LONDON — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda includes global economics and the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What You Need To Know U.S. Vice President JD Vance is meeting…
BANGKOK — U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries drew expressions of relief Friday from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April. Others expressed disappointment or frustration over running out of time after hitting…
STOCKHOLM — Chinese and U.S. trade officials arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital Tuesday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have skewed the pivotal commercial ties between the world’s two largest economies. What You Need To Know Chinese and U.S. trade officials have arrived for a second…
TURNBERRY, Scotland — President Donald Trump signaled the U.S. is preparing to take an additional step to help get food to those in the Gaza Strip as he hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump signaled the U.S. was…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Top trade officials from China and the United States arrived for a new round of talks in Stockholm on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over trade between the world’s two biggest national economies. What You Need To Know Top trade officials from China and the United States have arrived in…
Some U.S. politicians on opposite ends of the political spectrum this week denounced the killing last week of a Palestinian-American man from Florida in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Family members and Palestinian officials said 20-year-old Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death by illegal Israeli settlers. The U.S. ambassador to Israel, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, demanded…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge of more U.S.-made weapons in their three-year fight against Russia’s invasion, though it is unclear what exactly they will get and how quickly. What You Need To Know Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed gratitude for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to send more weapons…
KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday, as anticipation grew over a possible shift in the Trump administration’s policy on the three-year war. What You Need To Know U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia has…
LONDON — Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova on Saturday in the first women’s final at the tournament in 114 years in which one player failed to claim a single game. What You Need To Know Iga Swiatek has won her first Wimbledon championship with a…
WASHINGTON — Israel believes deeply buried stocks of enriched uranium at one Iranian nuclear facility hit by the U.S. military are potentially retrievable, a senior Israeli official said. And the agency that built the U.S. “bunker buster” bombs dropped on two other nuclear sites said Thursday that it is still waiting for data to be able to determine if…