Most commodities were in the green on Thursday even as gold prices hit new record highs on safe-haven demand. Oil prices recovered some of their losses from the last few sessions as India may stop buying Russian crude oil, which could reshape global oil flows. Meanwhile, silver prices rose more than 2%…
US President Donald Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, according to media reports, ahead of a scheduled meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House. The planned call between Trump and Putin was first reported by Axios.The conversation comes amid Trump’s growing…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that the United States and China are “in a trade war,” while Beijing accused Washington of unnecessarily causing panic and displayed openness to talks.The development came days after Trump announced a sweeping 100% tariff on Chinese imports effective November 1 in response to…
In what can be a significant breakthrough in the Russia-Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary.The development came as Trump had a long phone call with Putin on Thursday, ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Big moves on the global stage as Trump gears up for a meeting with Putin in Budapest to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.Singapore is cracking down on online abuse with a tough new safety law, while the US and Canada are revisiting the Keystone XL pipeline.And gold? It’s still…
The US Senate on Thursday failed once again to advance a Republican-led proposal to extend government funding and end the ongoing shutdown, marking the tenth unsuccessful attempt since the impasse began more than two weeks ago.The latest vote was 51 to 45, falling short of the 60 votes required to…
The United States faced a turbulent Thursday marked by continued political gridlock in Washington, fresh diplomatic maneuvers in the Russia-Ukraine war, legal challenges to a new visa fee policy, and a sharp downturn in stock markets. From the Senate’s failure to break a 16-day shutdown to Wall Street’s renewed losses,…
A high-powered South Korean delegation is engaged in a frantic and high-stakes diplomatic mission in Washington this week, a last-ditch effort to break a dangerous two-month deadlock that has stalled a landmark trade deal and left the nation’s powerhouse auto industry in a perilous state of limbo. At the heart…
A day of significant global developments is underway, as a data blackout in Washington forces economists to become digital detectives, a deep and painful industrial crisis grips Argentina, and a fresh wave of anxiety over the health of the US banking sector sends a chill through Asian markets.Here’s your one-stop…
A Reuters report states that Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has announced plans to accelerate investment projects worth 300 billion baht ($9.22 billion) over the next four months as part of a broader effort to revive the nation’s sluggish economy. The projects—covering sectors such as data centres, electronics, and power…