China’s Foreign Ministry said Monday it does “not have any information” about reports that US President Donald Trump will be invited to a military parade in Beijing later this year, according to state media. Japan’s Kyodo News reported Sunday that China was planning to invite Trump to a military parade at Tiananmen Square on Sept….
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe told skeptical U.S. lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran’s lone metal conversion facility and in the process delivered a monumental setback to Tehran’s nuclear program that would take years to overcome, a U.S. official said Sunday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of damage caused by U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing four people familiar with classified intelligence circulating within the U.S. government. A source, who declined to be named, confirmed that account to Reuters but said there were serious questions about…
President Donald Trump has disclosed in his latest interview that “ a group of very wealthy people” will soon purchase TikTok. US President Donald Trump (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.(AFP) In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News on Sunday morning, Trump…
Nike’s shares jumped at the opening bell Friday after the company said it’s shifting some production away from China. But it also warned that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will cost it about $1 billion before it makes internal changes, which include “surgical” price increases in the U.S. starting this fall. Nike is not…
By Gleb Bryanski and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia was looking to cut its military expenditure from next year, contrasting that with NATO’s plan to ramp up defence spending over the next decade. NATO allies on Wednesday agreed to raise their collective spending goal to 5% of gross…
The U.S. and China have agreed on a trade deal that would reduce tariffs and expedite shipments of rare-earth metals. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will now start at 30%, while China’s duty rate on goods from the U.S. will be at 10%. The 20%…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks. The justices reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington. The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors who have been captivated by recent geopolitical events are poised to shift their attention in the coming week to key economic data and looming policy deadlines to see if the torrid rally in U.S. stocks extends higher. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 tallied a record high this week while…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the US and China have officially signed a trade deal, concluding months-long negotiations. The deal builds on previous meetings in Geneva between representatives of both nations, putting into ink the tacit agreement that had been in place. “We just signed with China yesterday,” Trump said during remarks at the…