Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng stepped up a defense of his country’s economic track record, dangling the prospect of greater access to its domestic market to reduce imbalances in trade....
"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...
Von der Leyen's comments come as US officials will host the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House for crunch talks later on Wednesday....
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Even under normal leadership, a status-anxious US would be lashing out...
Citi reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Citi's CFO Mark Mason said Trump's proposed credit card cap would have a 'deleterious' impact on the economy. ...
I live in Minneapolis. I grew up not far from here, in a suburb of St. Paul; after stints on both coasts, my wife and I settled here to raise our daughters in a freezing state that had always welcomed...
Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian missile over Kyiv on Tuesday. Gleb Garanich/REUTERS Ukraine fired nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night defending against Russian strikes. The f...
Trump’s Greenland experience shows the problem with difficult markets...
The Greenland crisis is a key test for Emmanuel Macron, who seems more willing than any other leader to confront Donald Trump. It puts the French president's high-stakes blend of diplomacy and defianc...
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Democratic history is a timeline of states acting to curb over-mighty figures, from kings to business tycoons...
AI czar David Sacks Alex Brandon/AP White House AI czar David Sacks criticized the possibility of a California wealth tax. If the tax is ultimately approved, he said it will be "the beginning of s...
Just as it did in Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, politics is dominating the build up to World Cup 2026. Could discontent with Donald Trump in Europe see football heavyweights united behind such a cause?...
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As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said , would "create a database of...
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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 Kurdish people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without their own country. Many are native to the region where four countries — Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey — meet and share langu...