LONDON – Britain’s biggest companies adopted their most defensive stance since early 2020 in the run-up U.S. President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcements and focused on boosting cashflow, cutting costs and reducing borrowing, a survey showed on Monday. Deloitte’s…

LONDON – Asking prices for housing on sale in Britain this month are 1.3% higher than a year earlier, despite the end of a tax break, pushing the average price above a previous record set in May 2024, property website…

CAIRO – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of a major camp for displaced people in North Darfur, the paramilitary group said on Sunday, after a four-day assault the government and aid groups have said left hundreds dead or…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that smartphones, computers and some other electronics, just exempted from steep tariffs on imports from China, would face separate new duties along with semiconductors within the next two months. Lutnick’s…

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Sunday said the governor’s residence was set on fire overnight by an arsonist, prompting his family’s evacuation. “Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the…

QUITO/GUAYAQUIL -Ecuadoreans were voting on Sunday in what is expected to be a close presidential race between incumbent Daniel Noboa, who says he needs more time to combat drug gangs and boost the economy, and leftist Luisa Gonzalez, whose election…

NEW YORK -Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s trade war has brought the United States near to recession. He was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if…

WASHINGTON – White House trade adviser Peter Navarro brushed off insults from Elon Musk on Sunday, saying “Elon and I are great” after a public spat over President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and close…

SUMY, Ukraine/KYIV -Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 32 people and wounding more than 80 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, the Kyiv government said. President…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” that smartphones, computers and some other electronics will come under separate tariffs, along with semiconductors that may be imposed in a month or…

WASHINGTON -As U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on immigration, its officials have repeatedly publicly identified detainees as gang leaders or even terrorists, without attempting to back those inflammatory claims up in court. After an FBI SWAT team on…

The helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six on board including three children, lacked flight recorders, the National Transportation Safety Board said. No video or camera recorders have been recovered from the Bell…

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will provide an update on his administration’s approach to semiconductor tariffs on Monday. “I’ll give you that answer on Monday,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department said on Saturday a Maryland resident deported to El Salvador is “alive and secure” in a terrorism confinement center there, after a U.S. Judge demanded updates on the Trump administration’s efforts to secure his…

TOKYO -Japan must strengthen the yen, such as by helping boost the country’s industrial competitiveness, as the currency’s weakness has pushed up households’ living costs, the ruling party’s policy chief said on Sunday. Ahead of trade talks with the U.S.,…

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials gained the release on Sunday of an American detained in Tunisia, Robert Vieira, U.S. special envoy Adam Boehler said. Vieira was detained 13 months ago while doing missionary work in Tunisia and was suspected by Tunisian…

BEIJING/WASHINGTON – China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to four people familiar with the…

MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Sunday contacts with U.S. President Donald Trump’s team were moving ahead very well but that it was too early to expect instant results due to the level of damage done to relations under Trump’s…

CAIRO -Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health…

RIYADH – The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday. Wright,…

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump remains in excellent health, White House physician Captain Sean Barbella said in a report released on Sunday, two days after he underwent a routine physical on Friday. The report is the most detailed information on…

CAIRO – A Palestinian Red Crescent staff member who went missing in late March when 15 humanitarian workers were killed by Israeli fire is being detained by Israeli authorities, the rescue service and the Red Cross said on Sunday. Hisham…