US-China trade talks in London enter their second day
The U.S. and China held a second day of talks Tuesday in London aimed at easing their trade dispute, after President Donald Trump said China is “not easy” but the U.S. was “doing well” at…
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US stocks drift closer to their record as Wall Street waits to see what US-China talks will bear
U.S. stocks drifted closer to their all-time high on Tuesday as the wait continued to hear what will come of trade talks between the United States and China. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as…
US aerospace industry anxious as tariffs loom
US airlines and aerospace manufacturers insist they have no use for tariff protections, warning that the proposed Trump administration levies could eat into the healthy trade surplus the sector has enjoyed for…
Chinese consumer prices continue to fall as US trade talks loom
Chinese consumer prices fell for the fourth straight month in May, data showed Monday, as the world’s second biggest economy struggles with sluggish spending and global trade turmoil. Beijing has failed to…
Undocumented migrants turn to Whatsapp to stay ahead of US raids
Fearing a US immigration raid will separate her from her children, an undocumented Honduran immigrant hunkers down in her Washington home, anxiously scouring a WhatsApp group for real-time updates on nearby sweeps.…
Author of explosive Meta memoir to star at US Senate hearing
The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.…
Explosive Meta memoir tops US best-seller list
A scathing book about Facebook parent company Meta, whose author has been barred from promoting her work, entered at the top of the New York Times bestseller list after its first week…
Lawmakers set to confirm Scott Bessent for US Treasury chief
The US Senate is widely expected to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary Monday, putting him at the forefront of implementing Donald Trump’s economic agenda — which is…
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major…
US grounds SpaceX’s Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX’s Starship and ordered Elon Musk’s company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission.…
