Gold prices surge to record $5,100 on Monday
Gold prices surged to a fresh record above $5,100 an ounce on Monday, extending a historic rally as investors…
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Orsted faces setback as US halts near-complete wind farm
Orsted’s plan to raise 60 billion Danish crowns ($9.42 billion) through a rights issue faces fresh uncertainty…
US imposes sweeping sanctions on Iran-linked network
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than 115 Iran-linked individuals, entities, and vessels in…
Syria eyes 1st US bank transaction within weeks
Syria expects to complete its first financial transaction with a US bank within weeks, Central Bank Governor…
US court blocks Trump’s blanket tariffs
The US Court of International Trade issued a sweeping ruling on Wednesday, striking down former President Donald…
Egypt’s FM discusses Gaza ceasefire, reconstruction with Wietkov
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty discussed with US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Wietkov the…
US, Vietnamese businesses urge tariff delay on Vietnamese goods
US and Vietnamese business groups have urged the Trump administration to delay a planned 46 per cent tariff on…
Saudi Arabia promises $600b in investments to US
Saudi Arabia promised President Trump to invest $600b in the United States in the coming four years, the Saudi…
Trump’s meme coin soars to $5.5b market cap
President-elect Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, $Trump, which has rapidly reached a market…
China boosts yuan with new measures on Monday
China announced new measures on Monday to support its weak currency, including parking more dollars in Hong Kong to…
China factory activity likely to expand in Dec.
China's factory activity is expected to grow for the third consecutive month in December.
Bitcoin soars past $107k on Trump’s reserve plan
Bitcoin surged to over $107,000 on Monday following President-elect Donald Trump's announcement of plans to…
Asian stocks rally on Bessent’s Treasury appointment
Asian stocks and US equity futures reacted positively to the appointment of fund manager Scott Bessent as US…
Asian stocks drop as Nvidia disappoints investors
Asian stocks dropped on Thursday as Nvidia reported slower revenue growth and disappointing investors.
Cuba lifts bank cash deposits in US dollars ban
Cuban banks are going back to accept cash deposits in U.S. dollars, as the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) has lifted a…
Biden urges for stricter banking regulations
US President, Joe Biden has urged federal regulators to take more drastic measures and called for tighter…
Donald Trump says goodbye to the White House
U.S. President Donald Trump has left on Wednesday the White House for the final time in his tumultuous presidency.
U.S considers blacklisting China’s largest chipmaker as tech tensions increase
The Trump administration is considering imposing export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International…
Trump says he built the best economy in history after Michelle Obama blistering criticism
President Donald Trump claimed that he has created the ''greatest economy in the history of the world'' yet…
US 15% tariffs on $112 billion in Chinese goods take effect
The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Sunday, potentially raising…
Egypt has promising opportunities for U.S. investments: MEI vice chair
Egypt has promising opportunities for investment in various sectors, yet more measures should be taken to combat…
Trump objects to measure ending US support for Saudis in Yemen war
The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the U.S. Congress to end U.S. military support…
Trump administration pushing allies to bar China’s Huawei in race for 5G networking
The Trump administration has been pressuring American allies to bar Huawei and other Chinese tech firms from…
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday when the high-profile…
White House postpones planned Trump summit with Gulf leaders: sources
The Trump administration is postponing until September a summit with Gulf Arab leaders that had been planned for…
US is looking at potential new sanctions against Russia
The Trump administration is considering new sanctions against Russia in response to election meddling and a…
Trump administration holds off on new Russia sanctions, despite law
The Trump administration said on Monday it would not immediately impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite a…
Trump’s administration docks UN budget $285M after Jerusalem backlash
The Trump administration has worked out some “historic” belt-tightening at the United Nations, officials announced…
Cairo welcomes lifting of US decades-long sanctions on Sudan
Egypt has welcomed a U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Sudan despite Cairo's tense ties with Khartoum over a…
Leaked government document ‘directly contradicts’ Trump on climate change:…
The average temperature in the United States has dramatically surged since 1980, according to an as-yet-unreleased…
Trump administration preparing broad trade case against China
U.S. Trump administration is preparing a broad move against China over trade, according to people with knowledge of…
Trump team was gearing up to lift sanctions on Russia, former diplomats say
The Trump administration was pursuing to lift sanctions on Russia when the president took office, but career…
MEI: Egypt has begun steps to restore confidence and interest internationally
The Egyptian-U.S. relations are in good shape especially now by the current Trump administration, said Paul Salim,…
U.S. Treasury refuses to give Exxon Mobil special waiver to drill in Russia
The U.S. Trump administration will not grant special permission to U.S. companies, including Exxon Mobil, to carry…