German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
The turn of the century saw a rise in labor movements as industry grew largely unregulated. Bettmann/Getty Images Trump has credited a 19th-century US president for inspiring his aggressive approach t...
Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...
The recent capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by American forces recalls a botched 2020 coup attempt that resulted in the imprisonment of two former US Army Green Berets. Since then, there...
The CRYPTO Act would criminalize unlicensed crypto businesses, with penalties escalating to felony charges and up to 15 years in prison....
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is demanding criminal penalties for crypto scams, including one that have drained elderly New Yorkers' life savings....
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect NATO's secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine each month. Mark Rut...
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...
Under UAPA, India's controversial anti-terror law, a suspect can spend years in jail without trial if the accusations against them seem true at first glance. Meanwhile, courts are expanding the defini...
The number of foreign students enrolling in US universities has declined Eduard Figueres/Getty Images Graduate international student enrollment in US colleges fell by 5.9% in fall 2025. The drop comes...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
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Behind the crisis caused by Donald Trump’s threats is a much bigger change: the waning of US hegemony and the coming of a multi-polar age...
The US is no longer predictable nor bound by any fundamental principles of action...
Benin's parliamentary elections and Uganda's general elections, both held in January, marked the beginning of a busy and decisive year at ballot boxes across the African continent....
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As the EU's share of the global market slips, the Mercosur deal could unlock access to critical raw materials. It's also indicative of a wider EU economic pivot....
The U.S. seized another tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning....
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, whose shopkeepers helped bring Islamist clerics to power in 1979, once again became a hotspot for anti-regime rallies...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says consumers are starting to see the impact of tariffs less than a year after President Donald Trump implemented sweeping fees on a range of imported goods. During an interview...