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The Chinese President Xi received a colourful welcome to Pyongyang for his first visit in seven years.
Blackstone has capped withdrawals from its flagship private credit fund after investor redemption requests surged in the second quarter. The move highlights liquidity concerns across the private asset industry.
Labour Party Chair Anna Turley wrote to Nigel Farage accusing him of “evading reasonable scrutiny” over Christopher Harborne’s gift.
South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged 8.4% on Monday, triggering a rare circuit breaker that froze trading for 20 minutes as a global semiconductor selloff battered Asian markets and rattled risk assets, including crypto.
Goldman Sachs has dropped its expectation for Federal Reserve rate cuts this year after the US labor market came in stronger than expected. The bank now expects the Fed’s next two quarter-point cuts to happen in June and December 2027.
Malawi is among several African nations transporting their citizens out of the country following reports of violence against migrants.
The race between right-wing Keiko Fujimori and left-wing Roberto Sánchez has been dominated by concerns over crime and political instability.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party secures nearly 50% of the vote, comfortably beating the other contenders.
The magnitude-7.8 quake triggered small tsunami waves in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
Iran said its attacks were "the beginning of a full week of continuous strikes."
Gold was supposed to shine under the bombs, silver was supposed to play the bodyguard. Failed: the Fed comes out with its club, markets sell everything, and bitcoin also takes a hit.
Gareth Southgate confronts the crisis facing boys and young men across Britain.
The Bank of Israel purchased $801 million in May to stop the shekel from rising as the currency reached one of its strongest exchange rates against the U.S. dollar. Even so, the currency terminated May with its value rising by 4.6%.
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The city is currently heightening security measures before President Trump visits on Monday to watch the NBA finals.
Iran said the attacks, its first since an April ceasefire, are the start of "a full week" of strikes
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The Netherlands has one of the world's lowest rates of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training.
The European country had 9.1 million international visitors in April, the most ever for that month.
Fans across the world say US travel bans and visa regulations make them feel excluded from the World Cup.
Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
A grandfather, a survivor, a witness: one year after the crash, the people on the ground tell their stories.
During the interview, the president was repeatedly challenged on several points by the show's presenter Kristen Welker.
Iran's participation has become one of the most complex stories of the tournament.
Israel says the attacks on the Lebanese capital were ordered "in response to Hezbollah's firing at Israeli territory".
The suspect opened fire from a car in several locations before being shot dead.
Gold and silver have shed a combined trillion dollars in market value from their January peaks, with gold trading near $4,331 per ounce and silver around $67.30 on June 5, even as a live geopolitical conflict and above-target inflation would traditionally push…
The group includes many women and children who were abducted in March from an area close to Cameroon.
All of Iran's group games are in the US, but players and support staff will have to fly in and out of the country on match day.
The American job market continues to defy predictions. While investors look for the slightest clue on the next trajectory of Federal Reserve rates, the May employment report reinforced the idea of an economy still solid.