Stocks, commodities slide as Trump’s trade threats fan recession worries
U.S. stock futures and commodity prices slipped while bonds rallied on Monday on worries an intensifying Sino-U.S. trade tussle and Washington’s new tariff threats against...
Golf: South Korea’s Lee6 wins U.S. Women’s Open
Lee Jeong-eun became the ninth South Korean to win the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday, holding her nerve while her rivals faltered in South Carolina...
Golf: Suspended Haney says he was right about ‘Lee’ win at U.S. Open
Tiger Woods’s former instructor Hank Haney, who was suspended from a golf radio slot last week, has said Lee Jeong-eun’s U.S. Open victory had backed...
Danske Bank to sell Estonian private loans unit to LHV in $458 million deal
Danske Bank, which is trying to recover from a major money laundering scandal, has agreed to sell its portfolio of Estonian private loans to LHV...
Reeling from tariff threat, Mexico begins immigration talks in Washington
Fighting to stave off punitive tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Mexican delegation was set to begin high level talks on Monday...
Goldman Sachs sees U.S. trade war with China and Mexico escalating
Goldman Sachs economists said there was a 60% chance that the United States would slap tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports, up...
Kushner: Palestinians deserve self-determination but uncertain they can govern themselves
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination,” but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood...
On Tiananmen anniversary eve, Taiwan urges China to ‘repent’
China must “sincerely repent” for the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago and promote democratic reforms, Taiwan’s government...
Donald Trump wades into Britain’s ‘interesting’ Brexit crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain on Monday for a state visit laden with diplomatic peril, after humiliating outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May over...
Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off Indonesian island of Sumatra: USGS
A magnitude 6.2 quake struck southwest of the Indonesian city of Sibolga on the island of Sumatra on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There...
