The European Commission proposed laws on Wednesday to boost domestic cloud, AI and semiconductor industries and cut reliance on U.S.
June 03, 2026
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June 03, 2026
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was meant to break the Islamic Republic.
June 03, 2026
Global equity markets fell while oil prices rose on Wednesday as hopes of a quick end to the Middle East conflict faded as hostilities flared again.
June 03, 2026
Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday as Iranian attacks on Kuwait damaged its airport and injured dozens while the U.S.
June 03, 2026
Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killing an Indian national and wounding dozens
June 03, 2026
Oil prices rose about 2% on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session, as hostilities in the Middle East erupted anew and talks between Tehran and
June 03, 2026
Bangladesh has requested a new loan arrangement from the International Monetary Fund and is exiting its current $5.5 billion programme, government officials said on Wednesday
June 03, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Dow opened lower on Wednesday, as a flare-up in the Middle East conflict drove oil prices higher and cast doubt on a quick resolution to the war.
June 03, 2026
Russia is pummeling major Ukrainian cities in an effort to sustain a sputtering war effort marked by a struggle to maintain momentum on the battlefield, where
June 03, 2026
A Nigerian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging after convicting them over a 2022 attack on a Catholic church in Owo, in southwestern Ondo state,
June 03, 2026
U.S. private payrolls increased broadly in May, but economists cautioned against viewing the rise as a sign of a strengthening labor market, noting that other indicators
June 03, 2026
Takeaways from the primary elections in California, Iowa and elsewhere
June 03, 2026
Prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East that lasts into next year would deal a severe blow to the global economy
June 03, 2026
Britain's King George III is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday
June 03, 2026
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum has launched a $75 million fundraising campaign as the nonprofit tries to educate the millions of U.S. youth who don’t remember the terror attacks
June 03, 2026
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JAKARTA, June 3 - The Indonesian parliament's financial commission and the government agreed at a hearing on Wednesday to reform the laws relating to the country's financial system and expand the
June 03, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Oil prices and bond yields have pushed higher as hostilities in the
June 03, 2026
The European Central Bank is set to raise its deposit rate to 2.25% on June 11, with another increase likely in September, as it
June 03, 2026
The European Union has proposed that the bloc's Aspides naval mission take "the primary role" in clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz "when conditions
June 03, 2026
Felicia de la Caridad Alvarez, a resident of Old Havana, knows a thing or two about survival.
June 03, 2026
The U.S. dollar is expected to stay range-bound in the near term before weakening later this year, FX strategists said in a Reuters survey, on optimism
June 03, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a podcast interview aired on Wednesday that Vice President JD Vance and U.S.
June 03, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned violent protests over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying after his
June 03, 2026
At least 21 people, including 18 foreign nationals, were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police and broadcaster CNN-
June 03, 2026
The European Parliament will switch to French search engine Qwant from Google, it said on Wednesday, underscoring Europe's push to reduce its reliance on
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies after determining they
June 03, 2026
Underlying dollar strength pushed the Japanese yen back to the key 160 level on Wednesday, prompting verbal warnings from
June 03, 2026
Italian prosecutors on Wednesday cleared a presidential pardon granted to a former showgirl, who was close to late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, saying fresh checks found
June 03, 2026
Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday night protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared
June 03, 2026
The Swiss government on Wednesday rejected U.S. findings on how dozens of economies, including Switzerland, deal with goods produced by forced labour, a probe that prompted
June 03, 2026
European automotive, construction, metals, chemicals and transport sectors could lose up to 1.3 million jobs this year as a result of a surge in energy prices caused by
June 03, 2026
A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
June 03, 2026
Exit polls show South Korea’s ruling liberal party has been projected to win a landslide victory in mayoral and other local elections
June 03, 2026
Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a teenager's murder to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest
June 03, 2026
Cuba’s doctors are its biggest soft power export. Several Latin American countries are cutting ties
June 03, 2026
A rare albino buffalo fondly named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft is drawing a huge crowd at the national zoo in Bangladesh’s capital
June 03, 2026
In a bid to end its decades-long wait to win a second World Cup, England has put its fate in the hands of a German
June 03, 2026
British services firms suffered a small fall in activity in May as the strains of the Iran war pushed up their costs sharply and hit
June 03, 2026
South Korea and the U.S. held inaugural talks this week to discuss nuclear cooperation under a joint fact sheet on security agreed by U.S.
June 03, 2026
Spanish hotel group Melia said on Wednesday it would immediately stop managing, marketing and providing brand services for 15 hotels in Cuba, pointing to the island's
June 03, 2026
The Israeli military said it intercepted a "hostile aircraft" that crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
It is not a given that the current inflation shock facing the euro zone will be more benign than the 2022 episode, as some initial conditions flag larger inflationary
June 03, 2026
Greater Toronto Area home sales posted their biggest monthly gain in 10 months in May, helped by improved affordability, while prices resumed their recent
June 03, 2026
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of killing eight civilians and of wounding 11 more in a drone attack on a passenger bus travelling in a Russian-controlled part of the
June 03, 2026
The European Central Bank met commercial lenders last week to discuss the potential threat from the newest artificial intelligence models and will follow up with demands
June 03, 2026
Coast Guard divers arrive in Bahamas to begin new search for missing Michigan woman
June 03, 2026
With the Iran war stretching into its fourth month, U.S. retail companies that have so far banked on a resilient consumer could
June 03, 2026
Nippon Paint and Sherwin-Williams have terminated efforts to jointly acquire rival paint maker AkzoNobel, they said on Wednesday, sending the Dulux
June 03, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Wednesday for dialogue between Ukraine and Poland to help defuse tensions after Kyiv renamed an army unit after nationalist
June 03, 2026
Former US Army doctor Adam Hamawy wins Democratic House primary in New Jersey
June 03, 2026
Conservative Keiko Fujimori will seek Peru's presidency on Sunday in a runoff vote, hoping that her tough-on-crime stance at a time of
June 03, 2026
Even before all the votes had been counted in last week's Republican Senate primary in Texas, party members began rolling out attacks on the Democratic candidate,
June 03, 2026
British competition regulators have mandated that Google must allow news sites to opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews
June 03, 2026
Republican Jim Desmond, a county supervisor and Democrat Marni von Wilpert are projected to advance to the November general election after Tuesday's open primary for California's
June 03, 2026
Three Australian appeals court judges have reserved their decision on whether an activist can prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people
June 03, 2026
Spain's service sector activity stabilised in May as activity and sales returned to growth after April's decline, a business survey showed on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
European shares slipped on Wednesday as renewed Middle East hostilities and signs of strain in private markets spooked investors, while Zara
June 03, 2026
One person was killed in an Iranian attack targeting civilian facilities in Kuwait, including the international airport and diplomatic missions, the foreign
June 03, 2026
The global economic outlook hinges on how long the war in the Middle East lasts, with recession in some countries and sharply higher inflation a real
June 03, 2026
France's services sector contracted at its sharpest pace in 5-1/2 years in May as weaker demand and rising costs due to the Iran war hammered businesses, a survey showed on
June 03, 2026
The yen weakened to levels that preceded intervention by Tokyo last month, prompting new warnings by policymakers on Wednesday and a small
June 03, 2026
Cost pressures in Italy's service sector hit a 40-month high in May as the impact of the conflict in the Middle East became more acute, a survey showed on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
At least 21 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent years.
June 03, 2026
Hungary's governing Tisza party has submitted a bill to parliament to abolish an organisation set up by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government that stigmatized
June 03, 2026
E-commerce giant Amazon.com said on Wednesday it has launched its paid Prime service in South Africa, offering faster deliveries and media content for 59 South African rand ($3.61)
June 03, 2026
Euro zone private sector activity shrank at the fastest rate in 18 months in May as waning demand for goods and services — a key gauge of economic health — dragged output
June 03, 2026
Meta Platforms lost its fight on Wednesday against the EU's labelling of its Messenger app as a powerful 'gatekeeper', which places
June 03, 2026
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has been reappointed to his position, the new government said as it prepared to take office on Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
Any new U.S. tariffs on European Union goods on top of the rates agreed last year would be unacceptable, senior EU lawmaker said on Wednesday, rejecting U.S. claims the EU
June 03, 2026
Germany's service sector contracted for a second straight month in May as subdued demand and high energy and other costs due to the war in the Middle East weighed on
June 03, 2026
A fire has swept through a building in New Delhi, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration is proposing double-digit tariffs on products from dozens of major U.S. trading partners after an investigation into imports of goods allegedly made with forced labor
June 03, 2026
FWC testing for algae following fish kill at Laishley Park Marina in Punta Gorda, Florida
Man accused of threatening to blow up Rep. Byron Donalds' office and 'shoot every cop'
Federal judge pauses sentencing to weigh argument in Wisconsin judge's immigration case conviction
UN calculates nation-sized environmental footprints for AI and data centers
Swiss forward Embolo goes to US embassy for urgent World Cup visa after travel denied
Trump suggests he won’t take down UFC ‘Claw’ on White House lawn
Belmont Park rebuild nears the finish line as the Belmont Stakes is a year from returning home