Five killed in New York state tourist bus crash

The bus had traveled to Niagara Falls, on the border with Canada, for the day and was heading home when the accident took place on a highway near Pembroke.
23 August 2025, 18:40 PM

Trump names close political aide as ambassador to India

President Donald Trump on Friday tapped close political aide Sergio Gor as US ambassador to India, sending one of his feared enforcers at a delicate time in ties with New Delhi.
23 August 2025, 18:13 PM

Visa closes US open-banking unit as data fight heats up, source says

However, disputes between banks and fintechs have fueled doubts about the future of open banking.
23 August 2025, 06:03 AM

JPMorgan agrees to pay Malaysia $330 million to settle 1MDB claims

Malaysian and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1MDB in a globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014.
23 August 2025, 05:23 AM

Hong Kong rejects renewal of Bloomberg reporter's visa

Last year, authorities denied Associated Press photojournalist Louise Delmotte's visa extension application without any stated reason, media reports said.
23 August 2025, 05:06 AM

Trump says US to probe furniture imports, threatening tariffs

China and Vietnam are among the major sources of US furniture imports.
23 August 2025, 04:48 AM

China tightens grip over rare earth supply quotas

China, the world’s dominant rare earth supplier, issued on Friday measures to regulate the mining, smelting and separation of thecritical minerals key to energy transition, further tightening its grip over supply.
22 August 2025, 20:37 PM

Trump says he’ll fire Fed’s Cook if she doesn’t resign

US President Donald Trump yesterday said he would fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the US central bank.
22 August 2025, 20:36 PM

Iran to meet Europeans to avoid snapback sanctions

Iran will meet next week with Britain, France and Germany on its nuclear programme, the parties said yesterday, as the European powers warned Tehran to engage swiftly to avoid snapback sanctions.
22 August 2025, 20:07 PM

Russia rejects Zelensky meeting

Russia yesterday ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension escalated with the Ukrainian president and US mediation efforts appeared to stumble.
22 August 2025, 20:07 PM

UN declares famine in Gaza, blames Israel

The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza yesterday, blaming “systematic obstruction” of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly dismissing the findings.
22 August 2025, 18:22 PM

FBI agents search Trump critic Bolton’s home in latest move against rival

FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump turned persistent critic, on Friday in what a source familiar with the matter said was part of a national security probe.
22 August 2025, 18:06 PM

Zelensky says Russia trying to 'wriggle out' of peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of shirking a meeting between him and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite US-led attempts to arrange a summit to end the war
22 August 2025, 03:07 AM
22 August 2025, 03:05 AM

US court quashes Trump’s $464m civil penalty

In a triumph for Donald Trump, a New York state appeals court yesterday threw out a half-billion-dollar penalty while preserving a fraud case against him, enabling the US president to rebound from one of his biggest legal defeats.
21 August 2025, 21:30 PM

Google to provide Gemini AI tools to US government

Google will provide its Gemini artificial intelligence tools to US federal agencies practically free, the government announced Thursday
21 August 2025, 19:50 PM

Give up Donbas, no membership to Nato: Putin

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
21 August 2025, 19:33 PM

Greta Thunberg, activists block Oslo main street in oil protest

Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo’s main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said.
21 August 2025, 19:31 PM

Uganda reaches agreement with US to take migrants: govt

Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, in Washington’s latest attempt to speed up deportations.
21 August 2025, 19:31 PM

Summit with Putin only after securing security guarantees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agree security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops.
21 August 2025, 19:29 PM