US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
The sweeping case threatens to shatter the cornerstone of the US president’s economic policy. Read More
Argentina’s lower house passes labor reform despite strike
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 20 – Argentina’s lower house of Congress approved on Friday a contentious labor reform bill backed by libertarian President Javier Milei, despite a nationwide strike a day…
Europe’s main military powers to develop low-cost air-defence systems
KRAKOW, Poland, Feb 20 – Europe’s five biggest defence powers are teaming up on a multi-million euro project to bring low-cost air-defence systems like autonomous drones or missiles into production…
Journalist with Germany’s Deutsche Welle detained in Turkey
FRANKFURT, Feb 20 – Turkish authorities have detained a correspondent of German state-backed international broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Ankara, accusing him of “disseminating misleading information” and “insulting the president”. Read…
German homeless woman decapitated in Florence: Report
Police said a man currently hospitalised under surveillance is a serious suspect in the crime. Read More
Peru’s markets largely unfazed as its revolving-door presidency spins again
Feb 20 – Peru’s revolving-door presidency turned again this week, ushering out the country’s seventh leader in less than a decade, but the political churn has produced little market turbulence…
Spain’s Sanchez reaps gains from anti-Trump stance, testing ties with U.S
MADRID, Feb 20 – Pedro Sanchez’s thinly veiled criticisms of U.S. policy play well with his voters but are irritating Spain’s powerful ally, where political advisers close to the White…
A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest
LONDON/WASHINGTON/TORONTO, Feb 19 – Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in…
Ukrainians mourn missing homes and loved ones after four years of war
DZENZELIVKA, Ukraine, Feb 20 – Sixty-five-year-old Halyna Popriadukhina has fled her home three times as Russian troops have marched deeper into eastern Ukraine during four years of war. Tired of…
Ukraine’s 2026 defence exports could hit ‘several billion dollars’, official says
KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukraine could export several billion dollars of military goods and services this year after authorising its first wartime foreign sales and is considering introducing a tax…