• The 10 best and funniest signs from the US ‘Hands Off’ protests
    2025-04-09

    Beyond the devastating implications of the Trump administration's policies, protesters have gotten to showcase their creativity during recent protests.

  • Former U.S. treasury secretary warns of likely recession, 2 mln layoffs
    2025-04-09

    "It's more likely than not that we're going to have a recession - and in the context of a recession, we'll see an extra 2 million people be unemployed," Summers said on Bloomberg Television's Wall Street Week.

  • See how people responded to Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ comment
    2025-04-09

    See how people responded to Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ comment

  • Trump’s global mineral race: A strategic power play
    2025-04-08

    Since returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has intensified efforts to secure critical mineral resources worldwide, with a particular focus on Greenland an autonomous territory of Denmark, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC and Russia. His mineral strategy is drive...

  • The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence’
    2025-04-08

    Food parcels provided by the World Food Program, part of the humanitarian aid shipments into Swria, are stacked at the Reyhanli border crosing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkry, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. AP PhotoBurhan Ozbilici, Pool, File WASHINGTON AP — The Trump administration has ended f...

  • NCAA basketball: 4 keys to Houston vs. Florida national championship game on Monday night
    2025-04-08

    Turns out that having all No. 1 seeds in the Final Four makes for pretty entertaining basketball. As ridiculously good as the national semifinals were, no one will be pining to see Cinderella this late in the NCAA tournament next year. In the opening game of Saturday night’s Final Four doubleheade...

  • Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now
    2025-04-08

    Flight carrying Venezuelan deportees from US arrives at La Guaira, Venezuela. CNN CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely on a sweeping wartime...

  • U.S. tariff hikes deepen strain on EU's sluggish economy
    2025-04-08

    * Analysts warn that the sweeping U.S. tariffs and potential EU retaliation could trigger trade flow disruptions, stifle growth prospects, and fuel inflation, further destabilizing the EU's already fragile economy. * The newly imposed U.S. tariffs, targeting around 70 percent, or 380 billion euros ...

  • China will resolutely take countermeasures if US escalates tariff measures: commerce ministry
    2025-04-08

    China firmly opposes the tariff threats coming from the White House and will resolutely adopt countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests if the United States follows through with the tariff escalation, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday. The Chinese government has taken note of...

  • Myanmar leader thanks Chinese rescue teams for post-quake aid
    2025-04-07

    Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing visits the camp of Chinese rescue teams in Mandalay to thank them for their assistance in post-earthquake relief efforts on April 6, 2025. [PhotoMinistry of Emergency Management] Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman Min Au...

  • Days of severe storms leave 18 dead as rising rivers threaten US south and midwest
    2025-04-07

    Power and gas shut off in regions as flooding worsens, threatening waterlogged and badly damaged communities Severe storm causes flooding in Kentucky’s Casey county on Friday. Photograph: Ryan C HermensTNSZUMA Press WireREXShutterstock After days of intense rain and wind killed at least 18 peopl...

  • Asian markets plunge with Japan’s Nikkei diving nearly 8% after the big meltdown on Wall St
    2025-04-07

    An electronic stock board shows that Nikkei stock average dropped over 2,900 Japanese yen in Tokyo Monday, April 7, 2025. Kyodo News via AP BANGKOK AP — Asian shares nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes and the resulting back...

  • Dow futures fall over 1,000 points as Trump tariff market collapse worsens: Live updates
    2025-04-07

    A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York City, U.S., April 3, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures dropped early Monday as the White House remained defiant even after a two-day historic stock market rout that followed President Donald Trump’s roll...

  • Protests against govt policies staged across US
    2025-04-07

    People march in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday to protest the policies of US President Donald Trump's administration. The protest was part of the "Hands Off" campaign, which mobilized rallies in all 50 US states and in cities abroad, including in Canada, Mexico and parts of Europe. MARIO TAM...

  • Chinese government dispatches second batch of emergency humanitarian aid to Myanmar
    2025-04-03

    BEIJING, April 3 Xinhua -- The Chinese government dispatched the second batch of emergency humanitarian earthquake relief supplies to Myanmar from Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday morning, according to the China International Development Cooperation Agency. The second batch of aid ...