As the presidents of the United States and China prepare to meet on the sidelines of an economic summit in South Korea — an encounter that may not actually happen — some foreign-policy strategists in Washington are not just worried but aghast. The two mightiest nations on Earth seem hell-bent on waging economic war up to and including “mutual assured destruction.” And at least one of the pair seems to have no plan, no expertise and no clue.

Recent graduates who haven’t started their gigs at big banks are being recruited for jobs that don’t start for another couple of years.

TM Roh teases the Unpacked no-show.

There’s a simple way for President Trump to get Putin to the negotiating table: Give Ukraine what it needs to push the Russians back.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. private payrolls increased far less than expected in May, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employme...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that abandoning uranium enrichment would be against Iran’s interests.

Central banks and sovereign wealth funds doubled the pace of their gold purchases in the past three years. They just aren’t declaring them.

İBB soruşturmasının 2. dalgası kapsamında gözaltına alınanlar arasında Murat Ongun’un eşi Gözdem Ongun da yer aldı. Sosyal medyadan dostlarına seslenen Ongun, Babaları cezaevinde, anneleri nezarethane...

In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

Katy Perry and Gayle King are among the famous passengers taking a rocket-powered joyride Monday. But determining the point at which the star-studded crew reaches space isn’t as straightforward as it ...

President Donald Trump denies that there was a tariff “exception” for certain electronics announced Friday, saying in a post on Truth Social that these products are still subject to existing tariffs o...

The price of coffee is at its highest in decades — bad news for caffeine-lovers, but good for bean farmers in Vietnam profiting from global demand.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says dozens killed on ‘ordinary city street’ while heading to church for Palm Sunday At least 20 people have been killed and dozens injured after a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday. Two missiles landed in the crowded city centre. One hit a trolley bus full of passengers. Footage from the scene shows bodies lying in the street, burning cars, and rescuers carrying bloodied survivors. Continue reading...

Ukrainian president says men’s capture shows Moscow is trying to involve Beijing in the war ‘directly or indirectly’

Ekrem İmamoğlu has consistently outperformed president in opinion polls

Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan When demonstrators gathered ­at Istanbul’s city hall last week in outrage at the arrest of mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 26-year-old Azra said she was initially too scared to defy a ban on gatherings. As protests grew on university campuses and in cities and towns across Turkey, she could no longer resist joining. “I saw the spark in people’s eyes and the excitement on their faces, and I decided I had to come down here,” she said with a grin, standing among tens of thousands that defied a ban on assembly to fill the streets around city hall on Friday night. Despite the crowds, Azra feared reprisals and declined to give her full name. Many demonstrators were masked in a bid to defy facial recognition ­technology and fearing the teargas or pepper spray sometimes deployed by the police. Others smiled and took ­selfies to celebrate as fireworks illuminated the night sky. Continue reading...