World markets kicked off November in an upbeat mood, riffing off buoyant company earnings and calmer trade relations while batting away OPEC's planned end to output hikes and this week's Supreme Court hearing on President Donald Trump's tariffs. Following last week's meeting between Trump and China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea, the White House announced Saturday that China would lift export controls on rare earths and end probes into U.S. chip firms. But Trump said AI giant Nvidia's most advanced chips would be reserved for U.S. companies and kept out of China and other...
US President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of the assistance was unclear. Trump made the pledge during an extraordinary summit at the White House, where he hosted Zelenskiy and a group of European allies following his Friday meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "In terms of security, there will be a lot of help," Trump told reporters, adding that European countries would be involved. "They are the first line of defense...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was arranging a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss an end to their longstanding conflict. Trump also raised the possibility of trilateral talks with the two after their initial meeting. "I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy. After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself," Trump said in a Truth.Social...
President Donald Trump said Monday he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the war in Ukraine, suggesting potential progress toward peace negotiations. Trump made the remarks during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the White House's Oval Office, which followed Friday's Russia-United States Alaska summit where Trump met with Putin. "I believe Putin wants it to end," Trump stated during the meeting, adding that there's a "possibility that something could come out of Putin meeting." The U.S. president hinted at potential three-way...
U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of any promised assistance was not immediately clear. Trump made the pledge during an extraordinary summit at the White House, where he hosted Zelenskiy and a group of European allies two days after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and months after a disastrous Oval office meeting where Trump and Vice President JD Vance publicly criticized the Ukrainian leader. A peace deal...
United States (US) President Donald Trump announced an ongoing desire to resolve the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday. This marks the second joint press conference between Trump and another head of state involved in the Ukrainian invasion, following Friday's joint presser with Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump's soft rhetoric on hopefully, maybe finding some semblance of a peace deal marks a sharp about-face from the language Trump used just before he met with Putin late last week....
Asia-Pacific markets traded higher, tracking Wall Street gains overnight.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.41% after hitting a fresh record high on Thursday, while the Topix added 0.61%. South...
Both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 hovered around the flatline on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of further developments in trade talks between US President Trump and Chinese...
As the U.S. government shutdown disrupts federal employee paychecks across the country, it also exacerbates the financial hardship of attorneys who represent the poorest members of society when they...