The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association is backing the OECDâs CARF and tougher tax transparency, but wants lighter treatment and more flexible recordkeeping....
President Donald Trump unveiled his âGreat Health Care Plan,â but details remain scarce, raising questions about congressional support and its impact as premiums rise....
Despite US President Donald Trumpâs insistence on acquiring Greenland, public support for the idea remains low. A Reuters/Ipsos poll of US residents this week showed that fewer than one in five respon...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Vance arrive to speak at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. Alex Brandon/AP JD Vance, Donald...
US president Donald Trump appears to have dialed back threats of an imminent strike on Iran. Despite the shift in rhetoric, the airspace over the Islamic Republic has closed to commercial flights. Sto...
Several state prosecutors have reportedly resigned over the lack of a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. The US Justice Department denies the...
Bavaria's Markus Söder is calling for fewer German federal states, but the plans to merge have drawn criticism. How realistic is a change in political lines?...
The UN gave the US president a mandate to lead a "Board of Peace" to stabilize the Middle East. However, Donald Trump seems to be increasingly competing with the UN, while sidelining the Middle East c...
Donald Trump's second term in the White House has tested China's tit-for-tat approach in response to the the US president's trade war. While stiff competition remains moving forward, there are signs o...
Dozens of people were wounded and at least two were killed in overnight Russian air attacks on Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian president. The attack comes as US and Ukrainian officials are set to ...
European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU was weighing a joint response to a new US tariff plan to impose levies of 10% on 8 European nations, including Germany, France and the UK. Follow t...
The emergence of a new political party led by the former president Rumen Radev could significantly reshape not only Bulgariaâs domestic affairs but also its foreign policy....
Trump has boasted about ending eight wars, styling himself as "the president of peace" and therefore deserving of the Nobel honour but those claims have been exaggerated....
Germany is cutting its development aid budget. But as development policy is also part of national security, alongside diplomacy and defense, these budget cuts may cause problems....
The president of the German Armed Forces' reservists says European troops should be sent to Greenland to block a US takeover of the territory. Meanwhile, heating bills are set to soar amid a harsh win...
Donald Trump has warned of steep tariffs on French wine and champagne as he presses France's president Emmanuel Macron to join a US-led "Board of Peace." Paris has signalled that it does not plan to j...
European leaders are taking center stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a day ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit. His threat of tariffs over Greenland is set to loom over the summit's a...
Japan's first female leader is popular with voters. She has now called for early elections to leverage their approval. The move could bolster her position, but it carries risks....
A US immigration officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic stop in â Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said, escalating tension over an unwelcome deployment of militarized fede...