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Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting forward a plan on tariffs that doesn't jeopardize growth.

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson are resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to one of Japan’s top TV celebrities

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 27 January, despite domestic institutional investors (DIIs) buying equities worth ₹67,000 crore during the month, the market remained under pressure. The global market reacted to US President Donald Trump's directives.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union budget comes at a crucial juncture as India needs to accelerate its pace in renewable energy capacity addition and adoption of new-age green technologies in a bid to achieve its ambitious energy transition goals.

ChatGPT founder Sam Altman's close proximity to the new president. The decade-long feud is driving a wedge between Musk and Trump.

Selena Gomez broke down in tears in an emotional video while talking about US President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown. Gomez, 32, shared the video on her Instagram Stories on Monday along with the caption, “I’m sorry" as well as a Mexican flag.

US department of homeland security have started visiting gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey to check for the presence of illegal immigrants, drawing a sharp reaction from some Sikh organisations which see such actions as a threat to the sanctity of their faith.

Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, one of the last such gatherings of those who suffered its horrors. The anniversary at the site of the camp, which Nazi Germany set up in occupied Poland during World War Two to murder European Jews, was being attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain's King Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and many other leaders. They were not due to make speeches, but rather to listen for perhaps the last time to those who suffered and witnessed at first hand one of humanity's greatest atrocities. Israel sent education minister Yoav Kisch.

The Bank of Canada is being pulled in a few different directions ahead of its first interest rate decision of the year on Wednesday.

Donald Trump's «mass» migrant deportations, as he arrived for his first formal day of work at the Pentagon.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite last week’s Arctic blast, a buoyancy filled the air as if spring had arrived after a four-year freeze. U.S.

The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few days after President Donald Trump said he would soon demand lower rates

'Barron's Roundtable' panelists take a closer look at the President Donald Trump's impact on the markets and more.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of Palestinians began returning to a ravaged northern Gaza and what was left of their homes and families, after Hamas agreed to release more hostages than expected this week to keep its cease-fire with Israel in place. Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave on Monday after Israeli forces refused their movement over the weekend, when the return of Palestinians was expected per the cease-fire deal.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s Saturday night proposal that Palestinians vacate a devastated Gaza marked a sharp break with his predecessor and introduced a contentious new initiative into his unfolding Middle East diplomatic plans. Trump said the resettling of the Palestinians from Gaza “could be temporary or long term." His statement could mark a dramatic shift in U.S.

China Vanke Co.’s chairman and chief executive officer will both resign in an abrupt move after the embattled developer warned of a record 45 billion yuan ($6.2 billion) loss for 2024. Chairman Yu Liang applied to resign due to “work adjustment reasons,” but will remain as a director of the company, Vanke said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday.

Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas on Saturday, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office. Twenty-five minutes into his speech, Trump arrived at its ostensible subject: the promise of eliminating taxes on tipped wages. He didn’t offer much new detail, but he did say he would begin working with lawmakers over the coming weeks to write new tax laws, including renewing the tax cuts he signed into law in 2017.

Markets reacted with increasing optimism following Trump's speech, with the S&P 500 hitting an all-time high of 6,118.7 before markets closed yesterday, according to data from MarketWatch. At the time of reporting today (24 January), the S&P 500 futures was standing at $6,141, having earlier picked up to $6,156. During his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he has «always liked» China's President Xi Jinping and he «look[s] forward to […] getting along» with China. Separately, in a Fox News interview this week, the US president noted he could strive ...

The White House is claiming victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S., hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Monday. Wang Yi noted that India and China have implemented the important consensus reached by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting held in Russia's Kazan last year.