcar crash in the Portuguese capital killed ... -
Nobel economics prize goes to three researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics yesterday for explaining how innovation creates new products and promotes ... -
Preparations begin to ramp up aid in Gaza as ceasefire brings hope for end two-year war
Preparations were underway yesterday to ramp up aid entering the war-battered Gaza Strip under a new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will signal an end ... -
Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at ...
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