3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (367+ words) Negotiators are striving to implement reciprocal tariff reductions on $30 billion worth of goods “at an early date,” Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said at a weekly briefing. The $30 billion will be from each side, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (308+ words) FILE - Aerial view of new cars waiting for shipment at a port in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Chinatopix via AP, File) Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around 890,000 units, driven by plug-in hybrids and pure…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (610+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (380+ words) Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday from an unidentified Connecticut family. The contribution represents an unusual expansion at a time when the United States’ sudden aid cuts have hamstrung programs ranging…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (459+ words) Israel responded Tuesday by closing the British consulate in east Jerusalem and banning 11 lawmakers from the country. “I regret what the Israeli government has announced, but I’m proud of what we did yesterday and it was the right thing to…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (495+ words) Passengers wait in line at Heathrow Airport in London, during an air traffic control problem that disrupted travel across Britain. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) The problems first surfaced on Tuesday, disrupting travel across the U.K. and stranding passengers for hours…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (881+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to journalists as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, Canada, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) “In too many areas, they wanted dependency, not…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (206+ words) The Russian ambassador was informed that “according to the assessment of the Hungarian authorities, 10 members of the Russian mission had engaged in activities in Hungary that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention,” Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said. That…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (492+ words) Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7% to 66,104.93, while South Korea’s Kospi jumped 3.3% to 6,907.53. Shares in Samsung Electronics jumped 4.5% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix surged 6.2%. “The AI complex continues to provide the local equity markets with its most dependable growth pulse,” said Stephen…...