President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with Japan on Tuesday, making it the largest U.S. trade partner to broker an accord as the White House threatens to impose tariffs on dozens of countries within days. Before the deal, Japan faced the prospect of a 25% tariff rate set to take effect Aug. 1. Instead,…
A Marine veteran whose father was detained by federal immigration agents while at his landscaping job in California last month told Congress members on Tuesday that his father is “traumatized” by what happened and charged that the immigration system is “broken.” Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested Narciso Barranco, who is undocumented, in Santa Ana…
Wall Street dipped in premarket trading Tuesday, but indexes remained near record highs on another big day for corporate earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.1% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were each off 0.2%. Homebuilders were the early winners, with D.R. Horton climbing nearly…
BEIJING — China’s stock market is buzzing over government promises to tackle price wars that have hurt profits and worsened global trade tensions. The prevailing catchphrase is “anti-involution,” and it reflects efforts to curb intense competition and overcapacity in industries like solar panels, steel, and electric vehicles. With rising trade barriers such as President Donald…
HONG KONG — Typhoon Wipha caused major flight disruptions Sunday in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west along the southern coast. Airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macao canceled or postponed all their daytime flights, their websites showed. Some high-speed train service in the area was suspended….
BEIJING — A tropical storm that prompted flight and ferry cancellations in Taiwan is forecast to reach typhoon strength before hitting the southern China coast on Sunday. The storm earlier crossed the Philippines, where a parked truck was crushed by a billboard-like structure that was toppled by high winds in Quezon City, north of Manila….
Christine Hunsicker, the founder of clothing-rental company CaaStle, was arrested Friday on federal fraud charges accusing her of cheating investors out of $300 million. Federal prosecutors for the Southern District of New York said that Hunsicker misrepresented CaaStle’s financial performance to investors, allegedly making false revenue projections of hundreds of millions of dollars and falsely…
JARAMANA, Syria — A Syrian Druze woman living in the United Arab Emirates frantically tried to keep in touch with her family in her hometown in southern Syria as clashes raged there over the past days. Her mother, father and sister sent videos of their neighbors fleeing as fighters moved in. The explosions from shelling…
Elon Musk posts on X criticizing Trump’s handling of the Epstein files Billionaire Elon Musk posted on X over the last day, flooding his feed with criticism of President Donald Trump and his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. July 17, 2025 Source link
BEIJING — The leaders of Australia and China sought to deepen trade ties despite their differences over regional security and human rights at talks Tuesday in the Chinese capital. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that seeking common ground while setting aside differences is in line with “the fundamental interests of…