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Global stocks rally as investors are upbeat on U.S.-China trade pact prospects
Global markets rallied at the start of the week as investors were buoyed by growing optimism that the U.S. and China are nearing an agreement on trade. The pan-European Stoxx 600 added about 0.3% on Monday morning, which followed earlier solid gains across Asian markets, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 breaching the 50,000 mark for the […]
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Rare earth stocks tumble as U.S. expects China to delay export controls
In an aerial view, a container ship sits docked at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025 in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of several U.S.-listed rare earth miners fell on Monday as U.S. officials said they expect China to delay introducing export controls on critical minerals […]
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Trump says he underwent an MRI examination
U.S. President Donald Trump waits for Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s arrival at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 20, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had undergone an MRI examination, without saying why. “It was perfect,” he told reporters on board Air Force One en […]
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Trump says U.S., China close to trade deal ahead of Xi talks, TikTok decision
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to people waving Malaysian national flags before he departs on Air Force One from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Oct. 27, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said that Washington and Beijing were poised to “come away with” a trade […]
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Argentina’s midterm election hands landslide win to Milei’s libertarian overhaul
Argentina’s President Javier Milei addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23, 2025. Milei said at a Bloomberg event on January 22, 2026 that “The world should celebrate the arrival of President Trump,”before Donald Trump will star on January 23, 2025 in an eagerly-anticipated online appearance at […]
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Scott Bessent says he’s ‘felt this pain’ from China because ‘I’m actually a soybean farmer’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett said Sunday he, too, has “felt pain” from China refusing to buy U.S.-grown soybeans during a trade conflict with President Donald Trump because “I’m actually a soybean farmer.” Bessent’s comment came during an interview with ABC News’ “This Week,” where he said that trade negotiations with China in the past two […]
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Brazil and U.S. to meet ‘immediately’ in search of tariff solutions, Lula says
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a press conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Adriano Machado | Reuters Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he had a positive meeting on Sunday with his U.S. counterpart President Donald Trump and their respective teams would start […]
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Trump eyes trade deal after U.S. and China reach an early consensus in ‘successful’ talks
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet ahead of a ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. Mohd Rasfan | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said he […]
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Trump headlines ASEAN summit, Thailand-Cambodia sign ceasefire deal
U.S. President Donald Trump and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands during the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on October 26, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit on Sunday, […]
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How a cheese ban drove a new wedge between the UK and EU
European consumers are facing higher prices when going to the supermarket. Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Relations between the the U.K. and European Union are arguably at the best they’ve been since the Brexit vote in 2016 but there’s an ongoing cold front between the neighbors over a ban on continental cheese […]
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