People shop for food at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California on September 9, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images A tamer-than-expected U.S. inflation report for September injected optimism into markets. Traders are now betting that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut rates at its October meeting — scheduled for later…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures rose Sunday evening as investors looked ahead to a widely expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and a raft of Big Tech earnings reports. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were up roughly 0.7% and 0.9%, respectively. Futures…
China on Sunday announced that they have reached a “basic consensus” on a potential trade deal with the United States, just days before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday for the ASEAN summit, the first stop of his five-day Asia tour…
Trump expressed confidence in the ability of U.S. and Chinese negotiators to fashion an agreement that stops the cycle of tit-for-tat tariffs and export-control reprisals that have characterized U.S.-China trade relations since April. “I think we’re going to have a good deal with China. I think if we make a deal, it’s going to be…
Officials from China and Japan are hoping closer bonds between younger generations can help stabilise their turbulent relationship, which faces challenges from issues ranging from wartime history to the impact of Donald Trump’s policies. In December last year, the two countries’ foreign ministers agreed to promote youth exchanges as a way of improving relations between…
Claude Monet’s Water Lilies can feel like a dream until you stand in his garden at Giverny, the Japanese bridge arching over the pond, wisteria hanging low, light scattering across the water exactly as he painted it. It’s uncanny, like walking into the brushstrokes of the canvas. Artist homes around the world hold that same…
Stocks jumped for the second straight week and reached record highs Friday as Washington trade and shutdown drama took a back seat to cooler inflation data and stronger earnings. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2% and 2.3%, respectively, for the week. In fact, the S & P 500 on Friday peaked above…
Nearly two dozen world leaders are descending in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur for a three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Sunday to Tuesday, and multiple other meetings on the sidelines. This will be the 47th summit of the ASEAN. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Here’s…
US president says Ontario government’s anti-tariff ad featuring Ronald Reagan needed to be taken down ‘immediately’. Published On 25 Oct 202525 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Donald Trump has announced an additional 10-percent tariff on Canada, as the United States president continues to slam his country’s northern neighbour over…
British prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday urged allies to “finish the job” on Russian assets as he told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr zelenskyy in London there was more that they could do to bolster Kyiv’s long-range missile capability.Starmer met zelenskyy at his London residence before holding talks with Ukraine’s key backers. Trump’s Tomahawk Snub ‘FORCES’…