Category Politics

U.S. stocks rose sharply on Friday, marking another day of chaos on Wall Street as a falling dollar and other swings in financial markets pointed to continued high levels of fear over the potential escalation of President Donald Trump’s trade…

A sharp rise in consumer inflation expectations to levels not seen since the early 1980s, coupled with market volatility and a rise in U.S. Treasury yields on Friday, made it more difficult for the Federal Reserve to determine whether the…

A U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration to “take all appropriate actions to facilitate the return” of a man who was wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador and set a status hearing for Friday. U.S. District…

A fourth defendant has appeared in court after damage was caused to US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry Golf Course. Autumn Ward was summoned to Ayr County Sheriff Court on Friday and charged with causing harm with intent. The 21-year-old Liverpool…

Italian authorities said they were transferring 40 migrants who did not have permission to stay in the country to Italian detention centres in Albania. This appears to be the first time that a European Union state has sent rejected migrants…

A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey shore on Thursday, killing all six people on board, officials and witnesses said, The New York Times reported. The New…

Diego Maradona should not have had surgery two weeks before his death because it was not a serious problem, a court has heard in a negligence case that led to his death. After analysing Maradona’s brain CT scan presented during…

U.S. stock markets fell sharply on Thursday, giving up much of their historic gains from the previous day as President Donald Trump’s trade war continues to threaten economic performance. The S&P 500 fell 3.5%, capping a 9.5% gain on Wednesday…

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt a crushing defeat to a challenged bill that would have redefined the country’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown. The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill was defeated in parliament in Wellington on…

The European Union’s executive Commission has announced a 90-day pause on retaliatory measures against new U.S. tariffs, to align with President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on his sweeping new tariffs and to create space for a negotiated deal. European Commission…