Typhoon Fung batters the Philippines; Trump administration orders rollback of food benefits, and more
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Russia hits Ukraine hard; Trump proposes direct health payments, and more
American tech stocks suffered their worst week since April amid concerns over a possible AI bubble and weak economic data
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China’s trade falters; America’s consumers fret, and more
Inter IKEA, which supplies the Swedish furniture franchise’s stores, suffered a 26% drop in annual operating profit
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Elon Musk’s $1trn pay deal; Nancy Pelosi’s retirement, and more
Over 75% of Tesla’s shareholders voted to approve a mega pay packet for the firm’s boss, Elon Musk.
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SCOTUS sharply questions Trump’s tariffs; America’s Democratic sweep, and more
America’s Supreme Court weighed the legality of Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs, which he authorised without congressional approval by invoking an emergency economic-powers law.
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