Business
Oil Shock Sends Asian Markets Sliding—And Two Major Rate Hikes Could Be Just Days Away
Asian stock markets opened lower on Monday as a fresh surge in oil prices rattled investors, while financial markets braced for possible…
Category: United States
Business
Strait of Hormuz Hit Again as Ship Is Struck by Projectile — Now the World Is Watching What Happens to Oil
The Strait of Hormuz has been hit by another serious maritime security incident, raising fresh fears that the escalating conflict around the…
Business
Pacific ‘Drug Highway’ Explodes as Cocaine Heads Toward Australia — Now Canberra Is Bringing the Fight to the Islands
A vast maritime corridor stretching across the Pacific is emerging as a major battleground in the global fight against cocaine and methamphetamine…
Taiwan
Taiwan Supporters Flood New York Streets With a Message for the UN — But Beijing Is Watching
NEW YORK — Taiwan supporters took their campaign for greater international participation directly to the streets of Manhattan on Saturday, marching through…
Politics
Iran’s New Qasem Basir Missile Just Changed the Stakes in the Gulf — And the U.S. Navy Is in Its Crosshairs
Iran’s latest missile threat is raising the stakes in an already dangerous Middle East war, with Tehran claiming that its new Qasem…
Politics
25 Years After 9/11, America Is Asking a Hard Question: Did It Learn the Wrong Lessons?
Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a difficult question is resurfacing in Washington and beyond: did the United States…
Entertainment
Sabalenka’s US Open Three-Peat Dream Collapses in New York — And What Happened Next Revealed the Pressure She Was Carrying
NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka’s bid to make US Open history ended in heartbreak Saturday as Elena Rybakina defeated the two-time defending…
Business
Xi and Modi Shake Hands Again—But the Real Test for India-China Ties Is Still Ahead
NEW DELHI — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have signaled a renewed push to stabilize relations between…
Business
Obama Sounds the Alarm on AI: “It Could Be Dangerous” — But What Happens If Washington Waits?
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is urging American policymakers to take artificial intelligence more seriously, warning that the technology is advancing so…
United States
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Lands Record £72 Million War Chest — But the Timing Raises Bigger Questions
LONDON — Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has received an extraordinary £72 million in donations from two cryptocurrency billionaires, giving the populist party…