MEXICO CITY – A U.S. citizen shot and killed on Wednesday a top state Mexican police officer in an elite unit known as “the Gringo Hunters,” which dedicates itself to arresting U.S. suspects who are fugitives in Mexico. Authorities say…

BEIJING – U.S. chipmakers which outsource manufacturing will be exempt from China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, according to a notice by the main Chinese semiconductor association on Friday. Given the highly specialized and multi-country nature of chip supply chains,…

JENA, Louisiana -A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia University apartment building and transferred to a Louisiana jail. Last month,…

SEOUL – South Korea’s top trade envoy said on Friday his U.S. counterpart signaled a willingness to reach a deal over tariffs and that Seoul will negotiate in the best interests of the country despite a looming election, local broadcaster…

PARIS – French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said it was naive and dangerous to think China could replace the United States as a trade partner, and urged European Union (EU) members to stick together in the current climate of global…

BERLIN – In the Barbie movie, the iconic doll faces a pivotal decision: opt for her trademark but impractical sky-high stilettos or embrace the down-to-earth comfort of the quintessentially German Birkenstock sandal? Now, however, Barbie may have another consideration: price….

ABU DHABI – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that the United States could step up pressure on Iran and stop its oil exports as part of a plan to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme. Wright, speaking…

NEW YORK -Profits at major U.S. banks beat forecasts in the first quarter as stock trading jumped, but executives warned on Friday that sweeping tariffs could fuel risks and weigh on economic growth. Equity traders at JPMorgan Chase and Morgan…

BANGKOK – Thailand will cut tariffs on imports of corn from the United States, but volumes still need to be finalised, the finance minister said on Friday. The country is among those in Southeast Asia hardest hit by U.S. President…

BRUSSELS -Germany and Britain sent a message to Russia on Friday that Ukraine will be able to keep up its fight thanks to Western support, even as the U.S. pushed ahead with talks with Moscow. The European powers for the…

Traders on Friday continued to pull back from bets on aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts this year, as the closely-followed University of Michigan surveys of consumer sentiment showed confidence and inflation expectations deteriorating further in late March and early April….

MEXICO CITY -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday the country would immediately send Texas farmers a water delivery as part of a treaty that has recently strained tensions with the United States, though she did not specify a quantity….

JPMorgan Chase topped first-quarter profit estimates on record equities trading and higher fees from debt underwriting and advising on mergers, but the bank remained wary about a possible global recession this year. CEO Jamie Dimon, who warned this week of…

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Friday the Trump administration’s current trade policies will accelerate inflation this year, while adding that it’s critical for the U.S. central bank to prevent longer-run expectations of price pressures from becoming…

GENEVA – The president of the Red Cross described the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday as “hell on earth” and warned that its field hospital will run out of supplies within two weeks. “We are now finding ourselves in…

SHENGJIN, Albania – Italy dispatched 40 failed asylum seekers to Albania on Friday to be held until repatriation to their home countries in vacant, Italian-run detention centres built for a stalled migration deterrent scheme. Italy built two facilities in Albania…

GAZA/CAIRO – Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their only source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory…

The U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the military school had long done to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Friday. The…

PARIS – Sales are brisk at the Villiers-Sur-Marne Harley-Davidson dealership outside Paris, where French bikers reckon they had better hurry if they want the American motorcycle of their dreams before trade war puts them out of reach. “It’s now or…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump is optimistic about reaching a trade deal with China, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday, amid an escalating trade war between the two economic giants that has battered markets. “The president…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has fired the commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland following a visit there by Vice President JD Vance and said it would not tolerate actions that “subvert” President Donald Trump’s agenda. The…

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, sat down with President Donald Trump in the…

DETROIT -A new analysis by the Center for Automotive Research has found that President Donald Trump’s 25% auto tariffs imposed in early April will increase costs by about $108 billion for automakers in the U.S. in 2025. The study, released…

NEW YORK -In the minutes before President Donald Trump’s social media post on Wednesday pausing tariffs sent the U.S. stock market rallying, some unidentified options traders placed bets worth millions of dollars that the market would rebound, data shows. The…

NEW YORK -Wall Street traders and investors have been sent to the brink over the past week by President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, scrambling to figure out strategies and calming clients as trillions were wiped off stock market values. A…

WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will seek to get major U.S. law firms to do free legal work to support his trade team’s negotiations with other countries after four firms in recent weeks agreed to donate…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has brought on several staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent to regulatory staff Thursday. The regulator, which monitors banks and backstops deposits via its insurance…

TAIPEI -U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on most tariffs gives breathing space for more in-depth talks, and Taiwan hopes to take advantage of the “huge” U.S. market for more balanced trade, the island’s foreign minister said on Thursday. In…