US President Donald Trump said Friday that inflation was “way down”, after government data showed that consumer inflation cooled slightly more than expected in January. “The inflation numbers that (were) just announced, as you...
US President Donald Trump said Friday a second aircraft carrier group would be heading to the Middle East soon, upping the military threat against Iran amid negotiations over its nuclear program. “It’ll be leaving very shortly,”...
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych on Friday lost his appeal against his disqualification from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet adorned with pictures of the Ukrainian war dead. Heraskevych was disqualified from the Milan-Cortina...
The Trump administration on Friday granted licenses authorizing US company Chevron and four European petroleum giants to operate in Venezuela, as Washington eyes production growth after ousting the country’s president. The Treasury...
Iranian authorities released the leader of the country’s reformist coalition on bail Friday, days after she was arrested following anti-government protests, local media reported. Azar Mansouri, head of the Reformist Front, “was released...
Europe could be facing a period of prolonged tensions with Russia reminiscent of the Cold War, and should speak to Moscow with “one voice” to get its interests heard, Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky told AFP on Friday. In an...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged Friday a rift had opened up between Europe and the United States but issued an appeal to Washington: “Let’s repair and revive transatlantic trust together.” Merz was giving the opening...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that he was in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron about nuclear deterrence, as worries grow about US security commitments to Europe. “I have held confidential talks with the French...
US allies in Europe will need to keep taking more control of their own defence, even without US President Donald Trump in power, California governor Gavin Newsom told AFP on Friday. “I think that’s permanent and I think actually...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he wanted “mandatory electoral bans” for officials guilty of “antisemitic, racist, and discriminatory acts and remarks”. “Government and parliament will work to...
America’s Motion Picture Association has accused Chinese video generation service Seedance of “unauthorized use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale” as lifelike AI-generated clips featuring Hollywood stars began flooding...
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiga on Friday that Beijing would be willing to offer “new humanitarian aid”, the Chinese foreign ministry said. “China-Ukraine ties should remain on the...
African swine fever has been detected outside a containment zone in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region for the first time since its outbreak in November, officials said on Friday. African swine fever is a viral disease that is harmless to...
Beijing will take “all necessary measures” against foreign espionage activities, the foreign ministry said Friday, after the US spy agency issued a recruitment video targeting Chinese military personnel. The CIA’s Chinese-language...
The UK’s top civil servant resigned Thursday, the third senior aide to Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit in a matter of days in fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. “Chris Wormald will stand down as the cabinet secretary and head...
