Kellogg says Russia-Ukraine peace plan could come in days or weeks

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg speaks at Victor Pinchuk Foundation U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said Saturday that a peace plan for the two warring nations could come within days or weeks. “I’m on Trump time,” Kellogg told delegates at a fringe event at the … Read more

As Trump ups tariffs, GM and Hyundai increase South Korean imports

President Donald Trump welcomes South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018. Carlos Barria | Reuters DETROIT — As President Donald Trump threatens to further increase tariffs on U.S. trading partners, the greatest impact for the auto industry outside of North America would be additional levies on South … Read more

Europe is confronting an ‘existential’ crisis, foreign ministers say

(L-R) British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sit on the panel during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany on February 15, 2025.  Thomas Kienzle | Afp | Getty Images Europe is facing an “existential” moment in … Read more

Without Europe, a Russia-Ukraine peace deal wouldn’t work, Kallas says

If Europe is left out of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, a deal wouldn’t work, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. “For anything to work it has to have Ukrainians and Europeans as a part of it, because Ukrainians and Europeans are the ones who … Read more

Trump’s tariffs will hit these EU products Americans buy the hardest

Workers walk past manufacturing equipment at Eli Lilly & Co. manufacturing plant in Kinsale, Ireland, on Sept. 12, 2024. Lilly has been bulking up its production capacity since 2020, investing more than $17 billion into developing new plants and expanding existing facilities for the weight-loss and diabetes drugs that are expected to become some of … Read more

Amazon workers face ‘anti-union propaganda’ in Garner, North Carolina

Workers picket in front of an Amazon Logistic Station on December 19, 2024 in Skokie Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Italo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash. The past … Read more

Eric Adams prosecutor quits DOJ over case dismissal order

Danielle Sassoon, assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, left, arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images A seventh federal prosecutor resigned Friday over the Department of Justice’s controversial order to dismiss criminal corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric … Read more

How China’s DeepSeek could boost the already booming data center market

The emergence of cheaper and more efficient AI models off the back of China’s DeepSeek could reshape demand for data centers, boosting a sector that investors were already heavily betting would continue to boom. For years now, analysts have forecast exponential growth in data centers — the critical infrastructure required for powering the world’s digital … Read more

U.S. and India to boost bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030

U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 13, 2025.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters New Delhi and Washington will work to more than double bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a joint press conference … Read more

Defense stocks drop after Trump says Pentagon spending could be halved

U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense stocks dropped sharply Thursday afternoon after President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. could massively cut defense spending. Trump said Thursday at the White House the U.S. could cut defense spending in … Read more