BAMAKO/MONTREUIL – In December, Moussa Sacko spent his birthday in Mali scrolling through messages from friends with whom he celebrated a year earlier on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. He hasn’t seen any of them since being deported from France in July. Like…

BEIRUT -As calls for Lebanon’s Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes….

WASHINGTON – China’s move to impose 84% retaliatory tariffs against the United States is unfortunate and a losing proposition for Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday. “I think it’s unfortunate that the Chinese actually don’t want to…

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that bombing Iran would not pave the way to peace with, and that Moscow hoped that talks between the U.S. and Iran may help to avoid a crisis. Answering…

WASHINGTON – The administration of President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently canceled U.S. foreign aid programs, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. USAID Acting Administrator Jeremy Lewin, who is also an employee…

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday ended about $4 million in funding to Princeton University for assessing climate-related risks, saying those programs were not aligned with the Trump administration’s priorities. The decision was taken after a review of financial assistance…

Elon Musk’s X has reached an agreement to resolve claims that live streaming service Twitch conspired with other companies and an advertising industry group to boycott the social media platform, causing it to lose ad revenue. In a court filing…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will lead a Justice Department effort to enforce gun rights protected under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The effort will use lawsuits…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that new deals could be struck with other countries over trade tariffs by the end of this week. Rollins made the comments in an interview to Fox News host Bret…

U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to block the enforcement of state laws passed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and combat climate change. The move is the latest in a string of…

NAIROBI -Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday. The…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he told the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company it would pay a tax of up to 100 percent if it didn’t build its plants in the United States Speaking to an event at the Republican…

PANAMA CITY -The United States will “take back” the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday during a visit to the Central American nation. After talks with Panama’s government, Hegseth vowed to deepen security…

NEW YORK – A violent U.S. Treasury selloff, evoking the COVID-era “dash for cash,” has reignited fears of fragility in the world’s biggest bond market. The $29-trillion Treasury market had surged in recent weeks as investors dumped stocks for the…

LONDON – A British lawmaker has introduced a private member’s bill that would set new rules around debt restructurings in a push to speed up negotiations for poor countries struggling with unsustainable debt. Bambos Charalambous, who introduced the bill late…

SYDNEY – Stocks in Asia extended a slide on Wall Street on Wednesday as President Donald Trump looked set to press ahead with whopping 104% tariffs on Chinese goods, pummelling oil prices to four-year lows as global recession fears gripped…

China’s top leaders plan to convene a meeting as early as Wednesday to discuss measures to boost the economy and stabilise the capital markets, people with knowledge of the matter said, amid an escalating trade war with the U.S. The…

BEIJING – China on Wednesday vowed to take resolute and effective measures to safeguard its rights and interests, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 104% duties on Chinese imports kicked in. “The U.S. continues to abuse tariffs to pressure China, China…

MADRID – The impact of U.S. tariffs on Spain will lead the Bank of Spain to revise down its growth forecasts, Spain’s central bank governor and European Central Bank’s policymaker Jose Luis Escriva said on Wednesday.

BEIJING -China’s car sales rose 14.4% in March from a year earlier, as government-subsidised trade-ins bolstered demand for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, despite deepening deflationary pressures in the world’s largest auto market. Passenger vehicle sales hit 1.97 million units…

The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan dropped to 6.61% last week, the lowest rate since October, giving a boost to mortgage applications even as global stocks tumbled in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to…

LONDON – Investors are dumping U.S. assets they usually favour in times of turmoil as fear over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs shakes confidence in traditional safe-havens. The dollar and U.S. Treasuries have taken a…

Amazon.com is considering a $15 billion warehouse expansion plan for about 80 new logistics facilities in U.S. cities and rural areas, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is asking potential capital partners to…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. warned on Tuesday that Chinese intelligence is using deceptive methods to target current and former U.S. government employees for recruitment. The warning from the National Counterintelligence and Security Center comes amid mass federal firings led by…

Lawmakers clashed over the future of the nation’s largest food aid program during U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on Tuesday, previewing a partisan fight over the issue in farm bill negotiations. The conflict over potential cuts to the…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and ordering prosecutors to narrow crypto investigations to focus on drug cartels and terrorist groups, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The memo from Deputy Attorney…

European shares fell on Wednesday as steep U.S. reciprocal tariffs kicked in, exacerbating fears over the economic damage caused by the trade war that even spread to the bond market. The pan-European STOXX 600 slumped 2.5% at 0711 GMT, as…

BEIJING – China does not want a trade war with the United States but will be compelled to take the fight to the world’s No.1 economy if President Donald Trump continues to ramp up trade tensions, its commerce ministry said…

PARIS – The head of France’s Medef business lobby group warned on Wednesday that U.S. tariffs, that are deepening a global trade war, could hit economic growth and lead to a recession. “Of course I am worried,” Patrick Martin told…