The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday . Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease f...
Iranian authorities deployed riot police Thursday evening on Tehran's main square and avenues to prevent protests, FRANCE 24's correspondent Siavosh Ghazi said. Ghazi also reported that Iran has not y...
Trump remains open to military intervention if Tehran continues to exact lethal force on protesters in the ongoing nationwide demonstrations, US representatives told the UN Security Council on Thursda...
Iran's top judge hinted at fast trials and executions for those who were detained in nationwide protests against the country's theocracy, Rochelle Ferguson Bouyahi welcomes Scott Lucas, Professor of A...
Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests....
Low taxes, which are not in line with inflation, are ineffective in reducing alcohol or sugary drink consumption, the World Health Organization warns....
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
US president texts Norwegian leader that he no longer feels obliged ‘to think purely of Peace’ after missing out on award...
Hundreds of counterprotesters drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the ...
The draft provision would treat tokens as “non-ancillary” assets, exempt from SEC securities rules, if they were in an ETF by 2026....
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....
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Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....
European governments blasted US President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland beginning next month. Denmark, Norway, Sweden...
Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
The cities building the most homes rely more heavily on immigrant labor. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times The cities that build and remodel the most homes rely the most heavily on immigrant worker...
Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the...
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers will meet with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Ar...
Russia and Venezuela maintain a strategic partnership spanning energy, defense, and diplomacy. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images Russia's state-owned Roszarubezhneft says its Venezuelan oil assets belong t...