Felicia de la Caridad Alvarez, a resident of Old Havana, knows a thing or two about survival.
June 03, 2026
The U.S. dollar is expected to stay range-bound in the near term before weakening later this year, FX strategists said in a Reuters survey, on optimism
June 03, 2026
Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday night protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared
June 03, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a podcast interview aired on Wednesday that Vice President JD Vance and U.S.
June 03, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned violent protests over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying after his
June 03, 2026
At least 21 people, including 12 foreign nationals, were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the
June 03, 2026
The European Parliament will switch to French search engine Qwant from Google, it said on Wednesday, underscoring Europe's push to reduce its reliance on
June 03, 2026
Italian prosecutors on Wednesday cleared a presidential pardon granted to a former showgirl, who was close to late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying fresh checks found
June 03, 2026
The Swiss government on Wednesday rejected U.S. findings on how dozens of economies, including Switzerland, deal with goods produced by forced labour, a probe that prompted
June 03, 2026
European automotive, construction, metals, chemicals and transport sectors could lose up to 1.3 million jobs this year as a result of a surge in energy prices caused by
June 03, 2026
A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing
June 03, 2026
Exit polls show South Korea’s ruling liberal party has been projected to win a landslide victory in mayoral and other local elections
June 03, 2026
Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a teenager's murder to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest
June 03, 2026
A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of New York’s vast, subterranean sewer system in recent days has the whole city wondering what exactly is going on
June 03, 2026
A rare albino buffalo fondly named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft is drawing a huge crowd at the national zoo in Bangladesh’s capital
June 03, 2026
Cuba’s doctors are its biggest soft power export. Several Latin American countries are cutting ties
June 03, 2026
In a bid to end its decades-long wait to win a second World Cup, England has put its fate in the hands of a German
June 03, 2026
British services firms suffered a small fall in activity in May as the strains of the Iran war pushed up their costs sharply and hit
June 03, 2026
South Korea and the U.S. held inaugural talks this week to discuss nuclear cooperation under a joint fact sheet on security agreed by U.S.
June 03, 2026
Spanish hotel group Melia said on Wednesday it would immediately stop managing, marketing and providing brand services for 15 hotels in Cuba, pointing to the island's
June 03, 2026
European shares slipped on Wednesday as escalating Middle East tensions and fresh jitters over private markets pushed investors
June 03, 2026
The Israeli military said it intercepted a "hostile aircraft" that crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
It is not a given that the current inflation shock facing the euro zone will be more benign than the 2022 episode, as some initial conditions flag larger inflationary
June 03, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank must discuss the pros and cons of raising interest rates if inflationary risks outweigh downside risks
June 03, 2026
Greater Toronto Area home sales posted their biggest monthly gain in 10 months in May, helped by improved affordability, while prices resumed their recent
June 03, 2026
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of killing eight civilians and of wounding 11 more in a drone attack on a passenger bus travelling in a Russian-controlled part of the
June 03, 2026
The European Central Bank met commercial lenders last week to discuss the potential threat from the newest artificial intelligence models and will follow up with demands
June 03, 2026
Coast Guard divers arrive in Bahamas to begin new search for missing Michigan woman
June 03, 2026
With the Iran war stretching into its fourth month, U.S. retail companies that have so far banked on a resilient consumer could
June 03, 2026
Nippon Paint and Sherwin-Williams have terminated efforts to jointly acquire rival paint maker AkzoNobel, they said on Wednesday, sending the Dulux
June 03, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Wednesday for dialogue between Ukraine and Poland to help defuse tensions after Kyiv renamed an army unit after nationalist
June 03, 2026
Former US Army doctor Adam Hamawy wins Democratic House primary in New Jersey
June 03, 2026
Conservative Keiko Fujimori will seek Peru's presidency on Sunday in a runoff vote, hoping that her tough-on-crime stance at a time of
June 03, 2026
Even before all the votes had been counted in last week's Republican Senate primary in Texas, party members began rolling out attacks on the Democratic candidate,
June 03, 2026
British competition regulators have mandated that Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews
June 03, 2026
Republican Jim Desmond, a county supervisor and Democrat Marni von Wilpert are projected to advance to the November general election after Tuesday's open primary for California's
June 03, 2026
Three Australian appeals court judges have reserved their decision on whether an activist can prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people
June 03, 2026
Spain's service sector activity stabilised in May as activity and sales returned to growth after April's decline, a business survey showed on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
One person was killed in an Iranian attack targeting civilian facilities in Kuwait, including the international airport and diplomatic missions, the foreign
June 03, 2026
The global economic outlook hinges on how long the war in the Middle East lasts, with recession in some countries and sharply higher inflation a real
June 03, 2026
France's services sector contracted at its sharpest pace in 5-1/2 years in May as weaker demand and rising costs due to the Iran war hammered businesses, a survey showed on
June 03, 2026
The yen weakened to levels that preceded intervention by Tokyo last month, prompting new warnings by policymakers on Wednesday and a small
June 03, 2026
Cost pressures in Italy's service sector hit a 40-month high in May as the impact of the conflict in the Middle East became more acute, a survey showed on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
At least 21 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent years.
June 03, 2026
Hungary's governing Tisza party has submitted a bill to parliament to abolish an organisation set up by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government that stigmatized
June 03, 2026
E-commerce giant Amazon.com said on Wednesday it has launched its paid Prime service in South Africa, offering faster deliveries and media content for 59 South African rand ($3.61)
June 03, 2026
Euro zone private sector activity shrank at the fastest rate in 18 months in May as waning demand for goods and services — a key gauge of economic health — dragged output
June 03, 2026
Meta Platforms lost its fight on Wednesday against the EU's labelling of its Messenger app as a powerful 'gatekeeper', which places
June 03, 2026
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has been reappointed to his position, the new government said as it prepared to take office on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
Any new U.S. tariffs on European Union goods on top of the rates agreed last year would be unacceptable, senior EU lawmaker said on Wednesday, rejecting U.S. claims the EU
June 03, 2026
Germany's service sector contracted for a second straight month in May as subdued demand and high energy and other costs due to the war in the Middle East weighed on
June 03, 2026
A fire has swept through a building in New Delhi, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others
June 03, 2026
A new Gallup poll finds support for same-sex marriage and relationships in the U.S. has stopped rising after two decades
June 03, 2026
Raúl Castro has turned 95, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world
June 03, 2026
President Vladimir Putin has read long-term ally Armenia the riot act: persist in wanting to join the European Union and you can kiss goodbye to cheap
June 03, 2026
Pope Leo heads to Spain on Saturday for a week-long tour, his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, which will culminate with the pontiff
June 03, 2026
DeepSeek, China's best-known AI startup, is set to raise about 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) in its first funding round from investors including Tencent Holdings and CATL, people
June 03, 2026
Russia's services sector contracted in May at its quickest pace since September as weaker demand drove steeper falls in new orders and output, a business survey showed on
June 03, 2026
Philippine senators broke a days-long legislative standoff on Wednesday after a member of the majority bloc broke ranks and appeared on the Senate floor, allowing a rival
June 03, 2026
Britain has imposed new conduct requirements on Google's search services, including allowing publishers to stop their content being used to power the U.S. tech giant's AI features,
June 03, 2026
The United States has proposed an additional tariff of 12.5% on imports from India, saying it is among 60 economies that failed to curb imports made with
June 03, 2026
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be released from the remainder of his prison sentence under a royal pardon, the country's justice minister told
June 03, 2026
Severe tropical storm Jangmi ripped across Japan on Wednesday, with fierce winds and torrential rain disrupting transport and businesses, and knocking out power for tens of
June 03, 2026
This Japanese island is closer to Taipei than Tokyo. A new ferry makes it easier to visit
June 03, 2026
Rescuers in Laos say they are investigating a possible “knocking response” deep inside a flooded cave network where two men are believed to remain trapped. The response sounds came as rescuers rappelled down a newly discovered vertical shaft that may provide a safer entry into a flooded cave and lead to a chamber where the men could be.
June 01, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Notwithstanding fresh hostilities in the Middle East, AI shares drove equity markets in Asia to new records on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
Russia downed 50 drones over the Leningrad region northwest of Moscow overnight and continues to repel the suspected Ukrainian attacks, Governor Alexander
June 03, 2026
Swiss voters look set to reject a referendum proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million people, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
India's dominant services sector grew at its fastest pace in six months in May on a pick-up in domestic demand, even though global orders stayed below last year's average
June 03, 2026
The Solomon Islands will negotiate a comprehensive strategic treaty with Australia and review a security agreement with China, the Pacific country's new
June 03, 2026
The Solomon Islands' new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China
June 03, 2026
Atlas Renewable Energy, one of South America's largest clean power generators, has put plans for $1 billion in new investments in
June 03, 2026
Cambodia is betting on a little-used UN arbitration process known as "compulsory conciliation" to resolve a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Thailand and unlock
June 03, 2026
U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support
June 02, 2026
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use GOP-friendly map for midterms, cutting seat held by Black Democrat
June 03, 2026
The U.S.
June 03, 2026
Democrat Rebecca Bennett emerged from a highly competitive primary on Tuesday to take on Republican U.S.
June 03, 2026
Australia's economy slowed in the March quarter as strength in business investment was offset by a drag from trade, data showed on Wednesday, while higher
June 03, 2026
China's services activity expanded at the fastest pace in three months in May, helped by stronger growth in new business and a rebound in overseas demand, though rising
June 03, 2026
Community members have honored a mother and five siblings killed in a case of domestic violence a day earlier
June 03, 2026
Japan's services sector ground to a halt in May after more than a year of expansion, as surging costs linked to the Middle East war dampened service demand and led to a 12-
June 03, 2026
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June 03, 2026
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party is projected to make sweeping gains in local elections on Wednesday, an exit poll showed, but a close race in the key city
June 03, 2026
Gulf hostilities flared anew on Wednesday, with the U.S. military saying Iranian missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and
June 03, 2026
Gains for AI chipmaker stocks can continue, but risks of a pullback are growing, Goldman Sachs said in a note on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
Bolivia's defense minister stepped down on Tuesday after a month of anti-government protests, two government sources said, marking the highest-level
June 03, 2026
Takeaways from Blanche’s House testimony: ‘Anti-weaponization’ fund is over, ban on Trump tax audits remains
June 03, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican president after widespread political backlash and setbacks in the courts
June 02, 2026
Dozens of people adopted abroad fastened ceramic nametags recently on a cobblestone wall at a park on a former U.S. military base in Paju, South Korea
June 03, 2026
New Jersey sues Delaney Hall operators for access after allegations of inhumane conditions
June 02, 2026
Providers of property services in China are struggling to collect management fees from disgruntled homeowners, threatening their revenue and house
June 03, 2026
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June 02, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government on Wednesday finalised a $19 billion supplementary budget for this fiscal year to cushion the impact of rising energy
June 03, 2026
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to U.N.
June 03, 2026
Bayer has no plans to spin off Monsanto, a representative said on Tuesday, even as the company faces an avalanche of lawsuits over its
June 03, 2026
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators
June 03, 2026
A physician in Donald Trump's administration brushed off questions about the U.S. president's personal health on Tuesday,
June 03, 2026
Kurt Olsen, a White House official who aided President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, has joined the Justice
June 03, 2026
Mexico's sugar industry is pushing for the United States to eliminate limits on U.S. imports and is working on a potential anti-dumping case against
June 03, 2026
CopperTech Metals reported a jump in revenue in its filing for U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, as it looks to capitalize on the Trump administration's policy push for
June 03, 2026
Australia's Macquarie Group said on Tuesday its asset management arm and Brazil's IG4 Capital agreed to sell a controlling stake in Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura S.A (CLI) to
June 03, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh pledged to follow "the best of the Fed's traditions" in an opening note to the central bank's more than 20,000
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration will ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government
June 02, 2026
The Trump administration is abandoning the president's $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, U.S.
June 03, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort
June 03, 2026
U.S.
June 02, 2026
Why Trump selected an acting director of national intelligence with no intel experience
June 03, 2026
A former New York state trooper has been sentenced Tuesday to 2½ to 7½ years in prison after he rammed his vehicle into an SUV during a high-speed chase, leading to the death of an 11-year-old girl
June 03, 2026
The El Nino weather pattern is forming, and is expected to cause extreme weather around the world this year, the WMO said on Tuesday.
June 02, 2026
British police faced a national backlash on Tuesday over the inflammatory case of an 18-year-old student who was handcuffed
June 02, 2026
The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting individuals and crypto exchanges, a notice on the Treasury Department website showed.
June 03, 2026
U.S.
June 03, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has tapped two conservative policy veterans, Paul Winfree and Daniel Heil, to advise him while he settles into the job, the Wall Street Journal
June 03, 2026
Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Tuesday the country intends to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and will
June 03, 2026
Canada had a positive meeting with the U.S. on the review of their free trade deal, Canada's minister responsible for Canada-
June 02, 2026
U.S.
June 03, 2026
MSC, the world's largest shipping group, said on Tuesday its Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles while in Iraq's Umm Qasr port on Monday, adding that all crew
June 02, 2026
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on commanders of armed groups it accused of driving the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting
June 03, 2026
U.S.
June 03, 2026
Meta is dialing back elements of its plan to collect employee mouse movements, keystrokes and other actions for use as AI training data, it said in an internal memo on
June 03, 2026
The United States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted
June 03, 2026
World stocks rose to fresh peaks again on Tuesday as no major change in U.S.-Iran tensions, together with a general calm across currency and bond
June 03, 2026
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June 03, 2026
As the soccer World Cup is set to take over water cooler chats, employers may have trouble keeping workers focused during the tournament - and even getting them to the office in the
June 03, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face more questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began
June 02, 2026
An artist has filed a federal lawsuit against soccer's international governing body over the destruction of his giant mural of swimming whales on a building in Dallas as it prepares to host World Cup matches
June 03, 2026
Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer
June 02, 2026
The Trump administration has placed sanctions on Iran’s largest digital asset exchange, Nobitex, and three others
June 03, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that's looking increasingly in doubt
June 02, 2026
Victims in Brent Metz case in Colorado say lengthy judicial process has taken a toll
June 03, 2026
Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has taken a turn in the White House briefing room
June 03, 2026
Democrats have attacked the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during his first Senate hearing since being tapped by President Donald Trump
June 02, 2026
The U.S. stock market inched to more records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher
June 02, 2026
Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to be the next president of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict U.S. commerce
June 02, 2026
'I've used my experience as propulsion': Survivor of Boulder Pearl Street firebombing reflects on attack
June 03, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial in Paris to honour the victims of the 1994 genocide against the
June 03, 2026
Lionel Messi, Argentina turn Kansas City riverfront hotel into World Cup hotspot
June 03, 2026
U.S.
June 02, 2026
Russia's 'Davos' - formally known as the St Petersburg Economic Forum - kicks off on Wednesday and has attracted an eclectic crowd, including some Americans
June 02, 2026
Cuba on Tuesday defended a military-run conglomerate long the target of U.S. sanctions, saying the group of businesses known as GAESA has contributed to the
June 02, 2026
Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early on Tuesday, killing 23 people and wounding 130, and
June 02, 2026
Mexico's government has reiterated its support to extend the U.S.-Mexico Canada (USMCA) trade agreement for 16 years, Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday,
June 02, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces could again launch a massive attack on Ukraine on Tuesday evening.
June 03, 2026
The opening of the temporary installation by French artist JR "La Caverne du Pont Neuf" in Paris has been postponed after the giant cave inflated around the capital's oldest
June 03, 2026
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday sharply questioned U.S.
June 02, 2026
Democrats and Republicans say President Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence seems unqualified
June 02, 2026
Trump signs executive order asking for access to new AI models before they launch
June 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s edge on AI technology
June 02, 2026
NAACP says US Postal Service voting plan violates settlement
SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention
TransAlta to buy Blackstone-backed Colorado gas-fired plants for $1 billion
Fed policy 'a bit loose,' need it to be 'restrictive,' Logan says
Swastika flag raised at NYU leads to hate crime charges for Connecticut man
Couple vows to restore beloved 'little library' destroyed by vandals
Viral videos allege pricey Lego theft. Here's how Utah police entered the conversation
Small business owner steps in to help family whose van was stolen on vacation