President Donald Trump’s surprise directive for the U.S. military to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons” has unleashed a storm of fear, confusion, and geopolitical concern across Washington and allied capitals. The late-night social media post, which instructed the Pentagon to begin testing “on an...

Major central banks around the world are increasingly signalling a cautious stance towards further interest‐rate cuts, even as economic growth softens and inflation edges lower. The pivot by the Federal Reserve in the United States toward caution has been mirrored by a broader convergence of...

China is signaling a decisive shift in its economic direction as policymakers prepare to anchor the next phase of growth around domestic consumption rather than investment and exports. After decades of relying on capital spending and foreign demand to fuel expansion, Beijing now faces the limits of...

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point for the second consecutive meeting, but Chair Jerome Powell emphatically signalled that further reductions this year are far from assured. The move reflects a deepening tension between the central bank’s twin mandates of...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi firmly resisted U.S. pressure to halt imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) during her first high-level meeting with President Donald Trump in Tokyo. The exchange highlighted Japan’s delicate balancing act between maintaining alliance solidarity...

In a significant turn of events in the fraught U.S.–China economic relationship, President Donald Trump announced a reduction in tariffs on Chinese imports after a face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea. The encounter marked their first in person since 2019 and...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution by a 52-48 vote aimed at terminating the 50 percent tariffs imposed on Brazilian imports under a national-emergency declaration issued by President Trump. Five Republican senators crossed party lines to join all Senate Democrats in backing the...

A Reuters investigation reveals how the Trump family has built a vast, globe-spanning network of cryptocurrency ventures, transforming their business empire into one of the most lucrative and politically sensitive financial machines in modern U.S. history. The centerpiece of this transformation is...

Global markets are once again bracing for a familiar spectacle — high-stakes negotiations between Washington and Beijing that could alter the course of world trade. As President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping prepare to meet, investors are showing a mix of optimism and restraint. The past has...