Zara owner Inditex shares drop as sales disappoint
Shares in Zara owner Inditex fell Wednesday after the world鈥檚 biggest fashion retailer posted disappointing first quarter sales as concerns mount over US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war...
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Iran to target US bases if conflict breaks out
Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while president Donald Trump said he was 鈥榣ess confident鈥� about reaching a nuclear deal...
Musk regrets some of his Trump criticisms
Elon Musk, the world鈥檚 richest person and Donald Trump鈥檚 former advisor, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair鈥檚 public falling-out last week...
World Bank cuts growth forecast on trade tumult
The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US president Donald Trump鈥檚 wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and weighed on economic outlooks...
Trump鈥檚 cuts hurt vulnerable women worldwide: UN
The United Nations Population Fund has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of president Donald Trump鈥檚 policies has been even more 鈥榙evastating鈥� for reproductive health worldwide, chief Natalia Kanem told AFP.
Trump deploys Marines amid Los Angeles protests
President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be 鈥榟it harder鈥� than ever.
Trump travel ban in effect, citizens from 12 nations barred from US
President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping new travel ban came into effect early Monday immediately after midnight, barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States and reviving a divisive measure from his first term...
Demonstrators run amok in US city Los Angeles
Demonstrators torched cars and scuffled with 聽security forces in Los Angeles on Sunday as police kept protestors away from the National Guard troops President Donald Trump sent to the streets of the second biggest US city.
Trump sends military force to Los Angeles over immigration protests
US president Donald Trump聽ordered National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a rare deployment expected Sunday against the state governor鈥檚 wishes after sometimes-violent protests against immigration enforcement raids...
Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
SpaceX鈥檚 rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon鈥檚 most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles...
Japan says 鈥榩rogress鈥� but no 鈥榓greement yet鈥� in US tariff talks
Japan said on Saturday that it was making 鈥榩rogress鈥� in talks aimed at easing US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs but cautioned that the two sides have not found 鈥榓 point of agreement yet鈥�...
US court says Trump can bar AP for now from key White House events
US president Donald Trump can bar The Associated Press from some White House media events for now, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, pausing a lower court order to give access to the US news agency鈥檚 journalists.
Trump says Musk has 'lost his mind'
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Elon Musk had 鈥榣ost his mind鈥� but insisted he wanted to move on from the fiery split with his billionaire former ally.
Clash of the Titans: Allies fear fallout in Trump-Musk split
He is almost certainly off the guest list for White House galas, but Elon Musk's astonishing spat with Donald Trump could inflict damage for both men that goes far beyond catchy headlines and an incinerated friendship.
US court blocks Trump鈥檚 new ban on foreign students at Harvard
A court put a temporary stay on Thursday on Donald Trump鈥檚 latest effort to stop foreign students from enrolling at Harvard, as the US president鈥檚 battle with one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious universities intensified.
Trump, Musk alliance melts down in fiery public row
US president Donald Trump and tech tycoon Elon Musk鈥檚 unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce Thursday, with Trump threatening to strip the billionaire of his huge government contracts in revenge.
China鈥檚 Xi held phone call with Trump: state media
Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a phone call with US president Donald Trump on Thursday, state media reported, as the world鈥檚 top two economies clash over trade...
Trump signs travel ban on 12 countries after Colorado attack
US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Wednesday targeting 12 countries, saying it was spurred by an attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that authorities blamed on a man they said was in the country illegally.
Musk blasts Trump mega-bill days after farewell
TENSIONS between Elon Musk and Donald Trump erupted Tuesday as the world's richest man derided the president's key piece of economic legislation in a startling rupture just days after exiting a controversial job in the White House...
Trump, Xi will 鈥榣ikely鈥� talk this week
US president Donald Trump and China鈥檚 president Xi Jinping will likely hold a long-awaited call later this week, the White House said Monday, as trade tensions between the world鈥檚 two biggest economies ratchet back up.
Trump says withdrawing Musk ally as nominee to head NASA
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was withdrawing his nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk, to lead space agency NASA.
Oil under $65 a boon for consumers
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs, his call to 鈥榙rill baby drill鈥� and especially a decision by OPEC+ to hike crude output quotas have oil prices trading at lows not seen since the Covid pandemic...
Court backs Trump in ending migrant protections
The US Supreme Court handed president Donald Trump a major victory Friday in his immigration crackdown, giving his administration the green light to revoke the legal status of half a million migrants from four Caribbean and Latin American countries...
Trump to double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50pc
US president Donald Trump said Friday that he would double steel and aluminum import tariffs to 50 per cent from next week, the latest salvo in his trade wars aimed at protecting domestic industries...
Chinese students in US will 鈥榖e ok鈥�: Trump
US president Donald Trump told reporters late Friday he wanted to assure Chinese international students in the country that they would be fine amid his administration鈥檚 crackdown on academia.
Musk鈥檚 rocket-fueled ride with Trump flames out
Elon Musk stormed into US politics as president Donald Trump鈥檚 chainsaw-brandishing sidekick. Four turbulent months later it鈥檚 the tech tycoon himself on the chopping block.
Trump tariffs stay in place for now
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary legal win as a court preserved his aggressive tariffs.
Musk announces exit from US govt role
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with president Donald Trump over his signature spending bill.
Stocks climb after US court blocks Trump tariffs
Global stocks and the dollar largely firmed Thursday after a US court blocked most of President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs from taking effect.
Musk to exit US govt role
Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with President Donald Trump over his signature spending bill.
