Donald Trump has turned a campaign pledge to punish his opponents into a guiding principle of governance, with at least 470 targets and counting.
A massive fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in northern Hong Kong that has 2,000 apartments. 36 people are dead and 279 are uncontactable, authorities say.
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British finance minister Rachel Reeves announced a big tax-raising budget on Wednesday that will take more money from workers, people saving for a pension and from investors to give herself greater room to meet her deficit-reduction targets.
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Finance minister Rachel Reeves is raising taxes to build a bigger than expected 22-bln-pound buffer for her fiscal targets. But her plan to cut debt is devoid of a growth strategy, and much of the pain lands after 2028. That leaves it vulnerable to economic and political swings.
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Russia said that the leak of a recording of a call between top advisers to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was an unacceptable attempt to undermine Ukraine peace negotiations and amounted to hybrid warfare.
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Trump's tariff flip-flop on goods from China, a lifeline for U.S. retailers, have forced small firms to choose between paying steep levies or finding new suppliers at even higher cost.
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Retailers in the U.S. are gearing up for Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which kicks off the holiday shopping season that typically account for a third of U.S. retailers' annual profits.
The officials arrived at the secret CIA archival facility one morning in April. Their mission: to seize still-classified CIA files on the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
Threats by the Trump administration to recall Senator Mark Kelly to active Navy duty, and to prosecute him under military law for urging troops to disobey illegal orders, would face steep hurdles in a system designed to give troops strong rights to due process, according to seven military law experts.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is negotiating a deal that could commit Taiwan to fresh investment and training of U.S. workers in semiconductor manufacturing and other advanced industries, according to five people familiar with the matter.
The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is displayed at its fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a seven-month low last week, pointing to still-low layoffs, though the labor market is struggling to generate enough jobs for those out of work amid economic uncertainty.
The world economy is undergoing transformative changes beyond U.S. tariffs and Europe needs to start finding growth at home because its traditional sources of income are drying up, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said.
Israeli security forces took up positions inside the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday and ordered some Palestinian residents from their homes, the latest assault in a months-long campaign across cities of the northern West Bank.
Israeli soldiers walk during an operation in Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Britain's anxious budget process reaches its climax on Wednesday when Finance Minister Rachel Reeves releases her long-awaited plans. Yet a rallying U.S. bond market is quietly offering the UK a cushion.
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Perseverance rover has obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, detecting electrical discharges - what one scientist called "mini-lightning"
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