Hardest-hit Vietnam risks losing $25 billion from US tariffs, UN estimates

HANOI — US tariffs imposed in August risk slashing up to one-fifth of Vietnam’s exports to the United States, making it the worst-hit country...

Trump’s Pentagon says press must agree not to disclose sensitive information

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s administration is imposing new restrictions on media coverage of the US military, requiring news organizations to agree they...

South Korea’s President Lee says US investment demands would spark financial crisis

SEOUL - South Korea's economy could fall into crisis rivalling its 1997 meltdown if the government accepts current US demands in stalled trade talks...

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 -...