Politics News

China’s economy probably grew at the slowest in a year during the third quarter despite a boom in exports, in a disconnect the Communist Party may move to rectify at a key meeting in the coming week.

President Donald Trump said the two survivors of a US attack on a submarine he claimed was carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean will be returned to their home countries.

Demonstrators across the US turned out for what organizers said would be more than 2,600 “No Kings” protests across the US to express their opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Zimbabwe’s ruling party said it resolved to extend the tenure of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by another two years until 2030, and ordered the government to take the necessary legal steps to enact the decision.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde praised Germany for finally opening its purse strings.

Gift cards, one of the most basic financial products in the US retail market, have become the backbone of a billion-dollar criminal economy that investigators say is moving American money into China.

As the Justice Department presses charges against some of Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies amid his retribution push, the former prosecutor who built two criminal cases against the president is back on his radar.

Pakistan and Afghan officials agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” during negotiations in Qatar’s capital after tensions escalated earlier this month and clashes turned deadly.

A former Taiwan lawmaker who has advocated closer ties to China won the contest to become the leader of the island’s biggest opposition party.

A Cameroon-flagged tanker vessel caught fire off the coast of Yemen after an explosion, with two crew members missing, signaling continued risk to maritime transit even as a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza continues to hold.

A throng of Argentine business leaders who descended this week on a beach resort tried to leave behind the political and market turmoil gripping the country so they could ponder the future. Their efforts were near impossible to sustain.

The European Union is fighting to salvage industries under threat from American and Chinese competitors that have eroded the defense and economic systems upholding the continent for 70 years.

France can’t afford to ignore the third credit-rating reduction in less than a year, according to French Finance Minister Roland Lescure.

Chinese officials tried to ease concerns over its shock escalation of rare earth curbs while traveling in Washington, attempting to soften an international backlash while trade negotiations with the US proceed.

For the past decade, the city of Heidelberg in southern Germany worked to transform a former US army base into a buzzing neighborhood for 10,000 residents and thousands of new jobs, with a vision to create a “unique new district that shines beyond the region.”

When it comes to China, the EU tried gently to ‘de-risk’ without ‘de-coupling’. Donald Trump put America first and launched a full-on trade war. Until last week, the UK took an approach that looked a lot like muddling through.

Environmentalists eager to curb planet-warming pollution from shipping had grown increasingly confident that countries would adopt the first-ever global tax on emissions this year.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded France, dealing another blow to the country’s credibility as a weakened minority government struggles to pass legislation to tackle a swelling debt burden.

President Donald Trump said he was commuting the sentence of former Republican lawmaker George Santos, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for stealing campaign funds.

The Trump administration formally imposed 25% tariffs on imported medium and heavy-duty trucks and parts, as well as a 10% duty on buses, while extending a key tariff reprieve for American automakers.