“FREE MARINE LE PEN!” With this blunt call, a strange one in that the French far-right leader is walking the streets of Paris, President Trump has waded into the politics of an ally, condemning her conviction this week on embezzlement charges and her disqualification from running for public office. The conviction was “another example of…
President Trump’s tariffs mean that companies across the European Union and around the world are at risk of losing access to the world’s largest consumer market. Naturally, they are looking for the next big thing. Statistically speaking, that would mean China. The E.U. has the second-largest consumer market in the world behind America; China is…
On Wednesday, United States President Donald Trump imposed sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the US’s trading partners. The day was termed “Liberation Day” by Trump, who signed an executive order imposing a flat 10 percent tariff on almost all nations and then additional tariffs on those countries that the US accuses of charging higher levies on…
El anuncio del presidente Donald Trump de aranceles generalizados a los socios comerciales de Estados Unidos ha ampliado la brecha entre el país y algunos de sus aliados más cercanos, y al mismo tiempo ha reconfigurado el orden económico mundial. El plan de Trump, que dio a conocer el miércoles y califica de “recíproco”, impondría…
President Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on America’s trading partners has widened the rift between the United States and some of its closest allies while reconfiguring the global economic order. Mr. Trump’s plan, which he unveiled on Wednesday and is calling “reciprocal,” would impose a wave of tariffs on dozens of other countries. Among major…
London, United Kingdom – Outraged by the onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza, a group of volunteers in the fashionable London borough of Camden urged the local council last year to stop investing in companies with ties to Israel. The petition, led by the Camden Friends of Palestine group and signed by more than 4,200 residents,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike. The new tariffs — coming on what Trump has called “Liberation Day” — is a bid to boost U.S. manufacturing and punish other countries…
The body of a fourth U.S. Army soldier was found on Tuesday in Lithuania, a week after the soldier and three others were reported missing when the armored vehicle they were riding in sank in a bog, the U.S. military said. The Army did not immediately release the name of the fourth soldier, whose body…
The allies discussed developments of the ongoing war in Ukraine as well as relations between the two countries. China and Russia are “friends forever, never enemies”, Chinese’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said in remarks in a visit to Moscow during which he has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Sergey…
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – U.S. investors poured a record $10.6 billion into exchange-traded funds focused on European stocks in the first quarter, seven times the inflows recorded a year earlier, according to data from BlackRock. As U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and economic policies fuel uncertainty across markets, European equities have emerged as a…