Pope alert

The elections are over, Canada has the same Prime Minister, Mark Carney, Australia has the same Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, but America has a new Pope, Donald the first....

Blame game

Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope

US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this week's gathering of cardinals to choose a new leader of the 1.4-billion-strong Catholic...

She was wrongly snagged by Trump's word police

Nisha Acharya, an eye doctor and UC San Francisco professor, was at her campus clinic tending patients when a surprising email arrived. Her federal research grant had just been...

US, Ukraine sign crucial pact on rare minerals

The United States and Ukraine have at last signed the rare minerals treaty by which the US has first access to the rare minerals available in Ukraine. The two...

Bank of England could signal rate cuts after Trump tariffs

The Bank of England is expected to lower interest rates by a quarter point on May 8 as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs darken the global growth outlook, and...

Gloomy earnings show consumers are feeling the pinch of US tariffs

Lackluster quarterly results from consumer-facing companies including McDonald’s and Harley-Davidson are the latest sign that American shoppers are curbing spending amid shifting US trade policies. McDonald’s posted a surprise...

'Alarming deterioration' of US press freedom under Trump, says RSF

Media rights group RSF warned on Friday about 'an alarming deterioration in press freedom' in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as 'unprecedented' difficulties for independent...

Approval ratings

US economy contracts in Q1 as tariffs unleash flood of imports

The US economy contracted for the first time in three years in the first quarter, swamped by a flood of imports as businesses raced to avoid higher costs from...