TOKYO — Toyota reported a 7% year-on-year drop in its profit for April-September on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs slammed Japanese automakers, but it raised its forecast for the full fiscal year. Net profit for the April-September period at Toyota Motor Corp. totaled 1.77 trillion yen ($11.5 billion), down from 1.9 trillion yen a…
LONDON — The largest-ever exhibition of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion, including the opulent gowns she wore for her wedding and coronation, will go on display at Buckingham Palace next year to mark the centenary of her birth, officials said Tuesday. The landmark royal exhibition will feature some 200 items — about half of…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office. Trump said that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan did not come up in his…
OMAHA, Neb. — The profits of Warren Buffett’s company improved 17% thanks to a relatively mild hurricane season and more paper investment gains this year as Berkshire Hathaway continues to prepare for the legendary 95-year-old investor to relinquish the CEO title in January. But last month’s $9.7 billion investment in OxyChem won’t do much to…
Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Xi, 1st face-to-face meeting in 6 years Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, says negotiations will be complicated between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping with artificial intelligence at the epicenter of these talks. October 29, 2025 Source link
TOKYO — Japan’s most iconic truck might be the tiny white transport vehicles that farmers use to lug gear on the narrow roads that link their rice fields. But Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had another truck in mind as she looked to build rapport with visiting U.S. President Donald Trump. Takaichi, who wants to…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he reached a “substantial framework” for trade talks between the U.S. and China ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday — potentially averting hefty tariffs on imported Chinese goods. “I think we’ve reached a substantial framework for the two leaders who…
BANGKOK — China said Friday it is creating a new holiday called the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, as part of its claims over the self-ruled island. The standing committee of its rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, said the new holiday will mark Oct. 25, the day in 1945 when Taiwan, then a Japanese…
The woman charged with abandoning her newborn at a Midtown Manhattan subway station told investigators she gave birth just hours before she left the baby at the bottom of a staircase, according to court documents. The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during…
Fashion moves quickly, but we have our eye on it all: new trends, buzzworthy launches and the best discounts to keep our wardrobes and wallets happy. Right now, shop new collections from Reformation and J.Crew, where you’ll find fall must-haves to add to your new season wardrobe. Plus, don’t miss Gap’s Friends and Family sale,…