More support for businesses and households

The Singapore Parliament building. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong noted in his 2025 budget that while the country’s economy grew by more than 4% in 2024, it will be difficult to achieve that level of growth on a sustained basis. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore on Tuesday unveiled steps to support households and businesses in … Read more

Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for month after border troops agreement

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures as she speaks about U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies during a press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Henry Romero Henry Romero | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday said he is pausing for one month his new 25% tariff on goods imported from … Read more

Trump funding freeze challenged in lawsuit

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as reporters ask questions aboard Air Force One during a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Miami, Florida, U.S., January 25, 2025.  Leah Millis | Reuters Three non-profit groups and a small-business organization filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to temporarily block a funding freeze ordered by … Read more

Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating Type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, March 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters The Biden administration on Friday unveiled the next 15 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations between manufacturers and … Read more

Elon Musk asks if US should ‘liberate Britain’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Elon Musk has questioned whether the United States should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government” after hitting out at top U.K. lawmakers. … Read more

Luigi Mangione charged with murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Booking photo of Luigi Mangione. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections New York prosecutors on Monday charged Ivy League grad Luigi Mangione with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, court records show. The charge came hours after Mangione, 26, was arraigned in a Pennsylvania courtroom on gun and other charges related to his arrest earlier Monday … Read more