Denis Maksimov’s bakery in suburban Moscow became famous overnight after he appeared on President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show in December. Standing in front of the bakery — called Mashenka, after his oldest daughter -– he pleaded with Putin via video to look into new tax reforms that are significantly increasing the burden on small

Moments of collective unity have become rare in the United States. The country is so deeply divided that even mourning no longer brings people together. This was evident in September 2025, after the assassination of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk, or in January with the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, both killed

Bitcoin fell more than 5% to below $65,000 on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to raise global tariffs to 15%. The drop came as Asian equities rose in early trade, underscoring crypto’s divergence from regional stock markets amid renewed tariff uncertainty. Bitcoin has seen a sharp sell-off since October last year when

Darrel Brown’s father was attacked by robbers 10 years ago. Since then, three of his friends — fellow South African farmers — were murdered on their farms nearby.  But Brown has no intention of leaving his home country, even as the Trump administration welcomes White South Africans to the United States as refugees.  “I’m an

Despite Friday’s Supreme Court decision that ruled President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs are illegal, U.S. importers are still paying duties on goods entering the country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has yet to update its Cargo System Management Service to remove the duties imposed by Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

The US president has injected new uncertainty into the global economy with a 15 percent tariff on all imports. US President Donald Trump has announced a 15 percent across-the-board tariff on all imports. The move comes just a day after he set tariffs at 10 percent, enraged by a Supreme Court ruling that struck down

In the early morning hours of Feb. 19, 2026, a song titled “Hong Kong” appeared on NetEase Cloud Music, China’s equivalent of Spotify, with a striking album cover: Xi Jinping’s standard identification photo, blurred with a mosaic filter. Within minutes, users began sharing the track across Chinese social media. The comment section exploded with mocking

Netflix wants President Donald Trump’s stamp of approval as it maneuvers to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, Trump has a demand for Netflix: unseat board member Susan Rice. In normal times, we would all be marveling at the spectacle of the US president telling a company in the midst of a merger fight (Paramount also

Even by Donald Trump’s standards, 2026 has been unusually frenetic. From the ousting of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, to his threats to annex Greenland, to his repeated vows to use military action against Iran, a lot has been happening. Amid all these geopolitical upheavals, there is one key tool that has pretty much defined both of Trump’s presidencies: tariffs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as another vehicle was exiting before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service. The man, who was in his early 20s and from North Carolina,

Some of the most successful stock investors have based their investing principles on value investing. Investors such as Warren Buffet, Benjamin Graham, and Irving Kahn have used value investing to build vast empires of wealth. Value investing was conceived by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, in their classic book, “Security Analysis”, written in 1934. Although

The United States Supreme Court’s ruling, which declared Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs unlawful, has injected uncertainty into global trade yet again, as the US president imposed a new 15 percent tariff on Saturday. Weeks after his inauguration in January 2025, Trump imposed tariffs against foes and allies using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA),

00:00 Speaker A Let’s say Bruce, uh the Trump administration, Congress, state, local, they figure out a range of policies, a policy mix, so that they do make it easier for more Americans to buy a home. 00:15 Speaker A How do you think through that? Because you’re looking through it through a different prism.

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China has overtaken the US as Germany’s top trading partner, figures have shown, as the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, prepares for his first visit to Beijing since taking office. Merz will head to China on Tuesday and will be welcomed with military honours on Wednesday in Beijing by the prime minister, Li Qiang, before later meeting