France’s richest man and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault slams proposed billionaire tax
PARIS - Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as...
Hong Kong airport may shut for 36 hours as super typhoon nears, Bloomberg News...
Hong Kong International Airport is planning to suspend all passenger flights for 36 hours as the Asian financial hub prepares for one of its...
Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown upends Indian IT industry’s playbook
BENGALURU - India's $283 billion information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into US projects following US...
Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognize Palestinian state
LONDON/TORONTO - Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal all recognized a Palestinian state on Sunday in a move borne out of frustration over the Gaza...
‘Fast and furious’: H-1B workers abroad race to US as Trump order sparks dismay,...
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK — Panic, confusion, and anger reigned as workers on H-1B visas from India and China were forced to abandon travel plans...
Israel presses on with Gaza City assault; at least 60 Palestinians killed
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military kept up its assault on Gaza City and the wider Gaza Strip on Saturday, dismantling underground shafts and booby-trapped structures...
Iran’s president says it can overcome any return of sanctions
DUBAI — President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that Iran would overcome any reimposition of sanctions through a so-called “snapback” process, after the UN...
Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says
A CHINESE JOURNALIST jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic’s epicenter was sentenced on Friday...
Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now
WASHINGTON/LONDON - Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during President Donald Trump's first eight months in office -...
South Korea’s LG Energy was using US visa workarounds before Trump, documents show
SEOUL - South Korea's LG Energy Solution was using workarounds to US visa restrictions well before Donald Trump returned as president and his administration...
After chaos of US cuts, aid chiefs urge world leaders at UN to step...
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher hopes the world body will fight back against a "sustained attack" on its values and...
US investment validates Starmer’s risky UK invite for Trump
LONDON - For Keir Starmer, securing record levels of US investment into Britain has validated his offer of an unprecedented second state visit to...