Major U.S. stock indexes declined sharply with investors concerned about the impact of President Trump's trade policy.
A "Buy Canadian" banner in Winnipeg, Canada March 5, 2025. REUTERS/Ed White - Business
President Donald Trump on Thursday exempted goods from both Canada and Mexico under a North American trade pact for a month from the 25% tariffs that he had imposed earlier this week, the latest twist in fast-shifting trade policy that has whipsawed financial markets and business leaders.
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Canada will be in a trade war with the United States for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, speaking shortly before U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called him "a numbskull".
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
A Ukrainian boy seeking asylum in the U.S. plays with a Ukrainian flag after arriving at the PedWest border crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, California, U.S., April 13, 2022.
These contradictions between public remarks to investors and those made to individuals or small groups illustrate the tightrope they've walked since Donald Trump deemed some elements of DEI illegal and threatened investigations into firms that practice it.
Business owner and activist Sheletta Brundidge speaks to attendees at her 3rd annual Black Entrepreneurs Day event at the Minnesota State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., on February 3, 2025. Sheletta Brundidge/Handout via REUTERS - United States
The Central Intelligence Agency fired a slew of recent hires this week, three people familiar with the matter said, cuts that current and former U.S. intelligence officers warned would risk damaging U.S. national security.
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U.S. government employees who have been fired in the Trump administration's purge of recently hired workers are responding with class action-style complaints claiming that the mass firings are illegal and tens of thousands of people should get their jobs back.
A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week based on a government review of countries' security and vetting risks, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Afghan refugees queue outside a distribution and donation center at Liberty Village on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Barbara Davidson/Pool/File Photo
The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza.
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Hamas said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege of Gazans.
The heightened public exposure of those competing for the prestigious posts has sparked fears that the candidates will be easy targets.
Security authorities work at the crime scene where the former head of the highest court in Mexico's Guerrero state, Judge Edmundo Roman Pinzon, was gunned down in his car outside the Palace of Justice, in Acapulco, Mexico December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Javier Tinoco - ANALYSIS
Liberal party members will select a successor to Trudeau, who earlier this year announced his resignation facing deep unpopularity, on March 9.
The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more than a fifth this century, according to research spanning hundreds of species from the red admiral butterfly to the American lady to the cabbage white.
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Pope Francis on Thursday sent his first audio message since being hospitalized for double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago, expressing thanks "from the bottom of my heart" to well-wishers around the world who have offered their support.
Faithful listen to an audio message by Pope Francis at the Vatican, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi REFILE QUALITY REPEAT - World
Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Clutching a bouquet of yellow roses, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso makes her way to Rome's Gemelli hospital each morning and later heads to St. Peter's Square.
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Soccer's governing body FIFA will review a proposal to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams to mark the centenary of the sport's marquee event, it said on Thursday.
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