Is the U.S. economy sinking or the strongest ever? For the Fed, no clear answer
The U.S. Federal Reserve is under pressure from President Donald Trump to cut interest rates. Investors expect the Fed to cut, perhaps by a lot....
White House mulling tax cuts but not to counter weakness: adviser
The Trump administration is considering a package of tax cuts designed to buttress the economy’s long-term growth that could be rolled out during the 2020...
Fox News signs Sarah Huckabee Sanders to provide political commentary – Fox News
Fox News signs Sarah Huckabee Sanders to provide political commentary Fox News Sarah Sanders becomes the latest ex-Trump official to join Fox News CNN CNN anchor: Spicer...
With forest wildfires raging, Bolivia seeks help from SuperTanker plane
Bolivian firefighters are still trying to put out wildfires that have already burned more than 650,000 hectares (1.6 million acres) of tropical forest, roughly the...
Huawei exec detained ‘not bargaining chip’: Pompeo
During a news conference with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday in Ottawa said that the Huawei executive...
Amazon fires spark worries of a ‘death spiral’
Thousands of wildfires are decimating the Amazon, threatening the very existence of the world’s largest rainforest and a bulwark against climate change....
‘People have a love affair with aviation’ – UK and U.S. military teams fly over the Hudson River
The Royal Air Force Red Arrows, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the F-22 Raptor Demo Team and the F-35 Lightning II Demo Team soared above...
Leader of Somalia’s Jubbaland, at odds with Mogadishu, wins new term
The president of Jubbaland, a Somali region critical to East Africa’s fight against the Islamist militants of al Shabaab, won a new term on Thursday,...
HP CEO Dion Weisler to step down in November; shares slide
HP Inc said on Thursday that Chief Executive Officer Dion Weisler was stepping down after nearly four years, citing personal reasons....
Hasbro to buy studio Entertainment One, home of Peppa Pig, for $4 billion
U.S. toy maker Hasbro Inc will buy Entertainment One Ltd for about $4 billion (3.27 billion pounds) in cash, adding the independent studio with preschool...