Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out, as bipartisan criticism grows over the administration’s handling of AI chip exports to China.
The United States began fiscal 2027 with a record $404 billion budget deficit for October, as receipts fell sharply and spending hit a monthly high, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
Indonesia’s central bank intervened in currency markets on Thursday after the rupiah slid to a record low, squeezed by a stronger dollar, doubts over the country’s stock-market standing and political uncertainty in Jakarta.
International undergraduate numbers fell 19% in Britain and 13% in the United States over the past year, a survey of 437 universities in 63 countries found, as tighter visa rules send students towards Asia and continental Europe.
An S-70 helicopter of the Turkish Armed Forces came down in eastern Turkey on Thursday evening, killing all four personnel on board. The defence ministry says the cause is not yet known.
Confidential death-certificate data attributed to Russia’s statistics agency suggests more than 11,000 foreign nationals from nearly 100 countries have died fighting for Moscow since February 2022 — though the figures remain unverified.
A week after the midterm elections, Democrats are preparing a wave of investigations into the Trump administration, while Republicans elevate their most confrontational figures to fight back.
The Federal Reserve has published its revised meeting schedule for 2027, confirming that policymakers will vote on interest rates only seven times next year as Chair Kevin Warsh reshapes how the central bank works.
A court in Gijón has ordered the suspension of the ultra-right group Núcleo Nacional, shutting its offices and blocking its bank accounts and social media profiles as part of an investigation into alleged hate crimes.
Spanish lawmakers have approved one of two housing decrees whose rejection triggered a snap election, passing rent caps, a temporary eviction ban and limits on corporate home purchases by a single vote — a day after the country’s first general strike in 14 years.
Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out, as bipartisan criticism grows over the administration’s handling of AI chip exports to China.
The United States began fiscal 2027 with a record $404 billion budget deficit for October, as receipts fell sharply and spending hit a monthly high, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
Indonesia’s central bank intervened in currency markets on Thursday after the rupiah slid to a record low, squeezed by a stronger dollar, doubts over the country’s stock-market standing and political uncertainty in Jakarta.
International undergraduate numbers fell 19% in Britain and 13% in the United States over the past year, a survey of 437 universities in 63 countries found, as tighter visa rules send students towards Asia and continental Europe.
An S-70 helicopter of the Turkish Armed Forces came down in eastern Turkey on Thursday evening, killing all four personnel on board. The defence ministry says the cause is not yet known.
Confidential death-certificate data attributed to Russia’s statistics agency suggests more than 11,000 foreign nationals from nearly 100 countries have died fighting for Moscow since February 2022 — though the figures remain unverified.
A week after the midterm elections, Democrats are preparing a wave of investigations into the Trump administration, while Republicans elevate their most confrontational figures to fight back.
The Federal Reserve has published its revised meeting schedule for 2027, confirming that policymakers will vote on interest rates only seven times next year as Chair Kevin Warsh reshapes how the central bank works.
A court in Gijón has ordered the suspension of the ultra-right group Núcleo Nacional, shutting its offices and blocking its bank accounts and social media profiles as part of an investigation into alleged hate crimes.
Spanish lawmakers have approved one of two housing decrees whose rejection triggered a snap election, passing rent caps, a temporary eviction ban and limits on corporate home purchases by a single vote — a day after the country’s first general strike in 14 years.
