Investors’ reactions to Biden’s State of the Union speech
Following are reactions from analysts and investors to US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, in which he challenged Republicans to lift the debt ceiling ...
Shoppers to face fresh price hikes as stores, suppliers pass on costs
Grocery costs seen rising further in 2023 -executives, analysts
Input costs exacerbated by Ukraine war
Retailers seeking to pass on high raw material costs
Unilever, Nestle, Danone to report results this ...
Biden to push for new taxes, ending extremism in State of the Union speech
US President Joe Biden will face Republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about the country’s direction in Tuesday’s State of the Union speech that is ...
FBI charges neo-Nazi leader in plot to attack Baltimore power grid
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a neo-Nazi leader and his associate with plotting to attack Baltimore’s power grid, a plan the FBI thwarted with the help of ...
Dollar’s gyrations raise hedging costs for US companies
Wild swings in global currencies hammered corporate earnings in the past year, and while forex markets have gotten less choppy, some companies are seeking ways to guard profits and lower ...
How China’s balloon over America steered its way into spying history
When China’s suspected surveillance balloon first passed into U.S. airspace north of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28, American officials believed there was a good chance it would ...
Musk says to attempt Starship launch in March
SpaceX may attempt a Starship rocket system launch in March, its billionaire chief Elon Musk said in a tweet on Saturday.
“If remaining tests go well, we will attempt a ...
At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile
Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires ...
The EU response to the United States Inflation Reduction Act
By Maria Demertzis
Very little comes out of US policy these days that does not aim to either decouple from China or somehow reduce China’s global reach. The US ...
US fighter jet shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon with missile
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, a week after it first entered U.S. airspace ...
US warned Turkey on exports seen to boost Russia’s war effort, official says
The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, ...
Elon Musk’s Tesla tweets are debated as trial nears end
A trial over whether Elon Musk should be liable for tweeting in 2018 about financing for a buyout of Tesla neared its end on Friday, with a lawyer for unhappy shareholders ...
Longer-range rockets included in $2 bln pledge for Ukraine
A new rocket that would double Ukraine’s strike range for the first time in its war with Russia was included in a more than $2.175 billion military aid package to ...
Fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies aged 88
Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88.
The death in Portsall, Brittany, of ...
Chinese spy balloon changes course, floating over central United States-Pentagon (Update)
A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 18,300 meters over the central United States, demonstrating a capability to maneuver, the US military said on ...
US Congress warns Turkey that F-16 sale depends on NATO approval
The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of senators ...
Chinese spy balloon flies over the US, Canada watching a potential second
A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, U.S. officials said , in what would be a brazen act just days ...
Canada moves to extend exclusion of mental illness from assisted death
Canada’s federal government on Thursday introduced a law that would exclude people suffering solely from mental illness from pursuing assisted death for an additional year.
Legislation passed in 2021 temporarily ...
U.S. targets global sanctions evasion network supporting Russia
The United States imposed sanctions on 22 individuals and entities in multiple countries that it accused of being tied to a global sanctions evasion network supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex.
The ...
Canadian groundhog Fred la marmotte found dead before Groundhog Day
A beloved Canadian groundhog, Fred la marmotte, was found dead before he could complete a North American tradition of predicting the onset of spring on Groundhog Day on Thursday.
Kids ...
U.S. transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee to Belize (Update)
Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has ...
North Korea: US drills threaten to turn region into critical war zone
North Korea said on Thursday that drills by the United States and its allies have reached an “extreme red-line” and threaten to turn the peninsula into a “huge war arsenal ...
Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says
Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Caribbean island country could also support ...
Tyre Nichols funeral draws civil rights leaders, U.S. vice president
Family and friends of Tyre Nichols will pay their final respects on Wednesday to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal encounter with Memphis police last month transformed him into the ...