BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump in an interview released Wednesday confirmed an earlier report that he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a Monday phone call, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting of Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran. But even as the…
HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Cubans crowded along Havana’s famed seawall on Friday to celebrate workers on their day, especially those who keep the socialist country powered. Employees of Cuba’s Electric Union are working 24 hours a day as the island’s power grid continues to crumble, provoking islandwide outages worsened by a lack…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.’s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions, following his…
China now dominates in every technology that defines the modern world. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s 2025 Strategic Technology Tracker, released last week, China leads in seven out of eight AI categories, 13 out of 13 advanced materials and manufacturing technologies, in all seven categories of defence, space, robotics and transportation, nine out…
MADRID (AP) — The longest U.S. government shutdown on record is doing more than grind activities to a halt at home; an ocean away in Europe, local workers at U.S. military bases have started to feel the pain. Thousands of people working at overseas bases in Europe have had their salaries interrupted since the shutdown…
Merz has been under rising political pressure at home to do more to address Germany’s economic malaise. Following two straight years of economic contraction, economists expect little if any growth this year, in part due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which hit Berlin’s export-oriented economy particularly hard. German business leaders are now urging…
BANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Shares swung higher Wednesday in Europe and Asia, supported by buying of technology shares, as hopes for a U.S. interest rate cut helped to offset worries over simmering trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Gold rose to new highs, hitting $4,217 per ounce. The precious metal has soared nearly 60%…
Private payrolls plunged in September, complicating the picture for the US economy as policymakers and investors struggle to assess the state of the labor market amid a government shutdown. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to release the monthly jobs report this Friday due to the closure. That means many flying blind without critical…
US equity futures held losses after Congress failed to agree to a spending plan, forcing the government into a shutdown that will keep hundreds of thousands of federal workers home from their jobs. Futures on the S&P 500 Index were down 0.4% as of 1:02 a.m. Wednesday after the deadline to fund the government came…