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MILAN (Reuters) -The United States’ “confrontational” trade stance towards Europe is a consequence of U.S. efforts to give Russia a seat in international forums and weaken its ties with China, a top European Central Bank policymaker said on Wednesday. ECB Governing Council member Fabio Panetta told … Source link
Hong Kong and Shanghai, China’s international and domestic financial centres, used to talk about competition more than collaboration. Now the bigger context of geopolitical tension has thrust Hong Kong to the forefront of Beijing’s commercial expansion strategy amid an American tariff and tech war aimed at containing China’ rise. Shanghai and Hong Kong have signed…
The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “political assassination.” Brooklyn…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved attack plans for Iran but has withheld a final order to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the … Source link
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will hold joint military exercises with China in 2025. (Reporting by VLadimir Soldatkin; editing by Guy Faulconbridge) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters. Source link
AstroAI is recalling 249,100 minifridges on Wednesday over fire and burn hazards after two of the compact refrigerators caught fire, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. The personal refrigerators’ electrical switch can short circuit, posing fire and burn risks, according to a notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC has…
It’s important to note that there’s a huge difference in why protesters wear masks as opposed to law enforcement. Not only can masking help with the tear gas often deployed by officers at protests, but it’s a safety measure employed by many immunocompromised people to combat COVID and other infections. Other protesters wear masks to…
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. You might not realize it, but everything from AI chatbots and autonomous driving systems requires literally trillions of data points to train. My colleague Emily Feng and I were curious about the…
Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen Man-on has been arrested for allegedly stealing snacks from a supermarket, the Post has learned. Yuen, a former member of the defunct Cantopop boy band E-kids, was arrested on Wednesday after he was spotted acting suspiciously by patrolling officers in To Kwa Wan, police said. He allegedly stole items from…
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is holding its benchmark interest rate steady, marking a continuation of its “wait-and-see” approach as it assesses the impact of the Trump administration’s economic policies. The central bank also expects inflation to worsen in the coming months, but it still foresees two interest rate cuts by the end of…