LONDON/ATHENS – President Donald Trump’s administration is considering softening its proposed fee on China-linked ships visiting U.S. ports after a flood of negative feedback from industries that said the idea could be economically devastating, according to six sources. Among the…

Tech-billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk made direct yet unsuccessful appeals to U.S. President Donald Trump to reverse tariffs over the past weekend, Washington Post reported on Monday citing two people familiar with the matter. This exchange marks the highest…

Chinese agricultural stocks rose sharply on Tuesday as investors bet tariffs would limit U.S. agricultural imports and boost domestic producers, defying a broader market crash sparked by the escalating U.S.-China trade war. Shares of Dabeinong Tech, a seed and animal…

KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting on Russia’s side in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war. Beijing is a close ally of Moscow…

Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on U.S. imports have targeted countries across the world in the most serious blow to the global trading system in decades. They have prompted both retaliatory measures and efforts to negotiate a de-escalation. Here is…

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -China vowed not to bow to “blackmail” from the United States as a global trade war ignited by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs showed little sign of abating on Tuesday even as battered stock markets steadied. The rebuke…

TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call that his tariff policies are extremely disappointing and urged him to rethink. “I’ve told the President that Japan has been the…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would like the war in Gaza to stop and thinks that will happen relatively soon, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Asked if he would…

The S&P 500 and the Dow closed lower on Monday after a roller coaster session, with investors worried about an economic slowdown and rising inflation as U.S. President Donald Trump dug in his heels on tariffs, warning he could further…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Tuesday that Iran can expect tighter sanctions if it does not come to an agreement with President Donald Trump on its nuclear program. “So absolutely, I would expect a very tight,…

The Texas health department reported 505 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase of 24 cases from its previous count on April 4, as the United States battles an outbreak of the childhood disease that has has…

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked on Tuesday a judge’s order for President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in a dispute over his efforts to slash the federal workforce and dismantle parts of the government. The…

WASHINGTON -The top U.S. general in Europe said on Tuesday that the United States should keep its military presence on the continent as it is now, as the Pentagon reviews its global footprint under President Donald Trump. The U.S. military…

WASHINGTON -A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate to require congressional approval for new tariffs has no future, the chamber’s top Republican John Thune told reporters on Monday. The measure was introduced last week by Democrat Maria Cantwell of Washington…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday about tariffs, trade relations, immigration and prospects for engagement on critical minerals, the State Department and Pakistan’s foreign ministry said a separate statements. President…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. and Iran are participating in direct talks over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program. “We’re having direct talks with Iran, and they’ve started. It’ll go on Saturday. We have…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration is ending most if not all of remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, according to nine sources, including six U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a move expected to drive the countries deeper…

ATHENS -Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Monday it had identified the first cases of malnourished children in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, which has been criticized by rights groups for dangerous living conditions….

The state of Maine on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to freeze federal funding for education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports. The lawsuit came a week…

OTTAWA – The probability of a U.S. recession has risen significantly thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and that will have a major negative effect on the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney also told a…

WASHINGTON -White House economic adviser Stephen Miran on Monday encouraged countries hoping to escape high reciprocal U.S. tariff rates to make offers to President Donald Trump, saying the president would welcome moves to lower barriers to U.S. exports. Miran told…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that nearly 50 countries have approached him to discuss new sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. “Several of these countries, such as Argentina, Vietnam,…

WASHINGTON – Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who separately said he told Trump to rethink tariff policies. Trump’s…

Planemakers, airlines and suppliers are combing through billions of dollars worth of contracts to check their exposure to tariffs after a major U.S. supplier sparked debate over who should pay for an emerging trade war, industry sources said on Monday….

WASHINGTON – A host of U.S. federal agencies have unveiled fresh buyout offers to slash the federal workforce, renewing the voluntary program that preceded the first wave of mass firings led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The Treasury…

Paramount and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to begin mediation in his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS News after the two sides agreed on a mediator, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the…

WASHINGTON -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said he plans to tell Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday repealed a Biden-era “zero tolerance” policy which called for revoking the licenses of gun dealers who willfully committed serious violations such as failing to conduct background checks, an FBI spokesperson said. The reversal…

A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit further…