9+ hour, 40+ min ago   (715+ words) The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation -- and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh's credibility is on…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (424+ words) A Hong Kong court is expected to issue sentences on Friday against three activists who organised vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, after they were found guilty of inciting "subversion". Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, Chow Hang-tung, 41, and Albert Ho, 74 have been behind…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (618+ words) A consumer inflation report due Friday could pave the way towards the US central bank's first interest rate hike in more than three years, as the war with Iran drives energy costs higher. After data this week showed an uptick…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (406+ words) Canada offered support Thursday to boost Ukraine's air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted Zelensky in Calgary in the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (213+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that he had spoken to US President Donald Trump "in recent days" and Ottawa remains ready to reach a "fair" trade deal with Washington, despite escalating economic tensions. The once ironclad trading partnership between…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (574+ words) President Donald Trump has promised $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the November midterm elections. The pledge has raised questions about its legality, its cost and where the money…...

3+ day, 19+ min ago   (445+ words) A fire broke out Thursday in a school in the eastern DR Congo city of Bukavu, causing a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said. The blaze began while the children were in lessons, forcing some…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (597+ words) Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. "At night, it's much cooler, and with this light we see the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (316+ words) At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast guard said Thursday. The blaze broke out on the M/V June…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (451+ words) One of the world's biggest tin mines, located in an autonomous region of war-torn Myanmar, is resuming operations suspended since 2023 and ramping up exports to China, a think tank said Thursday. Tin is an element vital to the artificial intelligence…...