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Geopolitics has taken a back seat to economics as China and the US trade tit-for-tat tariffs that threaten to develop into a full-blown trade war. Last month, Singapore's prime minister, Lawrence ...

The more President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on the US’s trading partners, the more the worry of another inflation wave troubles global economists. Stubborn consumer-price growth was ...

In 2012, less than 48 hours after she was married, police found Estrella Carrera dead in the bathtub of her Illinois apartment. Still wearing her wedding dress, officials reported at the time ...

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Of all the powers of the presidency, none comes more naturally to Donald Trump than weaponizing America’s economic might. Since returning to the White House, he has ordered sweeping tariffs on ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the country’s leading aid agency, could be nearing its end after US President Donald Trump ordered a halt to foreign aid.

Russia said that discussions with Washington were underway regarding potential peace talks to end the war nearly three years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion. By Paul Sonne Reporting from ...

“Big Tech” — or large multinational corporations that manufacture, own, and operate the digital ecosystems and physical infrastructure constituting cyberspace — wield state-like influence, advancing ...

An investigation is underway in Miami after a man was fatally stabbed during an argument on a trolley Tuesday afternoon, police said. According to Miami Police, the incident happened on the ...

President Donald Trump burst out of the gates into his second term with the speed of a Kentucky Derby winner. Executive orders turning the status quo upside down have flown in gusts from the Oval ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Concerns about an expensive and increasingly escalatory trade war are lingering after President Donald Trump issued tariffs against China that were quickly met with ...