WASHINGTON – The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of modern wolves. The species went extinct along…

NEW YORK – Costco has had productive discussions with Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird over the retailer’s diversity policies amid a legal onslaught against those programs launched by President Donald Trump, according to Bird’s office and another person familiar with…

NEW YORK – Major stock indexes fell on Tuesday as the trade war between the United States and China intensified, while oil prices and the U.S. dollar also eased. The United States said 104% duties on imports from China will…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told U.S. senators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration will not change tactics on tariffs in the near term and warned that some pain for businesses will be necessary to bring home manufacturing…

LONDON -U.S. media giant Comcast Corp will build its first Universal theme park and resort in Europe in Bedford, north of London, opening in 2031, the British government said on Wednesday. The park will create 20,000 jobs during construction and…

HONG KONG/BEIJING – A handful of major Chinese companies like home appliance maker Midea have new badges of honour this year: mandatory clock-off times for staff and bans on after-hours meetings. Staff at Midea once toiled till late in the…

SEOUL – South Korea on Wednesday announced emergency support measures for its auto sector, seeking to reduce the blow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on a sector that has seen years of sharply rising exports to the United States….

DUBAI -Saudi Arabia, with its wealth linked inextricably to oil revenue, faces mounting pressure to raise debt or cut spending after a plunge in crude prices, complicating plans to fund an ambitious agenda to diversify its economy. Oil prices have…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. will soon announce a “major” tariff on pharmaceutical imports. Speaking to an event at the National Republican Congressional Committee, Trump said the tariff will incentivize drug companies to move their operations to…

SINGAPORE – Oil prices dropped to their lowest in more than four years in early trade on Wednesday on looming demand concerns fuelled by an escalating tariff war between the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest economies, and a…

WASHINGTON -The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and $790 million for Northwestern University while it investigates both schools over civil rights violations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The funding being paused includes…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Tuesday that aim to boost coal production in his latest action that runs counter to global efforts to curb carbon emissions. Coal-burning plants generate less than 20% of U.S. electricity, a…

HANOI -Vietnam will buy more American goods, including defence and security products, and has asked for a 45-day delay in the imposition of U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said in a statement issued late on Monday. Hanoi will…

NEW YORK/LONDON -The Euro gained on Tuesday following reports that German political parties had agreed to form a coalition, while the U.S. dollar weakened against major currencies and China’s offshore yuan hit a record low. Germany’s conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich…

SECAUCUS, New Jersey – Pushing a shopping cart down the aisle of a Walmart Supercenter, Thomas Jennings, 53, loaded up on juices, condiments and whatever he could think of. “I’m buying double of whatever – beans, canned goods, flour, you…

WASHINGTON – The United States issued fresh sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, two days after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. planned direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program. The department designated five entities and…

Wall Street’s main indexes flitted between red and green on Tuesday afternoon after rallying sharply in the morning as investors’ hopes ebbed for U.S. delays or concessions on tariffs ahead of a midnight deadline. After stocks tumbled at their fastest…

MEXICO CITY -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that her nation would categorically reject any unilateral U.S. military in Mexico and that such military action “would not resolve anything.” Her comments during her regular morning press conference came in…

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States is taking in $2 billion per day from tariffs. He made the comment without providing details during an event at the White House. Trump has imposed an array…

HONG KONG -Hedge funds tracked by Morgan Stanley globally posted growing losses as markets tumbled last week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs, turning year-to-date performance to a 3% decline and driving down their net leverage. Trump…

HONG KONG – China’s state planner said on Tuesday it held a meeting with private domestic companies, including Trina Solar, ride-hailing company Didi and Goertek, to hear suggestions about how to deal with additional U.S. tariffs. The meeting, which took…

Senior U.S. Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to withdraw as many as 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing six U.S. and European officials briefed on the matter.

Tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt South African citrus farms and could potentially affect 35,000 jobs, a farmers’ association said on Tuesday. Trump imposed a 31% tariff on U.S. imports from South Africa on April 2, when…

ATHENS – The EU border agency said on Tuesday it was reviewing 12 cases of potential human rights violations by Greece, including some allegations migrants were pushed back across the frontier, a practice for which Athens has already been chastised…

STOCKHOLM – Europe and the United States should have zero tariffs between them and Europe should aim for that in ongoing negotiations with the U.S., Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said on Tuesday, in line with a proposal by the…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico to combat trafficking across the southern border, NBC News reported on Tuesday. It cited six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence officials with…

WASHINGTON – U.S. tariff negotiations are the result of calls from other countries not sliding financial markets and China’s escalation is a big mistake, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. “I think it was a big mistake, this…

OTTAWA – The 25% counter-tariffs Canada said last week it would impose on some U.S.-made vehicles will go into effect on April 9, the federal finance ministry said on Tuesday. “These countermeasures will remain in place until the U.S. eliminates…